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I’m just in the middle of re-reading Simon Wardley’s collected blog posts on Wardley Mapping (via the soft cover book). My recency bias aside, its uncanny how much his concepts inf…

That's an avenue I'm pursuing - have joined the waiting list and am waiting for someone to get back to me after a brief email interaction over the weekend. Secured by work was a re…

Hijacking this comment, but it seems likely to attract the right sort of crowd.. Can anyone recommend a Mac/web Gmail UI with exceptionally fast hotkey interactions? The Gmail web …

I'm keen to understand exactly what parts of a 'messaging stack' you guys have built. Feel free to drop me an email (details in my profile).

I'm a developer working in London - I've been here for the last five years. Immigrants seem disproportionately represented in the software dev industry (but not IT in general). Qui…

WhatsApp is a near approximation of BBM on the iPhone (and other devices, I believe). Their reliability isn't great, however.

Well spotted. This may have been pointed out elsewhere, but it seems to have something in common with the if-by-whisky style of argument. All that's missing is the "if by 'cult' wh…

I just returned from Berlin a couple of nights ago, and met an English guy (I'm a New Zealander living in London) who'd worked there for a few years. He is an aerospace engineer wo…

So, that's a pretty cool story. The feedback loop on these sorts of things is insane. Does anyone have any anecdotes of this sort of thing that don't result in #1 on reddit (or som…

Wait -- what? You don't get those emails? I'm a heavy user of Amazon in the UK (Prime membership and all), and I get regular emails asking me to review products I've previously pur…

Would love to make it, too, but am wrapping up at my current client's and will be late this evening. Have a good evening - looks like it'll be a lovely warm night for it!

I was trying to think of a good reason why FIFA continues to refuse to introduce any form of video replay/video referee, and the reason Ed outlines are just what I concluded. The g…

I'm totally lost - what is the vendetta against her about? Any idea what caused it?

Thanks for the comparison :) I can't say I've watched Momento more than once. I guess that says something in itself. I'll definitely be getting a copy of Primer now!

Another movie similar to this (I think, having not seen the movie, but from reading the discussions) is Momento: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_%28film%29 IMO it stays with y…

I like the idea. Some sports-related graphics would be nice. Put input-focus automatically into the text box. Your auto-complete is suggesting based on words inside the team name (…

For reference, since I had to google for it: http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays

Hah - I didn't intend to end 3/4 of my post with question marks. Or did I? ..ahem. My comment was really a rhetorical question about the moral (not necessarily commercial - I'm not…

Instinctively, I disagree with you. But you might be right. I may even agree with you, intellectually. What evidence do you have to support your hypothesis? Alienation is a very po…

I'd just like to echo others comments about C being a really good idea. I live in London, and have recently moved into an apartment with large windows that are just screaming out f…

Presumably, to a first approximation, you could track the weather at your customers' location, and know what is going on with their plants. This would allow you to tailor your emai…

Thanks. I picked it up via curl, but it was crashing Firefox. It's up at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2169086/Market%20Crash.mp3 for a while, now. Not a pleasant experience listening to…

Don't suppose anyone grabbed a copy of the audio while it was still up?