January 2011
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Ben Bashford - Notebook of Things: Emoticomp →
This is exciting. I want to be doing this - and I want to be doing it well. The fine line between good and annoying is fascinating.  After all the work I did on building the MOO brand, I’d quite like to work on a product that hates you. Not sure what that would be. Maybe it doesn’t need to hate you, but perhaps it wants to keep you at arms length. We’ve all had an Innocent...
Jan 31st
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Brendan Dawes gets to grips with the Makerbot →
Looks amazing.
Jan 31st
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WatchWatch
Extraordinary.
Jan 27th
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Improv Everywhere: The Human Mirror →
I was explaining Improv Everywhere to someone this morning, and realised I’d not seen this one. Hard not to smile. Edit - I love this too: Rob wants to give you a high five. Commuters really do have the capacity to smile, sometimes. And when they do, it sort of lasts all day.
Jan 27th
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Ongo - 'transform your news experience' →
Jan 26th
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coca cola's online social media principles →
Jan 24th
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1458 people donate to keep bus shelters ad-free... →
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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What designers can't do →
Jan 21st
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Tin Eye - reverse image searching →
Wow - I had no idea this existed. (Via Paul Mison)
Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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The art of Arabic calligraphy →
video on the Guardian.
Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Twits panic →
Careless talk costs lives. Or actually, is just misunderstood and blown up out of all proportion.  Made me smile. (Via Mr Locke).
Jan 19th
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Things real people don't say about advertising
tpdsaa: I like the others, but almost spat out my tea when i saw this one.
Jan 13th
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“Don’t worry, we are very careful with our newsletters and put a lot of effort...”
– Cute bit of copywriting from www.theo-theo.com/about/
Jan 12th
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Which geologic time period are you? →
I like this. Try it! And then try it again!
Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
Jan 7th
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PSDs in a mess? These people can help →
Too good. 
Jan 7th
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Let Us Pay  →
John Lanchester on the future of the newspaper industry, in the London Review of Books. Very interesting. (Also, made my eyes fall out. They’re right, there’s nothing like reading a lot of text online to make you just want to buy the damned paper version).
Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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It was the days of beehive hair on the women and... →
What a great collection of photos. I’m looking at this from my own desk at work - there’s a finished bowl of soup in front of me, and a packet of Lockets the other side of the keyboard. (Sore throat). A tea cup sits next to my paper notebook and there’s a box of tissues to the right hand side. Look how far we’ve come.  Computers and hair are smaller, and...
Jan 5th
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Things never said about restaurant websites →
Made me snigger.
Jan 4th
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How they subbed the King James Bible →
Interesting this. Also, while I haven’t exactly written a million magazine articles, every one I have written I’ve read outloud to myself as I went along. (Needless to say, I write stuff like that at home, rather than the office.)
Jan 4th
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No peace for the wicked
“Planely is a new service that tries to make your flights a better social experience by showing you who is on your next plane.” I can’t think of anything worse, really.  At least Dopplr lets you get there first, clean up and get over jetlag before you begin the social niceties.
Jan 4th
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Detroit in ruins →
Amazing picture gallery. As ever with ruined buildings, I’m surprised at the things that get left behind.
Jan 4th