An Expat in London

2009

December 154
November 136
October 266
September 152
August 147
July 127
June 126
May 88
April 94
March 73
February 154
January 116

2008

June 114
May 161
April 143
March 1
February
January
Warch Watch
Thanks to the Shralp snowboarding podcast guys, specifically episode #112, where David Benedek does...
Dec 1st
Warch Watch
Absolutely brilliant, The Simpsons mocking Apple (I mean Mapple).
Dec 1st
Listened to This American Life yesterday (KCRW stream to iPhone)— is there anything better...
Dec 1st
Please read James Boyle’s new book, “The Public...
Nov 30th
Listen Listen
Heard about this up and coming band, Left With Pictures, via Londonist’s heads up on their...
Nov 30th
Beavers back in Britain - CNN.com
Nov 30th
Finished Stephenson’s Anathem, was complex, brilliant, & engaging all at the same time....
Nov 30th
http://tinyurl.com/6jqanj WaPo piece describing Hank Paulson’s transformation
Nov 30th
At coffee shop on Brich Lane, reading Edward Tufte book, and loving Shazam for IDing the music...
Nov 30th
http://tinyurl.com/5g2h3s 1st time startup CEO advice, for hightech firms & others
Nov 30th
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20081129/NEWS01/81129002&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL...
Nov 30th
EAting at Tas Firin on Bethnal Green Rd., wondering what ‘fresh tasting squid’ in their...
Nov 29th
Dinner w/ coworkers at Korean barbeque place right next to Holborn, brilliant banter thanks to JF,...
Nov 28th
Attention London Last.fm fans, there’s a Last.fm Hack Day in SHoreditch on Dec. 14th. Looks...
Nov 28th
After reading about Rick Astley at Macy’s Thanksgiving parade, I’m making it a...
Nov 28th
Great Thanksgiving in jolly ol’ England: work, football match for charity, pints at pub, then...
Nov 27th
BBC— 1108 Indian asks that Twitter updates from Mumbai cease: “PLEASE STOP TWEETING...
Nov 27th
And oh, Happy Thanksgiving for those Americans stateside and for us ex-pats who are working today....
Nov 27th
http://tinyurl.com/6ns8uc Next year in corporate life is all CFO (HR & MarComm are out)
Nov 26th
Listening to Sunday’s Meet The Press interview w/ Lieberman— man, slimey & evasive;...
Nov 26th
http://tinyurl.com/64cg8d all those gong home for Thanksgiving, hilarious Onion article
Nov 26th
http://tinyurl.com/6ns8uc Year of the CFO is what corporate workplaces will be guided by
Nov 26th
Watching Brick Lane on the Channel 4, not too far from Brick Lane itself
Nov 26th
Reading, trying to finish Neil Stephenson’s ‘Anathem’
Nov 23rd
Walking back after night at Abacus near Bank, cheasy but good time with the lads from CEB
Nov 20th
http://tinyurl.com/5z64wa NPR’s story on new socumentary on famous 1968 Harvard-Yale football...
Nov 19th
On way home from Brixton after seeing amazing show by Death Cab for Cutie— played everything I...
Nov 19th
Hitting Brixton Academy tonight for Death Cab show, should be very good.
Nov 19th
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6066.html HBS article on ‘conversational blindness’ of how and...
Nov 18th
http://tinyurl.com/6nfaxd Cash illiquidity in University endowments hurting VCs & PE firms
Nov 17th
Just for Nancy: River Otters Reappearing on Nassau County’s...
Nov 16th
Warch Watch
Perhaps the nerdiest and coolest iPhone app I’ve seen yet. Re-blogged via joelaz: iPhone...
Nov 16th
A gift or hard graft? We look at outrageously...
Nov 16th
New Global Measurement for Entrepreneurship, joint work by OECD and Eurostat...
Nov 14th
http://tinyurl.com/5r4wql Damn, Canada is strict about it’s carpooling!
Nov 13th
Warch Watch
Web2.0 video via Lessig.
Nov 12th
Watched Arsenal game tonight around the corner from Holborn and saw my 1st football pub brawl
Nov 11th
http://tinyurl.com/5zhvvd A simple story of greed helped topple Merril Lynch, via the NYT
Nov 10th
Warch Watch
The Douchiest Phone Message In History
Nov 10th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-9)
Nov 9th
Tasty lunch of raviolis and chorizo sausages http://twitpic.com/kv0e
Nov 9th
http://tinyurl.com/5mmchl For my Dad: how to CAT scan violins so that you can hot-rod them, via NPR
Nov 9th
http://newsgang.net/item/id=68565&from=twitter Newsgang citing article on how to iPhone/iPod-ize...
Nov 9th
http://tinyurl.com/5ptr85 Cory Doctorow on why he copyfights
Nov 9th
Watching Al Green sing ‘Let’s Stay Together’ on the show ‘Later…with...
Nov 8th
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1261782/ For London Web2.0 junkies, Sarah Lacy in Soho this...
Nov 7th
Listening to FredWilson.fm radio
Nov 6th
“First, Barack Obama wanted to know whom Mr. Doerr would...”
— John Doerr’s Advice for Barack...
Nov 6th
My brother’s old boss at DCCC, Rahm Emanuel, offered job of White House Chief of Staff...
Nov 5th
http://tinyurl.com/6rmw75 The Nation on London perspective of election (link hat tip to my...
Nov 5th
Grant Park last night during Obama celebration. Via...
Nov 5th
About an hour ago, fireworks going off North of central London, in anticipation of Guy Fawkes day I...
Nov 5th
Just awoke at 5am UK time to hear end of Obama’s acceptence speech. He won, truly remarkable...
Nov 5th
Watching BBC’s election coverage, much less crazy than CNN I bet. To Chicago friends, take...
Nov 4th
Debating where in London to watch the election results http://tinyurl.com/6n9lau
Nov 4th
Back in UK after sitting next to intermittenly crying baby; he was pretty good though the ol’...
Nov 3rd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-2)
Nov 2nd
Ben and I in Colorado
Nov 1st
View from the Devil Thumb’s Ranch in Tabernash, CO. Beautiful day for a wedding....
Nov 1st
There is something special about sitting in the sun w/ Colorado Rockies stretched out before you...
Nov 1st