Archive For April 2008

A tweet from Ryan Carson yesterday led me to Howies about page; a page which Ryan described as “inspiring,” and I can see why. There are two sections of Howies our beliefs page that I think are fantastic: The rocking chair test Every product we make has passed the ‘rocking chair test’. This is something we… Continue Reading ›

File Under: Treat Your Staff Like Adults and See What Happens I’m attending the Carsonified Future of Web Design conference later this week, so I popped over to their lovely website to check some details and noticed “We’re hiring!” on the homepage and thought I’d have a look. I knew that Carsonified has a four-day… Continue Reading ›

I was amazed to see this item over at Boing Boing just now. Virgin Media, a UK ISP, has a new CEO, Neil Berkett, who, in an interview with the Royal Television Society’s Television magazine, attacked net neutrality and went as far as to state “this net neutrality thing is a load of bollocks” and… Continue Reading ›

My wife and I were due to take our little girl to see the Terracotta Warriors exhibition at the British Museum tomorrow, but upon checking the museum’s website tonight, we found that the exhibition is closed tomorrow for “security reasons”. Tomorrow is the last day of the exhibition (yes, I know we should have gone… Continue Reading ›

I love this story about Albert Einstein from The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki. Albert Einstein was on a train. He couldn’t find his ticket after searching through all his pockets and bags. The conductor approached him and said, “Dr. Einstein, everyone knows who you are; I’m sure that Princeton can afford to… Continue Reading ›