Bespoked Bristol 2012
The UK handmade bicycle show is a chance for the indy bike makers and designers to show off their creations.
Singletrack magazine was there to find out what was new in the world of UK bike design.
Glo bars
Fast Boy Cycles TF5
I'm a huge fan of Markdown, yet it has been hard to show your preferred markup language or Markdown compatible services in a visual way other than a text link to something like John Gruber's Markdown page.
Hopefully now we'll start to see Dustin's proposed symbol for Markdown being used to indicate Markdown compatible services.
Patrick Rhone's new book - enough
Adding Patrick's new book this to the list of book purchases for next month.
500 Words before 8am
This is a great habit to get into, even if you're job or career doesn't demand much writing.
Starting your day as a producer means that your information consumption has
meaning: the rest of the day means consuming information that is relevant to what it is that you're producing. Waking up as a producer frames the rest of your habits.— 500 words before 8am by Information Diet
Looks great, but against the grey, rainy streets of Scotland, this will really stick out like a sore thumb. Great idea though!
via swiss-miss.com
Introducing an idea: Journalong
So a few weeks ago I needed a quick way to write down an idea to my journal located on my Dropbox folder. I only had my phone with me at the time, so I emailed myself the note in the hope that I would remember to write it to my journal when I got home. I failed big time and remembered the idea 2 weeks later.
Determined to find a better solution to write to my journal, I built a web application that let's you write entries to a journal on your Dropbox account. It's called Journalong.
There's no need to have Dropbox installed on the computer or device you are writing the journal entry on. You just need to authorise Journalong to have access to a single folder on your Dropbox account. This is where your journal will reside.
Journalong will then handle the formatting of the entry, write it to your journal and even create a new journal file for each month when needed.
I've been journalling since the start of the year, and I find that it is a great dumping ground for thoughts, ideas and other stuff. Based on the feedback I get, I hope to that there will be enough initial interest to release it in the next few weeks.
Fixie Friday - Alex`s Kinfolk
Is your organisation growing up?
There are those who do grow up. Discussions about coffee machines, hotel allowances and bonuses recede. The 'country club' atmosphere which has grown unhealthily in abundant times can be dropped quickly and a focused 'war room' mentality swung into action.
— On Growing Up and Rites of Passage by Nicholase Bate
Another insightful snippet from the master of business, Nicholas Bate.
I know it's not always this clear-cut, but it's sad to see so many businesses taking the easy option out and cutting costs (usually at the bottom of the company ladder) rather than exploring new revenue ideas and possibilities.