Monthly Archives: December 2009

My Trend Predictions For 2010

Seriously. Those are my predictions.

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If SlideShare Was a Bloke

It’d get into loads of trouble with it’s missus:

Everyone knows you can’t say that you’re coming home in a bit. You need to set expectations. That’s the way it works.

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It’s Not Just About a Lady In Pants

Previously when I asked about why the video for Guru Josh had trillions of views on YouTube lots of people hypothesised that it was down to a lady wearing pants in the video.
But the Guru pops up again as the 18th most listened to track of 2009 on Spotify! Link to track.

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A Lovely Wonderful Connected Infinite Distraction Machine

I just looked at what I was doing and realised that my work was actually all being done on bits of paper. And the computer was really just a big connected distraction machine. A lovely wonderful connected infinite distraction machine.
Maybe the distractions are helping with what’s on my bits of paper. But maybe not.

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Ghostly’s Incredible 110 Albums of the Decade (Now With Spotify Link)

If I had a much better memory, and was much cooler, this is approximately how my 110 tracks of the decade would look too. It’s a bloody brilliant snapshot of slightly-intelligent-but-not-too-far-up-its-own-arse-electronic music from the noughties.
Read it here – Ghostly International’s Top 110.
Now where did I put that super intelligent page-scrape to Spotify application that I [...]

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I’m A Very Lucky Man Part 2 – Love

The guys at Love sent the most incredible Christmas gift today.
They’re a set of 12 mugs styled like an amazing modern version of the Willow Pattern, they show modern China, in china. They describe it much better than me:

I wanted to keep them all, but that felt a bit mean, so I gave them to [...]

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I’m A Very Lucky Man Part 1 – The Really Interesting Group

I met with Ben yesterday morning and he gave me a lovely gift. A set of DataDecs – Christmas decorations based on my social media data. I can almost hear a global murmer of youwhats. But it’s a really simple and sweet idea…
A lovely gift from the Really Interesting Group
Here’s the shape of my [...]

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Eames Chair on Daytime TV (in 1956)

Well perhaps it’s not strictly daytime TV, I’ve got no idea what time of day the Arlene Francis “Home” show was broadcast on NBC in 1956. I’m sure if I was a decent blogger I’d go and research such facts, but I’m loose like that…
Absolutely golden clips though…

And part 2:

Via the DWR blog.

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I’m In Love With A Pouffe

I saw these when I was in the US earlier in the year. They’re pouffes made out of massive wool. You can see them on the DWR website. I liked them a lot, they look substantial yet cozy.
Today I stumbled across a picture of a woman making them. Now I love them.

Then as you do [...]

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A Mix I Cranked Out For Christmas

This is not a mix featuring Christmassy tracks. It just so happens that I’ve got round to finishing it a week before Christmas. Also, they say that Christmas is a time for miracles, and the fact I’ve finished this at all is a miracle. Our two bundles of joy aren’t exactly mix-friendly, yet. It’s a [...]

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