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Aldgate East, looking upwards
This part of London is not how I remembered it – but then, I was last regularly here 20 years ago.
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Tech City's new Shields
Interesting interview with Joanna Shields [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/9622748/Joanna-Shields-The-first-lady-of-Londons-Tech-City.html#] , ex-Facebook and now chief executive of the Tech City Investment Organisation: > “London has access to government through Westminster, you have the creative industries [and] you have the financial sector. You almost have
evening standard
A cynic might observe...
…the lack of a qualifying adjective.🙂
hazel
That's the end of that...
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/08/union-jack-ipad.jpg] Well, that’s the Olympics in London all but over. Hazel made me miss the opening ceremony by choosing to be born just after it, and she’s made me miss the closing ceremony by dint of
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Le Web en Londres?
It was a persistent rumour at Le Web in Paris last year. And now it’s confirmed: a summer Le Web in London [http://www.leweb.net/register/london]… Not much chance of hypothermia [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2008/12/le_web_blogger_dies_of_starvat.html] at this
hipsters
When social media types get old...
I’m participating in Social Media Week [http://socialmediaweek.org/london/], through the Like Minds events [http://wearelikeminds.com/socialmediaweek], which I’ll be liveblogging on their site. Hope to see some of you there…
Sex, Lies and the Tools of the Trade
Hacks/Hackers London has started - a new gathering for people interested in pushing forwards digital journalism.
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Riot Wombles in Woolwich
It wasn’t just in Clapham that people pulled together in the aftermath of the riots: [via 853 [http://853blog.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/pride-in-woolwich-the-young-people-cleaning-up/] ]
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People ready to help in Clapham
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After the London riots: some links
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomroyal/6025125608/] *A burned-out car not far from my Lewisham flat, from a photo set by Tom Royal [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomroyal/sets/72157627391514174/with/6025125608/]. * A rough night in London, as looters smashed up and burnt high streets all over the capital.
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The Olympics Site From Above
Laura McBride from Estates Gazette has just been on a helicopter flight over the Olympics site. This set of photos is the result: via [Paul Norman’s Olympics Blog](http://www.estatesgazette.com/blogs/olympics/2010/02/helicopter-view-of-olympic-park.html)
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Snow, Travel and the Kodak Zi8
Almost inevitably, while I was sat on a train crawling its way into London in this morning’s snow, the one meeting I had today was cancelled. Bah. However, I decided to take the opportunity afforded by the weather and give my new Kodak Zi8 a bit more of a