One Man's Notes

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A really fascinating look into how creativity builds on earlier creative works.

More here. And I'm going to make a donation now.

Many of you have noticed the Widget Gallery is no longer available. Most widgets, however, can be found by performing an online search for the type of widget you want to have (e.g. RSS, Music, Amazon, Etsy, etc).

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The space between the first and the second sentence there is exactly where the explanation of why the widget gallery is gone should be.

Its absence is so glaring as to call attention to the fact that there's no explanation. And sure enough, the comments are picking straight up on that...

Introducing Jeff Reine, Our New GM of TypePad

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Today we are pleased to announce the latest addition to the SAY Media team: Jeff Reine, General Manager of TypePad.

As GM of TypePad, Jeff is responsible for guiding the business and product strategy of the TypePad platform. His first priorities include bringing to market the next generation of the TypePad application and furthering investment in its fundamental capabilities to optimize the user experience of the valued TypePad community.

 

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Rather glad to hear this. I was getting a touch skittish about the future of Typepad, after the once-busy Everything Typepad blog went quiet last November…

But she encourages families to unplug periodically. "One way to do it is just to have that one screen-free day a week. Not as a punishment — not by saying, 'I've had enough!' — but by instituting it as a special thing," she said. "There isn't a kid on the planet who wouldn't really rather be playing a board game than sitting at the computer."

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Great quote. Sadly, it's almost certainly complete nonsense...

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…is kicking my ass. And it's beginning to show…

Actually, I have only one New Year's resolution this year - to give myself a new resolution each month, and then blog about progress. Expect some more blogging on that shortly…

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Big show this year…

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Talking of the Doctor Who Christmas special, one of the guest stars is Welsh warbler Katherine Jenkins. She's a successful quasi-classical singer and generally regarded as, uh, not ugly.

Which made this photo of her, which appeared above The Telegraph's My Perfect Weekend piece about her, all the more surprising because, frankly, she looks like every other actress/model/singer whatever. Her hair looks like a wig, for goodness' sake. It's below the standard of photography I expect from The Telegraph - and sure enough, it's a stock shot.

Nasty.

A photo from yesterday, the result of being caught in the rain, in lieu of an actual post…