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.
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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.
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@0898CHEATHCO @rooreynolds Where can I buy artisinal petrol? I’m fed up of this mainstream stuff.
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It’s GitHubby, not GitWifey.
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@aanand I had to Google I’m afraid.
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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.