September 2009
20 posts
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Revolve Clothing →
US Fashion retailer that importantly ships to the UK. A lot of very good US men’s brands on here. The way I see it, I’ll be saving money on the transatlantic flight.
We Need More Foreign Footballers →
I love it when economics and real life collide. This is a great article from Chris Cook in the FT about how more foreign footballers would actually improve the British game, contrary to popular opinion. You get the gist of the argument from this brilliant paragraph about basketball:
“Since height is so important to this sport, there is an extremely limited pool of potential top players....
“The most important reason? Users don’t care about design for its own sake;...”
– Jakob Nielsen on “Why Users Want Familiar Design”
“I heard that bros ‘change’ once they get married, like they are 40-90% ‘less...”
– Carles
Choosing My Favourite Albums of the Decade
I’m going to pick 10 (possibly 20) of my favourite albums of the last decade. Not necessarily a critical review of the last 10 years of music a la the P2K, but albums that shaped quite an important period in my life (from 15 to 25) and have cut across the range of genres that I still listen to today.
Here’s some rough criteria call it dogma, that I’m going to follow, maybe you...
Mixing Things Up a Little
I was walking across London Bridge the other day with a friend, and, as most people do, I decided to peer over the edge. A rush of vertigo swept through my body and I had to step back. Almost immediately afterwards my thoughts had moved (again) towards throwing myself over the edge. Not becasue I’m suicidal. I have a wonderful life and count myself among the luckiest people I know. But...
“I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man”
– Jay-Z
Notes from New York
I spent a week and a bit in New York this August, you can see some of the pictures below. Here’s a quick run down of some of the more fun things I did.
Schillers
Drinking in the L.E.S
Chelsea Pier Driving Range
Pool Parties
Centre for Photography
Legend’s Suite at the Yankees
Williamsburg
Shopping on Bleecker, NoLita and Soho
Picnic from E.A.T
AUF Launch Party in Bushwick
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