Archive for August, 2008
Everything in moderation… including senses of humour?
What’s the biggest problem with user-generated content? The users. Well not always, admittedly. But over at listopia.co.uk Mr Log and I have already got this problem. Last week, while the site was still very much in beta and only very softly launched, we celebrated our 100th registered user (via the medium of a gmail conversation, [...]
Spoils from my tinyholding
Not a bad crop from my garden plot today: We got your eggs, we got your beets, yer luvverly carrots, a pair o’courgettes (not as big as Laurie‘s – oo-er missus), some disappointingly small onions, a few cherry tomatoes, we got your crispy fresh runners, and 3 green chillies (which are going straight to wok [...]
The NSFW presentation
Now here’s a curious thing. The best set of slides you may ever see to persuade serious people in your office why the social web is important, and it’s not safe for work. | View | Upload your own For a less sweary option, see Dave Briggs.
Aguirre, OMG!
Yesterday I watched Werner Herzog’s awesome shot-on-a-shoestring masterpiece Aguirre, Wrath of God (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes) sky plussed from about a week ago. Thanks Sky+, thanks BBC Four, and thanks Werner for your genius and vision. This is the best film I have seen for ages and the perfect tonic for post Dark Knight doubt. [...]
Putting my mouth where my money is
So here’s wordpress blog #3,714,201, which makes me extremely late to this party and probably a bit unwelcome. But I did briefly drop in earlier (c. 4 years ago), and have not come back empty-handed. I am back because I want to… Put my mouth where my money is. A big part of my day [...]
Hello, I'm Neil Williams. I'm a government web geek, a dad, a husband, a grower of veg, a keeper of hens and a lapsed comedy writer, roughly in that order. 
