The Poke Lift

by Iain on August 31, 2007

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 (…)

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Concrete Truck

by Iain on August 31, 2007

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. Obligatory buttons:

Old But Pure Gold

by Iain on August 30, 2007

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 (…)

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Why I Like This QR Code Poster

by Iain on August 30, 2007

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 (…)

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Brands, Bands, Fans

by Iain on August 29, 2007

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 (…)

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A Whole New Mind – Brilliant Book

by Iain on August 29, 2007

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 (…)

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Making Do

by Iain on August 29, 2007

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 (…)

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Hugh MacLeod’s On Fire

by Iain on August 28, 2007

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: Obligatory buttons:

Bonfire of the Brands – Book Soon

by Iain on August 28, 2007

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. (…)

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Overheard – Quote of the Day

by Iain on August 28, 2007

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, (…)

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