Simon Collison
Master-craftsman, author, raconteur... and founder of Erskine Design
FebruaryFeb 9 Tuesday Tue 10
Reading about semiotics whilst eating probiotics. A happy coincidence I thought I'd share with you.
I'm speaking about the future ( I went there—it's shit; Peter Andre is Prime Minister) at FOWD London in May: http://tinyurl.com/yf64nbt
Note to self: never mention hosting on Twitter. Answer: United, who we use for everything at Erskine. Always have, always will. Faultless.
Finally requested to close all services on my personal @mediatemple DV server after 5 years of disappointment.
Tempted to go to @dibiconf at the end of April.
There's absolutely no logic to any of it.
FebruaryFeb 8 Monday Mon 10
Worst nightmares ever — in quick succesion. Freaked. No sleep now.
Watching the rugby: Saturday afternoon, England vs Wales, with the best seat in the Gladstone.
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Sega Saturday: Greg and Wil playing some ancient Sega hockey game, in Greg's new front room.
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FebruaryFeb 6 Saturday Sat 10
Got the best seat in the Gladstone for the rugby, and plenty of Landlord.
FebruaryFeb 5 Friday Fri 10
Everyone gone for Japanese lunch, whilst I frantically code away to meet a deadline. Enjoying the peace and quiet to be honest.
About
I'm a web designer/developer, and author. In October 2006 I started Erskine Design - a full service web design and development agency, based in Nottingham - two years on we're a team of eight doing exceptional things!
As lead web developer at Agenzia (www.agenzia.co.uk) from 2002 to 2006, I worked on numerous web projects for major record labels and bands, visual artists, illustrators, businesses, community, and voluntary sector orgs, passionately ensuring everything was accessible and complied with current web standards.
I also write books about CSS, XHTML and web standards for US publishers Apress and Friends Of ED. I do a bit of public speaking here and there, and will generally do anything for a biscuit and cup of tea, but prefer hard cash.
I have lived in many cities, including London and Reykjavik, but have now settled back in my beloved Nottingham, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty.
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Movies
Cinema Paradiso, 24 Hour Party People, City Of God, 101 Reykjavik, Indiana Jones and Star Wars obviously, Hot Fuzz, Noi Albinoi, O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Big Lebowski, The Man Who Wasn't There, Bladerunner, Stand By Me, Dead Man's Shoes
Music
New Order, Elbow, Stone Roses, The Aliens, Jeff Buckley, Sigur Ros, Arctic Monkeys, Cold War Kids, Beastie Boys, Radiohead, DJ Shadow, Micah P Hinson, Quannum, Beatles, Stones, Super Furry Animals, Who, Kinks, The Small Faces, The Smiths, Primal Scream, Diplo, Oasis, The Verve, Buzzcocks, The Beta Band, Easy Star All Stars, Sex Pistols, Gus Gus, Dionne Warwick, RJD2, Johnny Cash, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Leaves, Hendrix, I Am Kloot, Manic Street Preachers, The Clash, Shirehorses, Tom Waits, Kings Of Leon, Gang Of Four, Howling Bells, CSS, Midlake, Mates Of State, Arcade Fire, The Longcut, New Young Pony Club, I Was A Cub Scout, Belle & Sebastian,