January 2012
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Wireless Void - discussing media addiction →
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Recycling your old paper stationery... →
into new paper stationery.
I wonder how efficient this is? Effient for marketing purposes I would imagine - but I would be genuinely (not snarkily) interested to see how much more energy this uses, and weighing that up against the cost of new paper, or new-to-you recycled paper. The question is mainly based around economy of scale. It’s not very efficient to do this in small batches, is...
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Space
A lovely photo and a nice piece of writing to go with it.
(Not a photo of a sunset, I am aware.)
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Markov Chocolates →
Too good.
Stewart Lee on art, politics, commercial success... →
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One Pager: easy site set up for small business →
This looks great. One of the things I found as a freelancer is that a lot of small business just don’t have the content, time, money or ability to create a bigger website. This looks like it could be a nice solution.
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The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age →
Saved to look up later. (Y’know, incase I forget).
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Sockmonkee - lovely retro-style illustration →
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Waterstone's is now Waterstones following a... →
Horse e_books →
saved to finish reading later. I know. I should start using pinboard, right?
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Puxxle →
Another one of those pixel things that I should’ve invented but didn’t.
December 2011
10 posts
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Sunprints kits →
Well would you look at that! A site and kits based around photograms. How nice!
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Indian inventor brings affordable sanitary towels... →
Quite a story. What an amazing man.
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Calepin →
Another way to publish online. Just as I was thinking ‘oh no not another one to try and follow’ (prompted by the fact I came across it when i realised someone i already follow on Tumblr, posterous and Typekit was using it), I read the headline ‘You own your writing’. Of all of the plus points of the system, that seems like the winner.
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Twitter by Post →
Nice piece by Giles Turnbull.
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Letter from the CEO of UP. →
I find communication of this type fascinating. It’s well written - and very brave. Hope it all pans out.
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Tube train alarm clock →
Looks like a great idea.
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I don't understand some kick starter projects... →
It’s wrapping paper. If you think it’s a winner, just make it. It’s not hard.
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Slideshare: The Real Life Social Network →
We all know a lot of this I imagine - if you haven’t experienced the issues with different social circles coming together awkwardly in one place by now then I’m guessing you don’t use social software - but still, some interesting things to think over.
Also, its a year old, but I’ve only just read it. So sue me.
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haxlr8r →
An accelerator program for hardware related startups, based in China and SF. Looks really interesting. (Also, err, is that whole page really a table? With text as a gif?)
November 2011
15 posts
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How to get more women in tech →
Doesn’t have the answer, but its a fair point, nicely made.
(Edit, and right on time i get a marketing email from a start up which begins
‘Ladies’
and ends
‘Take control. It’s girl time all the time.’
In general life, it’s not an issue that will be solved any time soon.)
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There's a huge Lego xmas tree at St Pancras →
Also, the UK only has one Lego Certified Professional. Who knew?
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picture of the week →
Wonderful shots from an ongoing project. Inspiring - makes you want to look at things just a little bit differently.
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Moving pictures under glass →
Nice rant on the future of interaction design.
Morris Lessmore - film & app →
Another one, where you can’t help but get sucked in to the ‘making of’.
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Timothy Goodman, new portfolio →
Somehow I’d not seen his work before. Amazingly varied folio, from graphic design to illustration. Often it feels like designers / illustrators have a set style - feel like this isn’t the case here, which is interesting (but I could be wrong).
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A walk through Wapping →
Photos of the now closed News International offices.
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Adventures in depression. →
October 2011
21 posts
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"... to remind me that there's more to me than...
I wrote a bit about ‘making’ recently, and had this at the back of my mind. I’ve just found the link again. It’s a piece of tatting, about which the creator writes:
“It’s clipped to my office cubicle wall at the present moment to remind me that there’s more to me than just my job. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in work that I forget that work is not who I...
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Print grows trees →
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DM fail, or no? →
The cynic in me - and the fact the tweets are still there after all this time leads me to believe that was no DM fail. Whether or not money changed hands is another thing entirely. (Someone in the comments also mentioned there was no such product on their menu).
I love and hate this stuff in equal measure. How can anyone ever read anything and actually trust it?
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An inauthentic character, surely? →
“Like many designers, I am drawn to all sorts of handmade printing processes. I find the imperfections of each is what makes them so intriguing, from the mottled textures created by letterpress, to the chalky quality of screen printing ink. I try to incorporate these textures into my work as an illustrator and designer because they add authentic character to work I do on the...
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“We lovingly wrap the tape in brown paper and make sure it’s nicely...”
– Via an Etsy page, which will remain nameless. What are they selling? They’re selling decorative plastic tape.