Brilliant. Near-complete nationwide Google Street View coverage of the UK, from tomorrow. Including Stoke-on-Trent, it seems — not previously covered. Hopefully, the photos will have been made in the summertime/autumn.
Skillset Employment Census 2009 (PDF link, 700kb). Taken in July 2009, the results are now available. They estimate that the West Midlands has a combined employed/freelancer total of 5,950. Strip out occupational groups like management, engineering, sales, “journalism and sport”, roadies and transport people, etc., and the total drops to a ‘creative core’ of somewhere around 3,000 people.
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Seriously. Two podcast guest spots and both podcasts run long. Yeah, it’s a coincidence…. 
Anyway, listen to me over at Polygamerous Podcast discuss some of the news of the past week and my thoughts on the industry, how to break in to the industry, etc.
http://www.polygamerous.com/2010/03/09/episode-15-poly-of-games-psycho-edition/
Unfortunately, the sound quality on my side isn’t all that great at the start. There was some heavy rains that night and I was worried about losing power. But, it was a fun show because I got to talk about all sorts of different games besides just MMOs.
I enjoyed it. Funny, I don’t really listen to many podcasts, but they’re fun to be part of. Perhaps I’ll do another soon if someone asks. 
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After having my host switch me to a new server, seems I’m back online. Hooray!
Just in time for the GDC, at least.
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Interruption, Inc.