2014-07-30 (Wednesday)
Writing
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Visit your nearest branch
I tried to open a business bank account but it was surprisingly hard.
Links
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Suck: Daily - Nothing for Nothing
1996, on giving away content for free.
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@infovore No sorry required! I'm pleased to realise it's starting again.
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@infovore Ooh good. Hadn't even realised S02 was around. Starts on More 4 next week!
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@pkqk @tomstuart God, last year, trying to learn how to test things properly by trying to find decent RSpec docs. Not productive.
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@tedmills Well jel.
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@george08 I’m sure there are plenty of worse countries!
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@mattsheret That one recurs daily.
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@denisewilton No I can’t! (OK, think that one’s done.)
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@mattsheret I have no excuses. Shall I start the day again?
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@denisewilton It’s only 5pm! Admittedly, considering past mistakes is going to take a fair old while…
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@inthecompanyof I support the specific campaign but Save Tech City’s tone feels like part of the area’s problem not it’s solution. Good luck
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@inthecompanyof It appears to take a very short-term self-involved view of the area. “We changed it but we like it now so no more change ta”
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@genmon Yeah, should have had a better pay-off. “And so I will now only barter my services.”
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@inthecompanyof …the kinds of people who have stopped Shoreditch being weird. We are the reason rent has gone up and developers moved in.
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@inthecompanyof Because it comes across as “Keep Shoreditch Weird!” when it looks like all the people on that page are, like me, exactly…
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@inthecompanyof It’s nothing to do with using “Tech City”! (Not that I like the name.)
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I wrote more about my frustrating attempts to open a business bank account last week: gyford.com/phil/writing/2… Yes, that sounds really dull.
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@inthecompanyof Again, the specific campaign is worthwhile, but the initial messaging of Save Tech City makes me roll my eyes.
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@inthecompanyof Because it comes across as “Don’t change Tech City now that we’re here and have changed it just enough so that we like it.”
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@inthecompanyof @jasecoop @ntlk Good luck with the campaign. Unfortunately, Save Tech City, with all those faces, makes me laugh/despair.
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If you don’t know, Midtown is west of Tech City, east of Theatreland and north of Northbank.
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Londoners, join my campaign to KEEP MIDTOWN WEIRD!
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This seems a worthwhile campaign about Shoreditch: morelightmorepower.co.uk This, related, is hilariously un-selfaware: savetechcity.herokuapp.com
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@NeilBennun @jonty There is a valid bigger issue. But consultants, biz-dev, entrepreneurs etc complaining “Tech City” isn’t what it was…?!
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@jonty Amazing. The actual campaign morelightmorepower.co.uk seems focused on a single development. I don’t know why they’re confusing things.
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@jonty I keep looking at it. I can’t quite believe it’s real or that those people so lack in self-awareness.
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@joe_malia @alruii Oh forget it then. I know it’s your big day but the doves hammer home an important point at the 78 minute mark.
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@joe_malia @alruii PS. Hope it’s a special day.
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@joe_malia @alruii Great. I have two hours, yeah? I’ll need an IMAX screen and no one can enter or leave once I’ve begun. No autographs.
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@alruii @joe_malia Who’s doing the keynote?
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@holgate We can only Save Tech City by scrapping all mobile phones and going back to 14.4 modems.
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@flaneur KEEP TECH CITY AMERICAN!
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@agentGav Yes, the Huguenots, then Jews.
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Anyway, a blog post from 2012 about Shoreditch / Tech City: gyford.com/phil/writing/2…
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@flaneur Year 2042: Save Tech City by returning it to the traditional VC-funded start-ups, American corporations and luxury hotels!
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Sorry, I’m being sarcastic. We should Save Tech City by returning it to the musicians and artists of the 70s, 80s and 90s.
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Sorry, that was silly. We should Save Tech City by returning it to the printers, furniture makers and tailors of the 19th century.
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We should Save Tech City by returning it to fields. It’s been downhill since the 18th century. motco.com/map/81002/Seri…
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@tomstuart Save Shoreditch from people with responsive faces. Or FOR people with responsive faces. I’m confused.
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@weareicoEx “we will continue to support Sifteo Cubes and Sifteo users”
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@KushalP Just swim. I would do more (with a few more pauses to get my breath back) but it gets boring!
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@KushalP Not every. Three mornings a week, all being well.
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@minor9th Yeah, lightweight.
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Swam the usual 1000m this morning. Met a woman in the lift who finished swimming the Channel at 4am.
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@agpublic phil@gyford.com
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@agpublic Er, yes. Not entirely sure what being hit up for a quote means, but why not.
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@spaceboy Someone is subtweeting.
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idk, you say “startup culture is entitled man-children building mostly bullshit to make rich white guys richer” and people get all offended
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@philgyford SENSITIVELY RESTORE THE ORIGINAL GOOGLE CAMPUS FACADE
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It’s weird that I use Twitter to drive tons of signups, and as a critical support channel, but they don’t have any way for me to pay them