Lovely poem by Wendy Cope I read in the Underground the other day. On Waterloo Bridge, where we said our goodbyes, the weather conditions bring tears to my eyes. I wipe them away with a black woolly glove And try not to notice I’ve fallen in love. On Waterloo Bridge I am trying to think:… Continue reading After the Lunch
Month: June 2009
Viva Italia!
One way to level up in European immigration as a foreigner is to have an italian parent (my father in this case) as since the mid 90s Italy recognises citizenship for people with parents or grandparents who were born in Italy. This now means I am pretty much free to live in Europe for the… Continue reading Viva Italia!
6:34
This is what happens when you’re in love. In love with where you live. You go through 2 days of Tube strike, you watch the city you love not even make it to the top 50 most liveable cities and generally go to shit with the economy. But it doesn’t matter to you, love is… Continue reading 6:34
Architectures of nostalgia
I’m moving to Brixton next weekend after more than 2 years in Hackney. That fact may seem banal to most of you but if you’re a Londoner, changing boroughs that dramatically almost means social hara-kiri. You might as well be leaving the country. It means that I become one of those people who live “saf… Continue reading Architectures of nostalgia
Things I need to remind myself of
Celebrating nearly 2 years as the CEO of a small and dynamic interaction design company I thought I’d collate some thoughts on starting up your own company in interaction design as this be useful for someone out there. – SHOW ME THE MONEY Money is important. When you start your own company, (i’m talking normal… Continue reading Things I need to remind myself of
Traveltag or how we thought of mapping in 2005
I dusted this off of the old Ivrea archives and thought of posting it as the plethora of mapping services and geo locative stuff these days still doesn’t seem to have addressed some of the thoughts that Didier and I were having over the spring of 2005. The idea was simple: if you’re a tourist,… Continue reading Traveltag or how we thought of mapping in 2005