Build

Monday

A tweet while travelling to Gatwick turned out to be a good thing. Meet Kejian who designs for Mint Digital.

Arrived in Belfast, the cabby gave some sage advice which I ignored. Meet with the Graham and Simon. The first of many pints of Guinness was sunk (McHughs Bar). Moved to Malmasion, meet Cole, Kyle, Paddy, Colly and others. Drank more Guinness. Frank Chimero was sat next to us. Black Box for more Guinness and films. Had to bug out to eat, went back to watch Ghostbusters.

Tuesday

Chris and Nik’s workshop (The Standardistas) entitled Analogue Heaven. Very enjoyable. Learnt not to get too attached to ideas and design after the double whammy™. Post workshop beers, dinner and then an evening with Eric Spiekerman. Legend, really enjoyable evening, I like his anarchist style a lot.

Build beer feastival, drank a lot of copperhead, chatted to and meet a lot of cool people. Malmasion bar, one Guinness and a nice glass of Jameson Extra Rare Vintage Single Malt. Bugged out at 2am went to bed.

Wednesday

Practical, sat around the venue hall attempting to do work. Lasted until my battery went. Lunch in the Garrick with Tyler, Pete, Jon and a few others. One pint of Guinness. Went back to bed. Evening with Scott McCloud. Then bed again - feeling ill.

Thursday

Conference day. Wilson Miner killed it, standing ovation at the end. Epic talk, hard to put into works so I won’t. Dinner then after party. Drank more Guinness, chatted to Colly, Tim (he was smashed by midnight), Owen, basically lots of people. Single shot of Bushmills. Bed 2am - still feeling ill.

Friday

Slept in. Went for a wander around Belfast. Grabbed some lunch/breakfast at Wagamamma. Udon soup is good hangover cure, watched a couple of films on my laptop. Dinner and then dribbble meet up at 21 Social. Morgan gave some good advice. Fuck knows how he got hold of weed in Belfast. Backed it at midnight and went to bed - still feeling ill.

Saturday

Wandered around St Georges Market, nice food, excellent seafood on offer. Airport. Left phone at security and then lost wallet. Bought some Greenore (single grain whiskey). Smallest plane in the word. Gatwick, train, home and bed.

Ends