The wonders of google :: 06:46 PM :: easyjetsetter

So, imagine that you've been asked to find out the overseas earnings of the architecture industry. Who you gonna call? Not the ghostbusters, but the next best thing, google.

However, thanks to the way that information is presented in google, on your way to the information you really need you will come across other interesting (and other uninteresting) facts.

For example, British television makes £1 billion annually in overseas earnings. British music generates a surplus of £435 million. The steel sector £570 million.

Unsurprisingly, financial services generate £13.2 billion, while the craft industry manages a surprisingly large (for them) £43 million. Astonishingly, maritime services total £2.2 billion!

Then you discover a document about the East Midlands, in which they quote the figure for the east midlands architectural sector's overseas earnings totalling £68 million, and joy of joys, there is a reference, to a national architecture market review. It sure was fun getting there, wasn't it?

Wouldn't it be nice? :: 05:39 PM :: easyjetsetter

Via Bruce Nussbaum on Design at Davos

I had my first glass of Margaux 79. And my second. Made me dream of becoming a wealthy high tech entrepreneur.

Sigh.