Russell Davies

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All great ideas seem strange at first

 

Go to Act 2 - What We Were Trying To Do - to listen to a classic waterfall case study.

"What we wanted to do was spill boiling oil onto the heads of our enemies as they attempted to bang down the gates of our village...But at every turn, we've met problems that our researchers could not, despite their intelligence and intuition, have foreseen."

July 13, 2015 | Permalink

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July 12, 2015 | Permalink

In the room

"it readily rejects languages in which it is illiterate and technologies that it does not understand

 

The commercial art world "...readily rejects languages in which it is illiterate and technologies that it does not understand ( a kind of inversion of its relationship with continental philosophy, whose neologisms invariably seem to find their way into press releases without anyone stopping to understand them at all)."

The Elephant

Rather like some other elites and their relationship with both technology and the neologisms of business and Silicon Valley.

July 11, 2015 | Permalink

Canvey Island

Canvey Island

July 10, 2015 | Permalink

Respect is due

Good writing

It's easy enough to slag off the bad signs. Let's praise the good ones. Here's one, clear, straight-forward everything you need to know, not trying to be clever.

 

July 09, 2015 | Permalink

Butlin's Minehead, Heated Indoor Pool and Lounge Cafe

Butlin's Minehead, Heated Indoor Pool and Lounge Cafe

July 08, 2015 | Permalink

This is

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A friend from Derby posted this silent 8mm footage from the 60s, along with the message 'it's not changed much'. Very Derby.

July 07, 2015 | Permalink

Market Cross, Alfriston

Market Cross, Alfriston

July 06, 2015 | Permalink

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July 05, 2015 | Permalink

Haulfre Gardens, Llandudno

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July 04, 2015 | Permalink

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