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2014-04-25 (Friday)

Writing

  1. Collective specular sodomy

    Thinking about how giving and accepting criticism is common in creative writing, design and acting courses, but less so in the workplace.

Tweets

  • philgyford’s avatar

    I have managed to make coding with timezones even more troublesome by trying to deal with BST and dates pre-1916. i.e., before BST existed.

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    (Well, for people of a certain age, anyway.)

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    ‘Top of the Pops - One Hit Wonders’ is a bit like the alt drivetime: open.spotify.com/album/3KbPjOQz… In case you’re winding up at work for the week.

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    @johndodds Thank you, I shall take that onboard :)

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    @aden_76 :)

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    @aden_76 Thank you for your critique; I shall consider writing more briefly in future :)

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    I wrote a bit about giving and accepting criticism in writing, design and acting education. And also the workplace. gyford.com/phil/writing/2…

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    @spaceboy @0898CHEATHCO @rooreynolds I’m going to a petrol tasting next week. Fancy it? They’ve got some cheeky West African ones in.

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    @spaceboy @0898CHEATHCO @rooreynolds I’m really into the New World petrols at the moment.

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    @benterrett Ben “Friday hacker” Terrett.

  • philgyford’s avatar

    @0898CHEATHCO @rooreynolds Where can I buy artisinal petrol? I’m fed up of this mainstream stuff.

  • philgyford’s avatar

    It’s GitHubby, not GitWifey.

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    @aanand I had to Google I’m afraid.

  • philgyford’s avatar

    Those are FACTS from the COMPUTER, whoever she is osrc.dfm.io/philgyford

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    “It seems like Phil is—or should be—friends with Alice Bartlett. With this in mind, it's worth noting that Alice speaks fewer languages.”

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    @mathowie Given we have a real Land's End and a real Jon Snow (a news anchor) in the UK, this is a very odd joke.

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  • tomcoates’s avatar

    @antimega Actually this one is better:

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    @antimega YOU WANT SOME FINGER?!