Monthly Archives: June 2006

Flickr Enabled LCD Frame

Posted on 29/06/2006 by Iain

ThinkGeek :: eStarling Wi-Fi Gmail / Flickr Enabled LCD Frame I’ve seen this kind of thing before and there’s something really nice about the thought of having a frame that you can subscribe to a Flickr RSS feed of your … Continue reading →

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Reflecting on Reflections

Posted on 29/06/2006 by Iain

As Cal rightly says, reflections are going to end up as the blink tag of web 2.0 (or perhaps one of them). I started using Keynote instead of Powerpoint and was excited to find that it had a automatic reflection … Continue reading →

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Thomas Pink iShirt

Posted on 28/06/2006 by Iain

Who’d have thought it. Thomas Pink bring out a shirt which holds your iPod in a concealed pocket, has Oyster card cuffs, and routes cables neatly. I almost wished I had to wear a suit to work. For about a … Continue reading →

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I like adverts with good words

Posted on 27/06/2006 by Iain

This is one of a set of adverts for Tate Britain that I like a great deal. They use words well. I stopped to read them. I enjoyed the reading. I felt better for having read it at the end. … Continue reading →

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Scalextric World Record – Zootube

Posted on 27/06/2006 by Iain

Here’s a little site I’ve been working on. I’ve been keeping it a bit quiet because it’s a bit laddy (well a lot laddy in places). But it is appropriate for the target audience. It is for Zoo Magazine after … Continue reading →

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Holiday

Posted on 19/06/2006 by Iain

Oh yes, I’m on holiday. Sorry forgot to say. I’m in Thailand and I vowed I wouldn’t go near a computer for 2 weeks, but there was just one little tiny thing that I needed to use the internet for… … Continue reading →

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So much good stuff…

Posted on 07/06/2006 by Iain

I should be going to work right now. But I keep finding amazing things that I feel the urge to share… Following on from ‘convert your website into a pattern’, here comes ‘what does your website sound like’. A site … Continue reading →

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I Hate Viral(s)

Posted on 07/06/2006 by Iain

I’ve grown to hate the term viral: I hate the fact that it’s overused. I hate the fact that it’s misused. I hate the fact that ‘viral’ appears as a line on media plans. I hate the fact that people … Continue reading →

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A MacBerry?

Posted on 07/06/2006 by Iain

It’s an interesting, but at the same time perhaps terrifying, rumour. Macworld UK – Rumour: Apple and RIM plan iPod wireless? Legions of perma-connected white-earphoned zombies giving complete and undivided attention to a device with the coolness of an iPod … Continue reading →

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Genuine Marketing Gimmicks – An Oxymoron?

Posted on 07/06/2006 by Iain

Sorry few posts. Hectic week. Going holiday Friday. Lots to do… I’ve started to use Radio 4 as my alarm clock. I didn’t think it would work. But people talking, gently, as they do on R4, is quite a nice … Continue reading →

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