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Things I’ve learnt from strangers: chickens

Jemima — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:34:12 +0000

According to the man selling chickens in Borough Market this morning (who had a range of chickens), traditional breed chickens have less meat on the breast and more on the leg, and are far tastier. We bought one, so tomorrow I’ll find out if it’s true.

Things I’ve learnt from strangers: running in the morning

Jemima — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:08:02 +0000

I was in a running shop, looking for some cheap gloves. The shop assistant asked me about my running, which is very rudimentary. She said it’s best to run earlier in the day, when the air is fresher, as it’s better for your lungs. Running is very good for your lungs, it seems.

Things I’ve learnt from strangers: Bermondsey St. antiques

Jemima — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:04:17 +0000

Last weekend I got chatting to a woman who owns one of the properties on Bermondsey Street and trades antiques and furniture from it. She originally bought the house over 10 years ago to store the items that she couldn’t keep in her space in the market at the bottom of the street. At the time, the other traders said she was mad: who would go that far up the street, beyond the established trading area? In reality, she had an established group of customers happy to walk the distance, and she brought more trade to the other shops, stalls and spaces in between. Now, the market is tiny, all the other shops on the street are gone, and the trade dying due to the rise of Ikea and eBay. She doesn’t own a computer. She’s going to shut up shop and rent the space to architects.

Think I’ve learnt from strangers: Maltby Street

Jemima — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:57:34 +0000

I’m trying to speak to more new people at the moment and appreciate the things I learn from them.

Yesterday, a stall holder on Maltby Street told me about the plans for the businesses that formed the original collective there. Apparently, they are currently on quite short term leases and all sorts of other people keep appearing along the arches. They have found some railway arches further away from London Bridge and are likely to be moving that way quite soon.

Bookmarks for 2012-01-27

Jemima — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Tiny Letter – It's little things like this that make all sorts of things so much easier these days. My old (webmaster) boss was a huge fan of systems of individual tools, cleverly joined, and easily debugged and substituted. This is now possible to apply to websites and business, with all sorts of online tools and services, if you know where to look.

Bookmarks for 2012-01-25

Jemima — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000

BBC News – What goes on in the mind of a sniper? – "When I do go face God there is going to be lots of things I will have to account for but killing any of those people is not one of them."
Letters of Note: I am a lousy copywriter –

Bookmarks for 2012-01-23

Jemima — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000

CES is Killing Sexy | Mighty Girl – This brings back memories of my days as a GameSpot techie.

Bookmarks for 2012-01-14

Jemima — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000

TEDxBloomington – Shawn Achor – "The Happiness Advantage: Linking Positive Brains to Performance" – YouTube – I've been interested in 'happiness' over the past couple of years, especially as it relates to work. This is a good talk about it.

Now and next from James Bridle

Jemima — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:28:54 +0000

Finally! Someone has released the product I keep meaning to get my act together to do. In fact, I was planning on working out how to do this over Christmas, but James Bridle has beaten me to it.

Now and Next shows what’s on the major BBC radio stations now and next, to enable more intelligent listening choices. I am frankly astonished the BBC doesn’t have it on a webpage somewhere. James has designed it in the style of a Cefax page, which is a bit garish for my tastes, but does the job.

James Bridle has worked on a series of projects around areas that interest me, so I guess it should come as no surprise that he produced this. Awesome.

Bookmarks for 2011-11-30

Jemima — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:00:00 +0000

BERG Cloud – Lovely product. Lovely lovely.