About Crackunit
Crackunit is Iain Tait's blog. It mainly bothers with the space between web and advertising, but it sometimes strays off into other self-indulgent nonsense too.
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
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Reasons the Internet is Brilliant #2B
Here’s a reason, right here: http://www.penciltalk.org/. It’s a website about pencils. I like pencils. Actually I kind of love pencils in a strange sort of a way. But this guy loves pencils more. More than me. More than everyone I … Continue reading
Jonathan From Spotify Ruined Your Playlist
http://jonathanfromspotifyruinedyourplaylist.com/ is my favourite website of today. If you don’t know Jonathan from Spotify, he’s the guy who interrupts your listening pleasure with his little adlets. I’m sure he was forced to do it, so I’m not confident that we … Continue reading
FS me from FontSmith
I rarely blog about stuff that I get sent in the post, because most of it isn’t very inspiring. But this booklet that I got this morning worked for me on lots of levels… Here’s why I liked it: It’s … Continue reading
Adverts Restored My Faith in The Internet
I’ve been a bit down on the internet since I got back from holiday. It’s been as if someone deleted all the good stuff ;-) Then I accidentally stumbled on this site through a Google image search. It’s one of … Continue reading
Things to do to escape your computer (or TV)
…hire a bike or roller skates or a boat. Please help by adding to this in the comments. Following on from this weekend’s activities. I’ve been thinking about what a great bunch of things Jason set me to do. All … Continue reading
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Tagged adbusters, blog, conversation, creative, design, internet, lifehacking, mental detox, mental detox week, mentaldetoxweek, offline, productivity, web
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Earning Eternal Respect In 48 Hours The Twitter Way
I had a fun weekend this weekend. Thanks to a number of things. 1. Weekends are good anyway. 2. The weather was pretty nice. 3. I did normal stuff with Sophie like have nice lunches. Laze around. Drink a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged adbusters, blog, conversation, creative, design, internet, lifehacking, mental detox, mental detox week, mentaldetoxweek, offline, productivity, web
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Judging Books By Their Covers (and Page Edges)
I’m terrible for judging books by their covers. It’s precisely how I make my first decision about whether or not I’m going to enjoy them. This technique may have been around for ages, but it was new to me on … Continue reading
Urban Play Amsterdam – Moving Forest
I was in Amsterdam at the weekend and was lucky enough to pass through a bunch of things that were going on as part of the Urban Play festival. I particularly liked the mobile forest. I’m not sure it was … Continue reading
The Value of Really Big Pictures
Still at Webby Connect: Michael Zimbalist from the NYT has just said that the Big Picture Blog has doubled traffic to Boston.com year on year. Big pictures are in. ‘The fold’ is out.
What I’m Feeling About Webby Connect
It’s interesting. But through the sessions it’s becoming very clear that it’s a world of 2 halves. One half is people who believe that it’s just business as normal. Everything conforms to the old rules in the end. It’s all … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising, design, media, user experience, webby connect, webbys
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