Tag Archives: Recommendations

My favourite things from 2009

Films Moon – Duncan Jones’s debut is just stunning. I’ve watched it again on DVD now and there are so many clever bits you don’t notice first time around. Also best original soundtrack for quite some time by Stourbridge’s finest Clint Mansell. It’s been adopted as favourite coding music at Everything HQ. Anvil – this [...]

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Howtoons

I picked up a copy of this in a bookshop when I was in the US and absolutely love it. Great for kids of all ages. “Howtoons: The Possibilities Are Endless” (Saul Griffith, Joost Bonsen)

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Mojo Mickybo – go and see it!

My friend Lilli is producing the play Mojo Mickybo by Owen McCafferty which is about to open in the West End. It’s on at the Trafalgar Studio between 27 June – 21 July and you can book tickets here. If you quote “Strawberry Vale offer” you can get tickets for £15 for the shows before [...]

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Among the swans

If you want a good insight into what being a first time entrepreneur is like, Nassim Taleb gets it spot on in this short passage from his book The Black Swan (the first book I’ve read in months by the way – when I was at Demos I read about one non-fiction book cover-to-cover per [...]

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Pick Me Up rides again

After a short hibernation, the wonderful Pick Me Up (http://www.putmedown.com/) is up and running again.

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Best of 2006

Everybody else seems to be doing it so I thought I’d jot down my favourites from 2006. I’ve chosen three things under each of the categories of ‘media’ I consume most that have stuck in my mind and that I’d definitely recommend. Within each category, I’ve just put them in the order that I came [...]

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