Welcome to another edition of TGIF. I trust that you all had a wonderful week, be it either at work or on holiday somewhere. For those into listening to music while working, I’ve decided to add a little Friday tune to the TGIF post as from today! You may all woop and clap with excitement, I know you’ll appreciate it. Of course if you have recommendations of your own, send ‘em through and I’ll include them as we go long. There will be a vast mixture of styles.
Without further ado…
Stuff I really liked this week:
Twistorati
- it allows you to see what’s going on on Twitter in real-time using awesome visualization methods.
Discovery.com
: Top 10 accidental inventions
Gaping Void business card design
– Ok I’ve known about this for a while but they are very cool, you’ll want some
XKCD
- “The problem with Wikipedia”
Banksy
- Revisiting all of his fantastic graffiti artwork…genius
Facts:
In 1995, 58% of Americas had never heard of the Internet
Google says it will take 300 years to achieve their goals
By 2020 server farms are projected to create more greenhouse gasses than air travel
The 1929 financial crash in the U.S mean that the stock market only regained it’s pre-crisis peak in 1954
Getting a person to say yes to a sale works best if you establish momentum first with lesser questions to which it is easy to answer yes.
Quotes:
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. (A.Maslow)
Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a new wing to a building as being maintenance. (J.Horning)
To arrive at the simple is difficult. (R.Elisha)
There are only two kinds of programming languages: those people always bitch about and those nobody uses. (B. Stroustrup)
Rewrite and revise. Do not be afraid to seize what you have and cut it to ribbons … Good writing means good revising.(W. Strunck Jr)
Tune of the week…
Stereo Total – I love you, Ono
Cool video footage for this week…


I just spent the past hour watching Eddie Izzard on youtube thanks to that vid.
Me too Jason! I think I watched every footage available on YouTube. He’s brilliant isn’t he.