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Writing

  1. What I read on my holiday

    Notes from holiday reading.

  2. My talk about Samuel Pepys’ diary as an online story

    My slides and audio of my talk at SkillSwap Seeking Stories in Brighton.

  3. That dreadful phrase

    The government’s East London Tech City scheme tries to make a single “city” out of two very different places.

  4. Trailers as movies

    I’d love to see a movie or TV show delivered at the same speed as trailers are.

  5. Flexible with strong faces

    Examples of odd and interesting casting calls sent out for adverts.

  6. 1950 suits

    Some stills of men in suits from a 1950 film about cricket.

  7. Embarrassingly pimping

    I spoke at The Story about Pepys’ Diary, and would like to speak about it at more events.

  8. Whoops! by John Lanchester

    Notes on the book about the financial crash.

  9. Papanek on clogs

    BERG’s post about Nike Mayfly shoes reminded me of Victor Papanek talking about clogs.

  10. Misfits is Buffy good

    ‘Misfits’ is great in the same way that ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ was good.

  11. Coins and Experiments

    A pointer to some quotes from a couple of LRB articles that happen to mention Pepys.

  12. Joining Really Interesting Group

    I’m joining Really Interesting Group with some other friendly faces.

  13. Pepys’ Diary data available to play with

    I’ve just released lots of the data behind the site in JSON format for people to make things with.

  14. Today’s Guardian source

    I’ve released the source code for my Today’s Guardian website.

  15. A Little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich

    A timeline of events mentioned in this lovely history book.

  16. Proper, big, exciting

    I was on ‘The One Show’ talking about Samuel Pepys and diaries. Being to TV is exciting.

  17. A metaphor

    The only two responses Palin’s team could make to the Giffords shooting that make sense.

  18. Falling out of love

    The final volume of Samuel Pepys’ diary has been a disappointment. Not due to the content, but due to the shoddy printing.

  19. Why the iPad newspaper might not be doomed

    Rupert Murdoch’s forthcoming iPad newspaper might not be a failure.

  20. The launch of bipolar disorder

    How bipolar disorder was launched as an identifiable condition.

  21. ‘Where Good Ideas Come From’ by Steven Johnson

    My notes on the book.

  22. Week notes

    Bored of writing week notes, so I’m going to stop.

  23. The American Civil War, one day at a time

    The ‘New York Times’ is starting a blog telling the story of the war, day by day.

  24. Week 384

    Continuing with the large American client, and doing some things for Hypergame.

  25. Muji PP Storage comparison spreadsheet

    I made a Google Docs spreadsheet comparing the different Muji boxes and drawers.