Monthly Archives: November 2009

Famous Last Words

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Richard Birkin

A bit of a nightmare situation with the wi-fi meant I couldn’t get on Wordr all day and feed my new monoblogging addiction. Frankie and the boys at Rattle fixed up Wordr especially for our little conference, and made a … Continue reading →

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Playful: An Illustrated Account

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Richard Birkin

Check dis (via Nick Marsh and his pen and notebook, and Flickr): C’est magnifique! Although it’s gutting that Nick missed the last session. Partly because he should have been there, but also I would have loved to have seen his … Continue reading →

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What Happened? [Part 3]

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Richard Birkin

21. Nicholas ‘Feltron’ Felton sent us a message in the early hours of Friday morning with the terrible news that his place had been grounded (he was flying in from New York especially, you see). There was a resounding “bugger” … Continue reading →

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What Happened? [Part 2]

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Richard Birkin

11. Robin Burkinshaw & Matt Locke. Blimey. I heard a lot of gasps and little OMGs from the crowd behind me during this one, as Matt Locke read excerts (beautifully) from key points in the Alice & Kev story, asking … Continue reading →

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What Happened? [Part 1]

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Richard Birkin

I’ve now been sent more than a handful of accounts of what happened last Friday…so I’m going to do my own version with some links in it here… 1. Unwrapping the newspapers, as I’ve already said, was brill. 2. A … Continue reading →

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Chip Wrapping

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Richard Birkin

As we’ve ranted on about loads over the past few weeks, we got a newspaper done for Playful with the kind and gracious help of the folks at Newspaper Club. This was exciting for loads of reasons…we like those chaps, … Continue reading →

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A Million Times Dank Jij

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Richard Birkin

Seriously, thankyou so much to all the speakers, sponsors, volunteers, attendees, groupies and roadies that were involved in this year’s Playful. It was a grand old day, and we’re now wading through the tweets and blog posts and generally walking … Continue reading →

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