Blogs
Saturday 18 May 2013
- Google Earth as a tool for planning dinghy cruises
- I enjoy cruising my sailing dinghy around the rivers and coastline of Essex and Suffolk, and have recently discovered a feature in Google Earth which makes planning trips that little bit easier. Google Earth now has a ‘historial images’ [...] Tomski
- Celebrate the Steps - Margate seafront Saturday May 18th, 3pm
- It started with a tweet last Saturday. Then came a hashtag #celebratethesteps. Then it spread to Facebook. And in the space of a week, it grew to what resulted in a sunny afternoon event with over a 100 people. (I think?).Here's the story:[View the [...] Margate Architecture
- Bookmarks for May 17th from 10:06 to 14:11
- This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 17th from 10:06 to 14:11: Is This Virtual Worm the First Sign of [...] Extenuating Circumstances
Friday 17 May 2013
- What we have been reading this week May 17, 2013
- communications-act-murdoch-internet The Accidental Death of a Cyclist | Rouleur Magazine james_corbett: From the man who brought you the great Senna doc,comes a film on Marco Pantani. Looks fantastic http://t.co/KBj2J4LRRG via @rouleurmagazine [...] Alex Balfour
- Bookmarks for May 16th from 01:52 to 20:41
- This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 16th from 01:52 to 20:41: Limelight: an app to catalog your [...] Extenuating Circumstances
- …and gravy
- John Gruber replies to my gentle spoofing of his post about Larry Page’s statements with a measured and considered piece which highlights his key point: That Page was simply being hypocritical: “What major tech giant has Google not pitted itself &# [...] Technovia
Thursday 16 May 2013
- Apple versus (after John Gruber)
- (Before reading this post, read John Gruber’s post here) UPDATE: John’s written a thoughtful response to this post, which I’ve added some gravy to in a further response. Both, I think, are worth reading.) Steve Jobs, on stage in 1997 [...] Technovia
Wednesday 15 May 2013
- Bookmarks for May 14th through May 15th
- This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 14th from 18:17 to 14:10: How, When and Where Will The First Truly [...] Extenuating Circumstances
- GBPIzzaCo did a lovely thing...100 reasons to be cheerful, Margate
- [View the story "GBPizzaCo's reasons to be cheerful Margate" on Storify] Margate Architecture
- The Grocer on Mary Portas', Margate and what the FOIs reveal - The high-street circus continues
- Fresh in from the Grocer Magazine:"The Mary Portas road show continues: this week the Queen of the High Street’s Channel 4 show touched down in Margate, featuring yet more cockneys, market traders and claims of TV trickery. After [...] Margate Architecture
- How any of the Big 3 could own connected products
- I've been doing some competitive landscape analysis around connected products/Internet of Things platforms -- I'll write up my thoughts soon. During research I touched on Bluetooth 4, which seems like it could be the connective tissue of a [...] Interconnected
- Press Release - Former Margate Town Team Members response to Mary Queen of the High Street, May 14th 2013
- Press ReleaseWednesday May 15th 2013Last night's screening of Mary Portas' Mary Queen of the High Street produced by Optomen Television (May 14th 2013, Channel 4) told a story which is contradicted by the records we hold as former members [...] Margate Architecture
- Bookmarks for May 13th through May 14th
- This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 13th from 17:32 to 15:34: What is Design on scriptogr.am – &# [...] Extenuating Circumstances
Tuesday 14 May 2013
- Pricing hardware and changing business models
- How To Price Your Hardware Product, Marc Barros:
The mistake most hardware startups make is they don't charge enough because they don't think of the problems they will encounter at scale. They don't calculate the real cost to deliver their [...] Interconnected
- Bookmarks for May 13th from 05:50 to 16:41
- This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 13th from 05:50 to 16:41: - Chapter 2 – Crib sheet: [...] Extenuating Circumstances
Monday 13 May 2013
- Bookmarks for May 10th through May 13th
- This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for May 10th from 18:03 to 03:53: Alice E. Kober, 43 – Lost to [...] Extenuating Circumstances
- Chromes OS, Android, and the future of Android apps
- Sundar Pichai, who recently took over Android from Andy Rubin, pours some cold water on the “Chrome OS and Android to merge” rumours in this interview with Wired. But he does leave one door open: ” We want to do … Continue [...] Technovia
- Why single sourced rumours about Apple should be taken with a pinch of salt
- You know, if you wanted two paragraphs to sum up the perils of tracking Apple’s supply chain ‘build plans’, they would be these: In Nov. 2011 DigiTimes reported that Apple had “slashed” orders for iPhone 4S parts 10% [...] Technovia
- Baron Munchausen rides again
- Lock up your wine cellars! The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen is back in print, thanks to the good works of the Mayan god Chaahk and his representatives in the home counties, Lightning Source print-on-demand. This is a reprint of the [...] COPE
- Techitment
- It’s looking to be quite a week for tech announcements. Last night Nokia teased a new camera focused lumia, with a htc one style metal enclosure. That’s announced tomorrow. The following day is google I/O which never disappoints, I&# [...] Mostly This