The BBC homepage, which I worked on from January until October last year, has finally gone public (well, beta). You can get to it one of two ways: either hit the current homepage and opt in to the new one (link on the top of the page). Or just load the website.
So, whats new (well, [...]
So, it’s been 4 months since I left the BBC (and wow, looks like the Homepage is about to go live-beta). It’s been a bit of a learning curve/wall, especially some things which I wasn’t expecting. Here’s what I found.
I don’t work well on a morning. Once I worked this out, it’s a lot easier [...]
Quick note for anyone looking for a Macbook, or RAM.
06/03/2010: Mac is gone, RAM still available.
Macbook, 13 inch, White late-2006 model. 2ghz Core2Duo; 4GB RAM (3.5GB usable); 250GB hard drive. All the rest of the bells and whistles of a Macbook (802.11N, Bluetooth, DVD writer etc etc). Full specs here (it’s the second/middle row). Comes [...]
It’s finally up in the store:
Feel free to grab it off the iTunes store. And even more information here.
Thanks to Shaun, I have an update to do already, but it’s a very minor one, only happens in one situation (which, if you download it, you will notice – look for @(null) when you first use [...]
Really enjoying reading this article from Matt Gemmell. I especially love this bit:
Closed system. This is the very opposite of what your customers care about. The percentage of your customer base who make a buying decision based on the openness of a system (in terms of system-level customisation options, use of open source software or [...]
nice little iPhone app.
So, Dollhouse has finished for good. Last episode screened last night in the US (and has just finished coming down from iTunes). I’ve not watched the last 3 episodes yet – we’ve been waiting to have all three so we can see them all in one go. But in general, shouldn’t this be the way [...]
Iceland’s rift valley, originally uploaded by Nic Wise.
More iceland pics (set on Flickr)
and Leonie’s write up of today.
Managed a couple of HDRs, but to be honest, the light was SO good all day, the non-HDR’s came out just as good!
Zed Shaw has nailed it, 110%.
The main thing I noticed about the experts I’ve encountered is they are into impressing you with their abilities. They are usually incredibly good, but their need for recognition gets in the way of mastery. Everything they do is an attempt to prove themselves and in order to do this [...]
Iceland Panoramic, originally uploaded by Nic Wise.
shot from out the back of the hotel. Waiting for the northern lights to come up now :)
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