Jason Cartwright

1. The Long and Happy Lives of Lobsters

   "As best scientists can tell, lobsters age so gracefully they show no measurable signs of aging: no loss of appetite, no change in metabolism, no loss of reproductive urge or ability, no decline in strength or health. Lobsters, when they die, seem to die from external causes."

   npr.org/templates/story/story?storyId=16349118
   22:06
2. Mataerial Introduction
   vimeo.com/55657102
   22:01

1. Star Wars and Doctor Who fans clash at Norwich convention
   
   bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-22542222
   22:21

1. Prince Harry and David Cameron in New York to promote UK
   
   bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22533414
   18:21

1. Steven Spielberg's techniques and themes
   youtube.com/watch?v=-uCBYFHRHU0
   04:15

1. Official Google Blog: A picture of Earth through time
   

   "we sifted through 2,068,467 images—a total of 909 terabytes of data—to find the highest-quality pixels (e.g., those without clouds), for every year since 1984 and for every spot on Earth. We then compiled these into enormous planetary images, 1.78 terapixels each, one for each year. "

   googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/a-picture-of-earth-through-time
   17:13

1. How One Man Played 'Moneyball' With 'Jeopardy!'
   
   npr.org/2011/11/20/142569472/how-one-man-played-moneyball-with-jeopardy
   19:00

1. The Big Ditch - How the Panama Canal Changed the World: Episode 1
   
   bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01rvps7/The_Big_Ditch_How_the_Panama_Canal_Changed_the_World_Episode_1
   14:34

1. Are Yuppies Ruining London?
   
   vice.com/en_uk/read/are-yuppies-killing-london-and-will-people-riot-about-it
   11:46
2. The changing face of the average Aussie
   
   bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22213218
   04:24

1. Petcube
   
   petcube.net
   09:49
2. Netflix now bigger than HBO in the US
   

   "The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us"

   qz.com/77067/netflix-now-bigger-than-hbo
   00:08

1. How the End of the Traditional Workplace Is Changing Our Cities
   theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/04/how-end-traditional-workplaces-will-change-cities-around-them/5343
   03:50

1. Viola through Glass
   youtube.com/watch?v=jwAAR4-nuqE
   02:53
2. Physicists To Test If Universe Is A Computer Simulation
   
   huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/12/physicists-universe-simulation-test-university-of-washington-matrix_n_2282745
   02:06

1. Fresh Prince: Google Translated
   youtube.com/watch?v=LMkJuDVJdTw
   06:20
2. Australia: Where the good life comes at a price
   
   bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21519050
   05:21

1. Exchange rates: Inside the Bitcoin economy
   economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/04/exchange-rates
   05:41
2. Astronomers anticipate 100 billion Earth-like planets
   ras.org.uk/news-and-press/224-news-2013/2239-astronomers-anticipate-100-billion-earth-like-planets
   05:39
3. You Lookin' At Me? Reflections on Google Glass
   
   allthingsd.com/20130412/you-lookin-at-me-reflections-on-google-glass
   01:35

1. The First Men on the Moon: The Apollo 11 Lunar Landing
   firstmenonthemoon.com
   16:54
2. The ark builders - FT.com
   
   ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/7d4bf90e-9cb3-11e2-9a4b-00144feabdc0#slide0
   16:02

1. A US view of the UK class system
   
   bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22025328
   17:52
2. Locals light up remote Peruvian airstrip for emergency night-flight
   bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22039813
   17:32

1. Oil Exploration: What are the top five facts everyone should know about oil exploration?
   

   Scary

   quora.com/Oil-Exploration/What-are-the-top-five-facts-everyone-should-know-about-oil-exploration
   22:02

1. How a cyberwar was spun by shoddy journalism

   "This story wasn't just a failure to understand technology. It was a failure of basic journalism practice. To be willing to not write the story if it didn't stack up."

   guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/29/cyberwar-spun-shoddy-journalism
   11:37

1. Effects of Arctic Amplification
   youtube.com/watch?v=GWj2DzKn7MA
   11:30

1. London’s airports: Flight paths for a cloudy future
   
   economist.com/news/briefing/21574489-britain-has-many-options-providing-extra-airport-capacity-its-capital-going-need
   17:54

1. 9Y40
   
   9y40.com
   13:33

1. Science: What is the most symmetrical man-made thing?
   quora.com/Science/What-is-the-most-symmetrical-man-made-thing
   16:21

1. How Criticizing in Private Undermines Your Team
   blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/03/how_criticizing_in_private_und
   17:30
2. Inside the Ghost Ships of the Mothball Fleet
   
   scotthaefner.com/beyond/mothball-fleet-ghost-ships
   08:29

1. Sydney, Australia - Summer 2012
   
   marktipple.com/summer2012
   01:25

1. New York Day
   vimeo.com/60221220
   20:37
2. NIN vs. 50 Cent - Closer (In Da Club)
   youtube.com/watch?v=S4mHAcfPutE
   00:51

1. Tim Berners-Lee: The Web needs to stay open
   
   boingboing.net/2013/03/10/tim-berners-lee-the-web-needs
   18:16

1. Tire Ski Jumping Japan Prank
   youtube.com/watch?v=-vj0ld8rCEs
   16:00

1. @tmaslen: localStorage sub domain exploit allows you to fill a users HD with junk: http://t.co/nRs6GhD80q only Firefox limits all sub domains to 5mb

   19:39

2. @potatolondon: T-shirt ban. Potato enforces corporate dress policy for Lymphoma Association http://t.co/Qt1uo7IBg2

   18:06

3. "@dalmaer: "Breaking down Amazon’s mega dropdown UX" http://t.co/rzbtidsrGn" <-- this is brilliant

   16:25

4. @virginatlantic Your website is broken in Chrome again. Rather annoying to have to switch to another browser to give you money :(

   03:28

5. Wondering if I could mashup @HipChat and @discourse in some way

   00:39

1. @paul_irish: Data reduction proxy debuts for Chrome on Android. https://t.co/GCqd85Jday Automatic minification, SPDY, image compression, gzip. Boom.

   23:30

1. Finally got around to downloading my twitter archive. Here are the graphs. http://t.co/N6joyZCIUE

   02:14

1. Yahoo apparently had VPN data to show WFH was being abused. Nobody asking if Yahoo office workers are productive either…

   18:48

2. @mydogminton: @jasoncartwright Agreed. Wouldn't want either forced on me. Combination works best.

   18:45

3. I do, however, like hunkering down to work at a comfortable desk setup that's 'just so', and mine. Doesn't really matter where that is.

   18:44

4. @thoroughlygood: @jasoncartwright Was resistant to flexible working/hot desking. Now I find it liberating. Eliminates in office politics and tension.

   18:33

5. Love that rapgenius annotates text other than rap lyrics. Warren Buffett down as an 'artist'. http://t.co/JNl9yGt9Vu

   18:31

6. @SuchLarks: @jasoncartwright right. That's why I wanted to move to MCR. London jobs cost me 2.5h commute per day == 1.5 days work. Rarely wfh these days

   18:27

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About

Jason is a founder of Potato, a web application development agency in London.

I also co-own Ferrago Ltd, who publish videogames content to around 7m consumers monthly.

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