February 2012
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Feb 8th
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"We asked one of our editors to randomly call... →
This is a lovely piece of writing. Also, it made me a bit sad. I don’t think people talk to each other enough. I usually make a joke about the people I talk to when I’m commuting. My ‘bus stop friends’. I don’t joke about the people, just the oddness of the relationship. Actually, I love those kind of relationships. Finding out tiny but specific details about people -...
Feb 7th
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Feb 3rd
January 2012
19 posts
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Jan 26th
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Wireless Void - discussing media addiction →
Jan 25th
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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...
Jan 25th
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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.)
Jan 25th
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Markov Chocolates →
Too good. 
Jan 24th
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Stewart Lee on art, politics, commercial success... →
Jan 24th
Jan 19th
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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.
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age  →
Saved to look up later. (Y’know, incase I forget).
Jan 18th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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Sockmonkee - lovely retro-style illustration →
Jan 16th
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Jan 13th
Jan 12th
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Waterstone's is now Waterstones following a... →
Jan 12th
Horse e_books →
saved to finish reading later. I know. I should start using pinboard, right?
Jan 10th
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Jan 10th
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Puxxle →
Another one of those pixel things that I should’ve invented but didn’t.
Jan 9th
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!
Dec 29th
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Indian inventor brings affordable sanitary towels... →
Quite a story. What an amazing man.
Dec 20th
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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.
Dec 20th
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Twitter by Post →
Nice piece by Giles Turnbull.
Dec 14th
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Dec 9th
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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.
Dec 9th
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Tube train alarm clock →
Looks like a great idea.
Dec 7th
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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.
Dec 7th
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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.
Dec 6th
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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?)
Dec 6th
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.)
Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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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?
Nov 27th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 21st
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Nov 21st
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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.
Nov 17th
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Moving pictures under glass →
Nice rant on the future of interaction design. 
Nov 11th
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Morris Lessmore - film & app →
Another one, where you can’t help but get sucked in to the ‘making of’.
Nov 8th
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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). 
Nov 8th
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A walk through Wapping →
Photos of the now closed News International offices.
Nov 4th
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Nov 3rd
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Adventures in depression. →
Nov 2nd
Nov 1st
October 2011
21 posts
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Oct 30th
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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...
Oct 30th
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Print grows trees →
Oct 27th