What do your mouse trails say about you?

by Iain on January 28, 2010

What 3 hours of photoshop work looks like. Fancy making your own? Well you can. The creator writes: This is my java applet. You can take it here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/684632/mousepath.exe.zip (PC) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/684632/mousepath.jar (Mac). Run it and leave in background. “S” – save image. (…)

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I almost clicked on this online advert. But I screengrabbed it and shared it instead…

by Iain on January 28, 2010

Spotted here Obligatory buttons:

Whoops, I signed my blogpost!

by Iain on January 27, 2010

Thank you to the ever observant Ben for pointing out the fact that I signed an earlier blog post. I guess that’s the problem with posting stuff in an emaily kind of way. You instinctively sign off at the end. Or rather I (…)

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Apple Shmapple – The Visor-ganizer has to be the best invention OF ALL TIME

by Iain on January 27, 2010

via store.theonion.com “Finally, an alternative to the embarrassing Fanny Pack” – so very very true. Obligatory buttons:

Notes on designing the Guardian iPhone app

by Iain on January 27, 2010

via johnhenrybarac.com 2 points I found particularly worthy… 1. Getting the balance between native UI experience and Guardian brand (totally core to the success of this app IMHO) 2. The USP discussion (people are often obsessed with USP, when the (…)

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I find the new Pentax cameras attractive

by Iain on January 26, 2010

via coolhunting.com Yum! Obligatory buttons:

Trilogies Nailed

by Iain on January 26, 2010

via ffffound.com They’re all pretty much in line with my personal feelings – apart from perhaps Rocky. Obligatory buttons:

Shit TV ads made interactive and put IN the internet – it’s the future…

by Iain on January 25, 2010

I love the fact that a court sketch of a child representing Broken Britain is gazing at this Vanish Ad in a contemptuous fashion, as if’s somehow to blame for everything. Which it probably is in a roundabout way. By the (…)

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A Boar dancing on sauce made out of himself (or his family)

by Iain on January 25, 2010

Picked up this postcard in Carluccios. I love the illustration and the type. But I always find it slightly odd when an animal looks so joyous about being made into food. Or then again maybe he’s waving that pan and (…)

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Classic British mob justice

by Iain on January 24, 2010

From the news on the telly. Obligatory buttons: