In what is quite likely the greatest, most poetic showdown since the Thrilla in Manila, Brighton and Hove of the United Kingdom beat Portland of the USA by one-thousandth of a point. Portland scored 8.1631, Brighton scored 8.1632. No really. Brighton is scientifically the most hipster city in the world. Just.
You can’t demo a digital product without a cup of coffee on a wooden table.
If you’re coming to Brighton for dConstruct, there are two Map Tales I’d like to draw your attention to.
The first is a map of all the places where you can discounts with your dConstruct badge—very handy for lunch and dinner on the day of the conference.
The second is one I put together a while back of recommended Brighton coffee establishments.
And of course, while you’re in town, be sure to check out all the events that are going on as part of the Brighton Digital Festival; at the very least, make sure you check out the Maker Faire that’s on the day after dConstruct—it’s going to be fantastic!
Oh, and I almost forgot: the Big Sussex Market will also be going on the day after dConstruct, all along New Road and Jubilee Square.
With quality, local produce firmly at its heart, the Big Sussex Market features over 80 stalls of growers, producers and restaurants.
We’ve had a new intern at Clearleft for the past few weeks: Alex Jones. He likes a good coffee and as it’s his first time in Brighton, I promised I’d tell him where he could find the best flat whites. So I made a map tale of Brighton Coffee.
A lovely little social experiment: you can buy a Starbucks coffee with Jonathan Stark’s card; you can also top up the card. You can track the card balance on Twitter.
It looks like Brighton is getting its own dedicated geek coffee bar thanks to Josh.
I think we should get a whole set for the Clearleft office.
Coffee porn, some of which is from the baristas working at Travelbag in Brighton.
Starbucks employ a creative bit of viral marketing: coffee cups glued to car roofs.