Grillin’ chicken. 🍗
Note archive: May, 2021
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Monday, May 31st, 2021
Gyoza in the garden. 🥟 🥢
Sitting in the sunshine, playing tunes on my mandolin. ☀️ 🎶
Sunday, May 30th, 2021
Come on, everyone—let’s get @JaffaTheCake’s total to 10K so the hashtag will be even more confusing:
Checked in at Fox On the Downs. A pint of plain in the sun — with Jessica
Cheered on @JaffaTheCake as he crossed the finish line!
Saturday, May 29th, 2021
Replying to a tweet from @Paul_Kinlan
Well, that’s very handy for me! I may just be there to cheer him over the finish line.
Got my feet up and a cold beer in my hand as I enjoy watching @JaffaTheCake slog through his 100k AMA.
I paid good money for this schadenfreude and so can you: https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/the-100k-ama
Friday, May 28th, 2021
Hanging out on the beach.
Gyoza and beer. 🥟 🍻
A nice day for a @Clearleft walk in the country.
Replying to a tweet from @_RichardChapman
Wait …Julian Gough as in Galway band Toasted Heretic Julian Gough!? 🤯
Replying to a tweet from @AaronGustafson
I’m also reading (and enjoying) A Memory Called Empire.
Other recent good SF reads: Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor, Rosewater by Tade Thompson (both first contact/alien invasion books set in Nigeria).
Thursday, May 27th, 2021
Recording an interview with the brilliant @KrysHiggins for next week’s @UXLondon #UXFest.
(I made sure my shirt matched her excellent new book, Better Onboarding by @ABookApart.)
Monday, May 24th, 2021
Wishing a very happy birthday to my mate @Clagnut AKA The Duke! 🥳🎉🤴🏻
Replying to a tweet from @jasonsantamaria
Never has choosing an appropriate typeface been so straightforward.
Replying to a tweet from @adactio
I see all you Marvin folks subfaving this, @MathieuLoutre, @ReadVisions, @djrrb. 😉🤖
(Thank you for the gorgeous font!)
I think I’ve got my slides ready for my talk about sci-fi at the @BTconf Stay Curious event on Wednesday, June 16th:
https://beyondtellerrand.com/stay-curious/sci-fi
You should come along—it’s just €10. I’m very excited about this!
A fox cub is snoozing in the garden like a little Firefox logo.
Friday, May 21st, 2021
Reading A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine.
Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
There are multiple fox cubs hanging out in the garden. Fuzzy little cuties! 🦊
Sunday, May 16th, 2021
Replying to a tweet from @rem
I would never recommend any film in which the dog dies!
Saturday, May 15th, 2021
Replying to a tweet from @rem
Good serious sci-fi:
- Stowaway,
- Archive.
Good fun sci-fi:
- Love and Monsters,
- Palm Springs.
Thursday, May 13th, 2021
Discussing serious business with Brody.
Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
Lunch in the garden.
Monday, May 10th, 2021
Replying to a tweet from @genmon
Dr. Branhattan:
Replying to a tweet from @fsc_digital
@ScoreSettlers Love the podcast!
I was wondering …have either of you come across The Walk Of Life Project before?
Hypothesis: “Walk of Life” by Dire Straits is the perfect song to end any movie.
Replying to a tweet from @craigmod
Just the other night I said that I would pay good money for a recut of the new remake of Das Boot but with just the submarine scenes …y’know, the thing that made the original version work.
Friday, May 7th, 2021
David’n’Debbie’n’Nick.
On the beach.
Replying to a tweet from @stubbornella
+1
It violates a fundamental principle of the web: GET requests shouldn’t have side effects …and it should be safe to visit a web page:
Thursday, May 6th, 2021
Replying to a tweet from @harrybr
Didn’t Steve Krug write a book about the Firefox UI?
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Don’t Make Me Think In Russian
Tuesday, May 4th, 2021
I enjoyed recording the audio version of this web history lesson from @Jay_Hoffmann featuring my friends @CWilso, @MeyerWeb, @SVGeesus, @t, @Fantasai, @MezzoBlue, and many more:
Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
Checked in at Queen’s Park. Spring is springing — with Jessica