Dan Germain

how i earned one million pounds

Simple. I just put this image here...

...and then they will send me the money next week.

They are, after all, 'above the fold', so I'm expecting them to come good on their promise.

muxtape - a soliloquy

The muxtape man has written a very long 'this is not the end' letter. Read it at muxtape.com

I don't think soliloquy is exactly the right word, but it's not often you get the chance to give it an airing, so I thought I would.

there's an election coming

There will be an election this autumn (or fall). This is a good place to keep tabs on the poll of polls and other indices of note, including twitter mentions, google searches and other 'key metrics', as I believe Sam from the West Wing might call them. Thanks to Ben for pointing it out.

freedom

Freedom is a great thing. Especially when you're trying to write a book.

the words that get twittered

These are the words I use most when I twitter. Lots of watching, quite a lot of writing (phew) and a fair amount of time. And eating, of course.

From tweetclouds, brought to my attention by Russell and Dan's tap tap blog.

Now, back over to Paul, who I'm hoping will continue to tend this blog for a few more days while I clean rubber teats.

small things are important

Today I am enjoying this email that I got from Ocado.

The picture's nice, the gag is sort of OK, but the thing I like about Ocado is that they do small stuff well. Their site works really well as a shopping site, and they keep tweaking all of the tiny details to make it better and more intuitive.

As for this email, it's just them telling me something small and new. It won't rock my world but it makes me feel another degree of warmth for them. And the idea that you can ask their drivers to cover up their dirty boots is excellent. It helps do all of those things that brands are supposed to do these days - be human, act responsibly and help keep my new carpet spotless.

Thank you Ocado.

a clever orange thing

I had nothing to talk about but now I do. This Orange page/site thing is great, and you can nick bits of it too. Like this...

Never fear. I'm going to start answering the questions later today. This is just a diversion.

we need an intern

Know any smart kids who do web design, know funny jokes and can draw nice pictures? Yes? Then check out our innocent web intern thing.

gordon 2.0

Gordon Brown has a flickr account.

Expect David Cameron's to be along any second.

found at diamond geezer's blog

an incomplete manifesto for growth

No idea how long this has been kicking about on the web, but Joby sent it over, and as is usual with the stuff he sends over, it is excellent. Love the way those little balls bounce around.

I think the actual manifesto is a few years old, but certainly worth reading again.