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# David Hughes Notes From Afar 

Notes From Afar from David Hughes

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## Posts

- [On Clear Writing](https://www.davidhughes.org/on-clear-writing/) - Clear Writing Gives Poor Thinking Nowhere To Hide — Anon
- [New Adventures In AI](https://www.davidhughes.org/new-adventures-in-ai/) - I arrived fashionably late to the AI party, but I've been utilising it more and more this year. The tipping point for me was Claude Cowork…
- [Trove Slim Wallet Review](https://www.davidhughes.org/trove-slim-wallet-review/) - Why carry all your cards all the time? Slim your wallet now with the excellent Trove Slim Wallet.
- [Ernest Hemingway — Write With a Pencil](https://www.davidhughes.org/ernest-hemingway-write-pencil/) - Ernest Hemingway — If you write with a pencil, you get three different sights at it to see if the reader is getting what you want him to.
- [Helvetireader](https://www.davidhughes.org/helvetireader/) - Jon Hicks has just launched Helvetireader a wonderfully minimalist yet superbly usable theme for Google Reader.
- [Timbuk2 Command Messenger Bag Review](https://www.davidhughes.org/timbuk2-command-laptop-messenger-bag-review/) - A review of the excellent Timbuk2 Command Messenger bag; I've been using it on my daily commute and found much to like about this great bag.
- [Tom Bihn Western Flyer - Some Years Later](https://www.davidhughes.org/tom-bihn-western-flyer-some-years-later/) - It's been almost six years since my original review of my Tom Bihn Western Flyer so I thought it time for an update with mate thoughts and experiencesl.
- [Tom Bihn Western Flyer Review](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-tom-bihn-western-flyer-a-review/) - My Tom Bihn Western Flyer has quickly become one of my favourite pieces of luggage, here's a quick review explaining why I think it's such a great travel bag.
- [Tom Bihn Ristretto Review](https://www.davidhughes.org/tom-bihn-ristretto-review/) - I'd originally planned to use the Tom Bihn Ristretto as my "mobile office", it seemed an ideal small bag for hitting the coffee shops with my iPad.
- [A Tale of Three Netbooks](https://www.davidhughes.org/a-tale-of-three-notebooks/) - I mentioned in my earlier post A Quick Chat About Netbooks that I had had problems with both my Eee PC and a new MacBook ; so here, as promised, are the details of my circular journey from netbook to netbook. When Jas interviewed me at FOWA I as using an Eee PC 901 and
- [The Story Behind Prince's Show Stealing Solo](https://www.davidhughes.org/while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-prince-and-dahni-harrison/) - Learn the fascinating story of how Prince stole the show with his epic solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps that touched fans worldwide
- [Tears On The Train](https://www.davidhughes.org/tears-on-the-train/) - Half way through the trip I happen to look up and see a single tear roll down her cheek, she notices and wipes away the tear. No more tears follow.
- [Normal Service Resumed](https://www.davidhughes.org/normal-service-resumed/) - Normal Service Resumed... I'm back from a very pleasant week in sunny Cornwall, and catching up on my RSS feeds.
- [Notes From A Train #1](https://www.davidhughes.org/notes-from-a-moving-train-1/) - Notes From A Train I look up from my iPhone and notice that sitting diagonally opposite me, is the friendly guy from my local Apple Store.
- [Syd Barrett Shine on You Crazy Diamond](https://www.davidhughes.org/shine-on-you-crazy-diamond/) - Syd Barrett, one of the original members of Pink Floyd, has sadly died. I’m a big Pink Floyd fan, but mostly the post-Barrett music of Meddle onwards.
- [Thank Rock It’s Friday](https://www.davidhughes.org/thank-rock-its-friday/) - I’ve decided that tomorrow I will mostly be listening to rock music. So I’ve loaded up the multi-changer with the following selection for my delectation: The Who – Who’s Next Pink Floyd – Echoes Ian Brown – The Greatest Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti Pink Floyd – Is There Anybody Out There Mostly classic rock
- [CDBaby Loves Me](https://www.davidhughes.org/cdbaby-loves-me/) - It makes such a refreshing change when a company a) has a personality and b) feels able to express that personality in their communications with their customers. I recently ordered the new Thomas Dolby CD and DVD from CDbaby and just received this fantastic email to let me know they had shipped. Subject : CD Baby
- [The Evel Knievel Stunt Bike](https://www.davidhughes.org/30-years-of-hurt/) - We all had one... that one toy you really wanted as a kid, but for one reason or another, sadly never received. You may have carried feelings of injustice and longing ever since, or you may have been lucky enough to find the missing toy as an adult. For me that toy was the Evel
- [No More Giant Leaps - RIP Wally Schirra](https://www.davidhughes.org/no-more-giant-leaps/) - I was very sad to read that Walter 'Wally' Schirra has passed away. Wally was the only astronaut to fly on the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space missions and whilst he never walked on the moon his Apollo 7 mission was a vital step towards that incredible achievement. Of the 12 men that walked on
- [Treat Your Staff Like Adults](https://www.davidhughes.org/treat-your-staff-like-grown-ups-and-see-what-happens/) - File Under: Treat Your Staff Like Adults and See What Happens
- [2008 Review](https://www.davidhughes.org/2008-review/) - It's that time of year, time for another of those unoriginal and I'm sure largely unread review posts. So without further ado, I give you my 2008 review
- [High Flight](https://www.davidhughes.org/high-flight/) - I'm a relative latecomer to poetry, having only started to appreciate it in the last couple of years. I don't recall ever reading poetry at school, and, perhaps unconventionally, it was the use of poetry in films that piqued my interest. This was followed by finding a book of The Nation's Favourite Poems at a
- [Nature By Numbers](https://www.davidhughes.org/nature-by-numbers/) - Numbers have never been my strong suit, but after I read Fermat's Last Theorem I see them differently; toIsee an elegance and beauty I hadn't appreciated before
- [BBC Radio 6 Mix Underworld Special](https://www.davidhughes.org/bbc-radio-6mix-underworld-special/) - This Sunday Karl Hyde of Underworld joined BBC Radio 6 DJ Dave Pearce for a 6 Mix Underworld Special.
- [DO Design by Alan Moore](https://www.davidhughes.org/do-design/) - In DO Design Alan proposes 14 principles for creating enduring beauty. These principles are worth the price of admission alone.
- [Don McCullin Retrospective](https://www.davidhughes.org/don-mccullin-retrospective/) - As you walk through the Don McCullin Retrospective its hard to understand how anybody that sees these images could not be affected...
- [My Coffee Travel Kit](https://www.davidhughes.org/my-coffee-travel-kit/) - Unless you are travelling to a cultured city, where finding great coffee shops is part of the fun, ensuring good coffee whilst travelling can be a challenge.
- [Bellroy Passport Sleeve Unboxing](https://www.davidhughes.org/bellroy-passport-sleeve-unboxing/) - In advance of a full review I thought I’d do an unboxing of my new Bellroy Passport Sleeve. So let's get into it as they say on the YouTubes...
- [The Philosophy of Coffee](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-philosophy-of-coffee/) - The Philosophy of Coffee is like a good espresso - short, sharp and with great depth of flavour.
- [Logitech Keys to Go iPad Keyboard Review](https://www.davidhughes.org/logitech-keys-to-go-keyboard-review/) - I've tried a number of keyboards for the iPad, and my favourite by far is the Logitech Keys to Go keyboard. I'm typing this very sentence on it now.
- [East India Youth](https://www.davidhughes.org/east-india-youth/) - I can't remember which of my Twitter friends recommended East India Youth to me, but if it was you - I thank you. I've played his first release, the Hostel EP, so much that if it had been on vinyl I would have worn it out. Looking For Someone and particularly Heaven How Long are both fabulous, but
- [Only The People Were Ever Meaningful](https://www.davidhughes.org/only-people-were-ever-meaningful/) - You then start to care about the network more than the real people, even though the network itself is meaningless. Only the people were ever meaningful.
- [Amazon Kindle Voyage Review](https://www.davidhughes.org/kindle-voyage-a-quick-review/) - At first glance the Amazon Kindle Voyage looks like a slightly more compact Paperwhite, but there is much more to the latest flagship eReader from Amazon.
- [Bellroy Elements Phone Pocket Review](https://www.davidhughes.org/bellroy-elements-phone-pocket-review/) - The Bellroy Elements Phone Pocket does what it was designed to do perfectly and cleverly, it's made from the highest quality materials and is a delight to use.
- [Faber-Castell Ondoro Review](https://www.davidhughes.org/faber-castell-ondoro-review/) - It was the unique and striking design of the Faber-Castell Ondoro that originally attracted me to it, and it doesn't disappoint in real life.
- [Fisher Space Pen - Aged to Perfection](https://www.davidhughes.org/aged-to-perfection-2/) - In a world where we consume and replace items at an alarming rate there is something very satisfying about this wonderfully worn Fisher Space Pen.
- [You Are Not A Gadget — Jaron Lanier](https://www.davidhughes.org/you-are-not-a-gadget/) - There were more places to express ourselves than ever before ... yet no one really had anything to say.
- [Arthur C. Clarke Invented The iPad](https://www.davidhughes.org/arthur-c-clarke-invented-the-ipad/) - I'm reading 2001: A Space Odyssey at the moment and was struck by this passage in which Arthur C. Clarke essentially describes the iPad
- [Gimme Shelter (Deconstructed)](https://www.davidhughes.org/gimme-shelter-deconstructed/) - I can't remember how I came across the Studio Multitracks site, and specifically this post on Gimme Shelter, but it's fascinating. I'm a latter day Stones fan having only really 'got' their music last year - it just clicked one day. My wife bought me Keith Richards autobiography Life for Christmas which is a great
- [Scroobius Pip - Introdiction](https://www.davidhughes.org/scroobius-pip-introdiction/) - To celebrate the launch of Scroobius Pip's new album Distraction Pieces I thought I'd share this video for the opening track Introdiction. Made for just £100, oddly compelling, and completely NSFW.
- [The Social Network Soundtrack](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-social-network-soundtrack/) - The Social Network Soundtrack is a dark suite of electronica, which having since seen the film doesn't quite fit at times, but somehow that works for this film
- [Free Hugs Campaign](https://www.davidhughes.org/free-hugs/) - I just saw the Free Hugs Campaign video on Garr Reynold's posterous blog and thought I'd share it with you; as Garr says it's hard not to smile.
- [Atonement - Elegy For Dunkirk](https://www.davidhughes.org/atonement-elegy-for-dunkirk/) - This scene is extraordinary - fantastic cinematography combined with the haunting Elegy For Dunkirk to create 5 amazing minutes of film
- [Let My People Go Surfing By Yvon Chouinard](https://www.davidhughes.org/let-my-people-go-surfing-the-book/) - This is not so much a book review as a book recommendation; in fact, this book is so good, I’m happy for you to stop reading this post now and go and buy Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard. Still here? OK, then I’ll talk a little about this great book. I bought
- [Fuel Conference](https://www.davidhughes.org/fuel-conference-the-event/) - I was intrigued by the FUEL Conference when it was announced, as it seemed to span personal and professional interests - looking at both the power of community and the power of cloud computing and how companies can use both to fuel their business. FUEL took place last Friday and was one of the best,
- [Have You Got Your Train Ticket?](https://www.davidhughes.org/have-you-got-your-train-ticket/) - 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 train ticket...
- [The Art of the Start](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-art-of-the-start/) - I've just started reading The Art of the Start - the time-tested, battle-hardened guide for anyone starting anything - by Guy Kawasaki.
- [I Love Breakfast](https://www.davidhughes.org/i-love-breakfast/) - "When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh.
- [An Obsession Shared…](https://www.davidhughes.org/an-obsession-shared/) - For a long time, I have enjoyed reading Ink Quest, which features the experiences, trials, and tribulations of a fellow obsessive's search for the perfect fountain pen ink. It made me feel so much better to realise that there are others out there who are perhaps slightly more obsessive even than I. However, I feel I
- [2005 Top 5](https://www.davidhughes.org/top-5-of-2005/) - My 2005 Top 5 listing. Top 5 Events 1. The Birth of my son 2. Celebrating 15 years with and 5 years married to my beautiful wife 3. Spending hours bobbing around in the Med with my daughter Jasmine 4. Finally, buying a Mac 5. So many others… Top 5 Albums 1. Stars of CCTV
- [Red Hot Chili Peppers](https://www.davidhughes.org/red-hot-chili-peppers/) - Did you see the Red Hot Chili Peppers on Jonathan Ross (BBC 1 UK) on Friday night? Simply superb.
- [How Many Blades Do You Need?](https://www.davidhughes.org/how-many-blades-do-you-need/) - How many blades do you need to shave perfectly? Well, I’ll tell you. One.
- [Jack Into Your Ono Sendai](https://www.davidhughes.org/jack-into-your-ono-sendai/) - NTT is releasing a 3D web browser that looks like how I imagined jacking into cyberspace through your Ono Sendai would when reading Neuromancer
- [Top 6 of 2006](https://www.davidhughes.org/top-6-of-2006/) - I present my top 6 books and albums of 2006
- [Apple Live Photos – Inspired by Blade Runner?](https://www.davidhughes.org/apples-live-photos-inspired-by-blade-runner/) - The inspiration for Live Photos has to be the original 'live photo' that appears in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, and not those in the Harry Potter novels.
- [Weeknote 24th December 2023](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-24th-december-2023/) - Weeknote for 24th December 2024 featuring MK Geek Night, a trip to Cambridge, to the new Caffeine and Machine and our family viewing of Home Alone.
- [Apple Design - It's The Little Details](https://www.davidhughes.org/its-the-little-details/) - Apple design has a well-deserved reputation for creating beautifully designed and built devices. The iMac, the MacBook Air, the iPhone— all are simply wonderful
- [Snow White MacBook](https://www.davidhughes.org/snow-white-macbook/) - This Snow White MacBook is fantastic, my daughter would love one of these.
- [Weeknote 28th January 2024](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-28th-january-2024/) - Weeknote 28th January 2024 : I’m back in Bristol for a couple of days this week and next working with our agency team...
- [Gaining The Whole World](https://www.davidhughes.org/gaining-the-world/) - Seen on the wall of a wonderful coffee shop run by a church in Covent Garden. What good is it for man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? — Mark 8:36
- [Weeknote 4th February 2024](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-4th-february-2024/) - Weeknote 4th February 2024 - It’s odd writing this weeknote in Bristol describing last Monday, which also found me in this lovely city.
- [Weeknote 11th February 2024](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-11th-february-2024/) - A short weeknote as I'm resting my wrist following a steroid injection. I was in Bristol on Monday & Tuesday which coincided with the Bristol Light Festival.
- [Ten Years](https://www.davidhughes.org/ten-years/) - October marked the ten years since I started this blog, and of the many iterations and designs it has been through.
- [PDA vs Smartphone 1 + 1 = 2?](https://www.davidhughes.org/1-1-2-discuss/) - I recently moved back to a PDA, a Palm Tungsten E2, after a couple of unsuccessful flirtations with paper-based organisers and diaries.
- [7/7 London Bombings Update](https://www.davidhughes.org/london-bomb-attacks-2/) - My experience of the 7/7 London bombings published on the day. I’m feeling sick at the moment. I’ve just seen a news report showing where the bomb blasts were.
- [Things Ain’t What They Used to Be](https://www.davidhughes.org/things-aint-what-they-used-to-be/) - I was beginning to wonder if I was just unlucky or fussy or both, as it seems to me that things ain’t what they used to be
- [Fantastic Customer Service From Pelikan Pens](https://www.davidhughes.org/fantastic-customer-service/) - I’ve had the most fantastic piece of customer service ever in the last week.
- [Release the Sound of Your iPod](https://www.davidhughes.org/release-the-sound-of-your-ipod/) - Because of the bloody French, your iPod will have a very low and very annoying volume limit.
- [Steven Wright — What’s Another Word For Thesaurus?](https://www.davidhughes.org/whats-another-word-for-thesaurus/) - More great one-liners from Steven Wright. “I installed a skylight in my apartment… The people who live above me are furious!”
- [Mike Rohde Asks the Eternal Question…](https://www.davidhughes.org/mike-rohde-asks-the-eternal-question/) - Over at Rohdesign, Mike Rohde has an interesting article on his paper vs pixels dilemma: Back to Paper: Should I Ditch My PDA?
- [Seven Steps to Better Presentations](https://www.davidhughes.org/seven-steps-to-better-presentations/) - A great guide to better presentations from Jeff Veen; I’ve seen Jeff present, and he is a very good speaker indeed.
- [Beardy Man — Kitchen Diaries](https://www.davidhughes.org/i-got-mine-from-sainsburys/) - I promised myself that on my new blog I wouldn't just post YouTube videos and I've already started, but this video from Beardy Man is just too good not to share
- [Love At First Sight](https://www.davidhughes.org/just-when-i-thought-i-was-over-you/) - The moment I saw you, it was love at first sight. You were so smart, so sexy, so different from everything I had seen before.
- [Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band](https://www.davidhughes.org/it-was-twenty-years-ago-today/) - I was very spoilt this Fathers Day, and one of my many lovely presents was a copy of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, an album I've always loved
- [Product Placement Gone Mad](https://www.davidhughes.org/product-placement-gone-mad/) - I saw the new Fantastic Four film last night, which was pretty good. Of course, there was the usual blatant product placement all over it,
- [The Scum Career Development Model](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-scum-career-development-model/) - I watched Scum for the first time recently. It is a great film and confirmed to me what I had always suspected – I wouldn't last 10 minutes in prison.
- [1 Million Pay Mortgage With Credit Card](https://www.davidhughes.org/1m-pay-rent-or-mortgage-with-credit-card/) - Rising housing costs forced more than a million householders to use a credit card to pay their mortgage or rent over the past 12 months, a poll reveals.
- [Make My Logo Bigger!!!](https://www.davidhughes.org/make-my-logo-bigger/) - Make My Logo Bigger!!! This is for every designer and marketeer that has had to work with less "enlightened" colleagues and clients. So true and so funny.
- [MacBook Air?](https://www.davidhughes.org/macbook-air/) - Perhaps Steve will announce the new MacBook Air tomorrow, with the focus being on lightweight and wireless connectivity.
- [Bill Gates Is On LinkedIn And Only Three Links Away From Me](https://www.davidhughes.org/bill-gates-is-on-linked-in-and-only-three-links-away-from-me/) - Apparently Bill Gates recently deleted his Facebook profile, I can't say I blame him, and is now using LinkedIn as his social network of choice.
- [iPhone Roaming Data Charges](https://www.davidhughes.org/iphone-roaming-data-charges/) - I'd read the stories of swingeing data charges when roaming, so when I went to Barcelona recently, I made sure that data roaming on my iPhone was switched off.
- [Let My People Go Surfing](https://www.davidhughes.org/let-my-people-go-surfing/) - Howies policy on fun is clearly influenced by Let My People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard a book I found on Howies site in their stuff we love section.
- [Yvon Chouinard - Back to the Outdoors](https://www.davidhughes.org/yvon-chouinard-back-to-the-outdoors/) - Following my recent posts on Yvon Chouinard and Let My People Go Surfing, I was contacted by Sara White of Timex Expedition
- [That's How I Roll Cartoon](https://www.davidhughes.org/thats-how-i-roll/) - Brilliant cartoon from The Rut.
- [Google Adds Tasks to Gmail](https://www.davidhughes.org/google-adds-tasks-to-gmail/) - You may have seen the news that Google has added a tasks application to its Gmail email service.
- [Google Quick Search - The New Quicksilver](https://www.davidhughes.org/google-quick-search-the-new-quicksilver/) - I'm playing with a cool new app on my Mac that shows great promise: Google Quick Search Box.
- [Is Social Media the New Marketplace?](https://www.davidhughes.org/is-social-media-the-new-marketplace/) - This feels like a significant moment, selling via social media rather than "traditional" channels. Who'd have thought that we might regard eBay as old hat...
- [Search Engine Optimisation Prime](https://www.davidhughes.org/optimisation-prime/) - I recently decided to take this blog a little more seriously and part of that has been to increase my visitor numbers through search engine optimisation or SEO
- [Ken Robinson - Fertile Minds Need Feeding](https://www.davidhughes.org/ken-robinson-fertile-minds-need-feeding/) - The Guardian has an interesting interview with Ken Robinson: "Learning happens in the minds and souls, not in the databases of multiple-choice tests."
- [Psion And The netBook Trademark](https://www.davidhughes.org/psion-and-the-netbook-trademark/) - As an ex-Psion employee, I was disappointed and a little saddened to learn of Psion's spurious trademark claim to the word netbook.
- [Now Intel Is Challenging Psion Netbook Claim](https://www.davidhughes.org/now-intel-is-challenging-psion-netbook-claim/) - Intel is joining Dell in challenging Psion's claim to the netbook trademark. I realise that Dell and Intel's motives are purely commercial, but I dislike...
- [Mixtape Labelling Concept](https://www.davidhughes.org/music-cd-labelling-concept/) - This is so cool, it would be brilliant for a mixtape and home-burnt CDs.
- [Beastie Boys Live At Pompeii](https://www.davidhughes.org/beastie-boys-live-at-pompeii/) - The Beastie Boys Gratitude is a wonderful homage to Pink Floyd's Live At Pompeii, right down to the speakers labeled Pink Floyd London
- [Grand Central Station Waltz](https://www.davidhughes.org/grand-central-station-waltz/) - Grand Central Station was one of the highlights of my visit; it is simply beautiful and yet beautifully simple inside.
- [Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness](https://www.davidhughes.org/sony-ericsson-xperia-pureness/) - I love my iPhone, but every now and then I find myself hankering for something simpler, smaller, and simpler. I think the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness...
- [The Facts of Life - Layer Cake](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-facts-of-life/) - Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere, and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake, son.
- [Winning Awards For mybarclaycard Design](https://www.davidhughes.org/winning-awards-with-mybarclaycard/) - I led design for mybarclaycard and it's amazing to see it being recognised and winning awards in both the financial services and wider design communities
- [Orbital & Matt Smith At Glastonbury](https://www.davidhughes.org/orbital-matt-smith-glastonbury-2010/) - Matt Smith joins Orbital on stage at Glastonbury 2010 to perform Doctor? - the best version of the Doctor Who theme since Delia Derbyshire's groundbreaking original.
- [Lettering Process: Frank Ortmann](https://www.davidhughes.org/lettering-process-frank-ortmann/) - As somebody who can barely write legibly, I find this lettering process from Frank Ortmann utterly enthralling.
- [Underworld Headlining South West Four](https://www.davidhughes.org/underworld-headlining-south-west-four/) - The mighty Underworld bestride London, headlining the South West Four electronic music and dance festival on August 27 2011
- [Personalised Field Notes](https://www.davidhughes.org/thank-you-the-paperie/) - To mark the latest Field Notes release, they had a competition; the first to reply with their first name would win a notebook personalised with that first name
- [A Farmhouse In Japan](https://www.davidhughes.org/minka-my-farmhouse-in-japan/) - A film about place and memory, a farmhouse in Japan, and the lives of the people who called it home.
- [Bob Hoskins - The Long Good Friday](https://www.davidhughes.org/bob-hoskins-the-long-good-friday/) - Bob Hoskins passed away today. I'm a huge Hoskins fan, but by far my favourite of his films is The Long Good Friday which has one of the best endings ever committed to celluloid. The way in which he conveys a range of emotions from surprise to anger to realisation and finally acceptance without speaking
- [Aarron Draplin Logo Design Challenge](https://www.davidhughes.org/aarron-draplin-logo-design-challenge/) - I love his the work of Aaron Draplin, especially his logo, they have a timeless American feel, so it's a huge treat to watch him design a logo in mere minutes.
- [Chas And Dave - That's What I Like](https://www.davidhughes.org/thats-what-i-like/) - That's What I Like by Chas and Dave was one of Bradley Wiggin's Desert Island Discs, and it's a work of feel good cockney genius.
- [Learn to Fly - Rockin 1000](https://www.davidhughes.org/learn-to-fly-rockin-1000/) - 1000 musicians play Learn to Fly by Foo Fighters to ask Dave Grohl to come and play in Cesena, Italy.
- [Brian Eno - John Peel Lecture](https://www.davidhughes.org/brian-eno-john-peel-lecture/) - I've just watched the 2015 John Peel Lecture given this year by Brian Eno, and it was the most thought provoking hour of television I can remember seeing in along time.
- [The Spy Who Loved Me Opening Sequence](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-spy-who-loved-me-opening-sequence/) - My fondest memory is of The Spy Who Loved Me opening is the riotous round of applause from the audience as Bond's parachute unfurled to reveal the Union Jack
- [Notes - A Life Story, A Love Story](https://www.davidhughes.org/notes-a-life-story-a-love-story/) - Notes - A Life Story, A Love Story. Wonderfully analogue – surprisingly moving.
- [Brilliant Yes That Would Be](https://www.davidhughes.org/underworld-brilliant-yes-that-would-be/) - For a while the hints have been there on Instagram, but we can now rejoice - new music from Underworld.
- [Find Time For Quiet](https://www.davidhughes.org/find-time-for-quiet/) - Tis a busy world. To have great ideas, you need to find 20 minutes in the morning for thinking of nothing. Just 1.2% of your day.
- [The Game Of Thrones Theme Via Fender](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-game-of-thrones-theme-brought-to-you-by-fender/) - Composer Ramin Djawadi is joined by Tom Morello, Scott Ian, Nuno Bettencourt for this epic, guitar driven version of the Game Of Thrones theme.
- [Jonny, Thom & Roland Perform The Numbers](https://www.davidhughes.org/jonny-thom-a-cr78/) - I love this stripped back version of the beautiful Radiohead track The Numbers performed by Jonny Greenwood, Thom Yorke and a Roland CR78
- [Equus Leather - Beautiful & Bespoke](https://www.davidhughes.org/equus-leather-beautiful-bespoke-and-made-by-hand/) - Equus Leather create bespoke, hand crafted leather items, and this video showing the creation of a handmade watch strap is absolutely captivating.
- [Synth Geek](https://www.davidhughes.org/synth-geek/) - Last month I headed to Birmingham to attend An Afternoon With Wolfgang Flur of Kraftwerk fame, but it turned into a full day indulging our inner Synth Geek.
- [Baby Driver – Cars, Choreography & Cool](https://www.davidhughes.org/baby-driver-cars-choreography-cool-sounds/) - In Baby Driver Wright uses the fantastic soundtrack to great effect, synchronising the action and movement with every beat - as if the music is an extra actor
- [Owning My Own Content](https://www.davidhughes.org/owning-my-content-or-how-i-learnt-to-stop-worrying-and-love-my-blog/) - Last weekend I was about to post some photos from a frosty forest walk onto Instagram and paused as I was pondering the best tags to add to ‘drive engagement’.
- [Customer Service Does Nobody Care Anymore?](https://www.davidhughes.org/does-nobody-care-about-service-anymore/) - Another day, another machine, yet more poor customer service
- [Yes I Lost My Wallet](https://www.davidhughes.org/yes-i-lost-my-wallet-but-why-does-that-make-it-ok-to-steal-my-cash/) - So yes, I lost my wallet, but why does that make it OK to steal my cash?
- [Lost Wallet Stolen Cash](https://www.davidhughes.org/lost-wallet-stolen-cash/) - I had lunch today with a friend who used to work on the London Underground I was talking about my lost wallet and stolen cash situation and it seems very common
- [A Novel Idea?](https://www.davidhughes.org/a-germ-of-an-idea/) - I would like to write a novel or a short story but until recently I had not had an idea that I could develop beyond just an idea
- [The Lure of Pixels](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-lure-of-pixels-part-2/) - In my now sadly lost article, The Lure of Pixels, I outlined my reasons for ditching my paper organiser and returning to a digital one. There was one reason I left out, or perhaps have only just become conscious of - my OCD tendencies. I hate that after a couple of changes in my diary
- [A Victorian Train Trip to the Coast](https://www.davidhughes.org/a-victorian-trip-to-the-coast/) - I caught the train to Brighton from London the other day and was struck by the Victorian design that one sees on this journey. Ironically, despite its name, Victoria Station is the least Victorian-feeling part of the trip. Victoria is a very average station, not a Victorian masterpiece like St Pancras with its amazing glass
- [Are MP3 Players Too Focused on Storage?](https://www.davidhughes.org/are-mp3-players-too-focused-on-storage/) - The BBC has an interesting post on their site about the sound quality of MP3 players, or rather, the fact that very few manufacturers talk about that aspect
- [Time to Change My MP3 Player](https://www.davidhughes.org/time-to-change-my-mp3-player-the-ashtray-is-full/) - For me, the joy of an MP3 player is that I can have my entire music collection with me at all times, but I don’t want to have to manage that collection...
- [I’ve Just Bought My First Legal Music Download](https://www.davidhughes.org/ive-just-bought-my-first-legal-music-download/) - I’ve not paid for a music download before today, and I'm not sure I will again.
- [Music Download Problem Continued](https://www.davidhughes.org/music-download-problem-continued/) - I decided to email Tesco about the problem I had with the download from their music download store. I don’t want a refund just an explanation.
- [Of Music Downloads and MP3 Players](https://www.davidhughes.org/of-music-downloads-and-mp3-players/) - I received a response from Tesco, albeit a standard email. It seems I have to use Windows Media Player to transfer the downloaded MP3 files to my Rio Karma. I suppose if I’d thought about it, I would have realised this, as it must mean they control the DRM on the files. I have now
- [Old Blog Posts Make Interesting Reading](https://www.davidhughes.org/interesting-reading/) - I've now imported all the entries from my old Blogger blog that I think are worth republishing, and they make for interesting reading.
- [The Apple Mighty Mouse](https://www.davidhughes.org/apples-mighty-mouse/) - Being Apple the Mighty Mouse is far more interesting than the usual 2 button mouse with an ingenious-looking 360-degree scroll button.
- [I Heart iSync](https://www.davidhughes.org/i-isync/) - I’ve just synced my Nokia 6680 with my Mac using iSync, and I've got to say how much I like iSync. Want to know why I like iSync so much?
- [Apple Disappointment](https://www.davidhughes.org/very-disappointing/) - I finished work early on Friday and headed across London to the very lovely Apple Store on Regent Street.
- [iMac Continued](https://www.davidhughes.org/imac-continued/) - I’m pleased to say that the Apple Store happily accepted my iMac back and gave me a complete refund.
- [iMac Number Two](https://www.davidhughes.org/imac-number-2/) - I collected my second iMac from John Lewis this morning. I rushed home, plugged it in, and with my breath held switched it on…
- [Improving My Memory](https://www.davidhughes.org/improving-my-memory/) - I’ve just upgraded the memory on my iMac from 512Mb to 1Gb, and it was amazingly easy.
- [Caffeinated Smartphone](https://www.davidhughes.org/caffeinated-smartphone/) - I was sitting this morning with a cup of coffee in one hand and my Nokia 6680 in the other. The phone suddenly slipped out of my hand and landed in my coffee
- [Hurricane Katrina](https://www.davidhughes.org/hurricane-katrina/) - The BBC has a compelling column entitled Survival of the Fittest by Harold Evans discussing the social and political aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
- [Smartphone Maths 2 - 1 = 1?](https://www.davidhughes.org/2-11-or-how-i-came-to-choose-my-smartphone/) - In earlier articles, I outlined my requirements for a smartphone and the models I was considering: the Treo 650 and the Sony Ericsson P910i.
- [F1 Fix?](https://www.davidhughes.org/its-a-swindle/) - There have been many dodgy decisions taken by the F1 authorities in recent years but today I have seen the most blatant fix yet.
- [Google All My Data Are Belong to You?](https://www.davidhughes.org/all-my-data-are-belong-to-google/) - I’ve been using Google as my search engine since it was launched. I’ve been using Gmail as my secondary email account for a year or two.
- [Tim Berners Lee - So I Have a Blog](https://www.davidhughes.org/so-i-have-a-blog/) - Tim Berners Lee, the man who invented the web, in case you didn’t know, and shame on you if you didn’t, has started a blog. In 1989 one of the main objectives of the WWW was to be a space for sharing information. It seemed evident that it should be a space in which anyone
- [The Japanese Motorcycle Test and Travelling With Luggage](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-japanese-motorcycle-test-and-travelling-with-luggage/) - Part of the Japanese motorcycle test requires you to lay your bike on its side on the ground and then to pick it up on your own.
- [A Natural](https://www.davidhughes.org/a-natural/) - My daughter and I were in the study the other day, looking at some photos that I had just transferred from our digital camera. Jasmine loves to see photos on the big screen of the iMac, and I thought it would be fun for her to take some of her own, so with a quick
- [Jonny Ive CBE](https://www.davidhughes.org/jonathan-ive-cbe/) - Jonny Ive, Apple’s design overlord, has been awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours list. It’s fantastic to see the importance of design being recognised. Jonathan Ive is responsible (with a little input from Steve Jobs, I’m sure) for the iMac, Cube, iBook, Powerbook, Mini, and of course, the iPod range. Apple is renowned
- [I’m Going to Tokyo… No Really I Am](https://www.davidhughes.org/im-going-to-tokyo-no-really-i-am/) - I have wanted to go to Tokyo for years, and now I am. So will Tokyo be a real-life Blade Runner set? Will I be Lost In Translation?
- [Tokyo Day 0](https://www.davidhughes.org/tokyo-day-0/) - OK so I’m on my way to Tokyo – I’m currently sitting in the Virgin Clubhouse waiting for my flight to be called.
- [Tokyo Day 1](https://www.davidhughes.org/tokyo-day-1/) - My flight was very good. I only watched two films as the film selection was rather uninspiring. We arrived at our hotel early afternoon on Saturday and decided to have a few hours' sleep and then to head out into Tokyo. Sadly, when I woke up after my nap, my cold had set in with
- [Jet Lag Isn’t Fun](https://www.davidhughes.org/jet-lag-isnt-fun/) - I’ve been home from Tokyo for almost a week now, and still I’m finding myself falling asleep, or resisting falling asleep, around 8pm and then unable to stay asleep beyond 4 or 5am. Jet lag isn’t fun I’ve never had bad jet lag before, and I have to say that I don’t like it. I
- [Travelling Again](https://www.davidhughes.org/travelling-again/) - Business trips are like buses… You don’t go on any for ages and then two turn up together - I'm travelling again
- [Under An Umbrella](https://www.davidhughes.org/umbrellas/) - Is it just me, or is there something very satisfying about being under an umbrella in the rain?
- [Irrepressible.info](https://www.davidhughes.org/irrepressibleinfo/) - Amnesty International in partnership with The Observer have launched a new campaign targeting Internet repression Irrepressible.info From the Irrepressible.info website: Chat rooms monitored. Blogs deleted. Websites blocked. Search engines restricted. People imprisoned for simply posting and sharing information. The Internet is a new frontier in the struggle for human rights. Governments – with the help
- [The Cost Of Commuting](https://www.davidhughes.org/13192/) - £13,192 – that’s a large amount of money, isn’t it? Well, that’s roughly what I’ve spent commuting to London over the last 34 months.
- [The Last Celebrity](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-last-celebrity/) - I’ve seen a number of minor celebrities during my time of commuting. Tonight, on my penultimate night in London I saw a proper celebrity.
- [Where Can I Buy One Banksy?](https://www.davidhughes.org/where-can-i-buy-one/) - Hundreds of Paris Hilton albums have been tampered with in the latest stunt by “guerrilla artist” Banksy. Banksy has replaced Hilton’s CD with his own remixes and given them titles such as Why am I Famous?, What Have I Done? and What Am I For? He has also changed pictures of her on the CD
- [First Steps](https://www.davidhughes.org/first-steps/) - Today was a good day, as Ice Cube would say. My little girl started school today, and my son took his first steps. First steps for both are important in their own way. Marvellous.
- [Gapingvoid](https://www.davidhughes.org/gapingvoid/) - I've recently found and been enjoying this excellent blog so I thought I’d draw your attention to it. gapingvoid is the blog of Hugh MacLeod and is centred around his cartoons drawn on the back of a business cards. In addition to Hugh’s great cartoons he also posts some very interesting observations; I thought his post
- [Corporate Blogs](https://www.davidhughes.org/corporate-blogs/) - I’ve worked in two companies now where the idea of a blog has been mooted. I think corporate blogs are, on the whole, a terrible idea. Unless genuinely written by an employee (who says it has to be an executive after all) with ability, charisma, and genuine interest in blogging, they are going to be
- [Web 2.0 Thinking Game](https://www.davidhughes.org/web-20-thinking-game/) - Zeldman has a great post on what Web 2.0 means to different journalists and the wider interwebosphere™.
- [The Beatles — Love](https://www.davidhughes.org/love-by-the-beatles/) - The Beatles new album Love was released today. Of course, it’s not really a new album but a collection of classic Beatles songs that form the soundtrack for the new Cirque de Soleil show in Las Vegas of the same name. Disappointed? Don’t be… this is no ordinary compilation album. This is the Beatles as
- [Dear Boston](https://www.davidhughes.org/dear-boston/) - I've always fancied visiting Boston but following this weeks events you've dropped way down my 'To Vist' list
- [Perfect Advertising?](https://www.davidhughes.org/perfect-advertising/) - In case you hadn't realised my previous post Just when I thought I was over you was an ode to the iPhone. Signals vs. Noise has a very interesting post in which they say that one of the iPhone adverts is "perfect advertising". You know what they could be right. I was very definitely over
- [You Gotta Love Daring Fireball](https://www.davidhughes.org/you-gotta-love-daring-fireball/) - You gotta love John Gruber of Daring Fireball fame... In a great post about the iPhone, it's launch week remember, John pokes fun at some of the iPhone doom mongers in the way only John can. This piece made me laugh out loud; in which Mr Gruber responds to a quote from an Verizon executive:
- [Eleanor Rigby Left Home?](https://www.davidhughes.org/eleanor-rigby-left-home/) - I had my iPod on shuffle the other day and Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles came on. Following my post about "She's Leaving Home" earlier
- [The Best Birthday Present](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-best-birthday-present/) - It's my birthday today. I've had some lovely presents, but the very best present of all and the thing that absolutely made my day was seeing my little girl pass her swimming test and win her first distance badge. A very, very proud Daddy indeed.
- [A Very Pleasant Surprise](https://www.davidhughes.org/a-very-pleasant-surprise/) - A very pleasant surprise in my inbox - one of my photographs of the Pantheon has been selected for use in the new version of the Schmap guide to Rome.
- [Walt Mossberg Misses the Point?](https://www.davidhughes.org/walt-mossberg-misses-the-point/) - Walt Mossberg, the respected Wall Street Journal personal technology columnist, has a "review" of Apple's latest version of iWork over on All Things Digital. I'm biased, but I feel he has missed the point in comparing iWork 08 with Microsoft Office for the Mac. iWork is quite clearly targeted at a different audience to the
- [O2 Secures iPhone for UK?](https://www.davidhughes.org/o2-secures-iphone-for-uk/) - There has been much speculation and rumour over which mobile networks would "win" the iPhone in Europe and now the Financial Times is reporting that O2 has won the deal to sell the iPhone in the UK. Not one for rumour mongering (ahem) I've not commented before on the rumours, but this 'feels' right -
- [The iPhone It’s Official](https://www.davidhughes.org/its-official/) - As widely rumoured, discussed, and let's face it expected, the iPhone for the UK was announced on O2 this morning at the London Apple Store.
- [Cheese Delivery Devices](https://www.davidhughes.org/cheese-delivery-devices/) - I had a particularly scrumptious blue goat's cheese this weekend; whilst polishing it off I realised that crackers, biscuits, bread, rolls etc. are in fact little more than cheese delivery devices.
- [iPhone Hands On](https://www.davidhughes.org/iphone-hands-on/) - I'm at the Future of Web Apps conference today, more of which later, and have just had my first "play" with an iPhone, and it is niiice. Very niiice... Much smaller than it looks in photos, it feels marvellous in the hand. The screen is awesome, and the UI... the UI is completely and utterly
- [Customer Service An Open Letter](https://www.davidhughes.org/an-open-letter-on-the-subject-on-customer-service/) - An Open Letter on the Subject of Customer Service I am sick and tired of bad service. Not of bad products and goods but of the service that supports those products or is the product itself.
- [Apple Customer Service Did I Speak Too Soon?](https://www.davidhughes.org/did-i-speak-too-soon/) - Having cited Apple as an example of companies bringing their customer service back home, I was disappointed to read this item over at Boing Boing Gadgets
- [MacBook Air - the Cable Free MacBook?](https://www.davidhughes.org/macbook-air-the-cable-free-macbook/) - So today is the day of Steve Jobs' Keynote at MacWorld and the rumour mills, which I guess includes me now, are churning with more MacBook Air supposition. The flavour of today's rumours propose that the MacBook Air is the much talked about lightweight or sub-MacBook and that it is cable free - hence "Air"
- [MacWorld 2008 Speculation - I’m Pretty Pleased](https://www.davidhughes.org/macworld-2008-speculation-im-pretty-pleased/) - I followed Steve Jobs' Keynote from MacWorld today on my iPhone via MacRumors excellent page and have just watched the Keynote video from the Apple site
- [RSS Diet - Day 1](https://www.davidhughes.org/rss-diet-day-1/) - 've decided to conduct an experiment; I've decided to see how I get on not using an RSS reader or following my multitude of RSS feeds for one week.
- [RSS Diet - Day 2](https://www.davidhughes.org/rss-diet-day-2/) - t's now the end of day 2 of my RSS diet and I'm pleased to say that I'm not missing Google Reader and my multitude of feeds at all.
- [RSS Diet - Complete](https://www.davidhughes.org/rss-diet-complete/) - A week has passed since I started my RSS diet, which brings the experiment "phase" to an end.
- [To CV or Not to CV?](https://www.davidhughes.org/to-cv-or-not-to-cv/) - Seth Godin has a typically brilliant post on his blog today entitled Why bother having a resume? (CV to us Brits) in which he makes a very good case for not having a resume or curriculum vitae. Seth makes some very good points in his post, among them: A resume is an excuse to reject
- [Terracotta Warriors Dissapointment](https://www.davidhughes.org/severely-dissapointed/) - We were due see the Terracotta Warriors exhibition but upon checking the museum's website we found that the exhibition is closed tomorrow for "security reasons"
- [Net Neutrality is “A Load of Bollocks”](https://www.davidhughes.org/net-neutrality-is-a-load-of-bollocks/) - Virgin Media CEO, Neil Berkett attacked net neutrality and went as far as to state “this net neutrality thing is a load of bollocks”
- [Knowledge Work And The 21st Century Mill](https://www.davidhughes.org/do-you-work-in-a-21st-century-mill/) - I've just read Seth Godin's latest post, The New Standard for Meetings and Conferences, about 21st century knowledge work, in which Seth says
- [iPhone 2.0 Wishlist](https://www.davidhughes.org/iphone-20-wishlist/) - Are the rumours right, are we getting the 3G iPhone soon? A quick list of what I hope iPhone 2.0 will bring.
- [Fuel for Thought](https://www.davidhughes.org/fuel-for-thought/) - I wrote about the FUEL Conference earlier and what a success I believe it to have been, but I didn’t go into my thoughts following the event. It strikes me that company culture is a key factor in a successful social and community strategy. The companies that are doing well and really engaging with their
- [iPhone 3G - One Week On](https://www.davidhughes.org/iphone-3g-one-week-on/) - In my post iPhone 2.0 Wishlist I outlined what I hoped for from the new iPhone, which Steve Jobs did indeed announce on June 9th - so did I get everything I wished for? I was lucky enough to receive my iPhone 3G on the July 11 launch day; I say lucky because the launch and the
- [My God It’s Full of Stars](https://www.davidhughes.org/my-god-its-full-of-stars/) - You forget the effect that light pollution has on the night sky until you go somewhere with an absence of such pollution and experience a sky full of stars
- [I See Dead People](https://www.davidhughes.org/i-see-dead-people/) - I See Dead People - more brilliance from The Rut
- [Seeing the Signs](https://www.davidhughes.org/see-the-signs/) - I love these signs created for a car park in Melbourne, Australia. So often, car parks have unclear or confusing signage, but there's no missing them here; in fact, the down sign looks as if you might crash into it.
- [Introverts and Extraverts](https://www.davidhughes.org/introverts-and-extraverts/) - I came across an interesting post Introverts and Extraverts Can't We Just Get Along, which led me to another post by the same author, The Introverts Strike Back
- [Writer's Block](https://www.davidhughes.org/writers-block/) - This isn't one of those "sorry for not blogging for a while, I'll be back soon" posts, but it is a distant relative. I rather think that I must be coming down with a case of writer's block; I just don't seem to have anything I feel the need to write about at the moment.
- [Social Media Marketing](https://www.davidhughes.org/social-media-marketing/) - I was able to attend KMP's Social Media Marketing seminar earlier this week. There were four talks providing a great introduction to social media
- [Eulogy For Nana](https://www.davidhughes.org/nana/) - I thought I'd share with you the short passage I wrote for my Nana's funeral last year. Most of it will mean little to you as it was, of course, quite personal
- [US Election - Excited & Scared](https://www.davidhughes.org/excited-and-scared/) - If there were an election called now in the UK, I honestly do not know who I would vote for, and to be honest, I don’t actually believe that it would make any significant difference which party won. The same cannot be said for the US election; I know exactly who I would vote for,
- [Why Do you Answer the Phone?](https://www.davidhughes.org/why-do-you-answer-the-phone/) - Another great post from Seth Godin entitled How to Answer the Phone in which he states the only reason to answer the phone when a customer calls
- [Wordpress 2.7](https://www.davidhughes.org/wordpress-27/) - A few days ago I upgraded davidhughes.org to the newly released and latest version of WordPress 2.7.
- [LiliLite - A Little Night Reading](https://www.davidhughes.org/a-little-night-reading/) - This is so clever. LiliLite is a bedside shelf, reading light, and bookmark in one. A sensor turns off the light when an open book is placed on the shelf
- [Four Day Work Week - Week One](https://www.davidhughes.org/four-day-work-week-week-one/) - Our son will be starting school in September, allowing my wife to return to work; she wants to I’m not forcing her - honest. She has always wanted to train to be a nursery nurse, and through a chance conversation at our son’s pre-school, she has secured a position starting immediately. To give her the
- [Four Day Work Week - Week Two](https://www.davidhughes.org/four-day-work-week-week-two/) - As I enter week three of working a four day work week, I thought I should keep my promise and update you on week two: it passed without incident. The end. Sorry, but I’m pleased to say there is little to report. It is working well for both me and my wife, who is enjoying
- [The Matrix Has You](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-matrix-has-you/) - In the words of Neo, "whoa". I can't believe it's been ten years since The Matrix was released. I can remember seeing the "What Is The Matrix?" teaser trailers and knowing from those that I had to see this film. But even the brilliant teasers and trailers couldn't prepare me for just how cool this movie
- [A Faceless Watch](https://www.davidhughes.org/a-faceless-watch/) - How cool is this faceless watch? The LEDs are set into the band, keeping them hidden until used.
- [Is SEO Bullshit? Discuss.](https://www.davidhughes.org/is-seo-bullshit-discuss/) - Sam Brown recently published an interesting post on the value and merit of SEO: Why I think SEO is bullshit
- [What Is Twitter?](https://www.davidhughes.org/what-is-twitter/) - I love Twitter, and I've tried to spread that love far and wide. A question I've been asked by many is "what is Twitter?".
- [Psion and Intel Reach "Amicable Agreement"](https://www.davidhughes.org/psion-and-intel-reach-amicable-agreement/) - It seems that Psion and Intel have reached an "amicable agreement" and that neither party accepted any liability.
- [Biting The Big Apple](https://www.davidhughes.org/biting-the-big-apple/) - As I no longer have a links page or blogroll, I'd like to draw your attention, if I may, to Biting The Big Apple, a great blog written by my friend Stephanie. Stephanie and I worked together for a few years in London, then in 2007 Stephanie made the huge step of moving to New
- [9/11](https://www.davidhughes.org/911/) - On this day, my thoughts return to the events of 9/11. This year they are more sharply focussed having recently returned from my first trip to New York. I'm still left open-mouthed and shocked every time I see footage of the planes hitting the towers and the buildings collapsing. When I visited Ground Zero, I
- [Dedicated To The City](https://www.davidhughes.org/dedicated-to-the-city/) - I love cities; it's fair to say I'm Dedicated to the City. I was recently talking with a friend about cities; their similarities, their differences, and what defines them. It struck me that cities are so much more than places and people; cities themselves have their own character and personality. It is this character, this
- [Monetising Twitter Trending Topics](https://www.davidhughes.org/monetising-twitter-trending-topics/) - I don't like or normally use the term "monetise", but it is the big question hanging over Twitter; how are they gonna make money from this thing? We saw last week that Twitter have secured another found of funding described as "significant", and so we assume that at some point these investors are going to
- [The Guardian Gagged From Reporting Parliament](https://www.davidhughes.org/guardian-gagged-from-reporting-parliament/) - The Guardian has been prevented from reporting parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds, which appear to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech
- [Guardian Gag Removed](https://www.davidhughes.org/guardian-gag-removed/) - In what many are calling a victory for free speech and social media, Carter-Ruck has backed down and removed its injunction against The Guardian.
- [High Flight on Radio 4](https://www.davidhughes.org/high-flight-on-radio-4/) - Radio 4 ran an interesting programme about High Flight, a favourite poem of mine, exploring the history of the pilot poet John Magee and the poem itself
- [Perfect Pitch](https://www.davidhughes.org/perfect-pitch/) - Jeremy Keith has a rather alarming post about Perfect Pitch and the abuse of DMCA legislation for SEO purposes over at Adactio.com today.
- [MobileMe Home](https://www.davidhughes.org/mobileme-home/) - As I started reading Sebastiaan de With's post on MobileMe Home I thought that at last MobileMe would actually be worth its rather high cost. But then I kept reading and realised that MobileMe Home is a concept from Sebastiaan and sadly not and addition to MobileMe. If Apple isn't thinking of something like this then
- [Minium²](https://www.davidhughes.org/minium/) - Minium² is probably the most nicely executed and complete set of system icons I've seen for a long time; even the dock is perfect.
- [Project52](https://www.davidhughes.org/project52/) - I've decided to sign up for Project52 next year, which, according to the Project52 website, is: A personal challenge geared toward getting fresh content on your website. The goal is to write at least 1 new article per week for 1 year. Because we all know what it‘s like to procrastinate on our content. A
- [Project52 Problems](https://www.davidhughes.org/project52-problems/) - When I signed up to Project52 last year I felt that having had a recent resurgance in my blogging I would have no problems writing a post a week or more, but I'm sitting here in week one and can think of nothing to write. I don't want to write quick link posts or embed
- [UK Snow](https://www.davidhughes.org/uk-snow/) - The UK has been plunged into snowy chaos this week with some of the lowest temperatures I can remember, and up to 2 feet of snow in some places. Where I live, we have four to six inches of snow, but even that has still made it impossible to drive; the main roads are passable,
- [The Best Camera](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-best-camera/) - They say the best camera is the one that you have with you, and these days most of us have a great digital camera with us the time on our mobiles...
- [Espresso, Intelligentsia](https://www.davidhughes.org/espresso-intelligentsia/) - Beautifully shot video about making the perfect espresso. Nespresso, this is not. 
- [Sony Ericsson Satio](https://www.davidhughes.org/sony-ericsson-satio/) - A quick review of the Sony Ericsson Satio
- [Leaving Twitter](https://www.davidhughes.org/leaving-twitter/) - I was interested to read that my friend Mike Rhode is taking a Twitter vacation, following closely, as it does, another friend's Twitter exit.
- [Dieter Rams — 10 Principles of Good Design](https://www.davidhughes.org/dieter-rams-10-principles-of-good-design/) - Dieter Rams — 10 Principles of Good Design 1) Good design is innovative 2) Good design makes a product useful...
- [All My RSS Are Belong To Me](https://www.davidhughes.org/all-my-rss-are-belong-to-me/) - Bah, grr, and buggeration. In a momentary brain fade, I've managed to delete the Google account associated with my Feedburner feed and can no longer access it. However, every cloud has a silver lining, and this error presents me with an opportunity to move more of my data back into my control, something I've been
- [The Little Apple](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-little-apple/) - I love The Little Apple from James Conboy, shooting New York City with a tilt shift video camera; a wonderfully different perspective on The Big Apple.
- [Beautiful Ceramic Speakers](https://www.davidhughes.org/beautiful-ceramic-speakers/) - These ceramic speakers are just beautiful. Designed by Joey Roth and created using simple materials including cork, aluminium, cast iron and of course ceramic
- [A Week Off Twitter](https://www.davidhughes.org/a-week-off/) - I wrote about a friend taking a Twitter vacation. Now I have decided to do the same; as of today I'm starting a one week ‘leave of absence’ from Twitter.
- [Everyday Inspiration](https://www.davidhughes.org/everyday-inspiration/) - Continuing the theme of yesterday's post - writing, just do it - this wonderful video from Field Notes features writing's elusive partner: inspiration.
- [Nike Write The Future](https://www.davidhughes.org/nike-write-the-future/) - I was saying just the other day that I couldn't remember the last time I'd seen a really great advert. Well I've just seen the best ad I've seen in a long time
- [The Future of Web Conferences](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-future-of-web-conferences/) - In recent years I have been fortunate to be able to attend all of the major web conferences: @Media, Future of Web Apps, Future of Web Design and more.
- [Be Positive, Not Negative](https://www.davidhughes.org/be-positive-not-negative/) - From the Kansas City Star Style Guide: Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative.
- [William Gibson — Plastic the Colour of Vaseline](https://www.davidhughes.org/plastic-the-colour-of-vaseline/) - In Paris, I always imagine living in a doghouse-sized all-Muji garret. Tiny corrugated cardboard speakers. Plastic the color of Vaseline — William Gibson
- [Blade Runner Revisited](https://www.davidhughes.org/blade-runner-revisited/) - This is fantastic. From Vimeo: An experimental film in homage to Ridley Scott's legendary futuristic film “Blade Runner” (1982). Created by extracting 167,819 frames from 'Blade Runner's final cut version, then assembling all these images to obtain one gigantic image of colossal dimensions : a square of approximately 60,000 pixels on one side alone, 3.5 gigapixels.
- [NatWest Twitter Fail?](https://www.davidhughes.org/natwest-twitter-fail/) - Having brought Barclaycard into the world of social media I was gob-smacked when I saw this tweet from what appears to be NatWest's official Twitter account
- [Why Yes, I Do Like Underworld](https://www.davidhughes.org/ahem/) - Why yes, I do like Underworld.
- [Underworld Drum & Bass Mix](https://www.davidhughes.org/underworld-drum-bass-mix/) - URB have released an awesome great drum and bass mix from the mighty Underworld, which includes a previously unreleased and frankly brilliant remix of Bruce Lee.
- [Social Media Policies](https://www.davidhughes.org/social-media-policies/) - Thoughts on social media policies I attended an industry event last week In conversation I learnt that BT has a social media policy 32 pages long!
- [Any Conscious Entity](https://www.davidhughes.org/any-conscious-entity/) - I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do. — HAL 9000
- [Reorganised. Again.](https://www.davidhughes.org/yet-another-reorg/) - We trained hard but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganised — Petronius Arbiter
- [Weeknote 8th October 2023](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-8th-october-2023/) - Weeknote 8th October 2023 - my son and I headed up to Sheffield (the spiritual home of electronic music?) on Saturday for Synthfest 2023.
- [Weeknote 15th October 2023](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-15th-october-2023/) - Weeknote 15th October 2023 - the beginning of the week saw me back in Bristol for a couple of days of workshops with a creative agency I’m working with
- [Weeknote 29th October 2023](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-29th-october-2023/) - Weeknote 29th October 2023 - as I mentioned in my last weeknote we visited Bath for a few days as part of a mini tour of the West Country.
- [Weeknote 5th November 2023](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-5th-november-2023/) - Weeknote 5th November 2023 - Aaother short weeknote after a short week ending with the dreaded lurgy. I picked my MacBook Air up at the end of last week...
- [Weeknote 26 November 2023](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-26-november-2023/) - Weeknote 26 November 2023 - a week like this week makes writing a weeknote a little challenging as it has been really rather quiet.
- [Weeknote 3rd December 2023](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-3rd-december-2023/) - Weeknote 3rd December 2023 - I've been listening to Rubber Soul by The Beatles this week. I normally listen to later Beatles, Revolver onwards...
- [Weeknote 31st December 2023](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-31st-december-2023/) - Weeknote 31st December 2023 - New Years Eve 2023 - I must resist the urge to write a yearnote, but if I'm honest I’ll be glad to see the back of 2023
- [Weeknote 7th January 2024](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-7-january-2024/) - Weeknote 7th January 2024 - featuring photography, the Suffolk coast, the Taj Mahal and a WW2 airbase in the British countryside
- [Weeknote 14th January 2024](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-14th-january-2024/) - Weeknote for 14th January 2024 - featuring a trip to the office, a trip to hospital and of course coffee...
- [Weeknote 21st January 2024](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-21st-january-2024/) - Weeknote 21st January 2024 - I'm sitting here listening to Storm Isha battering our battened hatches, and remembering Storm Eunice.
- [Weeknote 17th December 2023](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-17th-december-2023/) - Weeknote 17th December 2023 - A short weeknote for a relatively short week as I was ill for a few days.
- [Weeknote 12th November 2023](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-12th-november-2023/) - Weeknote 12th November 2023 - Much of this week was consumed by whatever lurgy I picked up in Bristol only returning to work on Thursday.
- [Weeknote 10th December 2023](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-10th-december-2023/) - Weeknote 10th December 2023 - I was in London for a Christmas event with a supplier on Tuesday the event took place at a rooftop bar deep in the City of London
- [Apple Back](https://www.davidhughes.org/mac-back/) - It says so much about the obsessively beautiful design of Apple products that even the backs of their products look this good.
- [Light Painting With WiFi](https://www.davidhughes.org/light-painting-with-wifi/) - Light Painting With WiFi explores the invisible terrain of WiFi networks in urban spaces by light painting signal strength in long-exposure photographs
- [Queuing For The iPad 2](https://www.davidhughes.org/queuing-for-the-ipad-2/) - I'm sitting in the sun, being brought coffee, tea and cake whilst queuing for the iPad 2. I queued for the iPhone 4, and the chap in front of me got the last one. I'm hoping for better luck this time. Fingers crossed.
- [The English and the French](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-english-and-the-french/) - The English and the French queueing for the new iPad. Vive la différence!
- [Ideas of March](https://www.davidhughes.org/ideas-of-march/) - Ideas of March is an initiative from Chris Shiflett to resurrect the blog. I agree with Chris when he attributes the demise of blogging to the rise of Twitter.
- [Suffolk Seaside](https://www.davidhughes.org/suffolk-seaside/) - We're back from a weekend in Suffolk. We stayed in the lovely town of Lavenham with an incredible number of medieval buildings including the Crooked House
- [Responsive Web Design](https://www.davidhughes.org/a-responsive-web-design/) - I've been searching for a new responsive web design for my blog I wanted something simple yet stylish, with great typography, that used textures and colour well
- [More On My Responsive Web Design](https://www.davidhughes.org/more-on-responsive-web-design/) - The response to the new responsive web design of my blog has been really positive. I was chuffed to bits today to see that my blog has been added to Media Queries; a site collecting the best examples of responsive design from around the web. I also received my Kindle today, and thought I'd try this
- [Guilty Pleasures](https://www.davidhughes.org/guilty-pleasures/) - Inspired by my good friends Simon & Cole I thought I'd share my musical guilty pleasures with you. Like Simon & Cole I have exquisitely perfect taste in music
- [iMoka iMovie](https://www.davidhughes.org/imoka/) - Whilst making my coffee this morning I remembered this video I shot a while back as a test of iMovie on the iPhone and iPad.
- [Lawyer vs Lawyer](https://www.davidhughes.org/litigation-gone-mad/) - An American lawyer purchased a box of rare cigars then insured them against fire. In his claim the lawyer stated the cigars were lost in a series of small fires
- [Home Mix — Michael McGarrity](https://www.davidhughes.org/home-mix/) - The creator of Home Mix, Michael McGarrity, created it to remind him of walk in the hills back home, and it's easy to imagine white fluffy clouds rolling over green countryside when listening to it. The only thing missing was album art so I whipped together this cover just now. Michael has two other mixes
- [Fallen Angel](https://www.davidhughes.org/fallen-angel/) - As I walked along Upper Saint Martins Lane, London yesterday I noticed this fallen angel lying discarded on the pavement.
- [The Story Behind The Picture](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-story-behind-the-picture/) - The Story Behind The Picture is why the edges of the photo are lined with bemused looking Indian tourists, and why Ben spent the rest of the day limping.
- [Home Two](https://www.davidhughes.org/home-two/) - My Twitter friend Michael McGarrity has released another great mix entitled Home Two. Slightly longer and darker than the original Home Mix
- [Lost In Translation](https://www.davidhughes.org/lost-in-translation/) - This image visualises Lost In Translation beautifully - I want this as a poster now.
- [Move by Rick Mereki](https://www.davidhughes.org/move/) - Move by Rick Mereki. 3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage...
- [WingStand](https://www.davidhughes.org/wingstand/) - I came across the WINGStand today, a wonderfully elegant way to add a real keyboard to your iPad.
- [Aged To Perfection - iPhone](https://www.davidhughes.org/aged-to-perfection/) - I'm fascinated by this wonderfully worn iPhone because it feels Aged To Perfection and because it is so very different to my iPhone and other devices
- [Summer Glides Away](https://www.davidhughes.org/summer-glides-away/) - I took this photograph before I went on holiday. This morning, just a few weeks later, I was struck by how much lower the sun is in the sky.
- [Hexbug vs Lego](https://www.davidhughes.org/hexbug-vs-lego/) - My son recently celebrated his 6th birthday, amongst his presents were some HexBug Nanos. Not content with the cool spiral track they came with, he decided to add to their world with a colourful maze made from Lego. Love it!
- [Excursion](https://www.davidhughes.org/excursion/) - Excursion is a new mix from Excursion Radio, AKA Michael McGarrity, which follows on perfectly from his earlier mixes Home and Home Two.
- [An Indian Bus Ride](https://www.davidhughes.org/an-indian-bus-ride/) - This was my first ride on an Indian bus, and I was looking forward to the amazing views on the road down the valley.
- [Shot With POPA](https://www.davidhughes.org/shot-with-popa/) - POPA is the big red button for your iPhone that Beep Industries designed, and started to produce last year and that I'll be using for my Photo 366 project
- [Rethinking Photo 366](https://www.davidhughes.org/rethinking-photo-366/) - I'm changing the way I manage my Photo 366 project. By using a blog as the core of the project I'd made it a chore, and removed the potential for spontaneity
- [Redesign](https://www.davidhughes.org/redesign/) - I've been looking for a new theme to redesign my blog for months, and found nothing that matched my fairly simple, yet exacting, requirements, so I thought I'd try and build my own. Now given my rather patchy knowledge of HTML and CSS, and my non-existent knowledge of Wordpress I knew this would be tricky
- [Photo 366 - The First 100 Days](https://www.davidhughes.org/photo-366-the-first-100-days/) - After 100 days of my Photo 366 project I thought I'd pause and review how it's going.
- [Dear Retailers](https://www.davidhughes.org/dear-retailers/) - Dear Retailers, contrary to what you seem to think, changing the layout of your store does not result in me buying more.
- [Fabulous Service From Rickshaw Bags](https://www.davidhughes.org/fabulous-service-from-rickshaw-bags/) - Those of you you who follow me on Twitter or know me in reality will know I have a mild obsession with finding the perfect laptop bag. Well last year I found that bag in the Rickshaw Bags Commuter 2.0. I've used and owned many, many laptop bags over the years, and so I feel
- [Photo 366 - Game Over](https://www.davidhughes.org/photo-366-game-over/) - Well that didn't last long; I completely forgot to take a photograph yesterday, and under my Photo 366 rules that's it - game over.
- [Evolution Of The Formula 1 Car An Animated Infographic](https://www.davidhughes.org/evolution-of-the-f1-car/) - This incredible animation combines two of my loves: Formula 1 and design. It's deceptively simple, but needs a few watches to see everything being presented.
- [Isles of Wonder](https://www.davidhughes.org/isles-of-wonder/) - I had high expectations for Isles of Wonder the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony with Danny Boyle as Artistic Director, and Underworld as Musical Directors, but I was absolutely blown away by the Isles of Wonder show they created. It was wonderfully English, visually stunning, funny, moving and I struggle to do it justice with words.
- [On Writing](https://www.davidhughes.org/on-writing/) - I recently visited the Writing Britain exhibition at the British Library and was struck by how many of the notes and drafts from famous authors were handwritten.
- [The Glass](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-glass/) - When I understand that the glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious.
- [One Month Off](https://www.davidhughes.org/one-month-off/) - I usually take a break from Twitter over Christmas, but I've decided to take the whole month off - one month off social media.
- [The Web We Lost](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-web-we-lost/) - The Web We Lost by Anil Dash is a wonderful article that describes the web I grew up with, and helps explain why I struggle with parts of today's web.
- [Instagram Back Pedals on Terms of Service](https://www.davidhughes.org/instagram-back-pedals-on-terms-of-service/) - Earlier today Instagram posted Updated Terms of Service Based on Your Feedback on their blog in which they say: The concerns we heard about from you the most focused on advertising, and what our changes might mean for you and your photos. There was confusion and real concern about what our possible advertising products could
- [Deleting Instagram](https://www.davidhughes.org/account-deleted/) - I've been asked whether I regret deleting Instagram after their recent volte face.,I don't, but I do regret opening my second Instagram account
- [Read The Blurb](https://www.davidhughes.org/read-the-blurb/) - The nice people at Blurb contacted me, and asked if I would like to create a book of my Photo 366 project.
- [2012](https://www.davidhughes.org/twenty-twelve/) - I’ll remember 2012 for some fantastic highs, but for ending with a series of lows.
- [The All Purpose Postcard](https://www.davidhughes.org/all-purpose-postcard/) - I think this all purpose postcard is marvellous; just tick the boxes, and pop it in the post.
- [The Train](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-train/) - I'm on "the train". I emphasise "the train" as when I was a child this was the train.
- [Giving Up Twitter For Lent](https://www.davidhughes.org/giving-up-twitter-for-lent/) - I've never given anything up for Lent before, but this year I'm giving up Twitter.
- [Warren Ellis - Advice For The Parents Of Teenagers](https://www.davidhughes.org/advice-for-parents-of-teenagers/) - Warren Ellis was asked: "If you were to give out parenting advice, what would you say to the father of a soon-to-be teenage girl?" His reply is fabulous.
- [Endless Squirrel Cage](https://www.davidhughes.org/endless-squirrel-cage/) - The fact is that relatively few photographers ever master their medium. Instead they allow the medium to master them and go on an endless squirrel cage chase
- [Three Rules of Proper Notebook Management](https://www.davidhughes.org/three-rules-of-proper-notebook-management/) - Three rules of proper notebook management: 1) What To Write In Your Notebook 2) The Best Notebook To Use 3) What To Do With Filled Notebooks
- [People Watching](https://www.davidhughes.org/right-here-right-now/) - Do you remember people watching? You’d be sitting somewhere, waiting for someone or something, and have nothing better to do than to watch people and to think.
- [The Weight of a Notebook's Soul — Field Notes](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-weight-of-a-notebooks-soul/) - I love the idea that what you write in it becomes the soul of a Field Notes notebook.
- [Higby From Wolff Olins](https://www.davidhughes.org/higby/) - Higby From Wolff Olins - a hardware solution to distracting smartphones
- [Hyperlapse #1](https://www.davidhughes.org/hyperlapse-1/) - Playing with the new Hyperlapse app from Instagram.
- [Can’t Read Can’t Write](https://www.davidhughes.org/cant-read-cant-write/) - Can’t Read Can’t Write follows a group of adults that can’t read or write. I am shocked that a person can leave school without basic reading and writing skills.
- [Baron Fig Confidant Notebook Review](https://www.davidhughes.org/baron-fig-confidant-notebook-unboxing/) - The Baron Fig Confidant Notebook is a Kickstarter success story where three friends came together to create their perfect notebook.
- [The Titanic Museum Belfast](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-titanic-museum/) - The Titanic Museum in Belfast. A stunning piece of architecture and a great museum.
- [A Visual History of Lamborghini](https://www.davidhughes.org/a-visual-history-of-lamborghini/) - A visual history of Lamborghini. The best animated gif... in the world! — Jeremy Clarkson
- [LUJ 71 - View From the Photographers Gallery](https://www.davidhughes.org/luj-71-view-from-the-photographers-gallery/) - An intriguing view from the Photographers Gallery
- [Remaining Silent](https://www.davidhughes.org/remaining-silent/) - Sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent — Dalai Lama
- [The Coldest March - An Inspiring Film From Brother Cycles](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-coldest-march-an-inspiring-film-from-brother-cycles/) - The Coldest March from Brother Cycles makes for inspiring and surprisingly emotional viewing. Even if you aren't into cycling it's well worth watching.
- [The Essence of Muji In a Building](https://www.davidhughes.org/muji-hut/) - Muji are currently showing a fabulous new range of minimalist huts at a pop-up show in Tokyo.
- [7/7 London Bombings Update Two](https://www.davidhughes.org/london-bomb-attacks-3/) - My experience of the 7/7 London bombings - we were finally allowed out of the building around 15:30 shortly after the news that Euston station had reopened.
- [7/7 London Bombings](https://www.davidhughes.org/london-bomb-attacks/) - My experience of the 7/7 London bombings - I commute into London daily, I arrived at Euston this morning to find them shutting the underground
- [Beating My PDA Addiction - Bye Bye Pixels, Hello Paper](https://www.davidhughes.org/bye-bye-pixels-hello-paper/) - I was pretty much a PDA addict; changing PDAs as often as every six months and spending far too long every day reading all the major PDA sites and forums.
- [21/7 Bombings](https://www.davidhughes.org/i-dont-like-thursdays/) - 21/7 Bombings - London was again a victim of bomb attacks today. Three tubes and a bus were targeted.
- [A Million Monkeys](https://www.davidhughes.org/a-million-monkeys/) - We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet...
- [Thought for Today](https://www.davidhughes.org/thought-for-today/) - Thought for today. Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else — James M. Barrie
- [Quote of the Day](https://www.davidhughes.org/quote-of-the-day/) - Today's quote of the day If you are in a spaceship that is travelling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?
- [RiverRun Project - I’m a Big Sister, and I’m a Girl, and I’m a Princess, and This is My Horse](https://www.davidhughes.org/im-a-big-sister-and-im-a-girl-and-im-a-princess-and-this-is-my-horse/) - Underworld have released a new track in their online only series The RiverRun Project titled I’m A Big Sister, And I’m A Girl, And I’m A Princess, And This Is My Horse
- [The Chap Olympiad](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-chap-olympics/) - I love the sound of the Chap Olympiad event the Martini Challenge where chaps are required to mix a dry Martini with the handicap of not having a butler
- [Goodbye Blue Box](https://www.davidhughes.org/good-bye-blue-box/) - Friday was my last day at American Express. It was a good day but also a sad day, saying goodbye to so many wonderful people.
- [London Calling](https://www.davidhughes.org/london-calling/) - Of London Samuel Johnson famously said When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
- [I Being Poor Have Only My Dreams](https://www.davidhughes.org/i-have-only-my-dreams/) - But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
- [I’m Flattered](https://www.davidhughes.org/im-flattered/) - Over the last couple of weeks, I've been flattered to receive some lovely feedback on davidhughes.org, which has meant a lot to me.
- [How Disappointing](https://www.davidhughes.org/how-dissapointing/) - Hollywood seems to have run out of ideas, with every other film seeming to be a disappointing remake and often poor imitations of their forerunners
- [Fire Up The Quattro!](https://www.davidhughes.org/fire-up-the-quattro/) - Fire Up The Quattro! Gene Hunt returns in Ashes to Ashes 's and his humble Ford Cortina has been replaced by 80s icon the Audi Quattro
- [Is Blogging Dead?](https://www.davidhughes.org/is-blogging-dead/) - Is blogging dead? Interesting points and counterpoints from Wired's Paul Boutin and the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones.
- [Sir Ken Robinson - Do Schools Kill Creativity?](https://www.davidhughes.org/sir-ken-robinson-do-schools-kill-creativity/) - A brilliant talk by Sir Ken Robinson - Do Schools Kill Creativity?
- [Objectified — Gary Hustwit](https://www.davidhughes.org/objectified/) - I'm more excited than perhaps I should be about seeing Objectified; the new documentary from Gary Hustwit director of the excellent Helvetica. But you see it's not just any screening that I'm attending. Not only is it the first screening in the UK, but it will be attended by Jonathan Ive the design supremo from
- [F.E.A.R. — Ian Brown](https://www.davidhughes.org/youve-got-the-fear/) - I was never a huge Stone Roses fan, the whole Manchester thing somehow passed me by, and so I wasn't particularly aware of Ian Brown until I saw this video.
- [Instapaper](https://www.davidhughes.org/instapaper/) - I love Instapaper; it's one of my most favourite and most used web and iPhone apps. Merlin Mann seems to quite like it also. Start using Instapaper today; you'll thank me tomorrow.
- [Downpipe](https://www.davidhughes.org/mark-knight-d-ramirez-v-underworld-downpipe/) - Downpipe is the single best track I've heard all year, and I urge you to run, don't walk, to your nearest musical vending outlet of choice and purchase it now.
- [Advert Of The Previous Decade](https://www.davidhughes.org/advert-of-the-previous-decade/) - I present the advert of the previous decade - St George from Blackcurrant Tango - as voted for by me
- [Wuzza Wuzza](https://www.davidhughes.org/wuzza-wuzza-wuzza/) - Adam and Joe and David Bowie. Wuzza, wuzza!
- [Procrastination](https://www.davidhughes.org/procrastination/) - I should really be getting to bed, but thought I'd post this video about procrastination first.
- [Bloodrunners The Movie](https://www.davidhughes.org/bloodrunners/) - I bought my copy of Bloodrunners from Andy himself at the Bike Show. It cost £14.95 at the time a lot of money; I could fill my bike's tank three times for that
- [New Music From Underworld](https://www.davidhughes.org/new-music-from-underworld/) - Never mind all that election malarkey - Underworld have released their first live music in two and a half years, and it's available free from Underworldlive until May 20th. Underworld describe Scribble as a gene-splice between Yellow Magic Orchestra and Grooverider blasting out over the dancefloor at Fabric on a Friday night I was more than
- [OMD's Design Manifesto](https://www.davidhughes.org/omds-design-manifesto/) - These lyrics from OMD's song Genetic Engineering read like a design manifesto.
- [Pixels By Patrick Jean](https://www.davidhughes.org/pixels/) - Pixels by Patrick Jean is fantastic.
- [Windows Phone 7 - Really?](https://www.davidhughes.org/windows/) - This ad for Windows Phone 7 is brilliant. It nails our obsession with our mobiles in a discomforting yet hilarious way
- [Black Swan](https://www.davidhughes.org/black-swan/) - For the Black Swan soundtrack Clint Mansell has used Tchaikovsky's music as a base for his own. Every time I watch the trailer the hairs on my neck stand on end.
- [Don't Mess With Keith Richards](https://www.davidhughes.org/dont-mess-with-keef/) - During this performance of Satisfaction a fan rushes the stage, Keith Richards sees him coming and deals with him with style and aplomb without missing a beat
- [Work Life Balance](https://www.davidhughes.org/work-life-balance/) - Whilst rummaging through my Instapaper queue for some lunchtime reading I found this video from Nigel Marsh on work life balance.
- [Wishery - Disney Remixed](https://www.davidhughes.org/wishery-disney-remixed/) - Absolutely loving Wishery - Disney Remixed. Via Hospital Records podcast
- [Mr Average](https://www.davidhughes.org/mr-average/) - The UK press uses the term Mondeo Man, and lately Milton Keynes Man, to describe Mr Average. This fantastic video suggests they are wrong; who'd have thought?
- [Inspired By Iceland](https://www.davidhughes.org/inspired-by-iceland/) - I'm aware this blog is rapidly becoming a collection of videos, but Inspired by Iceland is too good not to share.
- [Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer](https://www.davidhughes.org/mr-b-the-gentleman-rhymer/) - My chum Jon Hicks recently introduced me to a wonderful new musical genre called Chap Hop. The main exponents of Chap Hop are Professor Elemental and Mr B.
- [Sublime](https://www.davidhughes.org/sublime/) - 森の木琴 from sakura4250 - absolutely sublime.
- [Remembering Steve Jobs](https://www.davidhughes.org/steve-jobs/) - There may be no greater tribute to the legacy of Steve Jobs than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.
- [Typewriters and Authors](https://www.davidhughes.org/typewriters/) - I love this image that I just came across it combines my love of old technology in this case typewriters with some of my favourite authors.
- [Photo 366](https://www.davidhughes.org/photo-366/) - I wanted to go one better than the Photo 365 crowd, so I'm going to take a photograph every day during this leap year making it Photo 366.
- [POPA Review](https://www.davidhughes.org/review-popa/) - POPA Review - I've had my POPA for a little while now so I thought it time I share my thoughts and review this great little iPhone accessory.
- [Patrick Ng — Stealing Time](https://www.davidhughes.org/stealing-time/) - Time is like an invisible bottle of water, at the very beginning you suck up every drop you need, soon you find that sharing is rewarding and fun, then...
- [Skate Boarding Shadows](https://www.davidhughes.org/skate-boarding-shadows/) - So simple, but so clever and so effective. Skate boarding shadows.
- [Tomorrows World Today](https://www.davidhughes.org/tomorrows-world-today/) - 2002 in a film. 2012 on your desktop. Tomorrows World - today! .
- [MK Geek Night](https://www.davidhughes.org/mk-geek-night/) - A week today my friend Richard Wiggins and I will be hosting the first ever MK Geek Night - a new, FREE, Milton Keynes based event for the creative industries.
- [James Bond Will Return In Skyfall](https://www.davidhughes.org/james-bond-will-return-in-skyfall/) - I am a huge fan of James Bond, both the books and the films. The new film Skyfall looks like it's going to be another great Bond film.
- [Jessie Ware Running](https://www.davidhughes.org/jessie-ware-running/) - Channel 4 recently showed an all night House Party - the show was stolen by Jessie Ware joining Annie Mac's set
- [Social Media Rule 1](https://www.davidhughes.org/social-media-rule-1/) - Social Media Rule 1 — If you wouldn't feel comfortable saying it into a megaphone at a crowded mall, then you shouldn't post it on social media.
- [MK Geek Night - 2012](https://www.davidhughes.org/mk-geek-night-2012/) - One of the biggest highlights of last year was launching MK Geek Night I don’t think Richard or I expected it would grow as quickly as it has.
- [Field Notes — From Seed](https://www.davidhughes.org/field-notes-from-seed/) - Field Notes - I have a thing for early 20th century American graphic design; I love the bold flat colours, the typography with it's mix of slab and script...
- [Paperman From Disney Animation](https://www.davidhughes.org/paperman/) - I was completely enchanted by Disney Animation's short, the Oscar winning Paperman.
- [Be Like Water — Bruce Lee](https://www.davidhughes.org/be-like-water/) - Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. — Bruce Lee
- [A Street is Not a Road — Richard Rogers](https://www.davidhughes.org/a-street-is-not-a-road/) - A street is not a road. A street belongs to the people and the buildings that enclose it - it is a place, a peoples place. — Richard Rogers
- [Riding a Bicycle](https://www.davidhughes.org/riding-a-bicycle/) - It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them.
- [Born Again Cyclist](https://www.davidhughes.org/born-again-cyclist/) - This is me, a born again cyclist, on my first bicycle, a fourth birthday present, and probably the last time I'll get away with wearing a yellow jersey
- [Hope in the Future](https://www.davidhughes.org/hope-in-the-future/) - Hope in the future is rooted in the memory of the past, for without memory there is no history and no knowledge.
- [Everyone Else’s Moments](https://www.davidhughes.org/other-peoples-moments/) - You’re fucking swimming in everyone else’s moments, likes, and tweets and during these moments of consumption
- [Happy Birthday Macintosh](https://www.davidhughes.org/happy-birthday-macintosh/) - The Apple Macintosh celebrated its 30th birthday this week. Having visited the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park yesterday this short film from Apple feels even more pertinent.
- [Work, Life and Coca Cola](https://www.davidhughes.org/work-life-and-coca-cola/) - Bryan Dyson Former CEO of Coca Cola — Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls. You name them Work, Family, Health, Friends & Spirit...
- [Look Up](https://www.davidhughes.org/look-up/) - Take a moment and look up... See also Right Here, Right Now.
- [Aaron Draplin And The Art Of The Side Hustle](https://www.davidhughes.org/aaron-draplin-and-the-art-of-the-side-hustle/) - The inimitable Aaron Draplin introduces the art of the side hustle.
- [Underworld vs The Misterons Saved From the Cutting Room Floor Mix](https://www.davidhughes.org/underworld-vs-the-misterons-saved-from-the-cutting-room-floor-mix/) - While compiling the 20th anniversary edition of dubnobasswithmyheadman by Underworld the Misterons kept a eye on the music that never made the official release.
- [The iPhone 6S Camera](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-iphone-6s-camera/) - I haven't really taken many photos since I bought my iPhone 6S, but I was struck by how good this photo taken at a bonfire party this weekend is.
- [Phones Down, Please. Pure Genius From Guinness](https://www.davidhughes.org/phones-down-please-pure-genius-from-guinness/) - Put your phone down, pick up your pint and have a conversation. More advertising genius from Guinness.
- [The Instagram Husband](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-human-selfie-stick/) - The loneliness of the Instagram Husband, the human selfie stick.
- [Power = Knowledge For The Knowledge Worker](https://www.davidhughes.org/power-equals-knowledge/) - Power = Knowledge for the knowledge worker I don't make anything tangible in the old days I might have been called a paper pusher these days we're pixel pushers
- [Jamie T - Sheila](https://www.davidhughes.org/jamie-t-sheila/) - I heard Sheila by Jamie T on the radio this morning, and was reminded of the great video featuring the wonderful and sadly missed Bob Hoskins.
- [The Epitome of Cool](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-epitome-of-cool/) - Sean Connery, an Aston Martin DB5 and the Alps. The epitome of cool.
- [About Time](https://www.davidhughes.org/about-time/) - About Time - I just try to live every day, as though I’ve deliberately come back to this day to enjoy it, as though it was the last full final day of my extraordinary ordinary life.
- [Clair de Lune by NASA](https://www.davidhughes.org/clair-de-lune-by-nasa/) - Clair de Lune by Nasa
- [You've Been Had - Street Art](https://www.davidhughes.org/youve-been-had/) - Street Art – Woburn Sands – England
- [Keynvor - Preservation](https://www.davidhughes.org/keynvor-preservation/) - Preservation by Keynvor is a wonderful EP, composed by Sebastian Plano, that combines ambient soundtrack-like music with recorded soundscapes of the Cornish coast.
- [Weeknote 22nd October 2023](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-22nd-october-2023/) - A quiet week, and a quick weeknote. I finally took the plunge and ordered a new Mac, as my trusty 27" iMac is now classified as 'Vintage' by Apple
- [Breathe](https://www.davidhughes.org/breathe/) - Breathe - Fresh morning air and low summer sun, the air not yet polluted by the day, cool on my face and crisp in my lungs, the beauty of the early morning.
- [Free Tibet Protesting Outside Google’s London Offices](https://www.davidhughes.org/free-tibet-protesting-outside-googles-london-offices/) - I popped out for lunch today to find a small, but vocal Free Tibet protest outside the Google offices.
- [What Has Happened to Coffee?](https://www.davidhughes.org/what-has-happend-to-coffee/) - A decaf soya latte? So that's a very milky coffee made without milk and using coffee without caffeine. Doesn't that kind of defeat the object?
- [The Death of the Music Video Has Been Greatly Exaggerated](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-music-video-isnt-dead/) - I thought the art of the music video was a dying a slow death but these fantastic videos suggest stories of the video's demise have been greatly exaggerated
- [The Meaning of Life](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-meaning-of-being-from-three-great-philosophers/) - The meaning of life according to the great philosophers Nietzsche, Kant and Sinatra.
- [The Return Of The KLF](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-return-of-the-klf/) - In December 2020 fly posters appeared in Shoreditch London, announcing the return of The KLF. Solid State Logik 1, was released January 1st 2021...
- [Distraction Sickness](https://www.davidhughes.org/distraction-sickness/) - We have gone from looking up and around to constantly looking down. Thoughts on My Distraction Sickness and Yours by Andrew Sullivan
- [Design Is How It Works](https://www.davidhughes.org/design-is-how-it-works/) - It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works — Steve Jobs
- [Another Escape](https://www.davidhughes.org/another-escape/) - Another Escape is a wonderful publication; well written, with fabulous photography and beautifully designed and typeset.
- [Yallah Coffee Cornwall](https://www.davidhughes.org/yallah-coffee-cornwall/) - I came across Yallah Coffee the week before I was due to travel to Cornwall, and in a wonderful piece of synchronicity they are located just a few miles from where we were going to be staying.
- [New Adventures In 2019](https://www.davidhughes.org/new-adventures-in-2019/) - New Adventures 2019 felt like conferences used to feel – significant. An occasion where new ideas, big ideas and important ideas are shared.
- [RIP Twitter?](https://www.davidhughes.org/rip-twitter/) - RIP Twitter? Musk has essentially killed a service that I once enjoyed and was vital to the success of MK Geek Night.
- [Weeknote 19th November 2023](https://www.davidhughes.org/weeknote-19th-november-2023/) - Weeknote 19th November 2023 : A relatively quiet week but ended with a great weekend away in London.
- [Bellroy Micro Sleeve Review](https://www.davidhughes.org/bellroy-micro-sleeve-review/) - I’ve been using the Bellroy Micro Sleeve as my daily carry and thought I’d share my thoughts on this great minimalist wallet.
- [London Haiku](https://www.davidhughes.org/london-haiku/) - London Haiku - Windy London, Blowing dust into my eyes, More tears in the rain
- [Slipping The Surly Bonds of Earth](https://www.davidhughes.org/slipping-the-surly-bonds-of-earth/) - Just moments after we slipped the surly bonds of earth we were above the clouds, emerging into bright, beautiful sunshine. I will never tire of this experience.
- [A Pocket Full Of Electronic Books](https://www.davidhughes.org/a-pocket-full-of-electronic-books/) - On the train, flying north. A pocket full of electronic books...
- [35 Years Of Progress?](https://www.davidhughes.org/35-years-of-progress/) - Have we made as much progress as we think we have over the last 35 years, or have we become shackled and beholden to the devices and services we've created?
- [James Bond Meets Q](https://www.davidhughes.org/bond-meets-q/) - As a life long James Bond fan I've hugely enjoyed Daniel Craig's time as 007.
- [Thoughts About Writing](https://www.davidhughes.org/thoughts-about-writing/) - There is so much truth about writing in this quote from Patrick Rhone. I don’t think about the “right” tools or the “right” environment or the “right” time.
- [Salt Water](https://www.davidhughes.org/salt-water/) - The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. — Helen Keller
- [Happy Birthday Ernest Hemingway](https://www.davidhughes.org/happy-birthday-hemingway/) - It was a pleasant café, warm clean and friendly, and I hung up my old waterproof on the coat rack to dry and put my worn and weathered felt hat on the rack above the bench and ordered a café au lait. The waiter brought it and I took out a notebook from the pocket
- [@Media 2007](https://www.davidhughes.org/at-media-2007/) - It's time for my now annual trip to @Media which I've been attending since it's very first year. OK, OK so that was only two years ago but hey. It's a great conference that combines the state of the art with the art of the possible all presented by the very people whose blogs I
- [@Media 2006](https://www.davidhughes.org/media-2006/) - I’ve just got back from the first day of @Media 2006 and whilst I really enjoyed it, it wasn’t quite as good for me as 2005. A quick history lesson will help explain why 2006 would never be the same for me as 2005. You see, whilst this year is shaping up to be a
- [Welcome to Cornwall](https://www.davidhughes.org/welcome-to-cornwall/) - Cornwall is one of my favourite places and to me the almost complete lack of phone and data coverage is a feature not an issue.
- [Thinking About Photography](https://www.davidhughes.org/thinking-about-photography/) - I used to be 'into' photography. I started with my Grandfather's old Praktica 35mm camera, a camera so old I had to use a handheld light meter. I learnt the basics of photography with that camera, and used it until its lens fell apart. I had a succession of 35mm cameras after the Praktica: a
- [Coolness in PowerPoint?](https://www.davidhughes.org/coolness-in-powerpoint/) - Whatever next? Working from home the other day, I had a PowerPoint presentation to write, so I decided to do so on my Mac Mini rather than my nasty Windows Stinkpad. It reminded me how much better MS Office is on the Mac than on Windows and how much easier working on OS X is; I’m
- [Night Driving](https://www.davidhughes.org/night-driving/) - I love night driving - especially driving around London by night when the city comes to life, but then just as quickly falls asleep.
- [My New Favourite Advert - Strongbow Bankers](https://www.davidhughes.org/my-new-favourite-advert/) - I saw this at the cinema last night - brilliant!
- [Jaws - See It Before You Go Swimming](https://www.davidhughes.org/jaws-see-it-before-you-go-swimming/) - Jaws essentially created the Hollywood Summer blockbuster; before Jaws Summer was a quiet period "why go to the movies when the sun is shining?".
- [St Vincent End Credits - Bill Murray Sings Bob Dylan](https://www.davidhughes.org/st-vincent-end-credits-bill-murray-sings-bob-dylan/) - The end credits of St Vincent are a wonderful surprise.
- [Cornwall The Horn Of Plenty](https://www.davidhughes.org/cornwall-horn-of-plenty/) - This wonderful video shows so much of why I love Cornwall, why it's the shape it is, and what happens when you get God drunk...
- [Suspended Espresso](https://www.davidhughes.org/suspended-espresso/) - I've just discovered a wonderful tradition; the caffè sospeso, or suspended espresso.
- [A Focussed View In Todoist](https://www.davidhughes.org/todoist-focussed-view/) - I recently shared this image of a focussed view in Todoist. Since doing so I've been asked the same two questions - how do you do that & where can I get that wallpaper?
- [Black Mirror White Christmas](https://www.davidhughes.org/black-mirror-white-christmas/) - Black Mirror White Christmas is the latest drama in Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror series, and it's superb.
- [Stirling Moss Remembered](https://www.davidhughes.org/stirling-moss/) - I was lucky enough to see Stirling Moss drive at a number of classic events over the years, but I’ll never forget seeing him race at the Goodwood Revival in 1999.
- [New Slate Bellroy Elements Phone Pocket Review](https://www.davidhughes.org/bellroy-elements-phone-pocket-new-slate-colour/) - When I moved from my iPhone 5S to a new 6S I was presented with a dilemma - my phone would no longer fit my lovely Bellroy Elements Phone Pocket.
- [Setting Up Visual Voicemail On EE](https://www.davidhughes.org/visual-voicemail-on-ee/) - I love EE’s coverage & speed but missed visual voicemail. I tweeted as you do and got a reply from EE with a link to these instructions for enabling visual voicemail.
- [Long Ambients1: Calm. Sleep. From Moby](https://www.davidhughes.org/long-ambients1-calm-sleep-by-moby/) - Moby has released some lovely ambient music, including ambient versions of his albums Wait for Me and Hotel. Earlier this year Moby released a pure ambient album Long Ambients1: Calm. Sleep.
- [Distraction Sickness - Part Two](https://www.davidhughes.org/distraction-sickness-part-two/) - Surrounded by incredible art an inexplicable number of visitors seemed more intent on the virtual world of their smartphones. But there was an even more peculiar behaviour...
- [This Is Not My Beautiful House](https://www.davidhughes.org/this-is-not-my-beautiful-house/) - I love this brilliant little sketch from my talented daughter, makes me smile every time I look at it.
- [On Siri, Privacy and Consistency](https://www.davidhughes.org/on-siri-privacy-and-consistency/) - Apple talks proudly about respecting its users privacy, not storing information ‘in the cloud and about using machine learning on the users device. But...
- [Twelvesouth PencilSnap Review](https://www.davidhughes.org/twelvesouth-pencilsnap-a-quick-review/) - Where to store your Apple Pencil is an ongoing first world problem for iPad Pro users. Twelvesouth had the same thought and so created the PencilSnap.
- [The Creative Process - A Sketch](https://www.davidhughes.org/the-creative-process-a-sketch-from-brendan-dawes/) - I love this sketch from artist Brendan Dawes - it conveys the creative process beautifully.

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