March 2009
16 posts
Absentee
Sorry for not posting. Warning: off on holiday, so won’t be posting some more. This week I’ve been thinking about: not reading, the architecture at the KX development, consultants, and why QPR are called the Hoops.
Not that you’re interested. See you on the other side.
Divine Comedy Computer Game →
EA Games is to make a version of Dante’s immortal Divina Commedia as a computer game. We all knew that the gaming world has woken up to the power of narrative but this surely has to be the moment when gaming becomes irredeemably high brow. Capital. In a hundred years people might get dressed in black tie and sip champagne before watching the greats do battle on a vintage copy of Half-Life 2.
Drums →
Via Times Emit. The most fun thing. Fact.
An Upside to the Recession →
“Our elders, who bought prosperity and nice pensions at our expense and pulled the ripcords on their “Freedom 55” parachutes without leaving any behind in the passenger cabin, are getting it in the neck”. There is a grain of truth in this.
The major beneficiaries of the late boom were, other than the usual gang of bankers, traders, hedge fund managers, private equity partners,...
Wolfram Alpha →
Via The Guardian. The Semantic Web inches one step closer to happening. The machine will understand us.
UK at SXSW →
When you see this list it does give one something approaching pride in the UK tech scene. There are a lot of very cool looking start ups out there.
Add-Art →
Replaces adds with art. Digital marketers: panic!
Wolverine Vs. Rorschach: "I'm a Marvel, I'm a DC" →