wine is the head of all obstinance and a fine solvent of human brains
red-route.org is the personal website of Malcolm Young.
Fear and loathing in Shoreditch - why do we hate hipsters?
21 August, 2018Tags
Why do we care what other people wear?
Popularity breeds contempt - why more cyclists on the roads is annoying to cyclists
15 August, 2018Tags
Do we inevitably lose a sense of community when our community gets too large?
Do Repeat Yourself - returning to the Lead Developer conference
10 August, 2018Tags
Looking back at the Lead Developer London conference 2018
Breaking Bad and making good - identifying with Walter White
22 July, 2018Tags
A cautionary tale of overwork and obsession - the dangers of wanting to be good at your job
Getting fed up with feeds - taking back control of our to-do lists
17 June, 2018Tags
One of the problems with our information age is that there’s always something incoming, demanding our attention. Podcasts and RSS feeds are…
Becoming someone who has run a marathon
16 June, 2018Tags
A few weeks ago, I ran my first marathon. Having had a bit of time to mentally process the experience, I want to attempt to capture my…
Don't frighten the faster horses - the need for transitional technologies
30 May, 2018Tags
Why we needed the MiniDisc to help us get Spotify, and why Uber for dogs makes sense to us
A design review checklist for non-designers
27 April, 2018Tags
If we can't entirely break down the wall that designs are thrown over, let's at least put a gate in it.
Playing The Long Game
26 April, 2018Tags
One morning, when I was 17 or 18, I went to school, and every boy in the sixth form had received a Gillette razor in the post. It must have…
My daughter's taste in music
02 April, 2018Tags
As parents, we all want our children to learn new skills, but sometimes a little learning is a dangerous thing. As a friend once said, “you…
