Posted at July 1, 2007 5:10 PM
Where in Devon were you surfing?
I’m guessing it was on the North Coast, I grew up on the edge of South Dartmoor.
Croyde
Andy, some nice insider knowledge mate, like it. I used to go to Croyde every year and surf, what a lovely place must go back one day and the lovely beach at Saunton.
Whats the dive shop name and where was it ?.
Have you any tips on building websites for dive shops as I am currently in Thailand trying to make a living doing just that.
Keep up the good work blogging, sites like yours are a good source of information for people like me living in the back of beyond.
Wow, didn’t this go round the web about a year ago? How full is your inbox? :-)
show-off!
… and then you became a web monkey! Have you seen the light ol’ bud? grab your sleepin’ bag and hitch out into the wilds, sleep under the stars. The web is dead, long live life!*
*who wears sandals? not me!
@Ivan: When it’s off-shore, Braunton has the best breaks
@ray: Scuba Hut on Phi-phi long beach. Now called Long Beach Divers
@simon: Full :-)
@anon coward: yep. And?
@Ian: Tempted. Fiji is calling me at the moment :-)
Wow! That’s a pretty awesome list—it makes the stuff in your second column look stale! Thanks for sharing, it’s inspiring to hear about the weird stuff life is really all about.
Exciting stuff. A fellow pilot and diver here, but took twice as long. (No volcanoes yet, and the rest—wow.)
5 things most of WISH we never knew about you:
1. How self involved you are
2. That you helped write a book
3. How many conferences you attend
4. That you think web design is all about standards
5. That you have a blog
Sincerely,
not-a-fan
That’s a nice attitude, Jack Black. After all, you did come to Andy’s personal site, so why on earth would you expect to read about Andy’s personal opinions, accomplishments and speaking engagements?
You were good in School of Rock though, I will give you that.
I love that post from Jack Black [I’m guessing not the one from Tenacious D]. Point 5 is genius, in a list of 5 things he assumes that most of us wish we didn’t know about you is: 5. That you have a blog. And he spends his time reading it, a level of self loathing that is joyous to see. Unless I misunderstand that he is under some compulsive duress to read your blog? Is he your editorial gimp Andy?
Anyway, you seem to have some cool past times. My friend Amy Newton’s dad owns the surf shop in Croyde, lovely spot although my favourite is Gwythian [St Ives bay].
User Experience Designer and CEO of Clearleft, Andy is the author of CSS Mastery, curates the dConstruct and UX London events and is responsible for Silverbackapp, a low cost usability testing application for the Mac. Andy is a regular speaker at international conferences and was named one of the 100 most influential people in the UK digital sector by Wired Magazine.
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Scott O'Raw said on July 1, 2007 6:20 PM
Well that’s probably the most surreal post we’ve had from you in a while Andy. But I liked it. Thanks for sharing :D