Let's have it !

The Tweet Week [ 2009-11-09 ]

fruey — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:41:00 +0000

Following last tweet & useful comments from others: remember if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. #
RT @kim_partridge: American Airlines fired UX designer for explaining why their UX isn't great http://bit.ly/3k928r #
RT @steve_e: Agile User Experience Projects http://bit.ly/LUexV <- it seems that developers rate UX involvement higher than UX themselves #
Why is it so complicated to move a phoneline with ADSL to another house? Telecoms companies are all fighting one another… (three involved) #
It's going to be a long week, and at the end of it we buy a house and start moving in next week. Coffee, good food & paracetamol required. #

The Tweet Week [ 2009-11-02 ]

fruey — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:41:00 +0000

"If a crowded train arrives, wait for the next one" – science shows holding up a bus or train is a bad strategy http://bit.ly/3UTdaf #
Google maps turn-by-turn has wiped billions off GPS company shares, this is huge news (and nav with streetview rocks) http://bit.ly/41HGuL #
Blown away by Tim Minchin recently discovered via Toby http://bit.ly/ATP5D #

The Tweet Week [ 2009-10-26 ]

fruey — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:41:00 +0000

Off out for a nice meal tonight for once, a rare French cuisine place from yesteryear now stuck next to a dual carriageway. #
Loving that Bordeaux beat Bayern last night, despite missing two penalties in the process. Liverpool losing to Lyon not so bad either. #
Been married eight years today. #

Kaftan Girl

fruey — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:41:11 +0000

I’ve just uploaded some older photos to Flickr with a wedding theme – having spent a few minutes clicking through my photo archives. With digital photos, you don’t have the same tactile experience compared to thumbing through piles of old photos in a box. But when you find nice photos, at least you can publish them and share them more widely than just with a select few.

I used to take rolls of 35mm film and the easy archival method was just to keep the groups of 24 or 36 photos together in their original packs. With digital photography memory card capacity means that hundreds of photos just get left together in a big “download” folder. Finding the time to sort, better label and organise them is a lot different from buying an album and physically sorting the prints. I’m very behind on my digital organisation!

This picture was taken six years ago, almost to the day, outside the Asnières town hall near Paris, at the wedding of our friends David and Marielle. I wish them a happy sixth wedding anniversary.

Kaftan Girl
Originally uploaded by simon_music

The Tweet Week [ 2009-10-19 ]

fruey — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:41:00 +0000

RT @kim_partridge: RT @antonvowl Express front today. Bloody hell! http://bit.ly/1XP5y How can this pass for journalism? It's just so wrong. #
My little boy is four years old today. All of a sudden he's all grown up. Happy Birthday Nathan. 4 years ago: http://bit.ly/1VHFbb #
There's a cyclist with a cello on his back on the Pont de Clichy. I'm stuck next to a police siren. #

The Tweet Week [ 2009-10-12 ]

fruey — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:41:00 +0000

SNCF propose high speed rail for the US: as usual, the comments are more informative than the article http://bit.ly/4qmpxW #
Chains of events can really take the fire out of your belly. Or you can get fired up fighting the confusion. Today it's more the former. #
Wonderful rainy weather to start the week, as if Monday morning wasn't hard enough as it is… #

Ready for a wedding in 1978

fruey — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:58:46 +0000

This photo was taken on the 8th April, 1978 according to what is written behind the original print. The print itself has washed out colours and has degraded over time, some work was done to try to rebalance the colours. Yes, that is me on the left and my brother on the right. We were nearly 3 and nearly 4 when the picture was taken.

Possibly because of the photo itself, I can remember the picture being taken. I certainly remember the matching jumpers that our grandma knitted for us. The location – possibly in my grandparent’s garden – I cannot be entirely sure of, given the crop which doesn’t leave enough detail for me to be sure.

Ready for a wedding in 1978
Originally uploaded by simon_music

Office View

fruey — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:56:17 +0000

Having just moved desk, for the next few weeks my view is this wonderful train depot vista.

Looking forward to our move to La Défense even more now, when they move the trains, since the tracks aren’t passenger carrying standard, they screech.

Office View
Originally uploaded by simon_music

The Tweet Week [ 2009-10-05 ]

fruey — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:41:00 +0000

Have moved office, now I have a view over a train depot. Wonderful. #
Wonder if, instead of meetings, everyone could spend an hour working on *one* slide to circulate via email. Would we be more productive? #
Traffic is dense of a morning lately. Can't be doing with it, can't be doing with the train either. #
Voyages-sncf.com launch a new video platform with destination & hotel videos => http://video.voyages-sncf.com [RT @Voyazine] #

The Tweet Week [ 2009-09-28 ]

fruey — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:41:00 +0000

Nice weekend weather moving a friend to the country, think a beer is just about in order by now… #
The Netflix Grand Prize won ($1M prize). Winning team improved DVD recommendation algorithm by >10% http://bit.ly/4skpck #