Twitterings- iaintait: I <3 Twitter, but would life have been awesomer 10/20/30 years ago? (this tweet via drinks with cool old guy) 03/09/2010
- iaintait: Faces iMake - http://facesimake.com/ - is a wonderful app http://post.ly/v6pT 03/09/2010
- iaintait: @thenausner oh man, children having children I know it must have happened before, but that's just totally freaked my tiny mind... 03/09/2010
- iaintait: @mikelaurie I haven't admitted to my self that I'm an adult yet, maybe that should be my first step... 03/09/2010
Monthly Archives: August 2007
The Poke Lift
The Poke lift is a little bit broken – the LED panel has come off which leaves the circuit board uncovered. And you can probably see there’s a really lovely bunch of coloured cables behind. Every time I see them … Continue reading
Concrete Truck
From a designer’s point of view there’s probably all kinds of sins going on here. But I love the side of this truck. It makes me feel that concrete is both fun and very tough.
Old But Pure Gold
I’m sure I should have read this before. But for some reason I hadn’t. It’s perhaps one of my single favourite blog posts ever: Hugh ‘GapingVoid’ MacLeod on How To Be Creative I discovered it when looking at his cartoons … Continue reading
Why I Like This QR Code Poster
I like this QR code poster. Here’s the reason why: It’s very big, so you can take a photo of it from across the road. Good usability. It’s mulit-layered. If you don’t know what a QR code is, it doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Mobile, Technology
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Brands, Bands, Fans
Music strategy and comms agency Frukt send me a lovely email every month called Brands | Bands | Fans which is a top snapshot of the way that brands are ruining music. Or in some rare occasions doing something that’s … Continue reading
A Whole New Mind – Brilliant Book
I read a book yesterday in one sitting. Well a couple of sittings if you include changes in mode of transport from bus to train. It’s very rare that I do that. It’s also very rare that I find a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Web Stuff
Tagged Amazon.co.uk, blog, computer technology, creative, Dan Pink, Daniel H. Pink, mix
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Making Do
The most excellent Giles who is the creator of the most excellent Edward Monkton posted a link in the comments section of the Bonfire of the Brands post. But it’s such an excellent link that I thought I had to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Videos
Tagged brand, brands, Edward Monkton, electronics, Robert Llewellyn, Scrapheap Challenge, youtube
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Hugh MacLeod’s On Fire
Well not literally, although he could be. Although if he was he’d probably have Twittered about it. Visit http://www.gapingvoid.com/ for his latest bout of back-of-business-card cartoonism. One that made me do a super-chuckle:
Bonfire of the Brands – Book Soon
I was chatting to someone the other day about whatever had happened to Neil Boorman’s book – Bonfire of the Brands. As I understand it, it’s the process and results of his self-inflicted experiment to give up all branded stuff. … Continue reading
Overheard – Quote of the Day
I share a table with 2 techy types – I’m not going to name names ;-) This morning overheard a great little snippet from a conversation about how it’s difficult to get back into ‘code’ after a long weekend. Yeah, … Continue reading