Zach Beauvais

Memory is a long-exposure photo

Memory is a long-exposure photo

Memory is a long-exposure photo. Things that move the least hold the best focus. Picture a room from your childhood home. Parts of it are so clear, you almost feel you could turn a corner and be there. Your fingers feel the texture of those curtains, and you notice...

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Cally Road’s king and I

Cally Road’s king and I

Thing is, despite the many people, none gave me a second look. And, I'd never looked more guilty of breaking and entering in my life. "Ah, Zak!" I could hear the k in the way he said my name."I forgot to put a microwave in your flat. You want one, yes?" "Actually,...

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A spoon carver’s progress

A spoon carver’s progress

There it is on my Facebook wall. 3 years ago today: I'm squirming at a photo of this spoon I carved from a bit of ash. Nothing about this piece is any good at all. If I were gracious, I'd call it asymmetrical. But, really, it's lopsided. The walls are thick, clunky....

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Presence: RicMac’s first foray into Sci Fi

Presence: RicMac’s first foray into Sci Fi

I've had the great privilege of getting to read Richard MacManus' first foray into science fiction. His years as a tech journalist seem to give him the ability to introduce us to an incredibly believable world that's not too far off in Presence. Presence is...

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Moving to Caledonian Road

"No, it's on Caledonian Road. It's not got a number on it, you'll have to find the shop that sells bongs, just up from the Tibetan Buddhist centre. If the head shop's closed, look for the shutters with "Fuck you" spray-painted on them. It's the blue door to the right....

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Greed is good?

Greed is good?

This is a response I gave during a Facebook discussion about an article discussing Gravity Payments' CEO implementing a high minimum wage for his employees. We talked a bit about how this isn't socialism, and I ended up writing this. I think the culture of executive...

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Is everyone a content creator?

Is everyone a content creator?

A couple weeks back, I spoke at a client conference for Zengenti (where I work). We split the day into two broad streams – one focused on developers and sysadmins, and the other for "content." It's been interesting working for a CMS vendor, and I like the fact that...

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Pastures new

Pastures new

I have some news. I will be leaving the lovely team at Fluent, where I have been their in-house content strategist for over a year. I have accepted a very tempting offer from a company called Zengenti. Zengenti produces an enterprise-sized content management system...

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Remember your baptism!

Remember your baptism!

"Remember your baptism!" Droplets splatter my face, and a strong scent of rosemary fills the air as the grinning bishop flicks water at us. This was not part of the confirmation service I was expecting. Members of the Ely Cathedral congregation were urged with a...

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