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Share this postBBC News gleefully reporting that the new rail fare increase is "the lowest in years". Was shocked by how much they've gone up since I left.
Trying out Wire. Yet another contacts network, but very interesting.
America: Black Mirror is amazing, biting commentary on media and tech. Don't let episode one put you off. http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2014/12/1/7315405/black-mirror-sci-fi-finally-streaming-netflix
"The American justice system is not broken. This is what it does." http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/the-american-justice-system-is-not-broken-1666445407
Great post by @natematias about Flickr's CC sales and gratitude on social networks: https://civic.mit.edu/blog/natematias/gratitude-credit-and-exchange-online-flickr-selling-cc-images-...
This trip is making me a loyal @Tmobile customer. Data just works, even though it's a US plan. Pretty wonderful.
I know I'm in Oxford and not Silicon Valley when: people in the cafe are talking about orchestration, and they actually mean orchestration.
From 2009, building the user-centered web: http://benwerd.com/2009/07/01/building-the-user-centered-web/ From 2014, Known: https://withknown.com/
@rivalee I'm here until the 23rd! Also in London a fair bit. I'd love to meet up :)
So, the Turl St Kitchen is my new go-to place to work in Oxford. Great-looking food, blazing wifi, well-made coffee. And it's a Hub. A+.
@crazymsulady Thank you! It's been years since I've been back. A little weird, but lovely.
Yesterday, by the way, was like Christmas. I was exhausted, but to see so many of my friends was incredible. It made me so happy. I am so happy to be back. Thank you.
I can boil water in less than a minute! Thank you, British voltage. It's the little things.
@annamaybank Thank you! I'm looking forward to coming by :)
Replacing passport control with robots? VAST improvement. Good job, everyone.
You guys, this is the biggest airplane I've been on in YEARS. See you soon, London.
"Cities in the UK you can use international roaming data in are: England, Scotland and Wales." Thanks, @TMobile!
@LornaMCampbell Guybrush in a presentation is always a good sign!
Preparing to leave the office for the last time for a few weeks. Weird sauce.
One thing Firefox's switch to Yahoo has taught me: Google is *far* better at searching for development topics.
If you're in San Francisco on December 11-12, you should come by @mattervc for the holiday pop-up shop: http://openup.splashthat.com/