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  • 4th August 2010

    A Better University

    A few quick, sketchy thoughts on what (I think) it would take to foster a more creative, collaborative and fun culture in universities.
  • 16th July 2010

    Baffling Black Boxes

    The Reith Lectures are an annual series of lectures given by a significant contemporary figure and broadcast by the BBC. This year's lectures, given by Professor Martin Rees, focused on the challenges faced by humans in the 21st century, and how science might help to overcome these challenges.
  • 13th July 2010

    What I Learned at Flickr

    A quick recap of my visit to see the lovely people at Flickr in March of this year. This continues the theme of articles I should have written months ago, but didn't. Short version: Flickr loves you and your photos - for keeps.
  • 11th July 2010

    Anticipation

    We've been growing some vegetables in the garden.
  • 5th July 2010

    What I Learned at Pixar

    Earlier this year I had the pleasure of spending a few hours with the folks at Pixar; in the run up to the release of Toy Story 3 I thought I'd jot down a few thoughts on my visit. Short version: Pixar are awesome.

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Paul May is a web and user experience consultant from Dublin, Ireland; he works for web design company Front. Feel free to directly (or you can use the contact form). You can also get him on twitter or flickr. Paul enjoys writing in the third person.