http://simonwillison.net/2025-10-21T02:40:56+00:00Simon Willison2025-10-21T02:40:56+00:002025-10-21T02:40:56+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/21/phil-gyford/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2025/10/15/1995-internet/"><p>Since getting a modem at the start of the month, and hooking up to the Internet, I’ve spent about an hour every evening actually online (which I guess is costing me about £1 a night), and much of the days and early evenings fiddling about with things. It’s so complicated. All the hype never mentioned that. I guess journalists just have it all set up for them so they don’t have to worry too much about that side of things. It’s been a nightmare, but an enjoyable one, and in the end, satisfying.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2025/10/15/1995-internet/">Phil Gyford</a>, Diary entry, Friday February 17th 1995 1.50 am</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/computer-history">computer-history</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/phil-gyford">phil-gyford</a></p>

2024-01-09T22:15:59+00:002024-01-09T22:15:59+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jan/9/oohdirectory/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://ooh.directory/blog/2024/blog-pages/">ooh.directory: A page for every blog</a></strong></p> I hadn’t checked in on Phil Gyford’s ooh.directory blog directory since it first launched in November 2022. I’m delighted to see that it’s thriving—2,117 blogs have now been carefully curated, and the latest feature is a page for each blog showing its categories, description, an activity graph and the most recent posts syndicated via RSS/Atom. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/atom">atom</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/blogs">blogs</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/phil-gyford">phil-gyford</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/rss">rss</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/syndication">syndication</a></p>

2018-03-28T15:41:59+00:002018-03-28T15:41:59+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2018/Mar/28/describing-events-in-code/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2018/03/28/events-part-2/">Describing events in code</a></strong></p> Phil Gyford built an online directory of every play, movie, gig and exhibition he has been to in the past 38 years using a combination of digital archaeology and saved ticket stubs. He built it using Django and published this piece extensively describing the process he went through to design the data model. <p><small></small>Via <a href="https://twitter.com/philgyford/status/979008628148592642">@philgyford</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/django">django</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/orm">orm</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/phil-gyford">phil-gyford</a></p>

2010-06-09T23:21:00+00:002010-06-09T23:21:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Jun/9/gyford/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2010/06/09/todays-guardian.php">Today&#x27;s Guardian, by Phil Gyford</a></strong></p> An alternative interface for reading today’s Guardian, built using the new Open Platform Content API and with extensive design notes from creator Phil Gyford. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/contentapi">contentapi</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/design">design</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/guardian">guardian</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/newspapers">newspapers</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/openplatform">openplatform</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/phil-gyford">phil-gyford</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/recovered">recovered</a></p>

2010-04-11T19:25:29+00:002010-04-11T19:25:29+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Apr/11/phil/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2010/04/08/debill.php">This is an outrage</a></strong></p> Phil Gyford’s reaction to the reaction to the Digital Economy Bill. Ends on a positive note hoping that the online furor will result in more technology-minded people paying more attention to the UK political process. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/debill">debill</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/economics">economics</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/phil-gyford">phil-gyford</a></p>

2009-05-12T11:23:13+00:002009-05-12T11:23:13+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/May/12/septivium/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.septivium.com/b/2009/05/07/mefi/">Ask MetaFilter&#x27;s best introductory books</a></strong></p> Part of Phil Gyford’s ongoing quest to “learn about everything”, a list of the best introductory books to a wide range of topics collated from a thread on Ask MetaFilter. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ask-metafilter">ask-metafilter</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/books">books</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/education">education</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/phil-gyford">phil-gyford</a></p>

2008-10-30T17:08:57+00:002008-10-30T17:08:57+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Oct/30/ghostly/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2008/10/29/ghostly_fingers.php">Ghostly fingers of APIs</a></strong></p> Phil Gyford has a lovely diagram of the sites that he updates manually and the surprisingly large number of other sites that they affect. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apis">apis</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/phil-gyford">phil-gyford</a></p>

2004-07-09T05:45:17+00:002004-07-09T05:45:17+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2004/Jul/9/man/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2004/jul/08/onlinesupplement.blogging">Man of the moment</a></strong></p> Phil Gyford gets some well-deserved recognition. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/phil-gyford">phil-gyford</a></p>

2003-01-07T12:26:04+00:002003-01-07T12:26:04+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2003/Jan/7/pepysDiary/#atom-tag

<p><a href="http://www.pepysdiary.com/">Pepy's Diary</a> is a serialization of the Diary of Samuel Pepys in weblog form, which launched on Christmas day plans to continue for the next ten years (the time period covered by the diary). The weblog is quickly becoming a meme, and <cite>Phil Gyford</cite>, its creator, has written <a href="http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2003/01/02/000124.php" title="It&apos;s all gone a bit Warchalking">an overview</a> of how publicity spread after the diary's launch. He has also written <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2621581.stm" title="&apos;Why I turned Pepys&apos; diary into a weblog&apos;">a story</a> for BBC News Online describing the project. I am reminded of <a href="http://www.sankey.ca/caesar/">Bloggus Caesari</a>, a historical weblog by Julius Caesar.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/history">history</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/phil-gyford">phil-gyford</a></p>