2014-04-25 (Friday)
Writing
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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

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.

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

‘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.

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

@aden_76 :)

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

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

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

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

@benterrett Ben “Friday hacker” Terrett.

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

It’s GitHubby, not GitWifey.

@aanand I had to Google I’m afraid.

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

“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.”

@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.