Month: September 2011

  • Last For One vs Los Angeles Times

    The Los Angeles Times did a short film of Last For One who were made famous in the the documentary Planet B-Boy. The split screen style apes 1960s action film titles. The crew are impressive in their skills. In their dedication to the sport in spite of everything that Korea does to them. Top performing…

  • Hublot + more news

    Hublot Han Han & Hublot Launch Official Microblog, Announce Limited-Edition Watch – Jing Daily – Chinese consumers used to focus on the classic Rolex and Omega watches. But consumers are becoming more adventurous is an opportunity for Hublot. The more iced out versions beloved of sportsmen and rappers would also fit in with the tu…

  • Apple StyleWriter II

    Why I had an Apple StyleWriter II printer The mid-1990s were a transitional time for me. I moved from Merseyside to go to college in Huddersfield. Holiday time meant that I did the whole thing in reverse. I needed a printer set up that was light, portable, reliable and provided high quality prints for college…

  • In The Plex by Steven Levy

    I bought In The Plex automatically because I had previously read and enjoyed Levy’s previous works: Insanely Great, Hackers and Crypto. Given his heritage covering technology companies and personalities as both an author and a journalist, I was curious what he would make of Google. The book is expansive and provides a lot of additional…

  • Carol Bartz + Microsoft Excel

    Carol Bartz I started thinking about this post when I was reading Bob Cringely’s excellent analysis of Carol Bartz tenure at Yahoo!. I am not going to add my full analysis here but instead pull on a strand that highlights problems that exist at a number of internet companies and certainly existed at Yahoo! when…

  • Beyond The Crash by Gordon Brown

    On leaving office, Gordon Brown immediately spent a lot of time hammering out a book Beyond The Crash. Unlike Peter Mandelson this wasn’t the Westminster equivalent of a sordid kiss-and-tell exposé or a Tony Blair-esque sales brochure to secure speaking engagements. Instead Brown set out to do what he does best, putting on page deep…