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Founder of Swordfish Corp. I help big companies understand APIs, Platforms and Dev Networks. Brit in SF.
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A DBA walks into a NoSQL Bar.
He looked around and didn't find any tables.
So he left.
Apparently the original LEGO patent expires tomorrow -meaning anyone can create their own lego bricks that are compatible with the originals
☑ Kim Jong Il
☑ Khaddafi
☑ Osama Bin Laden
☑ Saddam Hussein
☐ Internet Explorer

via @glenda
Someone asked me which was worse: ignorance or apathy. Frankly, I don't know and I don't care.
"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people" - Eleanor Roosevelt. I quite like this quote.
OH: "Dubstep was invented while Optimus Prime was taking a shower". O_o
Can anyone help me report this G+ user who is clearly not using their real name: http://t.co/n3oISaa?
When you becomes the all-consuming topic of your own news website, the shark is jumped. Even during silly season. cc: @techcrunch
So here it is... if you want to download the torrent backup of all the sites the BBC are closing: http://bit.ly/bbcclosingsitestorrent
This is in my mind *all the time* at the moment: "If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold."
Steve Jobs was in many respects our modern renaissance man. 
Wow, 22% of all new domains created end up running WordPress #wcsf
This needed to be written, and I'm glad @violetblue did it: Tech’s Relationship With Depression, Suicide and Asperger’s http://t.co/CkZmiC3F
Ironic that Bing.com's new 'short' url, binged.it is one character longer than their own domain.
SOPA tweet of the day: ███ █ ███ ██ ██. ██████ █ ██ █ ████ █████ ████ █ ███ ██ ████ ██████.
Frustrated as I watched the SOPA hearings. Politicians who don't understand tech should not be writing tech-policy. http://t.co/EaaPMdjI
For those interested, here is the original #LEGO patent: http://t.co/hD70Ae9o (dated Oct 24 1961). 50 year patent expires tomorrow.
If you get bored at fireworks events, here's what happens when you set off 30 minutes of fireworks in under 60 secs: http://t.co/4zlUixx5
Launch of Steve Job's official biography has been moved forward 4 months to Nov 21st. @steverubel thinks its for strategic reasons. I agree
Fox News scrolled "*Obama* Bin Laden Killed" on air. SIGH