Diary
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- Saturday9 Feb 201309:56 London time
Completely forogot to big up @jaffathecake before he came on. Whoops. #edgeconf
- 12:39 London time
What if we could enable requests to be sent 'the next time the radio is on', for massive battery saving #edgeconf
- 14:28 London time
Real responsiveness goes far beyond width - eg typographic measure (ideal number of words per line) ideas from FT columnflow #edgeconf
- 17:23 London time
"Can't we all just get along?" - slightly optimistic philosophical moderating by @codepo8. #edgeconf
- Sunday10 Feb 201312:07 London time
Epic lie in.
- Wednesday13 Feb 201319:16 London time
The FT is 125 years old today. Building the world's finest HTML5 apps since 1885.
- Thursday14 Feb 201318:07 London time
TED talk tomorrow (TEDxSPS). Still can't remember the bloody thing. Wittering on is probably frowned on, right?
- Friday15 Feb 201300:00 London time
Presented a session at TEDxSPS
- 10:48 London time
TED done. Fluffed a few bits so going to go and chat up the video producer. Anything can be fixed in post, right?
- Saturday16 Feb 201317:10 London time
Just bought tickets from @ticketmaster which is always a handy reminder of how absolutely, shockingly awful ticketmaster is.
- Sunday17 Feb 201316:01 London time
Great idea.
- Monday18 Feb 201323:22 London time
Anyone want to buy my ticket to http://t.co/QlR47032 in Manchester? Can't go anymore as I'll be in Moscow for a conference.
- Thursday21 Feb 201322:42 London time
So ChromeOS now supports touch, which nicely positions Google to go head to head with Andro... er, what.
- 23:05 London time
Tried it this eve and the Pixel is a very nice machine indeed. But who is this aimed at? #Chromebook
- Friday22 Feb 201309:01 London time
Looking for a good home for a ticket to QEDcon, as I now have to go to Moscow on a work trip. Free to a good home. Let me know if you're interested.
- Sunday24 Feb 201314:42 London time
Going to Copenhagen for Easter. Any recommendations for sciency/nerdy/engineeringy type stuff to do/see?
- Monday25 Feb 201301:00 London time
Eek, TED talk video is up. Will post a link in the morning when I'm feeling brave.
- 08:54 London time
Here's the link to my TEDx appearance: http://t.co/dsd9h9YAD9
- 08:56 London time
That may come as old news to several people who can apparently use Google.
- 11:26 London time
Like, TED or whatever.
- 12:27 London time
The TEDx event I spoke at was conceived, organised and run by five A-level students at St Pauls School. I was impressed.
- Tuesday26 Feb 201321:22 London time
Keyboard cleaning binge. Suspicions that @andrewsmatt is shady confirmed by strong evidence that he uses the § key regularly.
- Thursday28 Feb 201314:15 London time
En route to the mothership for some fancy meetings. I even remembered my security pass this time.
- 19:28 London time
FT security revoked my building pass, apparently because I wasn't using it enough, or maybe they just don't like me.
- 22:09 London time
Russian visa application. What a splendid website this is.
- 22:34 London time
"List all the countries you have visited in the last TEN YEARS, with date and purpose of visit". Seriously?
- Friday1 Mar 201314:41 London time
Best writeup I've seen so far of Edge from The Guardian's dev blog, by @patrickhamann: http://t.co/hG49YdTfFe
- Saturday2 Mar 201317:33 London time
Kinetica Art Fair. Some amazing art, but it's a little expensive. And impractical.
- 13d
- Friday15 Mar 201313:53 London time
My home Internet connection has finally joined the 21st century. 76Mbps down, 8.5 up, 17ms ping. Good enough for now, BT.
- Saturday16 Mar 201318:02 London time
FT Labs is hiring a team admin. Would suit people who like writing lists. In git. http://t.co/d7BEDq2wlb
- 23:21 London time
Learning about payday loans to help a friend. Shocked to find I agree with Wonga that APR calc makes no sense.
- Tuesday19 Mar 201320:32 London time
Reading a requirements brief that calls for 'single sing on'. Solo karaoke?
- 4d
- Saturday23 Mar 201300:06 London time
Finally saw @jaffathecake and @paul_kinlan's show on web perf. Great tips and the jumper is a bonus. https://t.co/QnvBu1pFHh
- 00:17 London time
Wish we would stop talking about 'mobile' though. Or at least agree on what the sodding thing means.
- Sunday24 Mar 201315:58 London time
"As if our chocolate wasn't enough" - my new favourite cookie privacy notice, well done @HotelChocolat http://t.co/uk5rgzyeql
- 15:59 London time
Though they did ruin it slightly with a 'click here' link.
- 17:28 London time
if you happen to be idly thinking you might set fire to £70, wait!! I found an easter egg you can buy me.
- Monday25 Mar 201323:10 London time
Will be speaking at @bdconf and @cndigitalday in April, then @velocityconf in June. Lots of prep to do!
- 4d
- Friday29 Mar 201308:54 London time
- Saturday30 Mar 201313:04 London time
Breakfast in Rotterdam, lunch in Hamburg, dinner in Copenhagen. It's a continental buffet.
- 19:23 London time
Copenhagen. Via a train that went on a BOAT.
- 19:53 London time
Express train from Hamburg to Copenhagen just casually trundled onto a BOAT. What dark arts are these?!
- Tuesday2 Apr 201322:15 London time
Exceptionally proud of the @ftlabs team for creating the all new FT web app. This is an astonishing piece of web engineering.
- Wednesday3 Apr 201319:36 London time
There comes a time when you really just have to stop cocking about and just delete sixty million rows.
- 21:55 London time
Attempting to form a knee jerk, ill informed opinion about Blink, but nothing's coming to me.
- Thursday4 Apr 201319:10 London time
My new wristwatch arrived! I've installed the software, connected with Facebook and installed a firmware update. Soon I'll know the time.
- Friday5 Apr 201307:46 London time
That @MayorofLondon is installing a Boris Bike dock *eighteen metres* from my house. Nice work Boris.
- Saturday6 Apr 201307:14 London time
Hmm, Deutsche Bahn appears to have decided to wipe the Netherlands off the map #awkward http://t.co/nqFzRamCqM
- 09:11 London time
Leaving London for @bdconf in hopefully warm and sunny Florida. Flying via Toronto. Yes, Toronto. I can do this travel thing.
- 10:50 London time
Flying with Air Canada, so flight takes twice as long because first we have to do the flight in English and then again in French.
- Sunday7 Apr 201314:34 London time
Delegates or speakers arriving early for @bdconf today in Orlando - want to meet for lunch?
- Monday8 Apr 201300:00 London time
Presented a session at Breaking Development 2013: Orlando
- 12:27 London time
Early morning swim before @bdconf starts.
- Tuesday9 Apr 201321:47 London time
#bdconf done! Now rehearsing my talk for @cndigitalday and preparing for a mad dash to Moscow tomorrow morning.
- 22:34 London time
My hotel room phone at @gaylordpalms has a "consider it done" button. Pressed it. No-one answered. Having to consider doing it myself.
- Wednesday10 Apr 201319:18 London time
Hello New York. We meet again. Let's try and keep this civil.
- Thursday11 Apr 201300:00 London time
Presented a session at Condé Nast Digital Day
- 10:04 London time
At Conde Nast conference in Moscow, where I am the least fashionable person present by a distance measured in light years.
- 10:09 London time
This is serious. Three video walls, simultaneous translation and apparently they're live streaming it as well. Gulp.
- Friday12 Apr 201316:09 London time
The new responsive, content first article pages from Wired: http://t.co/lTKWqs3eLk. Nice job @CondeNastCorp.
- Saturday13 Apr 201307:53 London time
Popping out to the Kremlin.
- Sunday14 Apr 201321:37 London time
Back in the UK courtesy of a very efficient first experience of Aeroflot.
- 6d
- Saturday20 Apr 201317:32 London time
Washed the dog. Now I think we both need a week off to recover.
- Tuesday23 Apr 201308:34 London time
Video from Breaking Development conf now online http://t.co/t3prUDhF1a (including mine, but don't let that stop you).
- Friday26 Apr 201312:40 London time
Fish and chips in the @ftlabs office. We thought we needed to buy ketchup but then we realised we had open sauce already.
- 12:41 London time
That joke from @uxtremist, obviously.
- 6d
- Thursday2 May 201310:41 London time
They said we should move the FT web app into the cloud, so there you are then. http://t.co/xdyEisy1NC. Marvellous.
- 21:33 London time
Nonchalantly using the circle line in a non tourist capacity.
- Saturday4 May 201318:42 London time
London people: anyone fancy seeing iron man 3 this evening / tomorrow?
- Monday6 May 201319:54 London time
"Discuss issues around mobile"? Well, I guess, but wouldn't a meeting table be more conventional?
- Wednesday8 May 201312:40 London time
So, based on a study conducted under rigorous scientific conditions, @codepo8 is more likely to reply to email containing cat pictures.
- 12:41 London time
text-overflow: ellipsis only works on single lines of text, right? Not any more. https://t.co/cV8RgFZFOE
- 18:54 London time
If you're a test engineer, come and work for @ftlabs. We have things wot need testing. http://t.co/Zzd7AhLdg8. Thanks.
- Thursday9 May 201308:38 London time
Lots of talk this morning about detecting mouse/touch being hard and that you shouldn't do it anyway. Don't agree.
- 08:39 London time
The whole point of prog enhancement is to adapt to the user need, and that includes what input tech they're using.
- Saturday11 May 201319:08 London time
Good explanation of appcache replacement from @slightlylate, worth a read. https://t.co/f3acRMRgDz (Long. You'll need supplies)
- Sunday12 May 201312:12 London time
Everyone seems very keen on Dan Brown bashing all of a sudden. Has he written another novel or something?
- Monday13 May 201309:07 London time
Reading about new Google Universal analytics. Will "change the way business uses data" http://t.co/7skn3Lj5kJ
- 10:28 London time
Google Analytics has two pricing tiers: Free, and $150,000. Quite a step.
- Thursday16 May 201315:38 London time
Air ambulance just landed right outside FT HQ. On the road. In the middle of Southwark Bridge. http://t.co/wqAG5GkMnT
- Saturday18 May 201311:13 London time
Good to see Sweden has a sense of humour.
- 19:32 London time
Turns out Eurovision is immeasurably improved by twitter.
- 19:42 London time
Quite like Moldova so far. Fiery. #eurovision
- 20:14 London time
Romania. Perfect Eurovision song. We've vote for it if we didn't know we'd have to hear it again.
- 20:19 London time
Andrew Is he going on to a toga party later? #eurovision
- 20:26 London time
My American Eurovision watching buddy just called it 'Hungaria' #eurovision
- 20:29 London time
Dare I say it, I like this one. Go Denmark!! Ahem. #eurovision
- 21:14 London time
Norway, Denmark or Romania would be worthy winners. Gf disagrees, and is wrong. #eurovision
- 21:26 London time
I'm not convinced he put that rubbish in the right bin #eurovision
- 21:41 London time
Did everyone just notice the bug in the scoreboard? #eurovision
- 21:54 London time
Sweden certainly deserve some credit here for bringing some nice scandinavian efficiency to the voting process. #eurovision
- 21:56 London time
Tip to national vote announcers: the longer you're on, the more of a prat you look. Hello, points, sod off. That's the format. #eurovision
- 22:11 London time
I see France has elected to announce their votes in French again. #eurovision
- 22:16 London time
Are Montenegro using Skype? #eurovision
- Monday20 May 201322:05 London time
Bikram Yoga. Mental. I may never move again.
- Tuesday21 May 201321:39 London time
I won this at the FT Hack Day! Taking it home on the tube is proving to be interesting. http://t.co/z56UxXcWaS
- Wednesday22 May 201311:09 London time
It really is GIF with a hard G though, in case you're confused.
- 22:15 London time
Twitter introduces two factor authentication - great news. https://t.co/JzSIXiq8qe
- Thursday23 May 201313:40 London time
I am rubbish at Social meeja.
- 13:41 London time
Complete technical teardown of the new FT web app by @wilsonpage, well worth a read. http://t.co/gUhygU01JN (now with correct link!)
QED | Question, Explore, Discover | 13th-14th April 2013 | Mercure Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester
Big Easter Egg, The Classic Ostrich Easter Egg from Hotel Chocolat
