Hi, I’m Simon Madine and I make digital toys and write guides on web development.
I'm a senior web dev and evangelist for Nokia Maps in Berlin.
All too often, I have ideas which might make a cool website or iPhone app or whatever and I know I just don't have the time to build them. I'm going to post them here in the hope that someone else might find a use for them. These ideas might already be in existence, of course. I'm not claiming they are unique in any way (although some might be).
You are free to take these ideas and do whatever you like with them. Of course, if they become amazingly successful, I could do with a bigger TV...
If you wake up every morning and think, "My t-shirts are so dull, I wish I had interesting clothes...", you need to have a look at my online shop.
Have you seen this idea ?
I've been looking at adding some more features to the greatest PHP CMS around and decided that simple social bookmarking doohickeys would be useful. The idea is to have a little panel in the admin area where you can check which ones you want listed on your page. Straightforward enough so far, right? Nothing groundbreaking or difficult or anything.
It got tricky when I started trying to figure out what sites should be included. It turns out that while I wasn't looking, social bookmarking sites became quite popular. Full points go anyone who can name them all.
I have nothing much to say about this photo other than I like it.
Originally uploaded by thingsinjars on flickr
How's it going in the wardrobe? Glad you like Heima - hope it was a good surprise. Jx
I've just realised what's so odd about being back in Edinburgh. It feels exactly like I've just come back from an adventure in Narnia. I left normality behind 6 months ago and travelled to a magical, mystical land full of everything I could possibly dream of (mostly really cool geek stuff) where everybody spoke strangely. I stayed just long enough for everything to become normal, where I'd come to expect onigiri to be sold in every corner shop then I travelled back and stepped into life exactly where I left. Everything and everyone exactly the same as it was when I left. That's what's weird about it.
Still, I'll be clambering back into the wardrobe next week now that I've got my new visa.
