Monthly Archives: January 2007

Get a Mac UK

Posted on 29/01/2007 by Iain

Peepshow is one of my favourite comedies of the last few years, and Mitchell and Webb are inspired choices to play Mac and PC in the UK version of the Get a Mac ads. Apple (UK and Ireland) – Get … Continue reading →

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User Archived Content

Posted on 26/01/2007 by Iain

From my occasional series of ‘here’s something from the musical archives that’s pretty cool’ posts. I love the fact that YouTube allows for the sharing of this kind of content. It’s probably not strictly ‘legal’. And it’s not strictly user-generated … Continue reading →

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Jobs Vs Gates – Lexical Density

Posted on 26/01/2007 by Iain

Nice post by Russell about ‘Lexical Density’, which sounds much more scary than it is… It got me thinking, all this stuff is all very well to analyse in retrospect, so what about a real-time speech analyser that monitors your … Continue reading →

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Computers Behind Blogs – Intro

Posted on 24/01/2007 by Iain

Here’s a little pet project I’ve been thinking about for a while. I wanted to do something that shows the computers that people blog from. I reckon it might give an interesting, non-verbal snapshot into the bloggers’ world. So I’ve … Continue reading →

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Hats are Good, Hat Hair is Not

Posted on 24/01/2007 by Iain

I like hats, they keep your head warm. But once you’ve worn one, it’s a bugger. You can’t take it off. Or you look like an idiot.

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When Good Companies Blog Good

Posted on 24/01/2007 by Iain

Here’s a site that Poke built that I’ve never written about. Probably because I had nothing to do with it. But it’s a great little site. Partly to do with what we did for them. But as least as much, … Continue reading →

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Snow in London

Posted on 24/01/2007 by Iain

OK, so it’s hardly skiing weather. But you can actually see snow on top of stuff. Which is nice for a change. Expect stories of commutors taking 79 hours to get to work as a result…

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Go and See Alan Fletcher

Posted on 23/01/2007 by Iain

I suppose that’s not really possible so visit this exhibition of his work at the Design Museum instead. I went on Saturday and it was great. Amazing to see the work of someone who’s both era-defying and defining at the … Continue reading →

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Semacode Update

Posted on 23/01/2007 by Iain

Blogs are great. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I asked a question about semacodes on websites. Went to bed. Then I woke up and someone’s left me a great answer. It’s like a big huge collective … Continue reading →

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Website with Semacode, Why?

Posted on 22/01/2007 by Iain

Semacodes are pretty cool. The all knowing Wikipedia with it’s dazzling array of cross-links describes a semacode thusly: a URL can be converted into a type of barcode resembling a crossword puzzle, which is called a “tag”. Tags can be … Continue reading →

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