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When loose internet threads find each other
I’ve been a fan of a book called The Cluetrain Manifesto since I first read it in 2001 or 2002-ish (early days of Poke). And I’ve mentioned it a few times on this blog. Anyway, huge inspiration. That’s loose thread one… Then a few years…
Office Based White Noise Generator
Simple and quite lovely. From The Kids Creative Agency in Berlin. https://imisstheoffice.eu/
Mayflies
The lovely Mr Nick Farnhill gave me a book the other day. Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan. I’m only on page one and it’s great
Revenge Bedtime Procrastination
Ironically read at 00:37 during a classic bout of ‘Hell No, I’m not going to bed, rebellion”. From the always excellent Dense Discovery newsletter. Please go there and sign up and support them. It’s really really excellent.
Geeking out on TikTok
I’ve been mucking around in a very rudimentary and pointless way with a few nerdy things recently. Instead of making sourdough and hoarding blogroll, the impeding lockdown v2 has got me futzing with RunwayML and Wav2Lip. And god forbid…
I Love Internet Today
My faith in the Internet has been restored. It’s Saturday morning. I was doing a little Reddit scrolling. And this live stream caught my eye. There was just something about the combination of a tech house DJ and a man drumming on a box…
AI Lip Sync Magic
Made using this: https://github.com/Rudrabha/Wav2Lip Demo here: https://bhaasha.iiit.ac.in/lipsync/example_upload1
Proudest Father Moment
A couple of hours ago one of my daughters Rickrolled me. From a Google Slides Presentation about what she wants for her 11th birthday. Finally a sign that I’m bringing them up right! Although I’m unsure about the Fizzy Wine on the first…
Travis Scott vs The Girls
I posted a tiny snippet yesterday, but I went back into the video on my phone and pulled out some more insights from my primary anthropological research into Tweens and tech. Or to put it another way, here’s some funny shit my kids said…
Travis Scott x Fortnite
Took my kids to their first gig. I loved it. They thought it was cool. They’re not Fortnite players, but knew exactly what they were doing and how it worked with absolutely no instruction. YouTube videos and playground chat are great…
Lessons from Living in an Atomic Age
In the midst of all the craziness, the passage below seems to be doing the rounds. I’ve seen it popping up in a few places, from a New York Times podcasts to The Spectator Australia. It’s from an essay written by C.S. Lewis, called “On…
A blast from the past
I was stumbling through Google Drive the other day and this jpeg of a poster caught my eye. About 12 years ago I spoke at a conference in Istanbul. When I submitted my photo I thought it would be “funny” to send a picture of me in a wig at…
Solar-Powered Low-Tech Website
Love this… https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/ Not because of what it is. But because of what it brings into question. I found the site via an article in Backstage Talks magazine where the founder of Low Tech is talking about how much…
Behind the Lyrics on Spotify Droppin’ Truth
The Paradox on my Desk
Saw this job ad in Peckham
Corel Draw, now that’s an app I haven’t heard of in a long time. A long time.
Billionaires (with cats) vs Psychedelic Freaks
Loved loved loved this quote from Holly Herndon in a print copy of Huck Magazine Her latest promo (at time of writing) is here:
Boom Boom Boom
Sometimes, the Vengaboys played very loud on a car stereo in a town full of drunk blokes really hits the spot. It’s as simple as that.
Tasty Mix
Came across some lovely tracks on Piff Records out of Bristol. Ended up listening to this tasty mix. I’m not all the way through yet. But it’s tickled my fancy. Anything that kicks off with the Hell Interface remix of Midas Touch gets my…
Coldwar Steve at The Social
Totally by chance ended up at The Social on Little Portland Street last night. Sophie suggested it. I’ve not been there for more years than is decent. Imagine my delight as I found that the @Coldwar_Steve exhibition was still in full swing…
Coldwar Steve at The Social
Totally by chance ended up at The Social on Little Portland Street last night. Sophie suggested it. I’ve not been there for more years than is decent. Imagine my delight as I found that the @Coldwar_Steve exhibition was still in full swing…
Fetishising Smaller Boxes of Life
Last night I found myself down a web-wormhole of high end paper-based-products. It’s a perversion of sorts. But better than some of the alternatives, right? I ended up at Present & Correct, a purveyor of the loveliest of stationery. Look…
Nose Picking Game Design Masterclass
This is ace. In a story about the Design of Gold Digger (a mini game from one of the Wario titles) there’s much for all of us to learn. https://kotaku.com/the-making-of-nintendo-s-best-nose-picking-game-1829686979
Familiar Five
I love everything about this. Came out in January, but only just discovered it. Late to the party as usual. Amazing track by Marcus Marr. Massive chugging bass. Bizzaro lyrics. Super simple but lovely video.
Glasgow Airport Tee
Frae the Party Chat gang. Thank you friends! I loved the vacuum packed pack. And the blurb on it. Cheeky! Git on the partychat.buzz.
Warp nail the GDPR reminder email
I’ve seen lots of people trying to get a bit fruity or fresh with their GDPR reminders. None of them stuck, until now. Swearing isn’t big, or clever, but it does work on me (sometimes)
Adult Swim Rave Up
Magical.
Bus Crash at Amsterdam Airport
This track naming thing is getting ridiculous
Shopageddon.biz – VR Black Friday Nonsense
VR often feels like this expensive and complicated world that requires loads of fancy kit and dosh to get into. But we’ve been playing about, to see what’s possible on a limited budget. Thanks to A-Frame it took some talented people on the…
Aux B – Audio Nerds Rejoyce
This game’s been around for a year or so, but it’s new to me. And in the last few hours it’s brought me so much pleasure. Who’d have thought that wiring up speakers could be so joyful. Aux B is available on IOS and Android. Designed by…
New Printed Pages Out Now
It’s proper good – Josie agrees. Nice work It’s Nice That friends.…
Closer by Universal Everything
I just love this. So beautiful.
I don’t remember saying this
Thank you to someone at the Webbys for paying attention! I might be wrong, but I have a real belief you can feel when things have been made by people who are passionate / having fun / on a mission. Things that have been made by people who…
Pin when stoned, post when sober
Solid advice, spotted in NYC. Feels like the basis for a solid Pinterest campaign. P.S. Sober.…
Never a happy fart from a sad arse
Love this quote from @espiekermann (found in a Monocle pullout). Applies to pretty much everything, especially farts.…
Johnny’s 25c Habit
Via: Plebian Culture on Flipboard…
Most Important Slide Ever
By Ze Frank at YouTube Create. Figure it out for yourself ;-) (Hint: it’s about audiences and relevance)…
Der Digital-Nerd
I’m thinking of making this my official title. Thanks Germany for your honesty.…
Pink Bike Sales Up 576%
This is just round the corner from my house. Right outside the school. I loved it so much. Then I spotted it. In the bottom left. A giavaway piece of copy: Damn you! I should have spotted it. Should have seen the slightly too good…
Storyfinding? Really?
I saw the title The Power of Storyfinding and I almost just skipped it as another trendy thing that I don’t need to know about. But because @GarethK recommended it I thought it can’t be THAT bad. And sure enough, it’s a lovely little story…
The Desire Machine
This looks interesting. I’m always up for a hallucinatory peep-show in a tunnel… Go here for more.…
Wardrobe raid complete
Pure Joy – Muppets do Hip Hop Hooray
Grandmas Smoking Weed for the First Time Extended Cut – YouTube
Only one word. Outstanding. via: Boing Boing
Flying Lotus – Ready Err Not
So creepy. If you don’t like weird stuff don’t watch this video. You have been warned. From David Firth, the twisted genius behind Salad Fingers.
A New Mix – May 2014
This had been kicking around for a bit, unfinished, and unloved. But as soon as I stopped going to work I knew I could kick it out in an hour or two. Please enjoy. Tracklist: Something in the Air (Bonobo Remix) Brennan Green – Ambien NTFO…
Live YouTube Type with Semantic Sabotage
It’s only as good as the transcript, but this is kind of lovely. Have a play. Thank you Sosolimited. In case you were interested that text was an approximation of…
Big Hoops
The whole family can now wear Hula Hoops on their fingers. Genius. Why did no one tell me these existed? Were you protecting me?…
Crackunit is Dead
OK guys I’ve got some bad news and some good news. I’ll leave it to you to decide which is which. News 1 – That’s it. I’m done here. I’m no longer going to update crackunit.com. I’ve had enough. I need something different. News 2 –…
End of 2011 Mix
Hope you like. Some ‘big’ blogging news coming soon. I bet you can hardly wait.
I’d always wondered what tattoo I’d get…
Playstation ‘Dealer’ Roach Ad
I was tidying up and I came across this. Sometime in the early 90s Sony put out this advertisement printed on perforated card. It appears to show a shady dealer offering up a Playstation controller. Upon further investigation it turns out…
Jazz & Pop Schallplattenhüllen 1978
I’ve fallen in love with this poster. But I can only find it for super ripoff prices. It’s by a Swiss dude (obviously) called Markus Bruggisser.…
Like a lot
Amazing
A couple of things to watch out for. Why are there 2 TVs in the room? The baby on the left has got a wicked good sway. Thank you @paryshnikov
It’s been a while since I posted one of these
Awesome.
Polaroid Lady Gaga Launch
I don’t know about you, but this looks really bad to me. The presentation is a bloody shambles and the product looks terrible. The glasses look totally foolish: And isn’t the printer just a bigger more handbaggy looking version of the Zink…
Look again at that Facebook Map
I did what I suspect a lot of people did. I saw this beautiful Facebook visualisation and went “oooh”. My oooh contained just a couple of things: Isn’t that pretty Facebook is big and global But I just read this account by Paul Butler, the…
Another Classic Gif
From the always stunning: If we don’t, rembember me.…
Grid-it – Super Smart Gadget Packing
Why wasn’t I told? Have you been conspiring to keep this stuff secret from me? How much pain would this have saved me over the years? Probably at least a bit. Spotted here: http://www.flight001.com/…
How to Pack a Jacket
Not quite as kick-ass as the japanese t-shirt folding stuff from a while back. But useful and practical if you’re a jacket-packer.
Original Mac Icon Prints
Limited edition prints signed by Susan Kare the original designer. Graphical geek history from $89 – $499 depending on size. Get em here: http://www.kareprints.com/…
An English Breakfast (in Russian)
I just liked it, OK. From this illustrator here.
Analogue Angry Birds
It’s the start of a new year. If I can make anything else this important in the next 12 months I’ll be happy. Happy New Year everyone :-)…
Nice Gift Guide
All the shots are done as Polaroids. I’m not a massive fan of the over-use of Polaroids. But for some reason I really liked the art direction of this shoot for Details magazine. I think it’s because they muck around with perspective and…
Techno Music for Warrior Gods
If you want to explore an exquisitely curated world of electronic music all you need to do is hang out over here: http://mnmlssg.blogspot.com/. So many great mixes. So much great stuff. Lots of it fresh and exclusive to the site. Currently…
I love this burned-out iPad, it’s quite beautiful
via cultofmac.com More Apple-centered destruction at: http://www.cultofmac.com/what-happens-when-you-shoot-an-ipad-and-other-pictur…
Pulp Common People Comic
via pulpwiki.net Sweet. This Jamie Hewlett comic was distributed with the Pulp single in France and it illustrates the lyrics of the song. You don’t get that kind of thing with a bloody MP3 download. Oh, unless you download The Suburbs by…
My Final NMA Column – why I’m pre-post-digital and proud
I’ve been speaking to a few people recently and they didn’t know I had a column in New Media Age. Well now it’s too late, because I don’t any more. My final column is here: It’s a bit ranty, but I thought I should make a bit of an effort…
Continued Google StreetView Awesomeness
via s3.amazonaws.com Ah, the defiant Englishman. In your face Googlecar. Another one from the incredible: http://9eyes.tumblr.com…
Incredible images from Google Streetview
via 9eyes.tumblr.com Amazing Tumblr: http://9eyes.tumblr.com Some of the images are so mindblowing that I almost can’t believe that they’re real. I’d love it even more if there were links to the actual map references.
A Tale of Accidental Distortion
One day, at a local record store, virtually every record he tested on headphones had exactly the aspect he was looking for: Hard-edged drums, suggestively distorted. Back at home, though, everything flattened out into the clean…
What to do when you find that you can’t use ‘presenter view’ at a conference
Just turned up at the CAT conference to find out that I can’t use ‘Presenter View’ in Keynote. This has happened before and I just winged it. But today I figured I could find a quick way to get everything onto my iPhone in a simple way…
3D Giffage
via photoisafeeling.tumblr.com This isn’t a new technique, but every time I see it I think “blow me I need to use that for something sometime”. This one just makes me think of Skins. From http://photoisafeeling.tumblr.com/
Good Day For Car Backs
Love the Longbed logo on the back of this Toyota truck. And the classy ‘Veggie Diesel’ mod to this old Merc.…
Put proper calls to action in your TV says @matlock
He’s just shown us a chart that shows if you do it properly your servers crash. I say yay! Don’t be shy, be blatant, and show why interaction is going to be worthwhile. It gets on my goat when there’s great web companion content and fools…
Stacks of Things From Shanghai
Loving these photos of people carrying large amounts of things in Shanghai – via wejetset.com…
The Air France in flight playlist is pretty classy
Turkish Star Wars
Long Now ‘Back Soon’ Sign
Ghetto 3d Glasses #clicksf
Love these. Handed out at Creative Review Click in SF.…
This lavatory smells like Christmas
Anal Cable
I think I may have gone one step too far. But Ziploc bags combined with Bongo Ties have tamed my otherwise unruly cable collection.…
Street pumpkins, Portland style
Portland never ceases to surprise me. Big pumpkins grow on residential streets right by the kerb.…
Ill Behaviour
If you’ve been round these parts for a while you’ll know I can’t resist a video with lots of funny dancing in it. This one does a nice job of mixing up hippies, grebos and ravers into a massive mongathon.
2013 Bitchezzz
I like what happens when you view marker pen on glass at a certain angle.…
I can drop u’s and use z’s, but I struggle with singular math
Sent from my iPhone…
Best Image Response I’ve Been Sent
Whist in the middle of an email exchange Josh Millrod (@senatorbolton) replied with this: In the way that many young people seemingly do, I LOLed. I also did a LOL when someone replied to a Tweet with this: Anyone got any other useful…
Solar Bears – Inner Sunshine
Listening to this right now. And loving it. Here it is on Spotify Solar Bears – Inner Sunshine When Bleep said: Boards lo-fi psych, Bibio’s pastoral nostagia and Selected Works era Aphex drawn together in a kaleidoscopic fog for your ears…
A Story About A Basketball
See this ball. It’s a ball like many other balls in Portland. It’s lying on the street. A normal ordinary street in a nice-ish neigbourhood. That ball will still be there tomorrow. And it will still bounce. Everywhere I’ve ever lived…
Motivational Video of the Day
From http://sesamestreet.tumblr.com/ which I found via http://kottke.org/
I spent the day in a ‘workshop’ talking about creating ‘movements’ so imagine the irony…
Of spotting a Livestrong bracelet discarded in the back of a cab… Some might say it was a sign. But what does it mean?…
Every time I take a redeye flight I think about this 1988 BA advert
And I hear the words of the smugfaced git ringing in my ears: “Like a lamb to the slaughter, gentlemen…” Only tonight I’m traveling on JetBlue and I will feel tired, hungry and destroyed when I arrive… Whoop!
Just clicked The Ace Hotel’s “Awesome Internet Button”
You know how in hotels you normally get one of those things where you have to put in your credit card information, or at least your name and room number, well the Ace Hotel says “bugger that” with the following page that greets you when…
Faces iMake – http://facesimake.com/ – is a wonderful app
The amazing story of how the Doobrie became the Deubré at Nike
via en.wikipedia.org Phenomenal. Shoe designer calls the lace tag a “doobrie” – kind of like a “thingy” and it morphs into a more sophisticated Deubré. At least that’s how Wikipedia tells it.
Happylife – what happens when machines tell you about the emotional state of your significant others
We were all sitting in the lounge, like any evening. Sandra and I were watching some nondescript documentary and the kids were playing with their lego. The moment stole up on us. Paul was first to notice the unusual glow coming from…
Drooling over these beautiful ceramic speakers – loving the modular design…
via aplusrstore.com…
The reason for Apple’s success? Cats, obviously.
Proving that it was years ahead of its time, Apple had the good sense to put a cat in this Ad from 1981. Everyone thinks that Apple’s success stems from more recent activity. But I’d be willing to bet that it can all be tracked back to…
Is it just me, or does this look like a UFC fight arena for babies?
via onestepahead.com Trying to find a way of temporarily containing 2 little people that doesn’t look like an actual cage is tough.
Genius Corona billboard ad
So simple. If you stand close to the poster you can almost hear the creatives high fiving each other. Either that or it’s been sitting in someone’s bottom drawer for years just waiting… Whatever, it’s clever. And it’s a beer ad that’s…
Having my mind boggled by Trash Humpers
Trash Humpers is the latest film by Harmony Korine. The film is being shown at various VHS screenings on old TV sets. I’m not sure if this is the most Barley thing ever, or a moment of brilliant. Maybe I’ll never know. They say: TRASH…
Bathroom product innovation
Spotted in a W+K restroom. An impromptu magazine table. Simple and effective.…
Stop hammertime!
Sent from my iPhone…
Double Rainbow yard sale!
Sent from my iPhone…
Beer label of the day
Fun beer! Sent from my iPhone…
Wine label of the day
No messing around… Sent from my iPhone…
The line to smell the man your man could smell like…
The men and women of W+K are keen to touch, smell and be photographed with the Old Spice man.…
Responding to allegations of douchiness and congratulations to a great @oldspice team
I’ve just been called a douche on Twitter (http://twitter.com/andrewmackenzie/status/18553562836) for not specifically mentioning the Old Spice art director and copywriter in an article that was written here…
Ideal location for zombie film
School / fallout shelter in Portland. The school signage is totally amazing / sinister.…
How did I miss the Tauntaun Sleeping Bag?
via thinkgeek.com This sleeping bag even has a genius light sabre zip pull so you can reenact the slicing open of the Tauntaun every time you get into the sleeping bag. Wow.
Did India invent Acid House?
This amazing record seems to have been made in 1982 in India – but no one is 100% sure it’s genuine. There’s rumours that it could have been made by a modern prankster. However, people seem to be coming round to the fact that it’s legit…
Best banner I’ve seen today
This totally stopped me in my tracks and I had to force myself not to click on it. I know it’s a dirty trick. I don’t know how it’s a trick. I just know it is. And I need to click the banner to find out. Only I know that when I click it I…
My favourite interface widget of the day
You can’t not pull it. And when you do, something neat happens. I’m not going to tell you what it does, that’d spoil the surprise. Check it anywhere in the Photojojo store, like here for example…
I think I’m Kinda Back
I’ve cleaned out the hacky scum – I hope. And clean installed everything. I’ll get it tidied up I promise
Crackunit has been pharma-hacked! Bugger.
If you search for Crackunit on Google you see this: Which is bad. But when I actually arrive at the page there’s no mention of Zopiclone – not even in the source code anywhere. There’s no links, no nothing?!? And there’s no Pharmacy name…
When defacing of public property contains birds and sun it’s ok right?
Perhaps the prettiest tag I’ve seen. Sent from my iPhone…
Friending a sex superstore… #endtimes
I’ve been followed by an airport, now I’m going to be buddies with a kinky codpiece shop.…
Yahoo! on how to write for the web
“The Yahoo! Style Guide: The Ultimate Sourcebook for Writing, Editing, and Creating Content for the Digital World” will be in stores July 6. http://styleguide.yahoo.com/ The site has some half decent content on it and if you’re trying to…
I walked downstairs, and the microwave only had one thing to say
And on a Monday too. What about “go get ’em tiger” or something a bit more upbeat…
The neighbor watch man looks like a dirty peeping pervert
Shifty eyes!…
Best typography in a “repent sinners” sign award goes to…
My favourite club poster of recent times
And the lineup is scroteclenchingly stellar too. A time machine to hack off a couple of years and a teleporter to Frankfurt, bitte.…
Griid – an iPad controller for Ableton Live by Hawtin and Co
I think I might be desirous of this. Sneak preview here: Official site here: http://liine.net/griid/ More news here: http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=12386…
Write the Headline on a Skyscraper in Jo-berg
The next bit of the Nike ‘Write the Future’ campaign has just gone live. Complete with a suitably noisy soundtrack for the hype video. I keep almost finding myself calling it ‘soccer’, I’m changing
Doorway to Values
Such a powerful name for a discount furniture store. I’m thinking of opening ‘Portal to Decency’ round the corner.…
Will Ferrell sunscreen (seriously)
via fredflare.com Genuinely disturbing sunscreen with proceeds going to charity. Available is Sexy Hot Tan and Sun Stroke varieties from here: http://www.fredflare.com/customer/product.php?productid=5162#
Burglary Kits a steal at $200
via partnersandspade.com The perfect gift for the sneaky thief who has everything. Or if you just want to start dabbling in the art of housebreaking.…
Loving this: I’m Comic Sans, Asshole (A Short Imagined Monologue)
via mcsweeneys.net Starts with: Listen up. I know the shit you’ve been saying behind my back. You think I’m stupid. You think I’m immature. You think I’m a malformed, pathetic excuse for a font. Well think again, nerdhole, because I’m…
When your plane arrives early and there’s no airway driver
A sad sight out of the left window…
Bumper sticker LOLz
Loving loving loving the wisdom of @adcontrarian
As an advertising medium, the web is like communism. It’s never very good right now, but it’s always going to be great some day. via adcontrarian.blogspot.com It’s rare that I laugh out loud and nod my head in fake-sagelike agreement. So…
Drive: The truth about what motivates us – mad whiteboard skills ;-)
via youtube.com It’s doing the rounds. Because it’s good.
Loving ‘Sort by Magic’ in Google Reader
I’m such a sucker for quirky interesting ways of using language in applications. I’m sure there’s many good sensible reasons why this isn’t what you’re supposed to call a sort option. But you know exactly which option I’m going to choose…
Capture your entire life with a Vicon Revue
Watching this makes me feel really funny. I love its mundane epicness. It’s so ordinary and everyday, but I can’t help but extrapolate back to birth and forward to death. The Vicon Revue is: The wearable digital camera designed to take…
“F— those motherf—ers” – amazing legal filings from the YouTube Viacom case
Viacom quotes YouTube employee Maryrose Dunton telling an engineer to “‘forget about the email alerts stuff’ precisely because ‘I hate making it easier for these a-holes’ – referring to copyright owners – and ‘we’re just trying to cover…
Noby Noby Boy defies everything
I’ve had Noby Noby Boy on my iPhone for a while, but didn’t dip into it properly until hour 3 of a flight. I think I rejected it at first because I couldn’t get my head into it. Turns out that’s entirely the point. The more I play with it…
Finally! A place for people to share things they’re willing to do for $5
The place for people to share things they’re willing to do for $5. Seriously, you can pay people $5 and they do these things for you… http://www.fiverr.com/ Just a few examples from today’s front page: I will send 10,000 visitors to any…
iPad controlled video blimp
A lovely new thing from the new thing – Breakfast – the artists formerly known as @aszolty and @mattiasgunneras
Want to succeed in the art of persuasion? @bjfogg suggests…
>> Incredible presentation. Photo includes the back of Dan Wieden’s head.…
Magic Projection
via youtube.com Using Open Frameworks and some hacked together hardware. You could extend the technique to do some really cool stuff… More from The Virtual Magician here: http://www.youtube.com/user/virtualmagician
QWERTY in pictures – the coolest keyboard mod ever
I’m a lover of these stickers. From here: http://christophermonrodelorenzo.bigcartel.com/product/picture-keyboard-alpha…
Quite liking YouTube’s Show and Tell – with reservations
via youtube.com Nice touches in the video, but the shitty page design that doesn’t let you bookmark individual sections of the site blows hard.
Revel in the worst sci-fi book covers ever
via goodshowsir.co.uk My new favourite blog. A. May. Zing.…
ACDC Vs Iron Man 2 – Architectural Projection Mapping on Rochester Castle
via vimeo.com Like!
Stunning looking iPhone game – eBoy FixPix
via vimeo.com We’ve all seen the eBoy style before, but it looks AMAZING in moving layers like this. Mmmmmmmmmmmm. via: http://www.creativeapplications.net
World’s smallest bowl of ramen
via pinktentacle.com Nano noodles – I’m in awe.
I hate Iceland and Flip Flops
I'm massively behind the times on this pair. But these two videos genuinely made me do LOLs today. Just in case you're as out of touch as me
Designer Thomas Heatherwick Talks about Pavilion
via youtube.com The most incredibly mind boggling building I think I’ve ever seen. And if you’re not boggled by the outside. Check this: via @cotton
The Collapse of Complex Business Models – Clay Shirky
The most watched minute of video made in the last five years shows baby Charlie biting his brother’s finger. (Twice!) That minute has been watched by more people than the viewership of American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, and the…
Accepting meetings honestly
I’d love it if calendar programs allowed you to express or see how people felt about coming or going to meetings. Anyone fancy writing a plugin?
When geeks and artists get together cool stuff happens…
via blog.ni9e.com What if you got a massive cheer every time you posted to your blog? What if you made the size of the publish button equal to the awesomeness of the act of publishing? What if the number of subscribers your blog gets was…
Walk for Babies
Me and Sophie and the girls are doing a sponsored walk this weekend. It’s called the March for Babies and it’s a big thing that’s taking place all over the US. It’s raising money for research into premature birth and helping to save the…
Webby Vote crisis, please help
Oh, arsecandles! This was bound to happen at some point. My old life and my new life have crashed together in a rather unfortunate fashion. And now it's like I'm standing in-between 2 dueling cowboys with their guns drawn and the only…
What happens to all your valuable Tweets when you die? Now you can pass them on to your kids…
via youtube.com It sounds like a spoof. But it’s not. And it’s actually something that we need to start thinking about I guess. Via @mattonlymoore
Urban Abstract Motion Graphics
I just thought this was very lovely.
A little more on why I like UTweet
There's a few people on Twitter saying the UTweet thing is a bit underwhelming. And perhaps it is for some of you. For sure it's not going to change the world. But I'm looking at it as the digital equivalent of a double page ad in a…
Uniqlo Tweet Show – Nice.
Ah, Uniqlo. What is it about you. Why do you always manage to do things that are just nice. It feels tight and just right. And somehow way cooler than if someone lesser had done it. http://www.uniqlo.com/utweet/ What makes it is a killer…
Cool as…
They couldn’t get much cooler than this. Could they? See and download the full gallery on posterous…
Our Spanky Wedding Photographs Newspaper – thanks Newspaperclub.co.uk
I got some of our wedding photos turned into a newspaper by the lovely chaps at newspaperclub.co.uk. The photos were taken by the equally lovely James Pike It’s all turned out quite nice I think. They’ll be in the post to friends and…
Leaving drinks this weekend everyone welcome…
There’s people I only keep in touch with on Twitter, people who I’m friends with on Facebook, and people who I’m in touch with on neither. Through email migrations I’ve lost peoples’ addresses. And my fax database is woefully out of date…
A new mix – Made on the Train
Well the loft is closed. It’s been tidied up and cleared out. And I’ve been reduced to making mixes on the train between home and work. I’m not sure it’s the train’s fault but I’m really happy with how this one’s turned out. Tracklist: Two…
10 reasons I’m looking forward to my new W+K shoes
So with a heavy heart yesterday I offered up my old Poke shoes. Now it's time to talk about my new W+K shoes. I'm not sure what they're going to look like yet, but apparently I get access to some massive Nike cave of infinite free awesome…
Fill my Poke shoes? Win my shoes.
Judging by the amount of lovely emails and messages I’ve had, lots of people seem to know that I’m leaving Poke. But at the same time there’s probably a bunch of people who are safely insulated from ‘industry media‘ who have no idea…
Loving the simplicity of Jumblr
It’s like a mappy version of Freecycle but with minimal fluff. I hope it gets used and becomes big.…
What’s that tennis ball doing on that ad? I’m confused. Oh, I see what you’ve done…
I can't decide if I love this. I think I might. On the surface it's a bit shit. But lets face it Confused.com is a bit shit too. I think I love the fact that comparison websites have started fucking with our minds to become memorable –…
We are the last generation who will laugh at jokes about floppies. So we must laugh heartily while we can.
There were NO STICKERS IN THE SLOT. I've never known guttedness like it.…
Is this the greatest Pie pun ever?
Jaw Dropping & Mind Boggling – Die Antwoord – Zef Side (thanks @bitchbag)
via youtube.com There’s been so many spoofy hip hop things – but this is so far beyond the next level I got stuck. The Pink Floyd shorts are totally TDF.
See you next week…
Thanks to everyone for kind messages about weddings and moves and things like that – sorry I’m not getting back to anyone right now. I’m trying to stay offline and focussing on shiny shoes, table settings, speeches, monkey-butlers and…
Knee Deep – Cinekid 2009
via vimeo.com Cute interactive installation. I like the fact it uses ‘stomp detection’ I think more things should feature stomp detection. Read more at: http://www.theowatson.com/site_docs/work.php?id=47 and…
Oni Ayhun OAR003
via oniayhun.com How can you not love a record that describes itself on its website as: Discover steep, rugged canyons, painted rock minarets, desert vistas framed by blooming wildflowers, soaring raptors and singing canyon wrens on the…
Dial 01 for London
Another Crystal Palace 01, again courtesy of Christine. Looking at the reviews, it seems to be a much-loved local hardware store, of a type all too rare in these days of huge chain DIY warehouses. They seem to have a pleasingly wide…
What do your mouse trails say about you?
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)…
I almost clicked on this online advert. But I screengrabbed it and shared it instead…
Spotted here
Whoops, I signed my blogpost!
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 do. Idiot.
Apple Shmapple – The Visor-ganizer has to be the best invention OF ALL TIME
via store.theonion.com “Finally, an alternative to the embarrassing Fanny Pack” – so very very true.
Notes on designing the Guardian iPhone app
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…
I find the new Pentax cameras attractive
via coolhunting.com Yum!
Trilogies Nailed
via ffffound.com They’re all pretty much in line with my personal feelings – apart from perhaps Rocky.
Shit TV ads made interactive and put IN the internet – it’s the future…
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 way, I didn’t…
A Boar dancing on sauce made out of himself (or his family)
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 spoon around in protest?…
Classic British mob justice
From the news on the telly.…
LOLing at Dog Judo again…
OK full disclosure the guys at 12foot6 did send me a t-shirt to try and bribe me to mention Dog Judo. But I didn’t need bribing really. I’ve always thought it was really very funny. It proper tickles me so it does. I think the reason I’d…
I Want Muscle March…
via boingboing.net So what if it looks a bit homoerotic. As soon as I get the chance I’m checking the UK WiiWare site. Posted via web from crackunit’s posterous
Twitter / Over capacity
[So – this is my first fuckup with Posterous. I’ve just started to do one where I collect error messages. But I didn’t want to connect it to all of my other accounts. But it did. So I posted a thing everywhere that I wanted to go nowhere…
The brutal truth: no one actually clicks your stupid links!
I’ve done a quick survey to back this up, and 100% of almost 10 respondents admitted to having lied about this exact thing. You know how it is, someone asks if you’ve seen THAT THING. And although you haven’t ACTUALLY seen it. You’re…
Super-lush new Four Tet album on SoundCloud – thanks @mtowber
There Is Love In You by Four Tet I’ll shut up and let you listen. It’s very nice. Posted via web from crackunit’s posterous
GTA Chinatown Wars on iPhone – and it’s got swearing and drug references and everything…
I thought the app store might have required a clean-up but doesn’t look like it. A quick couple of minutes play and it’s looking totally superb – especially makes you realise how weedy the sound in the DS version was. Now it’s got beefy…
I knew my day was going to be bad when, at 6.30am, the ticket machine said: VOID VOID VOID VOID
Posted via email from crackunit’s posterous…
On The Way to Work – Early Morning Darkness and Fog
See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from crackunit’s posterous…
Fighting Fantasy book creators interviewed by Vice magazine
via viceland.com Posted via web from crackunit’s posterous…
Is it legal to ‘force you’ to accept email marketing?
There’s no way that I can login at Starbucks without agreeing to accept emails from BT. I’m not sure that’s legal. Does anyone know? Even if it is legal, it’s bloody shocking. And big companies like Starbucks and BT ought to know better…
Shane Hope – Compile-A-Child
via shanehope.info School assignments from children of a near future. An art project I like very much. Via PSFK Posted via web from crackunit’s posterous
The MidiGun is Real
via midigun.com I’ve come across the MidiGun before, but I wasn’t sure it was real. But turns out it is. Posted via web from crackunit’s posterous…
Listening to LTJ BUKEM/ESSENTIAL MIX 1995 – it’s the best ever.
via everydayjunglist.biz This is one of my favourite mixes ever. 2 hours of beautiful drum and bass – and perhaps some of the finest, most fitting MCing ever. And to complement that I think everydayjunglist.biz is probably my favourite use…
My jouney to work ‘hipstamatic-alized’
All photos from my iPhone via the hipstamatic app – my jury is still out about whether it’s any good. It’s kinda fun though. See and download the full gallery on…
Amazing Charlotte Gainsbourg video – thanks @wylesy
This video for Heaven Can Wait is lovely, if very strange. Don’t do that thing of flicking through it to see if it’s any good before you watch it. YOU’LL RUIN IT. Just sit back, put it on fullscreen and watch. I blogged about the curse of…
I think I’ve just taken delivery of the best pencil ever…
It’s got a Kura Toga Engine in it! It’s got nano-diamonds in the lead. In fact it has 400 of the little bleeders in EACH LEAD! I’ve drawn a line with it, and yes, it leaves a fine pencilly mark. For a much better review and explanation as…
Waiting for a totally useless ad? Thank you @screechin
Emailed to me by @screechin. Not only totally pointless but it features kerning that makes me squirm ;-) Posted via email from crackunit’s posterous…
Another Contender for Most Useless Ad Ever?
@twhume mentioned this ad in a comment on my blog – strangely enough I just happened to have taken a photo of that one too :-) You can tell its my photo by the shocking quality. In case you can’t read it, it says: Advertisers can now send…
The most pointless advert ever?
Clearing off my iPhone I was re-stunned by this ad I saw a while back. Just in case it’s not clear, this was a poster next to a lift at Heathrow. Which informed me of the new brand identity of euronews television. I’m glad they chose to do…
Coat AND Trousers
This morning I was lucky enough to pick up a discarded copy of The Sun. I always forget just what a joy it is to read. I have a perverse enjoyment of the odd images that it always manages to paint in my mind. Is Alex Reid wearing hooded…
Slow Down Now
I think I’ve found my new favourite organisation: The International Institute of Not Doing Much. So much wisdom in their 10 tips on how to slow down. Number 3 is so very very true. 1. Drink a cup of tea, put your feet up and stare idly out…
Strangest. Video Compilation. Ever.
It’s not even 8am and I’ve just had my groove totally freaked. Posted via email from crackunit’s posterous
Totally Outstanding Street Photography From Cardiff
via ajanlo.kapu.hu This is just one of 40 horrifying and beautiful images. Posted via web from crackunit’s posterous…
10 Years Worth Of Flying Lotus
via brainfeedersite.com Flying Lotus is undoubtedly one of the freshest recording artists / producers of the last few years. Whether you’ve heard of him or not you can get your fill of his wonky electronic beats, with this FREE 10 year…
Best. Lecture. Ever.
Inspiring, memorable and entertaining. Prof Barry Nalebuf’s (author of Why Not?: How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small) lecture from Yale Economics class is truly great. It’s focused on innovation, creativity and…
Kevin Slavin and a Great Slide
Perhaps my favourite talk from CAT London ‘last year’ was Kevin Slavin from AreaCode. He showed super cool work along with funny and interesting slides. Here’s one I particularly liked. Apparently the credit for the original image should…
Remaking a Club Banger in a Piano Style
Take a massive full on techno track like Waves by Erol Alkan and Boyz Noize, something like this: Then put it in the hands of an awesome modern pianist / composer like Chilly Gonzales, and this is what comes out: On the flipside of the…
My Trend Predictions For 2010
Seriously. Those are my predictions.
If SlideShare Was a Bloke
It’d get into loads of trouble with it’s missus: Everyone knows you can’t say that you’re coming home in a bit. You need to set expectations. That’s the way it works.
It’s Not Just About a Lady In Pants
Previously when I asked about why the video for Guru Josh had trillions of views on YouTube lots of people hypothesised that it was down to a lady wearing pants in the video. But the Guru pops up again as the 18th most listened to track of…
A Lovely Wonderful Connected Infinite Distraction Machine
I just looked at what I was doing and realised that my work was actually all being done on bits of paper. And the computer was really just a big connected distraction machine. A lovely wonderful connected infinite distraction machine…
Ghostly’s Incredible 110 Albums of the Decade (Now With Spotify Link)
If I had a much better memory, and was much cooler, this is approximately how my 110 tracks of the decade would look too. It’s a bloody brilliant snapshot of slightly-intelligent-but-not-too-far-up-its-own-arse-electronic music from the…
I’m A Very Lucky Man Part 2 – Love
The guys at Love sent the most incredible Christmas gift today. They’re a set of 12 mugs styled like an amazing modern version of the Willow Pattern, they show modern China, in china. They describe it much better than me: I wanted to keep…
I’m A Very Lucky Man Part 1 – The Really Interesting Group
I met with Ben yesterday morning and he gave me a lovely gift. A set of DataDecs – Christmas decorations based on my social media data. I can almost hear a global murmer of youwhats. But it’s a really simple and sweet idea… A lovely gift…
Eames Chair on Daytime TV (in 1956)
Well perhaps it’s not strictly daytime TV, I’ve got no idea what time of day the Arlene Francis “Home” show was broadcast on NBC in 1956. I’m sure if I was a decent blogger I’d go and research such facts, but I’m loose like that……
I’m In Love With A Pouffe
I saw these when I was in the US earlier in the year. They’re pouffes made out of massive wool. You can see them on the DWR website. I liked them a lot, they look substantial yet cozy. Today I stumbled across a picture of a woman making…
A Mix I Cranked Out For Christmas
This is not a mix featuring Christmassy tracks. It just so happens that I’ve got round to finishing it a week before Christmas. Also, they say that Christmas is a time for miracles, and the fact I’ve finished this at all is a miracle. Our…
Everyone Loves a Faaaaake!
For TGI Friday by the Viral Factory. Personally I’m a little bit over this kind of ‘amazing trick’ video. But screw me. I’m not the target audience for this video. And there’s one thing that the Viral Factory guys normally get right, it’s…
Looping Up The House
I love this
This Must Be The End of the World
Google cannont be found or may not exist. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGH!…
That’s a Cappuccino!
It’s Poke Hack Day. And we’re doing something that’s close to my heart. It’s about ending sub-standard cappuccino. Too often we get fobbed off with lattes in cappuccino’s clothing. Big, heavy, milky coffee. Made with burned milk. Basically…
The Teens’ Speech
I’ve been very good at not using the blog to punt Poke projects recently. But here’s one I think it’s OK to flog. Not because I’ve been involved with it (I haven’t), but because it’s important. And not in a ‘driving sales of a big fat…
A Modern Mystery of the Internet
Why has Guru Josh Project – Infinity 2008 (Official Video – Klaas Vocal Edit) got nearly 67 million views on YouTube? Is there a global love for sax-trance no one told me about? Is JoshRolling the new RickRolling? Anyone have any ideas how…
Warhol Paints Debby Harry – On An Amiga
It’s been around a while (well the original was made in 1985 for the launch of the Amiga), but the clip is new to me. Such a great product demo, I love Warhol saying that he’s never used a computer before and he’d been waiting for the…
Mouth Eyes
So disturbing… Made me feel really queezy, but I sort of like it.
Ikea Facebook Tagging Promotion
This made me swear aloud in the same way that Whopper Sacrifice did. Brilliantly simple. Brace yourselves for a host of imitators
Less Mad Hamsters, More Happy Pigs
It’s a little known fact that I was part of the team that made the first Purple Ronnie website, and the first Edward Monkton site too. Neither of the sites bear any resemblance to how they used to look. Working on the two sites brought me…
Barry Norman’s Pickled Onions
I was skeptical. What does an aging film critic know about pickling? Probably about the same as an aging film star knows about salad dressing. But I’ve eaten my words, just like I’ve eaten most of the jar of these wonderfully spicy pickled…
Lists, Fuck Yeah!
Umberto Eco, one of my favourite brainy writerly dudes, talks with Speigel Online about lists and why they’re so important to us. A couple of extracts… What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible. It also wants to create order…
Sick Track (At Least That’s What I’d Say If I Was Young)
This track makes me wish I was 18 and stupider. Loving the no-budget promo video. It made me chuckle, but I am a sucker for funny dancing. I’ve just downloaded the Future Sound Of Russia compilation from whence this came. It seems like…
Farewell For Now From My Two Excuses
I’ve been a bit quiet recently. But I’ve had my hands full. Sometimes both of them. At least for most of the time I’m not at work. It’s a daunting thing having two babies that can cry at the same time and who currently have absolutely no…
Extremely Beautiful Mini Synth
This OP-1 thing is absolutely gorgeous. It’s a synth and a MIDI controller. And it’s got well fancy skills like an inbuilt FM radio that you can manipulate. Zoiks! And Teenage Engineering, the Swedish company that are developing said…
Wheelbarrow Race Win
I’m breaking that rule about not posting videos with loads of views again – but this is one of those clips that even if you’ve seen it, watching it again will put a second smile on your face… via: http://www.zefrank.com/
Holy Cow(‘s Milk) Batman
I was in the supermarket and this lost toy was sitting on the milk shelf. It looks like a setup. But it wasn’t. Taken in July but only just found it on my camera.…
Free Gift in 2009 WTF?
Aviva sent me this bit of junk mail yesterday. I was transfixed by the free gift. Look at it. It’s a machine to store telephone numbers and appointments. It’s got an amazing (crystal clear) 3 line LCD display. It has a non-querty keybord…
Nice Graphic From Olympus XA2 Manual
I thought this was simple and to the point… Manual downloaded from here.
Breaking the Law With A Clarkson Beatbox
There’s some a law that says you’re not allowed to post any YouTube video that’s already been seen by more than quarter of a million people. I’m prepared to break that law, go to blog jail and get done in the showers for being a…
The Secret of Being Happy
If you’re lucky enough to have choices in your life this just about sums it up doesn’t it? via: Poptimist…
VOTE FOR ME!
I just heard the other day that I’d been shortlisted for ‘best blog’ at this year’s BIMA awards. I don’t really know how I feel about it to be honest. It’s a bit odd, because I don’t think that I could really ask for anyone to vote for me…
Talk Talk Love The Web
You can argue all you want about the contents and the style of the report. But the fact that Talk Talk have decided to open up their Digital Anthropology research to all of us scumbags proves that they fundamentally get something……
SoundCloud and a Hauntological Birthing Mix
SoundCloud is a pretty nifty music upload / sharing / management tool. I’ve taken my last few mixes and stuck them up there. I think I might shift over my podcast arrangement to pull the tracks from there instead. I’m on there at…
Biggestwigintheworld.com – Great Blogger Outreach
I said I’d whore myself out for free t-shirts (and I meant it). Biggestwigintheworld.com are going to sell the biggest afro wigs that money can buy online. At least that’s how their pitch goes. The package they sent was nice. And tied with…
Daytime TV Advertising
As part of the wonderful stupor of being a new dad I’ve ended up watching too much daytime TV. And as a result seeing too many daytime TV ads. I have learned much. National Geographic have whored themselves out to co-brand some air…
Dorian Concept – Trilingual Dance Sexperience
So many things for me to love. via: Justlikemusic And the guy who made the video also made this, which I think is cute:
They’re Home!
After what seems like months, but at the same time feels like only minutes Eleanor and Josie were allowed home with us last week. I’ve not really had a chance to write anything about it because babies appear to be time-leeches of the most…
Google Wave Attracts Dodgy Antics
Don’t I just know it. Here’s a story about how hackers are using massive interest as a way to sucker people out of their personal details.
#iaintait does not have 1,000 Google Wave Invites to give away
Dear World, I am @iaintait on Twitter. And I do not have 1,000 Google Wave Invites to give away. I don’t even have a Google Wave invite for myself. Since yesterday afternoon I’ve had thousands of people from all around the world…
Ten 80s Pop Videos Yooouuutuuubed
I’m so glad I found Yooouuutuuube. I’ve been wanting a thing that does what it does for ages. What does it do? Well it creates an amazing animated grid out of the key frames from YouTube videos. It’s pretty 80s, but it’s cool – and you can…
Nice Nike ‘Ads’
Surely this James Jarvis film (supported by Nike) deserves more than the 50k views it’s had on YouTube? [EDIT: I just spotted that it’s all about Vimeo for this one where it’s had 201k views] It’s bloody lovely. And if you’ve ever run for…
New Side Project ‘Random Vinyl’
I just set up a new Tumblr site today: http://randomvinyl.tumblr.com Go vist, follow me. Whatever you do with Tumblr stuff. I was chatting last night and someone asked what most of my records were. I couldn’t answer. I just said, um, well…
The Most Cosmic Shit In The Universe
Oh yes. Thank you Garry (@gluewho) for the enlightenment! Thank you.
You Can’t Beat a Good Morphing
Morphing and cats. The perfect way to start any day.
The Nikon s1000pj – Is This Really Now?
A camera with a built in projector sounds pretty cool. I’m sure you could do some interesting things with that. So how come Nikon have made a video that makes it look like a piece of shit from the 1980s? I can’t sense any irony in the…
The Vast and Epic Power of Tumblr
This image of Jim Henson and Kermit – posted here – has over 440 notes (at time of posting). That’s 440 people who’ve either re-blogged or ‘liked it’ on Tumblr. That’s a lot of kudos and viral spread going on. Mind you, it is a bloomin’…
Pano – And More Awesome iPhone Photo Apps
Pano – the panoramic photo maker for iPhone is great. I was pretty much hooked when I saw the image above on their website. That one image is such a brilliantly powerful and simple bit of design. And the app doesn’t disappoint. (OK it’s a…
Everything Is Amazing
Last night I tweeted this. I can’t really remember why. I think it was because I’d found myself nodding along with of a bunch of sniping about the Apple announcements. People were moaning about the fact that not much happened. Some stuff…
Super Lovely Bootlegs
Original compositions made with heavy borrowing from films. Nice stuff… Looks and sounds a bit like LemonJelly meets Hextatic (or something like that). EDIT: The third video wasn’t broken last night. But it is as of this morning [10.09.09]…
WWF Melting Men in Berlin
I love this very dearly. WWF put 1,000 ice men on the steps of Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin last Wednesday. They melted. I think the message is pretty clear. Photos from this great set by valida dot…
I Love Free T-Shirts But I Don’t Like Sweary T-Shirts
Thank you kindly to the guys at Sell Sell for sending me a free t-shirt. I love free t-shirts. When I get sent them I’ll blog about them or Tweet them or whatever. I’m a free t-shirt-whore-blogger. Here’s the t-shirt they sent: I don’t…
Walk On The Wild Side
On Saturday evenings at roundabout 6pm on BBC is my favourite new TV show. It’s called Walk on the Wild Side. The premise is very very simple. It’s people doing funny voiceovers on top of lovely nature footage. It’s the shorter simpler…
Who Stole My Inner Reading Voice?
I don’t know what’s happened. My inner reading voice changed. It wasn’t intentional. I didn’t mean for it to happen. It just did. It’s as if someone stole the old one and did a switcheroo. Thankfully now I’m writing a bog-standard blog…
iPhone Advertising Hits New Low
There I was reading an article about The Top 5 Myths About Yahoo! on Howstuffworks on my iPhone. I got to the bottom of page one, and clicked ‘read more’ like you do. Then a new page launches and… Holy fuck… It is… Noooooooooo… It can’t…
In B Flat
This is great. http://www.inbflat.net/ Last year I blogged about the idea of doing something a bit similar. But this lovely chap took a different (much better and more realistic) approach, and made something that really works. It’s been…
Outside A&E
This was the ground outside the Accident and Emergency Department of The Royal Sussex Hospital in Brighton. You may be able to spot: Discarded frilly pants A number of cigarette butts (it’s a No Smoking area) A splodge A feather A bit of…
This Week In Dadville
So far it’s been a pretty good week. Eleanor and Josie got demoted (or promoted, I’m not sure which) into Nursery 2 – where the care is a little bit less intensive. And in theory the number of beeps coming out of the machines is slightly…
Crackunit is not a Dad-Blog
As soon as I found out I was going to be a dad I vowed to myself that I wasn’t going to turn Crackunit into a dad-blog. That was about 6 months ago. And I’m still determined that this isn’t going to become a dad-blog. But as of last week…
QR Enabled M&S Orange and Mango Juice
Here is Sophie’s Orange and Mango Juice from M&S. It was bought this morning in Brighton. Looks nice doesn’t it? Then I noticed… Flip the bottle round and sure enough… The I remembered I had a QR app on the iPhone so I thought I’d give it…
Where The Wild Things Are and Pissy Pants
Latest trailer for Where the Wild Things Are is out. I quite want to see it. I’ve no idea why I’m sharing this. Perhaps because it’s Friday. Or perhaps because I have to confront my demons in order to move on with my life. But when I was 5…
Ham vs Spam
I use Akismet to stop comment spam on crackunit. As I was checking the spam stats (not something I do regularly, I’m not that sad, honestly) I noticed this link for Yummy Pie. When I see a link like ‘Yummy Pie’ in a boring stats section of…
A Party Theory of Twitter in 20 Slides
Here’s my presentation from the Glug event last week. It’s not the smartest presentation in the world. But it had to work in 5 minutes, at night, in front of a couple of hundred drunk designers in a pub. So that might explain the slant I…
Hula Hoops DJ
About 18 months ago I posted this clip: At the time I commented: Nice inspiration for an ad. Anyone, anyone… Then I saw this. I like the new Hula Hoops ads. I think they work really well. they’re funny, silly and reflect a truth about the…
Funny Because It’s True
Maybe it’s because I’ve been watching bad TV all day but this is spot on… via: Johnny Moore
Man vs Cartoon
Could this be the most brilliant TV show ever conceived? Recreate Wile E. Coyote’s contraptions for catching the Road Runner in real life. What a joy. And they’ve even got a professor called Don Weincoff (sp?). For more info head here.
The Streisand Effect
I learned something new today. The Streisand Effect is what happens when you try and shut something down online and as a result everyone finds out about it and loads more people see it than would have if you’d kept your mouth shut. It’s…
Three Things to Read About Twitter
Firstly there’s a piece about Inside Twitter in the Guardian The piece itself is pretty good. But it’s the comments underneath that are the telling bit. It’s full of the usual nonsense and lots of people moaning that Twitter is this year’s…
Spotify + sharemyplaylists.com = good
I’ve not been a huge fan of Spotify. I can’t put my finger on why not. I love the idea. I quite like the interface and things. I’ve even come to terms with Jonathan and his ads. I think that my problem is that I can’t find the music I…
Lovely Videos
Yoga, sumo and hula. All for Scrabble. Nice.
Mind Your Peas
I was in the pea section of M&S last night and spotted peas from Gloucester, Kenya, Ethiopia and Guatemala. That’s a lot of Pea-miles.
What Can We Learn From Mario Marathon?
3 guys, 1 Room. 7 Mario games. Mario Marathon. These guys are working their way through every console Mario game and attempting to collect every star on every level. At this moment in time they’re 66 hours in and doing pretty well. They’ve…
The Coolest Blog in the World
I’m so jealous of this blog. It makes me feel so very uncool. http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com It’s an unfussy Tumblr that features the coolest people ever. Great photos and well chosen quotes. Simple and well, cool. I guess. Dudes from…
257 Charts of Goodness
Post Digital Marketing 2009 View more documents from Helge Tennø. Helge lays down a seriously comprehensive overview of digital marketing (or post-digital marketing) – at 257 slides it’s long. But there’s something in there for every…
Is Sophie really Diana Princess of Wales?
This probably isn’t that funny to anyone else. But this morning I was mucking round with iPhoto’s face recognition function and trying to identify my good lady Sophie in a bunch of photos. As I was paging through them, iPhoto threw up…
Henry Rollins Meets Techno Viking
OMG! So good. If you’ve not seen the original rant it’s here: And I know you’ve all seen Techno Viking. However, I never tire of his wonderful adventures… Thank you @paryshnikov – I needed to see that.
Forget Picture Discs
This is pretty cool. Using timecoded vinyl and processing. via: http://www.creativeapplications.net and @flipper01 Imagine the fun you could have with a Wham! interactive vinyl. The mind boggles. Or Bon Jovi! If you’re looking to buy…
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 know…
A Walk and A Ruddy Good Book – Go Tim!
There’s this guy called Tim Wright. He’s a lovely chap. He did some planning and writing and things for a game we made a long time ago at Poke. Anyway he’s either become a nutjob or a genius (or maybe he was always both). I’m not sure if…
We Should Hire This Guy
This interview with Danny from Poke NY on SiteInspire says a bunch of the things that I struggle to get across on this blog. And a bunch of new and interesting things too. He’s a UX / Strategy guy (if you need to put him in a box). It’s…
Amazing Japanese UGC-Style Pop Video
Professionally produced but using real fans and webcams. Quite lovely. I can’t remember where I found this, so apologies for not giving a tip of the hat to the source. It’s gone from 8,000 views to 127,000 views over the weekend so it’s on
A New Mix for July – Both Skylights Open
As always, I’m sorry it’s been ages. Anyway yesterday I went up to the loft, opened the skylights, and this popped out. It’s perhaps got a bit more of a old fashioned house feeling in places than normal. But I think in general the sound…
Robot Love Co-Incidence
Last night I watched Wall-e for the first time. And it was good. Then today I was pulling together a mix. I’ve included the Apparat Mix of Moby’s Pale Horses which I love dearly. I tweeted that Apparat was a genius. Then @tbuesing tweeted…
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…
Gary vs Cannes
Following up on from this apologetic, defensive, whiny bitch, blah blah advertising post. I’ve decided to change my view of the world. I’ve decided to stop being such a big twat about it and move along. It doesn’t matter what you’re…
My Inevitable Defensive Cannes Lions Post
I really don’t want to have to write this post. But when even the Cyber Lions Jury Chairman is posting things like this, what’s a guy to do ;-) There are traditional agencies (although they’re the least traditional of the traditional…
Mum Rocking The Cannes Workshop Scene
I enjoyed my workshop in Cannes – it was all about smart, simple, social ideas. I wrote about it here. Thanks to everyone who helped to create chatter around it. Not sure if that’s what did it, but the room was totally full, which was…
Thief
Poor Dave has had all his camera stuff and a laptop nicked. This is the man who did it. He’s trying to see if the photos might mean anything to anyone. And he’s looking to get the information circulated online, in a ‘here comes everybody‘…
A Plea For Help
I’m in Cannes. Sitting in the belly of the advertising beast. There are some great people here. And some terrible people too. There’s some great stuff going on, and some horrific things too. Anyway I’m doing a workshop tomorrow between 2…
Raving ’89
The DJ History guys are publishing a book of photos from raves back in ’89. Very special photos. Featuring very special people. Pre-order it now. I had the hair, but I wasn’t there.…
Nokia Chargers Required – Even In Cannes
You know that email that always goes round that says “does anyone have a Nokia charger”? Even at the world’s most prestigious advertising festival same shit still happens. Here’s me delivering aforementioned Nokia charger. In a style that…
Beautiful Short Film and Music Vid
There’s something about this short film ‘Last Day Dream’ that got me ‘right there’. Not there! The still of the video is totally misleading. Via scene360. Chris Milk who made the video is also responsible for this absolutely insanely…
Bowler Hat Bike Helmet
I was joking with Katie at Poke the other day about how a big bowler hat would make an ideal cycling helmet. Well she’s just mailed me to say that it’s not just a silly idea, it’s a reality! Well done chaps at Bobbin Bicycles (although at…
Me, we, I. Our pet hate.
On the way to work this morning Sophie was reading my email out of the corner of her eye as she often does on the train (clients: do not be afeared I never let her spy on confidential things, I wait till she’s asleep or doing complicated…
New Host, New Venn
Some of you might be seeing the version of the site hosted on my rubbishy old web host. If you are, there’s no venn diagram to the right. If, however, you’re seeing the version of my site that’s hosted on my spanking new web server you’ll…
New Shoes for a New Blog
This is the first time I’ve posted new shoes to my blog. But this is the first time I’ve recieved shoes of such beauty in the post. This is not the start of a new era of shoe-blogging I promise.
New Layout
There’s probably going to be a few irksome bugs over the next couple of days. But hope you like the new, cleaner version of Crackunit. If you spot anything cripplingly bad please let me know. If you just spot some averagely bad things…
Funny Dancing and A Viral Human
Thanks Knotty. I couldn’t not post a man dancing funny that becomes a human viral smash
Why I Fucking Hate Crispin Porter So Much
It’s pure jealousy, and fear. I don’t love all their work. But I don’t love all my own work either. In case you’re like me and don’t read the advertising press so much you might have missed out on the fact that CP&B bought a Swedish agency…
AaaaaaaRgh Rubberduckzilla.com
Poke have done some Augmented Reality stuff for Oasis. It ties in with the whole Rubberduckzilla campaign from Mother. Here’s the TV spot: The guys took the Nipponophillic oddness of the ad and turned it into something that felt like it…
Ultimate Warp Music Design Porn
Ungh! It’s the realisation of the thing I blogged before. And it is very very lovely… To commemorate our 20th anniversary, we will release a deluxe special-edition of music and art, titled Warp20 (Box Set). The package features new songs…
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 a lovely booklet They’ve developed a font…
The Webbys 2009
Just got back from The Webby Awards. It was fun. As always The Onion supplied a funny thing to make people laugh: And Seth Meyers is a very good awards host. I have nothing further to say.
The Graveyard
You may have seen this – it got blogged about a lot last year. But if you haven’t downloaded it and played it through to the end you simply and absolutely must. I was talking to someone about it last night so I replayed it this morning and…
Don’t Settle for “Just Because”
I went to the Goldsmiths Design Graduate show on Brick Lane yesterday lunchtime. It was pretty good. Well there were 2 or 3 things that I really liked. You can get to the website here: http://pirateutopias.com One guy in particular stood…
Etienne De Crecy’s Amazing Cubes
Not sure how I missed these. But they’re amazing. The lovely chaps from Live Union came round to Poke yesterday to chat to us about live events. They showed us a bunch of great inspirational stuff. This was the thing that made me the most…
A Real-Life Chalk-Based Discussion Forum in Brighton
Spotted this the other day. It’s a big chalk thing on the prom in Brighton (click here for a full 6000px wide panorama where you can see all the details). It invites people to leave gossip on the pavement. It’s massive. And they supply…
If You Like To Be Stretched With Guitars…
Vasco my favourite Portuguese nutjob from Poke is putting on a night at Cafe OTO in Dalston. Which according to the Observer Food Monthly is the 4th coolest place to eat in Britain. And according to the Observer Food Monthly it’s the…
Britain’s Got Problems
From an anthropological point of view you ought be able to judge the health of a nation by the culture it consumes. And when you look at the semi-finalists of Britain’s Got Talent it paints a rather strange and depressing picture. I’m…
Game Design and Life
Interesting piece in Wired that pushes two of my buttons: Games and scoring in everyday life Making email better and more strategic / thoughtful There’s some similarities with this talk I did at Playful last year about scores. I’m…
The Times Have Changed
I went to a WW2 day in Bletchley with Sophie, my Gran, my Mum and my Auntie. It was a nice day. I couldn’t help but notice the similarities and differences between that and other similar holiday weekends that I’ve had over the years. And…
CinemaScope at BoxBird Gallery
I went to the lovely Boxbird Gallery and Studio in Hove on Sunday. They’ve got an amazing exhibition of lovely prints inspired by films. The exhibition is called CinemaScope and is well worth a visit. I think it’s only on for a few more…
Philip Glass on Sesame Street
A geometry of circles… I found it hard to believe that this was on Sesame Street, but the the Muppet Wiki says it was.
Au Revoir Poindexter – Great Blogging
It comes from hellopoindexter.info which is the blog of Heather D’Angelo from super-awesome band Au Revoir Simone. It’s simply a photo poem saying farewell to the recording studio. I don’t know why I liked it so much, it just made me smile…
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 those sites that’s just bloody…
Lolfatcats (and MPs)
It’s just a thing: lolfatcats.com Turns out not everyone in the world knows what a fatcat is. And not everyone knows what a lolcat is either. If you’re one of them you won’t get it. If you’re not you still might not get it.…
The Beautiful Sad Sick Genius of Blue Jam
I listened to almost every single episode of Chris Morris’ genius-like radio show Blue Jam when I was on holiday. It can put you in a very strange place. But it is absolutely amazing. Some of the writing is incredible. Yes it’s undoubtedly…
Warp 20
I should have posted this a while ago. http://www.warp20.net/ It’s a great bit of activity for Warp Records who are about to hit their 20th Anniversary – so they’re creating a user-generated compilation that’s going to feature the most…
The Most Exciting Blog Post That I’ve Not Managed to Understand in the Slightest
I think it’s stuff that can be done in processing in 140 characters. Which is really cool. But there’s something about this post that makes me feel really tiny and stupid. Which I am. Obviously.…
A Work of Brilliance
Dear Andy Whitlock, I love what you have done with these photographs from Campaign. I wish I had done this. You describe your work like this: Lots of ad-folk look very serious in their profile pictures in magazines like Campaign. I thought…
Is This Wabi-Sabi?
I’ve been moderately obsessed by the concept of Wabi-Sabi after seeing a documentary about it the other night. It’s far too complicated for me to understand or explain. In fact it seems to complicated for almost everyong to understand…
Easter 09 – Another One of Those Mixes
Sorry it’s been a while. This was done at the weekend when it was nice and sunny outside. Instead of trying to milk a goat, catch a leprechaun, make friends with my neighbours, learn the flute or anything else so exciting. Instead I popped…
Reactable / ImTable Performance
This has been around for a while but to my mind it’s one of the better ‘table’ performances I’ve seen. Again it’s all a bit cheesy and Jarre-like – but given the Tron suit he’s wearing I’m not sure he’d be offended by that
The Perils of Sponsorship
If you sponsor ‘documentaries’ as a genre. Or even if you sponsor catch-up TV it could happen. You may end up inadvertently sponsoring a program about a guy who dies whilst being loved by a horse. Reminds me of a ‘funny’ situation where we…
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 could be done with little…
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 of wine. Get some chores done…
The Making of Mr Oizo
Mr Oizo is probably best known for the whole Flat Eric thing. Which apparently as well as soundtracking he also directed, which was new news to me. Since then he’s made lots of banging electronic music. Most of which is just a little too…
Rave-Speak
I spotted these two posters on the way to work this morning. I just liked the way they’d turned over-used and cliched rave commands / MC chat into polite questions. It makes them sound so very British. And you know what, the nights are in…
Scott Wayne Indiana – Nice Web Art
Scott Wayne Indiana sent me a nice email and a couple of links to his sites. The first one is his photo a day project – http://coinop.tumblr.com/. I really like them. That’s one of them above. He also sent a link to 39 Forks which is a…
What If Email Was a Low Cost Airline?
I’ve been thinking a lot about how to stay on top of email. My inbox feels like it’s very ‘busy’ all the time. I’ve tried some of the zero-inboxy things and I kind of like some of it. But it’s all a lot of effort on my part. And it…
Fast DJ Setups – Another Reason To Love YouTube
I just love the mini-cults that you find on YouTube sometimes. This is my favourite find for a while. Mobile Disc Jockey’s setting up their rigs time-lapse style… And (love his YouTube overlay at the start – we should all use that…
Cap’n Jack Sparrow on The Train
Heading out of London Bridge this evening on the train. A pirate reading The London Paper. It’s not something you see every day. Honestly this is a genuine photo taken on my iPhone on the way home.…
There’s Always Room For A Cat Video, Isn’t There?
It’s had over 7m views. And it’s just a video of a cat. But it makes me laugh. Again and again. So I had to post it
BakerTweet Now Live
Some of the excellent geeks at Poke have hacked together / masterfully crafted BakerTweet. It’s a wonderful hardware / software solution for alerting people to the latest oven output from the Albion bakery. It’s a wireless Arduino thing…
Kijkers by Kessels Kramer
I was lucky enough to speak at the Boards Magazine Creative Workshop in Amsterdam last week. It was really good event and I genuinely enjoyed all the other speakers. There were a bunch of highlights. From seeing the amazing preview of the…
The ‘Zosjm pydax’ Website
Just came through on a spam. I wish I had registered with the Zosjm pydax website, it sounds bloody intriguing. Unfortunately when I search for it there are no results. By writing this post it means that I will now be the first (and only)…
I’m Tempted to Phone the Number
Sometimes these kinds of signs really bug me. They’re slightly too common on the streets of Shoreditch. But sometimes they happen to strike a chord. This is one that struck a chord. Not enough to get me to phone the number mind.…
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 Saturday. It’s using coloured…
New York Polaroids (From iPhone)
All I’m going to say is that I love Camera Bag. It’s an iPhone app that adds brilliant filters to the photos that come out of the shitty camera. I know there’s something a bit overused and cheesy about Polaroid effects. But there’s…
Do Not Erase The Internet
Spotted this on the whiteboard at the end of the office a few days ago. I’ve not shown the full details as it would be giving away some top secret next level code. Or something like that.…
Support Earth Hour 2009
The good folk at WWF are doing Earth Hour again around the globe. It’s really simple. Turn out the lights for an hour on Saturday at 8.30pm. Here’s a video about it: Judging by the number of views of that video they need some help getting…
Bring Back The Webmaster
I’ve no idea what the note above says. But I reckon it’s time we started thinking about Webmasters again. I always wanted to be a Webmaster. It sounds so super powerful and cool. If a little geeky. Anyway the more I think about what we do…
How Big is Your E-penis?
It’s crude and its crass. But sometimes that’s the easiest way to get to the nub of the issue. There’s lots of stuff out there that figures out your Twitter ranking, value, mojo, etc. But let’s cut the crap it’s all about who’s the big…
My Favourite Google Logo So Far…
Brilliant.
Loading Haiku
I’ve just finished a new website. The joys of early morning rising through jetlag :-) http://loadinghaiku.tumblr.com Basically it’s a collection of Haiku that I started writing whilst waiting for heavy websites to download (and there’s…
It’s a viral that’s viral that’s made by the Viral Factory
Earlier on the bus I’m sitting next to Flo from Dare. And he says to me that if something isn’t in his inbox it’s not viral. A couple of hours later. I’m sitting next to Ed from the Viral Factory. And he shows me this video they’ve made of…
9 Reasons Japanese Interactive Work Is Awesome
In my continued judging of the One Show Interactive awards there’s one thing that’s really starting to stand out. Japanese agencies are doing some outstanding work right now. Every year that I’ve been fortunate enough to judge…
Is This the Best Customer Service Email Ever?
From Southern Trains. It’s totally fantastic. It’s like someone’s got totally shitfaced on logistics-booze and then sat down and written an email. Dear Mr Tait Thank you for your email. I would advise you to reply to the consultation…
Beautiful Camera Error
This just came off my camera into iPhoto. I’ve no idea what it was supposed to be. But I sort of really like it. It’s a strangely lovely digital error. Update: Vasco just topped me with his quite beautiful movie errors from his Canon…
You Can Keep Your Guitar Hero
I never wanted to be a Rock God much. It’d much rather be a God of Psychedelic Electro-Pong, so Bit.Trip Beat is the game for me. Coming soon on the Wii (via Wiiware platform) As the Bit.Trip Beat site says: Everything comes from…
The Most Amazing Training Video Ever
How to hand out a free magazine on the streets of London presented by Shortlist’s publisher Mike Soutar… I LOLed multiple times and had my mouth agog for most of it. Absolute comedy gold. You really couldn’t make that shit up. “It makes…
Boring Laptop DJs?
Dude’s broken out all the toys: Wiimotes, VR gloves, gestural controllers, drum pads, etc. No one could accuse him of looking like he’s sending an email. But you could accuse him of looking a little like a techno Jean Michelle Jarre. Bits…
One Show Interactive Judging First Thoughts
This year I’m judging the One Show Interactive Awards. I’ve done it once before and they’re a really good summary of what’s going on in the advertising and comms world when it comes to digital stuff. This year they’ve asked if we’ll blog…
My New Tshirt
From the lovely guys at flyingrumor.com (damn it’s hard to type that without the u). It’s like a sheet of A4 paper. And it’s a super quality tee. And here’s the envelope it came in (I’m happy about the re-use of packaging)… And it came…
We All Need One of These
Spotted here: http://www.arcade-game-sales.com…
The Five Second Folio by This Studio
I really like this. I guess some people won’t. I know it’s kinda unusable, but that’s the point. I found myself playing through it 5 times to try and see what’s going on. Then I started trying to pause bits and rewind it. Then I figured I…
Total and Utter Moleskine Helvetica Porn
Moleskine Helvetica Notebooks limited to 500 pieces each. Only available in Asia at a price of $198HK (about 18 quid). I know it’s really wrong to want one. But I kinda do. If there’s any left you can get them from here…
Planet B-Boy – Incredible Documentary
As well as containing some of the most phenomenal break dancing I’ve ever seen this documentary is culturally pretty deep. It follows the stories of a number of teams from different countries in the runup to Battle of the Year contest…
Forget The YouTube Orchestra
A while ago I posted about making a YouTube band by mashing together random clips of people playing together and how sometimes it sounded pretty sweet. Well this guy Kutiman has gone one better and nailed a whole bunch of really rich…
Twitterfall + Gmail Fail Gives a Sense of Twitter Scale
If you’ve not seen Twitterfall it’s quite nice. It streams in Twitter messages with certain keywords in real time. It makes twitter feel like a bit joined up community (which it isn’t really). What really freaked me out was watching it…
I Put A Donk On It
I spent my Sunday afternoon making this. Sophie said “why?”. I was really just using it as an excuse to learn a bit about how iMovie 09 works. And as soon as I stumbled across the beat matching feature I knew I had to do this.
WTF – Caught This on TV Just Now
Seriously disturbing on so many levels.
Status Quo vs Scooter
Kind of like Walk This Way by Run DMC and Aerosmith. But the version that would have occurred if Satan was in charge. And just in case that leaves you in any doubt of Scooter’s genius. Check this. Kind of like a jumpstyle version of Where…
The Power of a Decent Remix
This track just totally floored me. It’s a remix of In for the Kill by La Roux which has been done over by dubstep star Skream. It’s just huge. When it kicks in just after the 4 minute mark it’d be better with a donk on it, obviously ;-)…
Samsung Go All Out in Cute Attack
How are you going to show off the big bright screen of your new mobile phone? Use it as the centerpiece in loads of scenes with super-cute animals. How can it not fail? They’d be better not having a mega-sucky website that has absolutely…
Donk Donk Donk Donk Donk
I’ve just been on a very strange voyage. A voyage into Donk. I’m going to rewind and retrace my steps so that you can join me. Come with me. Come to the Donkside. Take a trip to the heart of Donkness… Here’s where the rabbit hole opened…
Best Door Closing Mechanism Ever
At Flat White on Berwick Street Soho, London. A nice little coffee shop with a nice way of keeping the door shut. You probably can’t make it out in the photo above. So here’s a detail shot: They use a bunch of cups as a weight that pulls…
February Mix Now Live
This latest mix was recorded when it was so cold in the loft that my fingers were numb. Hopefully it hasn’t led to it being a crock of crap. Actually I’m pretty chuffed with how it turned out. It’s quite chugging and if I had to pick…
Retro or Nutter?
This old school Sony Walkman was sitting on the train table in front of me this morning (with its original stickers still in tact). Without even looking up at the owner. Half of me thought: “woah, like, totally, retro, cool, man”. And the…
I Quite Like Mr Tweet
Mr Tweet calls itself a ‘personal networking assistant for Twitter’. So I immediatly thought it would be a bunch of arse. Then I used it and I was pleasantly surprised. It’s done a lot of the hard work of keeping my Twitter party rocking…
This Might Be My New Guiding Principle
via: ffffound
Banking vs Fast Food
Atom Installation
It’s from 2007, but I’ve just come across this lovely installation by Robert Henke of Monolake fame and Christopher Bauder. A massive matrix of illuminated balloons conrtolled by magic. Details of how and who here. Beatiful image set on…
Microsoft Songsmith – A Gift That Keeps on Giving
Amazing bit of PC software that creates melody from your voice from Microsoft. Sing into the mic and it creates a perfectly usable tune next to it… Of course people are all over it, doing fun stuff. Sticking vocal versions of classic…
I Smell A Rat – Or Is It A Meerkat?
Deep breath… There’s this campaign right, it’s called Compare The Meerkat, it’s for an insurance comparison website called Compare The Market, the ad is a bit funny. I could try and describe it, but it’s easier to show you: Yes it’s all…
Too Damn Awesome – NY Times Superbowl Twitter Chatter
Not only can you see who cheered for who minute by minute: Which is very cool. If you like American Football. But they’ve done an interactive analysis of Ad Chatter too. From a quick skim through it would seem like Career Builder made the…
Twitter Went Crazy for Snow Yesterday
In my personal bit of Twitter it felt like there was a lot of talk of snow, trains and snowmen. The thoroughly awesome Twist proves that it was a global trend. Why had no-one alerted me to Twist before? It’s fantastic and does all kinds of…
What A Difference A Day Makes
Bang! And the snow is gone! The red VW is still sitting pretty, but it looks less exciting today. Andy sent me this tiltshifted version of the photo which makes the whole thing even more surreal – he done it on the Tilt Shift Maker – very…
V Smart Tactical Google Advertising
Given the fact that everyone in the South East appears to be stranded in snow I’m guessing the clickthrough rates on this will be above average. I almost clicked. And I don’t even need a new coat.
Snow From My Window
Whomp. There it is.…
The Worst Scottish Accent Ever?
From last night’s Superbowl: I’m really tempted to re-dub it and see if I can pull off a better Scotch accent ;-) And I was 100% convinced that this Cash4Gold ad was a spoof until I visited the website, where unfortunately it’s all true: I…
Are We Bored Of URL Questions Yet?
My new site: http://areweboredofurlquestionsyet.com/ Sorry but I had to. I enjoyed them while it lasted. But time’s up. Thanks Keith for the mail about a couple of them earlier in the week. If anyone’s got any more crackers I’ve missed can…
Something Nutty For The Weekend
Steve sent me this. Thanks Steve. It’s a mix by Kidda who I like and have blogged about before. If you’d like a 30 minute mix of total nutbag music to make your head go really funny. I can’t really describe it musically. It’s like…
Confidence In Blog Posts Over Time – My Analysis (Slideshare)
Sometimes this is how I feel. And sometimes I can only express myself through presentations ;-)
Just To Be Clear…
In retrospect. Looking at the comments. With the benefit of hindsight. And having chatted with Sophie (and others). I think the long post from yesterday was perhaps too long and too connected. I think maybe it should have been 3 shorter…
Ever Seen A Website That Can Make You Cry?
Oh bollocks. My last post has stirred up a bit of comment and debate. I thought it might. I tried to be as clear as I could in setting it out. So as not to create yet another us vs them debate. It feels like I failed. I was trying to…
Life Is For Connectedly Sharing Better – The Advertising Myth
Experts predict that, if current trends continue, by q4 2010 all advertising will feature groups of people making something big and impressive. Recent examples of the genre are: A big domino toppling thing, a big, unfolded newspaper, a…
The End
No I’m not packing in the blog. I’m just linking to a smashing set of images. This was mentioned in the Guardian before Christmas so has probably been well blogged. But I love this Flickr group of movie end frames. There’s some lovely ones…
Amazing Fever Ray Video (with disabled Fidget Bar)
I’d rather be watching this on a massive screen with an amazing sound system. A 500px window and laptop speakers is a bit of an insult really. When Fever Ray posted the video they disabled the play bar at the bottom which means you can’t…
The Manilow Punishment
Brilliant crime-fitting-punishment story in the LA Times… So when teenagers land in front of him for blasting their car stereos or otherwise disturbing the peace in this small northern Colorado city, Sacco informs them that they will spend…
Brilliant Dopplr Annual Report (Another PDF)
This is pure gold. I’m sure every blogger on Dopplr has considered posting something about their personal annual report. How could you not. It shows all the traveling you did last year and wraps it up in a nice, funny, quirky, and sort of…
Adobe – Nooooooooooooooo!
Just got this in my email from Adobe… Dear Adobe, you are a company that is supposed to understand design. You make wonderful software that lots of designers use. And then you go and do this. A plain text email would have been fine. A…
A New Muslim Ad Network – Outside of My Regular Purview
The other day Michael sent me a link to this story. Desedo are setting up an agency specifically to engage with the American-Muslim demographic. This is an ignored demo with $170 Billion of spending power. And in this recession, brands are…
Cut and Paste – Calling All Rockstar Designers
Cut and Paste is back in London. On Saturday 4th April there’s going to be live, competitive designing going on. Designers get given a brief and a time limit and they have to ‘do’ design in front of a live audience. Watching the video it…
Life in Another Language
Just caught this on the TV. I had no idea what it was for, but it had an intriguing coolness about it. As I had my laptop on my knee I tried out the URL just to see… Turns out it’s a pretty smart thing that C4 are doing to get youngsters…
Be Like Lil’ Wayne iPhone App
I don’t know whether to laugh, cry or download the thing and have a go. Wanna know what it does. Well it gives you… Here’s what they say: That’s the problem. It sorta sounds fun. If you can’t resist, get it here.…
What We Own And Where It’s Made
I loved this series of posts from Very Small Array. They’re basically a bunch of photos called ‘What We Own And Where It’s Made’. I just thought they were really nice, simple and thoughtful. There’s loads more countries too. Go and have a…
January 2009 – Apricity Mix
I’ve never been one for giving pretentious names to mixes. Until now. Apricity is such a great word, it means: the warmth of the sun in winter. And that’s the sound I was trying to create in this mix. Something that’ll make a chilly walk…
January Sale on Creatives
Seriously! I got spammed with this last week: Interesting that the 10% rate only applies to ‘non-digital’ creatives. I wonder what the T&Cs are? Does using ‘the email’ make you a digital creative? It should do.…
Email is like Tetris: you lose eventually
I stole this title from a thread over at IBM Developer Works. Unfortunately after such a great setup the thread itself is pretty unthrilling. Email is a lot like Tetris. The thrill of inbox zero. The joy of knocking out 4 lines with a…
Mashup Proves That Bestselling Music of 2008 Was Shit
DJ Earworm has put together this mashup of the top 25 Billboard Chart tracks of 2008. It’s technically very accomplished. But it left me feeling full of regret and despair. It shows how mainstream bestselling music is a pile of generic…
Interesting Copy in Google Mail Ad
No idea why I got served this, I’ve not been chatting about infestations, honestly. But regardless, I’m tempted.…
How to ‘Do The Internet’ with Little Boots and Imogen Heap
There’s lots that us try-hard webby / advertising folk can learn from these young ladies about how to ‘do’ social networks and audience engagement. I hate myself for even writing about this stuff in ‘those’ terms. The words ‘audience…
Is 2009 The Year of the PDF?
I damn well hope not. But as I’m linking to 3 PDFs in one day there’s something strange afoot (I already linked to the Contagious roundup of 2008). 2nd PDF of the day is JPG magazine – Photojojo turned me on to them and how, sadly, there’s…
Free Contagious Roundup of 2008
The nice folk at Contagious Magazine are giving away their roundup of the most contagious stuff of 2008 for free. You don’t even need to give them any details or nothing: click here to download the PDF. Sorry, I know it’s a year out of…
Key Trend for 2009 – STEALTH
I reckon that we’re going to see a lot of stealth in 2009. The first example I’ve found of this emerging trend is the hiding of vegetables in Baked Beans. Heinz have managed to cram 2 of your 5 a day into just 1/2 a can of these ‘Hidden…
Robotic Pole Dancers
I kept meaning to go to the Mutate Britain exhibition at the end of last year, it was only round the corner but I was never in the right place at the right time. Shame, I’d have liked to see these sexy robots… Read more at Wired, thanks…
Merry Christmas and Muppet Hip Hop
I’ve had a nice Christmas, hope you have too. This clip made me feel ready for NYE: via: Musiclikedirt
Confused
I’ve got no idea what this is about. Poster on Kingsland Road.…
My Talk From Playful in October
Here’s the talk I did at Playful on 31.10.08. It’s basically about the changing nature of scores in games and how scores are starting to infect everything. Iain Tait – High Scores Talk at Playful London 31.10.08 from Iain Tait on Vimeo…
Augmented Xmas
I was determined not to post anything about anyone’s Christmas greeting things. But then the lovely buggers at Special Moves mailed me something that I couldn’t not share. I hate them, in a nice way. Having got this, I kind of knew what…
Guess The Logo Game
Here’s a little ‘game’ that I made (using Keynote and exporting it as Flash). See if you can guess the companies from their Arabic logos… Sorry, it’s a big file and there’s no pre-loader or loading bar. But that’s how it rolls.
Stunning Video
Simply brilliant… I quite like the track (larytta – souvenir de chine) too in a proggy kind of way. I wonder if it’s cruel though? I hadn’t really thought about that
A Different Kind of Hardcore Dancing
I’ve not posted any funny dancing for a long old time. Here’s a totally different style
Advertising in ‘Making Things Look Better Than They Are’ Shocker!!!
This story is genius – thanks to Guy over on Think Demux for blogging it first (and sorry for the blatant re-post, but it’s too good not not share). He has some commentary around it. Anyway, this DFS ad has been banned. Not because it’s a…
Before Trainspotting And Before Human Traffic
There was the mighty Weekender! An awesome extended rave chronicle / pop promo from back in 1992. I always thought Flowered Up were a little bit pony, but this makes up for every slightly lame track they ever put out. I’m sure I’ve got…
Taitley’s Bitter
The Poke Christmas party was fun. But I feel a little horrid today.…
The Books What I Read On Holiday
The Road by Cormac McCarthy – Totally outstanding. You could get through it quite quickly but it’s one of those books that will stick with you for a long while. To be honest I didn’t get into it for about the first third. But then I got…
Long Photos From Goa
I’ve become a big fan of ‘Long Photos’ as Flickr calls them… Making videos is hard, but anyone can take long photos. And sometimes they just tell nice little stories. Sunsets and palms. In the background you might just be able to make out…
3 Minutes Worth of Billboard Advertising in Goa
One of the things I promised to myself when I was away was that I’d make more stuff. Regardless of how rubbish it might be. So here’s the first thing from my new regime. It’s 3 minutes worth of roadside advertising from Goa… Scroll…
Sorry, So Rude Of Me…
I’ve been away for a couple of weeks. And I didn’t even say goodbye. Sorry. I’ve been in India taking a break from all things electronic and digital. It was nice. But now I’m back I feel like a digital retard. I’ve got no idea what’s going…
54 Million Views For A Ticking Noise
I’m sure most of you have seen this. But I saw it again the other day and was as tickled by it as I was the first time I saw it. Such a simple lovely little thing. And it’s got 54 million views and counting. That’s a lot of views. But I’m…
Hungry Horace Badge
Working at Poke is always entertaining. Someone made this badge and left it on my desk. I think it’s a gift. At least I hope it’s a gift and not some kind of warning about something…
Soma Subscriptions
I’ve been a fan of Soma Records for a long old time now. They’ve been doing quality deep techno-y house out of Glasgow for years. But I only found the Soma MP3 subscription service yesterday. Here’s the details… A brand new subscription is…
Istanbul Roundup
I had a great time in Istanbul. I was talking at the Digitalage conference which was good. I think it all went OK, as much as you can ever tell when you’re standing out front and faced with a room full of people… Here’s some things I saw…
I’m in Istanbul
This photo isn’t supposed to represent Istanbul. It looks like a lovely city from what I’ve seen, it’s just something I can see out of my hotel window and I really liked it. For some reason I’m a big fan of diggers knocking the crap out of…
I Love Minimalist Gmail
The new themes in Gmail are mainly ghastly. But I get a kind of perverse enjoyment out of doing my emails on something that looks like a wireframe. It’s strangely soothing.
Amazon – Surprise Me Detail
I love sweet details – and I like this on Amazon.com when you’re browsing inside a book it has a ‘surprise me’ link. It’s just like opening a book in a shop at a random page. Sweet.…
Vintage Telecoms Ads
And of course you can surf the net, that BT Cellnet
Another Reason I Like The Hype Machine
Hype Machine has a nice ‘spy’ feature that shows you what’s going down with the kids. And you can cut it by location. So you can see what’s hot in different bits of the US / Canada / The World. I love the fact that they’ve put ‘Mystery…
Visa Queue Type Joy
I like the type on the queue number ticket at the Indian Visa place. It feels kind of retro / dynamic. A bit like being in a massive queue of people moving towards a visa counter…
Was Our Store Free Of Clutter?
This is truly great. I was at the checkout at the Co-Op in Seven Dials in Brighton and noticed that the card reader was asking me a question. A question with a simple yes / no answer. The overhead of me answering was almost zero. Just to…
Retro Gaming, Ant Attack and Hey Hey 16k
We’ve been having a big old nostalgia jam on the Poke mailing list, people nerding out about their first computer games / online experiences. It’s getting deep-geek. So I was looking for stuff about Ant Attack (one of the most influential…
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 supposed to be this mobile… But…
7 Tips For Getting A Job At A Creative Company
I’m sure that lots of people have written lots of things like this lots of times before. But it’s a bunch of thoughts I’ve been having as Poke have been looking to recruit ‘creative strategy types’ (there’s a hint in there somewhere for…
A New Mix for The Autumn
Posted over on my mixing Tumblr. http://iainmixedit.tumblr.com/ I’ve misplaced the tracklist for now, but I’ll share it with y’all soon
Father Ted Read My Blog!
Well that’s not strictly true. But I was looking at my stats when I noticed some unfamiliar activity… That’s not strictly true either. But I did get some traffic from this lovely blog http://whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com/ which is…
Strange Photographic Co-Incidence
I hadn’t noticed that the sign in this photo said “Dress Code?” on it in big letters when I took it. But oddly it ended up right next to this… It’s the totally bonkers dress code from Miyagi’s in LA. No Plain Tshirts – holy fuck! And…
The Unfinished Swan – So So Beautiful
This in-development game looks absolutely amazing. I love the art direction so much it makes me want to weep tiny black tears of joy onto a white thing. Via: Wired Game Blog
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 about talent…
On My Way To LA
Only airports have such odd novelty decorative power outlets… I’m on my way to LA to take part in the Webby Connect Conference and I’m very much looking forward to it. If you’re in the area or going to the conference drop me a line……
The Taxi Driver’s Question
I just lazily took a cab ride from the other side of town back home (and it wasn’t the taxi of the beast as pictured above – that was the first picture I found on Flickr). Anyway… The cab driver was a chatty and charming young guy. He…
Vintage Pole Position Advert – Playful Conference
I’m sure this has been featured a few places, but it is pretty awesome. I came across it whilst trawling around for various game-related things. Reason is… I’m really looking forward to it. Not because I’m speaking, but because there’s a…
Reusing not Recycling
Just realised I posted a dumb comment over on Ben’s blog. He’d blogged about how we should re-use our Amazon boxes and how it’d be better than recycling. I commented about how I’d cleverly thought of re-using some Innocent pots the other…
On The Hunt For a Technical Director
Anyone know any brilliant technical director types who’d be up for working at Poke? Our Igor is leaving to go to a super job at the Guardian. Being an agency and doing work for ‘the man’ we can hardly persuade him against going to work for…
Recession Blocker
Simple, but not really all that useful. Stick in your favourite news website and it’ll block out words like loss, crash, etc. Here’s what it does to the Guardian… Try it out for yourself…
The Worst Sign Ever?
The more I look at it, the more confused I get. I’ve got no idea what time it’s trying to communicate whatsoever…
Cissors Palace
I must have walked past this about 27 times in my life. And never once noticed the superior punnery of this particular hair salon…
Shoreditch Free Wi-Fi Campagn – FON
Spotted this sticker this morning near work. On closer inspection shoreditchwifi.com is an initiative by Fon to deliver shared Wi-Fi to Shoreditch. They say: This is a project to create a Free WiFi area for Shoreditch, so that local…
Sony Organic LED – Ooooh
I hope that this gets people wearing more latex gloves. They’re practical, and stylish
10 Books I Heartily Recommend
Whilst trying to unblock blog block at the weekend I started thinking about the books that have been major influences in how I approach work stuff. And I was going to go back and start re-reading some of them to see if they’d kick-start…
Dealing With Blog Block
I was chatting with Andy about blog block on Friday. Neither of us could quite explain why we were feeling it. And I’m not sure I can explain it any better now. But this diagram has some of the components and some of the relationships…
Borro.com – A Sign of The Times
Online pawnbroking. A sign of the times in so many ways. From Channel 4 News: Now where did I put that Rolex…?…
Paranoia Posters as A Sign of Impending Doom?
Both spotted today… I’ve got a suspicion that this kind of poster becomes more prevalent once people have bought into global fuckedness.…
iPhone Accelerometer Turns Sadness into… More sadness…
Filmed on the Kodak Zi6 (on a train in poor light). I just loved the fact that the iPhone wouldn’t let dom be happy, no matter how hard he tried
Chupa Chups Trivia
Some lollys arrived in the office from Tom’s trip away. I dropped the trivia bomb of: ‘did you know that Salvador Dali designed the Chupa Chups logo‘ on a couple of people. Expecting them to know. But they didn’t know. So I wondered if it…
Viral Schwag and the Kodak Zi6
I got a lovely note suggesting that I might enjoy this product. And that I could indulge my love of floating heads… Also in the package was a Kodak Zi6 HD video camera. It’s a small, lightweight cheap thing that can make videos and take…
Spacetime Fusion
Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene from pro on Vimeo. The science bits are pretty complicated. But who cares when it can make your videos look fucking awesome using the power of Spacetime Fusion!!!
I Really Want to Go to This Party
I just want to go to see who else would be there. If anyone.…
The Price of Cash
It’s either going up, or down, depending on which way you walk along Western Road in Brighton… It starts (or ends) at £1.25 for a withdrawal. Then it’s £1.35: Then just a few metres along it’s £1.38! Or perhaps even more confusingly ‘up to…
Political Update Profile Message
Spotted this on the Hype Machine today. I’m not even sure what it means. But it shows just how far political campaigning has become integrated into the fabric of the web. What’s next? Political allegiance verification messages before you…
PSFK Asia – October 10th
Piers is putting on one of his excellent PSFK events in Singapore. If you’re in the area. Or can blag a trip I’d highly recommend it. The London one I went to was great, and the content from the others is really spot-on too. He is a…
Wario Land – Shake it! Wii Advertising
This YouTube Channel for Wario Land is great. We’ve seen the technique before, but it really works here and was a genuine surprise. (Sorry, I guess I’ve spoiled it already, but take a look). And the game looks great too. The Wario…
Completely Insane Lo-Fi Flash Animation
From 2007 I think, but new to me. Incredibly strange lo-fi 8-bit style game animation – The Tale of the Übercat. If it’s your kind of thing don’t miss Snail Jesus Rides Again. Thanks to Martin for leaving a link to Albino Blacksheep in the…
Techno Viking’s Route on Google Maps
Größere Kartenansicht Thanks to Andy Polaine for the link to the map. I couldn’t help but open it in Goolge Earth. Then I started fantasising about how great it’s going to be once they add Street View to Berlin. Then I can retrace the…
More Church and Bass
It’s like a funny sledgehammer. Crude but brutally effective. I love the fact they’ve started using annotations to add another layer of humour too. And another… It can’t be long before someone does one of these as a proper promo video… And…
5 Games You Need to Know About
I’m not a hardcore gamer. I play games very occasionally. I’d like to spend more time doing it. But I think I’ll save it till I retire. Games are bound to be super-awesome then and I’ll have loads of time to waste. Here are 5 games that…
Growing Mushrooms In Your Old Books
Sorry I can’t find any bigger / better images of this quite remarkable thing. It’s a kit that enables you to grow oyster mushrooms in the pages of old paperback books. You just put the spores inbetween the pages, damp it down and away they…
Tiny Nudists and A Frothy Coffee in Manchester
Not a bad day…
Advertising Gambling as Insurance
I guess it had to happen. Everyone’s realised that finance is a big gamble. So Paddy Power have started advertising their betting service as a kind of insurance against your holiday being ruined by an airline going bust. The ad was placed…
I Heart Flight of the Conchords A Lot
I know lots of people know about The Flight of the Conchords, and I know that it’s not new. But there are a few people who’ve either not heard of it, or for some reason resisted. This post is for you. I’m loving it so much I feel the need…
Crisps and Conversations
I’ve been a bit of a sceptic about interactivity and FMCGs. Most of the time they just create digital litter. Maybe it’s just because I’m a big fan of crisps. But Walkers seem to be doing some peculiarly interesting things around…
Radiohead House of Cards on Current.com
I was just watching Current TV and this film about the Radiohead House of Cards video came on… It really is a bit good.
I Haven’t Got Anything Interesting To Say Today
I’m almost ready to write something marginally profound. But my brain’s a little too tired to pull it off, so I thought some of you might like this instead: I was going to say how it reminded me of Zip-a-dee-doo-dah but without the Acid…
Credit Crunch Minimix
To try and lift everyone’s spirits I’ve put together a little (30min) mix of uplifting feel-good tracks to see if I can raise the mood of the internet. It’s a mix of styles from soul / mashups / hiphop / drum and bass / other so there’s…
At The End of the Day
Like shooting fish in a barrel. But there’s a bit in the middle that’s a minor stroke of genius (I won’t spoil it)… Originally found at jiggmiester’s Tumblr.
The Finest Sweatshirt in the World?
I bought me one of these Nike x Loopwheeler AW77 sweatshirts: From the Nike 1948 store in Shoreditch. I’ve been wearing it for 3 days straight. And I can’t take it off. It truly is the finest sweatshirt I’ve ever owned. I don’t normally…
Augmented Reality Museum Tour
A nice way of adding interactivity to a museum / exhibit. It’s just a glimpse of what’s possible (in German but you’ll get the idea): More information on the project here (in English).
Hang on Tight!
Artist Kenny Irwin posts under the name perfectlymadebirds on Flickr. His photos and their descriptions are totally amazing. I found myself getting sucked into his weird universe for more time than is strictly acceptable for someone on the…
Credit Crunch Pricing – Free Internet and Coffee!
The economies of the world may be crumbling, but on Brick Lane you can now get Free Coffee and Internet. We’ll be OK.…
Flickr Unleashes the Might of the Animated GIF
I just went to enable Flickr Stats so that I could see what’s been going on in my world of photos. And imagine my surprise and joy when the ‘processing stats’ page threw up an assortment of the finest in old-skool animated giffery… This…
A New Design
Sophie’s away. So I spent most of the weekend geeking out and re-building my blog. I learned a lot of CSS stuff. But it did quite often feel like it was the boss of me rather than the other way round. Which I’m sure isn’t how it’s meant to…
Floating Heads In Movie Posters
As you might know I’ve got a thing about floating heads. So this made me laugh
I Have A Podcast – Plus A New Mix
My (ir)regular mixes are now available as . Hooray. And as an incentive to go and visit there’s . Tracklist: Hide and Seek – Imogen Heap Roter Platz (Original Mix) – Burger, Voigt (This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan (Superpitcher Kompakt…
Post It Note Experiments
By the eepybird guys. I’m not the first. And I won’t be the last to post it. But some things are just good… EepyBird’s Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo.
For More on The Augmented Reality Scene
Image borrowed from: http://www.artag.net/ If you’re looking to find out more about the whole augmented reality thing I wholeheartedly suggest that you check out Ori’s blog. It’s got lots of interesting stuff on there and seems like a…
More AR Madness
Jason at work just sent me this: Wow.
Examples of Amazing Augmented Reality
I’ve been doing a bit of digging around the whole Augmented Reality thing recently and thought I ought to share a few of my favourite things… Carcade – cool! Micro Machines on AR acid Absolutely and totally mind-blowing game taking place…
I Had To Have This Album
Because the idea of Galaxy Toobin’ is well good the Galaxy Toobin’ Gang’s album jumped out of the Boomkat newsletter at me. Then I read the description: “The cold and beautiful synths of Galaxy Toobin’ Gang are transmitted through the same…
Cleanvertising
I object to this too.…
Painted Streetvertising
You can’t flypost, but you can paint a massive huge bloody advert for deodorant with flowers on it onto the wall. I think I object.…
I Don’t Normally Post This Kind of Thing
But then I don’t normally laugh out loud like a freak in the office either
Nice Music Player / Widget / Affiliate Scheme
I like this a lot. If you’re browsing music on DJdownload.com you can choose to share the stuff you’re listening to (or buying, or thinking of buying). Which then creates a really nice player / widget that you can embed. A few things that…
Ramsay Gets Gamed
Jeez, is there nothing that can’t be turned into a video game these days – now Gordon Ramsay gets the video game makeover. Chef Ramsay watches players’ every move and judges them as they progress by yelling at them, praising them or…
Your Mum…
A sign of the times. I’m not sure this is how a classic ‘your mum’ gag should start, but this is a genuine email I received today… p.s. I’m proud of my mum.…
Forget the Congestion Charge
Mauro, one of our lovely young creatives was talking to me about beating up a car in Street Fighter 2. And I was sort of like: “what?”. And he was like: “when you see it you’ll totally remember”. And he sent it to me. And I was like…
Comparing Comparisons
All we need now is a bunch of different comparisons of comparison websites and we can compare them too.…
From The Top of The Big Ride on Brighton Pier
Here’s where I was on Sunday afternoon. It was fun.…
A New Summer Mix – This One’s A Bit of A Banger
I’m going to stop putting my music mixes directly on Crackunit. For a few reasons. Paranoia being one. DJ mixes have always been a grey area in terms of licensing, etc. So I’m just going to tidy them over to somewhere else, just to be on…
Chaos on My Desk
I got in this morning and the cleaners had spilled some coffee/glue hybrid on my desk. It had gone all the way under a box file that I use to keep all my USB gadgets out of the way: It was very firmly stuck fast: Then I had to clean up…
I’m Doing Christmas and It’s Doing Me In
The Christmas briefs are in… Aaaaaargh… People moaning about Christmas decorations in the shops in October can shut right up. I’m going to be fed up with the whole thing before Argos even puts Slade on rotation. I’m working on two of them…
Orange Unlit Tour – Welcome Hedluv
We’re putting on a tour with Orange. It’s part of the whole ‘I am’ thing. The Unlit Tour is about an artist going on the road and creating his own ‘I am’ story as he goes. The tour is going to be ‘made by everyone’. From the people who…
YouTube and Music
An odd thing happened to me on Saturday night. I was playing some music through the stereo via my laptop. Sophie started humming a tune that she wanted to hear and I thought I could recognise what it was. So I tried to find the track. But…
Massive Water Projections Are Cool
I like them a lot. I’m still a sucker for this kind of thing. The first one’s from Tokyo to promote the launch of Waterhorse: Legend of the Deep And I’m sure lots of you will already have seen this, but in case you haven’t: NOTCOT at GLOW…
Fleshmap – Body Parts in Music
This site’s got some brilliant visualisations of how often various body parts are mentioned in different genres of music. Once you’re there you can drill down into the various genres and see what’s occurring. Which is nice. But the best…
Musical Madness – Kidda – Under The Sun Remix
Sorry, I know it’s been a few musicy posts in a row. But I had to share this. It’s perhaps the most bonkers track I’ve heard recently. It’s hard to describe its genre, it’s basically like speeded up funk / soul, meets happy hardcore, meets…
An Amazing Animated Gif Video
Absolutely incredible – also from http://www.perishfactory.com/. It’s just one long scrolling scene made up of thousands of animated gifs. I quite like the song too, it’s jolly. Whoops, almost forgot the track is by The Sea and Cake and…
Bomb the Bass Butterfingers Video
I love this completely and utterly. The track is amazing and the video is wonderfully simple… It’s Butterfingers by Bomb the Bass (featuring Fujiya & Miyagi). There’s a high quality quicktime version here with much better audio.
I Hate Online Ads
When they do this kind of thing: It’s not the ads fault really I guess. But when an ad stops you from doing what you want to do you’ve got to dislike it a bit.…
Nike 1948 Popup Store in London
Edit: Popup store has popped-down.This store now appears to be closed. So don’t make a special trip to see it. If you’re in the Shoreditch area there’s a nice temporary pop-up Nike store just opposite Market Sports on Bateman’s Row. It’s…
Universities Are Hot On Google Adwords
I logged into my Gmail and picked up a message about a D&AD education thing I’m speaking at in September. And I suddenly noticed that I was surrounded by ads for clearing places at various Universities. I don’t know why I was surprised. Of…
10 Things I Love About Blip.fm
I said I was going to write a megapost on Blip.fm. Here it is. Here’s what Blip say you get out of it on their homepage: And so far it’s really working for me. If you like the sound of it join up here: http://blip.fm/invite/iaintait It’s…
Amazing Geo-Flickr on iPhone
I just installed Exposure on my iPhone. It’s a great Flickr app for the iPhone and iPod touch. It’s got an amazing ‘near me’ feature. Using GPS it locates you and finds geo-tagged photos nearby. I fired it up and almost fell off my chair…
Lords of the Dance
It’s been a very very long time since I posted a Silly Moment in Techno. This made me laugh so hard that people around the office were concerned for my welfare. Thank you Andy, you made my day.
Lovely Web Art – Harm van den Dorpel
From the beautiful White Rectangle to the strangely captivating Ping Pong this guy has got some really lovely animations and web art in his portfolio. You won’t get it without seeing his styles of animation. You need to go and have a bit…
Capital One – Doing A Good Flickr Thing Very Badly
This is a shame. Capital One did a really cool thing. Or at least it looks like they could have done if they hadn’t banked it up. I noticed on Flickr that I could make a Capital One card. I thought that sounds interesting. It’s probably…
Blip.fm is F**king Awesome
I’ve fallen deeply in love with a web application. I’m going to write a mega-post on why I think that blip.fm is the greatest thing in the known universe. But I don’t have time just now. It’s like the best bits of last.fm, twitter, and…
Lovely Becks Art Beer Bottles
When packaging just works. I couldn’t resist them in the shop. They just stood out a mile. I went in to buy 2 beers. And when I saw these I’d have bought all the designs they had. But they only had 3… I don’t even feel like a sucker. Much…
Twitter Nappies (or Diapers)
Was clearing out my camera and spotted this photo I took in Sainsburys a couple of weeks ago. Now you can watch your kids at nursery from a webcam. It’s the first in the UK according to the ad. Which made me think… It’s only a matter of…
Finally Someone’s Done Cool Bike Helmets
Big up the Danish company Yakkay. I’m so glad that someone’s made cycling helmets that don’t look like some piss-poor Tron rip-off or a bit of Super Mario fancy dress. It’s been on my list of things to sort out in the world for a while…
Making A YouTube Band
If you play solo clips from YouTube on the same page at the same time it sounds oddly like a band (kinda). I’ve got a project on the go to try and make an interesting random YouTube band maker. But I need some help. See what it sounds like…
Kinder Under Threat
I never thought I’d be ranting about chocolate eggs. It makes me feel unclean and slightly deranged. I’m hopefully going to manage to fend off the voice in my left ear going: “you’re just like one of those people you hate, the ones who…
The Girl Effect
The design of this charity site is really lovely. To my ill-trained eyes the typography is nice. And I like their promo film too. Everything about just feels like it works together. And they made sharing so easy I’d have felt mean not doing…
DIY Love:Hate Posters
I liked this poster set. You get a love poster and a hate poster. And 3 sheets of Letraset based words and phrases. Without wanting to be a wanker about it, I like the fact that it forces you to make a simple binary decision about a bunch…
iPhone as VJ / DJ Controller via Midi
I know someone who is holding out on getting an iPhone because he was a bit scathing about them when they first came out. He’s scared of being shown up as a fool and a traitor when he gets one. This video is just another example of the…
Blogging From WordPress App on iPhone
And watching Never Mind The Buzzcocks Blimey. It worked.…
Trancecracker – Old Gold
One of the best things about StumbleUpon is that sometimes it’ll serve up a smashing slice of retro-web pie. Like this chuckleworthy strip called The Trancecracker. Actually, it’s probably only funny if you’ve ever witnessed trancemonkeys…
Looks Like Carphone Warehouse, Smells (and Sounds) Like Minilogue
Minilogue video by Kristopher Storm (Music by Minilogue). Carphone Warehouse ad by Kristopher Storm (Music by Minilogue). I’m really confused. Everything in my brain is shutting down and I’ve got no idea what to say about it. My groove has…
Sometimes It’s Hard
Poke NY’s unofficial motto is Don’t Give Up (at least it was last time I was there). There’s various versions of it all round the office. At first I wasn’t sure I liked it. But I’ve grown to realise that it’s a really important skill and…
When Balloon Races Go Wrong
Hilarious Balloon Launch Failure – Watch more free videos Thanks to Joe Wheeler for the link.
All Comments Are Not Created Equal
Sometimes blog posts just write themselves. Today I got two comments that obviously resulted from smart, online-aware people seeing what’s been written about a topic on the web. One of them is fantastic. The other one terrible. The…
Love’s Powerpoint Website
I’m gutted. But impressed. And glad. Love have made their new website in Powerpoint: http://www.lovecreative.com/ I’m gutted because I’ve been whanging on about doing a website in PowerPoint for the last couple of years. But impressed…
Lovely Sandwich Photos
I was playing with Flickr Storm and I stumbled on these brilliant lunchbox shots. Taking lunch to work is apparently the thing to do now the credit crunch is biting. I hope that reduced budgets don’t lead to reduced creativity in the land…
Custom QR Velcro Patches
There was quite a bit of interest in the Facebook QR Code T-Shirt that I featured a while ago. So I figured this velcro QR code patch might be of interest too. Each patch is a unique QR code that you, the purchaser of said patch, has…
Hitchcockian Copyright Message
It’s rare you see a creative interpretation of an anti-piracy message. I felt that this was one of them… The text alignment is superb around the finger.
Powerful Tools In The Hands of Idiots – Part 1: After Effects
I’ve just started messing around with Adobe After Effects. You might wonder why. I sort of wonder why too. Thing is I’ve been working with Keynote recently and getting a bit inspired at how it can do cool stuff with video. Then it dawned…
July Mix From The Loft
It’s been a little while since I climbed the ladder into the loft to put some more tracks into a mix. But that’s what I did at the weekend. And here’s the result. I struggle with genres these days and when I go ‘up there’ to do a mix I…
A $5 Laser Show – OMG OMG OMG!
I love lasers and music. I just do. So I almost wet myself when I saw this great video of a $5 laser show: Full instructions on how to make your own are here. Or Dr Altman will take you through all the necessary steps right here: Perhaps…
Making Art With Microsoft Office
It’s kind of ironic that the only Microsoft tool that has an ‘art’ mode is Word. Who could miss its amazing ‘Word Art’ feature – if you’ve never played with it, go into the ‘insert’ menu and choose ‘picture’, then in the picture menu…
Unknown Track – Unknown Artist
My iTunes just served me up a track called unknown by unknown. Lord knows how that got there ;-) Trouble is, I really really like it. And it sounds like it could be from today, or it could be from any time in the last 25 years. It’s a kind…
It’s Time For An Adaptor Amnesty…
I honestly don’t know how I’ve accumulated so many. I really don’t.
Dark PayPal Diamond Phishing
I got sent this yesterday: Man those guys are evil. Of course I’d want to dispute a payment of $420 for a purchase of diamonds that I didn’t make. Ones that are being sent to someone I don’t know. If I didn’t work in the business I’m sure…
It’s a Kind Of Bally Foamy Thing
Further proof that all ads are rapidly tending towards a point of absolute singularity… By Publicis for Orange Slovakia as far as I can make out. Via Space Invaders.
My Kung Fu Style is More Googleable Than Yours!
I found this quite amusing. This Kung Fu class poster looked relatively standard: Then I noticed this: I couldn’t help but chuckle to myself why I imagined: It’s amazing that Google Ranking has now become something that even Kung Fu…
What Advertising Can Learn From Radiohead
I wasn’t going to blog about the House of Cards video and it’s brilliant integration with Google and the geekosphere. I wasn’t going to blog it because everyone else has. It is bloody brilliant though. Yet another example of how Radiohead…
Photos of TV
A brilliant collection of strange moments on TV screens. Found via a new blog in my repertoire: Spinning Around Seventy Seven (or it might be Seventy Seven Spinning Around). Anyway you can find it here: http://t4w.blogs.com/spinningaround/…
Creative Similarities?
On the David Elsewhere stuff Tim just commented: I liked spike’s version from a year or two ago. With a link to this video: It’s a different thing doing a different job. But I can see how one would perhaps make you think of the other. For…
Let Them Eat Cake. Pringle Cake!
They may crunch like a crisp and taste like a crisp, but Pringles are now officially closer to a cake than a potato snack. Judges have ruled that Pringles could soon be VAT free after P&G managed to convince law-lords that their addictive…
Sculptural Graffiti – 3rd Dimension
As well as seeing Morris Dancing I also went to a different part of the cultural spectrum and visited to an exhibition of sculptural graffiti called ‘3rd Dimension’. It was worth a look. It’s on at the Sallis Benny Theatre in Brighton…
Morris Dancing – Just Do It?
Yesterday my life was changed. I saw street Morris Dancing. Well it was just ordinary Morris Dancing. But in the street. I’m sure there’s room for updating this old fashioned art – perhaps mashing it up with some rude drum and bass styles…
David Elsewhere and Motorola
Here’s a new thing that Poke have just finished. Well it’s not completely new. It’s taken a bit of time to get out into the world for various reasons. in fact some of the very eagle-eyed amongst you might have noticed that I posted some of…
More O2 iPhone Woes
From yesterday in Brighton: Whoops! It’s a bit of a shame because they’d got all the upgrade pricing and stuff sounding right. And the things they’re doing around encouraging re-use of old iPhones is nice too.
Google Maps Gets Better and Better
Maybe I’ve just been using the internet with my eyes half shut. And I’ve no idea how long it’s been there for. But the overlaying of photos and Wikipedia entries to the standard Google Maps offering is really nice.…
14tracks.com – A New Boomkat Offering
I’ve whanged on about Boomkat before. They’re a great example of a niche e-commerce player – although I’m guessing they’re a pretty big niche player now. They sell music online – mainly electronic stuff – they started selling CDs and Vinyl…
Joy Division Zune
I’m a bit late to it but check the Joy Division Zune pre-loaded with content. Let’s face it the tech might not be your thing, but surely this is at least slightly more cool than a U2 iPod?!? via: Coolhunting.
TPS Reports in RTM
I just noticed this in the Remember the Milk task manager in Gmail. The default task is “TPS Report 5pm”. For some reasons TPS reports chimed a bell with me. Then I remembered they’re featured in the legendary film Office Space: In reality…
My New Favourite Quote
By Michael Beiruit (in conversation with Peter Merholz): It’s a dirty secret that much of what we admire in the design world is a byproduct not of “strategy” but of common sense, taste and luck. Some clients are too unnerved by ambiguity…
Is It Just Me…
Or has the language of dots next to something taken on a meaning that perhaps it didn’t have before… When I spotted this in the window of a hotel I thought to myself: “How odd that they’re promoting the fact that their facilities are only…
A Hierarchy of Blogging
As I mentioned the other day I’ve been a little slack in my blogging recently. I started having a bit of a think about my blogging behaviour to see if I could make sense of this most recent lull. I’m sure the self-analysis was partially…
It’s Nuts But Someone Had to Do It
Saw this in the pub on Saturday.
O2 Bad Web Page
The new O2, we’re out of stock of the 3G iPhone, page is bad. For a number of reasons. The whole upgrade/ordering thing was a farce, but more on that elsewhere… But worst of all is the padlock in the top right hand corner. In my book a…
Email From A Hero
I just got an email out of the blue from Don Norman. He’s a dude. He wrote a great book called the Design of Everyday Things, a book that I love dearly. Apparently he’s been using the above photo that I took years ago at the Aladdin Hotel…
upl8.tv from Poke NY
The chaps at Poke NY have just spawned a new thing of total awesomeness. Basically it’s a YouTube viewer that allows you to browse YouTube clips using just the space bar. You visit the site and start watching. If you don’t like the clip…
Balloonacy is Go! Hooray!
After lots of late nights and hard work by lots of valiant people at Poke the Orange Balloon Race is finally live and running. And it seems to be working like a dream (fingers crossed). You probably saw it obscuring the front of the site…
One Of The Greatest Quotes Ever…
It’s nice to be back… TV is not vulgar and prurient and dumb because the people who compose the audience are vulgar and dumb. Television is the way it is simply because people tend to be extremely similar in their vulgar and prurient and…
Holiday Snaps (Well More Photos of Insects Really)
I saw lots of great bugs on holiday. Here’s some photos… I had a really nice relaxing time too. But bugs are more interesting than me and Sophie reading books by the pool. So I thought I’d share these photos instead.
See You In A Wee While
Bye for now chaps. I know I’ve not posted for a while anyway so you’re not going to notice much of a difference. But I’ll be back soon. Just in time for the launch of the Balloon Race (god I’m a shameless link-whore aren’t I?). Off for a…
Webbys 2008
Just got back from the Webbys in New York. We were over there to pick up a People’s Voice for the Orange Never Ending Web Page. There’s evidently no photo of me picking up our Webby, so here’s a picture of Richard from Moo picking up their…
Radiohead – Obsolete Hardware Remix
This is absolutely incredible. So nicely done. As I’ve said before I like the idea of Radiohead more than I actually like Radiohead. This is another part of that puzzle. Basically it’s a response to the ‘Nude’ remix contest that they set…
Sony – When Good CRM Goes Bad
I understand the colour bit. And glad to see they still spell it properly (with a u) in Polish. But other than that I can’t see why Sony would send me this unless it’s some kind of strange ARG
More Balloonacy
There’s been some really good comments about the Orange Balloon Race. Including a couple of people mentioning some issues with explanations and UI on the site. We’ve made a bunch of improvements and hopefully iit’s getting better all the…
The Orange Balloon Race – Playballoonacy.com
Here’s the start of another major thing that we’ve been working on for Orange for a while now… Registration is now open for the first Balloon Race Across the Internet. Visit: playballoonacy.com Basically we’re going to set off loads of…
FHM Go Beatboxing – So Nearly Brilliant
A guy from FHM learns to beatbox. Then enters the UK Beatbox Championships. The video is really nice, fun and kind of educational. “Buh, keh, buh, keh, ts, ts. I’m getting it. I’m really getting it…” The clip above is basically a teaser…
Stencil Reply To Bad Tagging
I wish I’d had that stencil when our house got done. Or maybe it just escalates the whole thing in a spiral of paint-based aggro. (Spotted on Rivington Street in Shoreditch).…
Twitter On The Shitter?
It’s a question that’s been bugging me for a while. Do people send Tweets when they’re in perhaps, shall we say, more compromising positions. I did a straw poll around a table yesterday and got a very mixed response. I’m not saying where I…
Contact Juggling As I Believe It’s Called
I normally find this kind of thing a bit sort-of cringe inducing. But this guy is absolutely phenomenal. I also quite liked this clip of a bunch of glass-ball nerds just mucking around and having a jolly good time. UPDATE: I started to…
The Last Ever Clubpub Mix
Some people might know about ClubPub, a lot of you won’t. Basically it was a very irregular night that the Poke people have been organising over the last 5 years. It all started out with us just renting out a pub on Wednesday nights and…
Red Bull Music Academy – Brilliant
I’ve not really looked into the Red Bull Music Academy stuff before. IT’S AMAZING. There’s some brilliant video lectures and an awesome podcast. It’s like TED for cool music. The lectures are full of heroic musical dudes from bunch of…
Brighton low tide cycle ride
An early morning bike ride along the beach at low tide on August 3rd. Sounds like fun. I’m a bit scared by the ‘clothing optional’ bit though. But the photos of last year on Flickr don’t have too many naked people in them (phew). And if…
A Guide to Spot the Bull 2
I’m not going to stop pushing Spot the Bull until everyone in the world has visited the site.
Teabuddy Scandal Alert
Ouch. I really want to nip this one in the bud before it gets out of hand… George Parker (who’s work and brutal honesty I admire a great deal) has written a rather fruity post about something that I wasn’t going to comment on. Basically I…
Spot the Bull is Back!
Orange’s Spot the Bull is back. And this time it’s bigger and better than before. Now featuring: team play allowing you to win up to 8 tickets per group live multi-cam video streaming from the field real time stats and bull-tracking…
A Weekend of Boom Blox
I couldn’t find Wii Fit anywhere this weekend. And even Mario Kart seemed to be sold out at most places so I took a punt and bought Boom Blox for the Wii instead. Net result. A very sore arm and many hours wasted. It’s a brilliant game…
The End of Busy Week
Calls for something special… Penguin wins, hands down.
ABC3D – The Most Brilliant Book Video Ever
Sorry if this is old hat, it’s been seen by quite a few people on YouTube. But it’s one of those things that even if you’ve seen it before, you’ll be happier after seeing it again
How Many 5 Year Olds Could You Take In A Fight
22 I liked this promotion for a free online dating site. Not because I endorse fighting gangs of 5 year olds (although I’ve probably had more experience of that particular activity than most, but that’s another story…). I liked it because…
The Mysterious Adventure of the QR Code In The Toilet
I spotted this ‘QR Code’ stuck to the underside of a loo seat. And I thought to myself “what a peculiar, yet intriguing place to stick a QR code”. So I took a photo of it thinking that it might reveal the start of a marvelous adventure…
Outsourcing In-Housing And All That Jazz
I’ve been having lots of bollocksy conversations with ‘industry types’ about whether doing production in-house or outsourcing it is the right thing to do. I’ve always been of the opinion that you need at least a good core of production…
Compfight.com
Andy our latest new Poke chap alerted me to the awesomeness of Compfight.com. It’s a Flickr search tool that allows you to find and view lots of Flickr images quickly with some key filters (like Creative Commons licensing). It’s a top way…
Don’t Count Me (dot com)
Actually when it says pre-Alpha, I think it’s more like pre-vapourware, but this is an open call to all the inventors and brilliant people out there. Will someone please invent a web-hit-deleter. A few times recently (in fact twice today…
Autechre On MySpace
If you were glitchy techoid producers of freaked out soundz. What would you do with your MySpace page? I guess make it completely fucked up and glitched out. Right? That’s what Autechre have done anyway. Totally unusable. But I can’t help…
Tweetwheel Good
This is nice. It shows which of your Twitter friends are friends with each other. Simple, but revealing and oddly engaging.…
Light Graf Goes Mainstream
This lightwriting animation about The Very Angry Caterpillar was shown on BBC childrens’ TV show Blue Peter. More on it at Flickr. It’s nice.
ManBabies.com
GET MORE AT ManBabies.com! The new lolcats? Perhaps not, but Manbabies feels like a pretty important moment in internet history. Thanks to Nilesh for the tip.…
The Perfect Music for Anything Ever
The world didn’t really need any more music after Africa by Toto did it? We’re just being greedy. Although there is a natty nu-balearic re-make by Rune Lindbaek which featured on his Klubb Kebab album last year, which I think I’ve got…
Sneakers – From the Sublime to the Ridiculous
For a window on the worlds ‘coolest’ sneakers check out the Japanese store Hangtime. Here’s some of my favourites. Not sure I could wear many of them though… Nike Air Structure Triax: Adidas Consortium Superskate Street: An odd wasp-like…
Modern Toss Museum of Urban Shit-Naks
At the Inkd gallery in Brighton right now. It was closed yesterday when I went by. But I’ll get in there somehow…
Two Things I Thought Everyone Had Seen, But Turns Out They Haven’t, Yet
If you have seen these already, sorry. I thought that they’d done the rounds but I’ve mentioned both of them to a few people who’ve all looked at me blankly. So I thought I should share… Facebook in real life: And this guy who breaks out a…
A Muxtape for Blue Skies
What a jolly nice day. Here’s a muxtape for the kind of stuff I’ll be listening to… http://easygeezer.muxtape.com/…
10 Things Google Found To Be True
I reckon there’s some gems in this list. Stollen mercilessly from the most excellent Core 77 Blog.…
Portfolio Night
I was lucky enough to go to Portfolio Night 6 last night. Set up by the enterprising young dudes behind http://ihaveanidea.org/ it’s billed as a chance for young creatives to meet creative directors (for a fee of £10). I felt like it was a…
YouTube vs Last.fm
Nicely executed mashup of last.fm and YouTube made by a guy called Tim Bormans. It looks slick and works pretty well – to view it click here. It’s easy to make your own personalised music video channel, as long as you’ve got a last.fm…
Hooray For The Design Police
I’ve been banging on to a couple of designers about how they need to start up something like this. They need to hunt down and bring to justice all of the horrible design that keeps creeping into some of our documents. Now someone’s done…
2 Amazing Videos
Both entries to Radiohead related competitions. This first one was a D&AD brief last year for a video for a Thom Yorke track. It won. It’s quite dark. But it works it’s simplicity nicely. And this from the ever stunning Flight404. Have…
Flowing Pixels from the 8-Bit Pool on Flickr
Some nice stuff in this Flickr Group of 8-bit stuff I particularly like the pixel pot plant too. via: Wonderland…
Roller Coaster Mini Game
This little Roller Coaster flash game from the University of Cambridge teaches you how to get the balance right in the design of big dippers. Too much thrill and people pass out, not enough and you can’t progress. Although it’s incredibly…
Walk to Work Day
Last week I got given this flyer for Walk to Work day. Now I’m all for walking to work days, they’re a great idea if you ask me. But these flyers were being handed to people who were walking to work. On Walk to Work Day! Definitely a case…
10 Things I Learned from Mental Detox Week
If you’ve just arrived here from AdBusters you might also be interested in what I got up to this weekend – I did still use the Internet a little bit – but it’s primarily a bunch of offline stuff that I did started by an online thing… Might…
Crayon Madness
This is the kind of thing you miss when you’re away from the Internet: Color + Design Blog / All 120 Crayon Names, Color Codes and Fun Facts by COLOURlovers All 120 Crayola crayon colours in Hex and RGB along with their original names and…
Allez-Allez.co.uk
Here’s a link to a site that posts lots of great mixes of the greatest music in the world. If I was younger and lived in London town I go to all these guys’ parties and be like their total groupie. They’ve even got a mega Kompakt party…
Some Things I Saw Last Week
When I wasn’t blogging last week I saw some things: Nu-rave extreme fashion in Brighton (they’ve got some amazing Sun Microsystems sunglasses in there – perfect for the Skins obsessed-geek in your life) A road that looks like a sex organ A…
I’m Almost Back
It’s hard to get back into the swing. I’m almost there. But my first day back was a big old day of Fast Strategy at the IPA surrounded by way-clever people. I feel a bit scared about starting to re-blog after that. And tomorrow I’ve got a…
Mental Detox Week: Thought From Last Night
Mental Detox Week: Day 2 Observations
Mental Detox Week: Fear
Mental Detox Week: Something I Read
I’ve not been doing any kind of web-surfing or anything screen based. So all my new info is coming from books and mags. Here’s a favourite bit from the excellent Ocean of Sound by David Toop: And that’s how dub is made ;-)
Mental Detox Week #1
Like I said I’m not really blogging this week. Just uploading notes from paper so I spend as little time as possible on the computer. And never outside my workday window. Read more about Mental Detox Week.
Zoomquilt 2
Some more infinite oddness. One scene just morphs into another in a captivating manner. Click here and get sucked in…
Mental Detox Week
Adbusters have changed their Turnoff TV week into Mental Detox Week, its tagline is Escape the Fantasy. It’s a pretty interesting challenge for someone like me. It’s running from 21st-27th April. That’s next week. Eeek. The idea is simple…
Remixed Dancing Videos
I’ve had one of these saved for a while, but when I found the other I thought it was time to post them as a set. I don’t know why, they just tickle me. And this one from Romania (thanks to whoever sent this link to me via del.icio.us – I…
I’m Chatting at Under The Influence
Iris are putting on an interesting event next week in London. It’s totally free so go and sign up if you like the look of it. It’s called Under the Influence and it’s 20 talks spread around 5 pubs in Borough Market. Each one has a…
KDDI Eye Project
Massive morphing movie shapes featuring UCG films and photos. Very very slickly done. Eye project from KDDI. And the ‘blog this’ widget (above) is nicely executed too (although I think ‘join’ is a pretty harsh call to action that would put…
The Next Creative Revolution
I liked this thought piece by Nick Law from R/GA. The Next Creative Revolution at Creativity-online. It’s a thoughtful (yet slightly empassioned) piece on the evolution of advertising. For a taster: This, we are told, is integration. For…
It’s a Safetergent WTF
A classic: “It’s not a detergent it’s a safetergent”. I just saw this on TV and couldn’t believe it. I didn’t think I’d be able to share it, but thanks to the all-seeing YouTube I can. Hooray.
Google Ads Phishing
Got this today: Damn them. It’s a fake that leads to a well disguised Chinese phishing site. Looks like it’s been happening quite a bit. The copy is slightly different but the technique is similar. Then I got sucked into reading about…
Seth Godin Kicked Me In The Nuts
Ah man. Sometimes you can’t help but link to one of Seth’s posts. It feels a bit lame and boring because everyone reads his blog anyway (don’t they?). But sometimes he kicks you in the metaphorical gonads with one of those, clever…
What a Wonk
Following on from the post about URLs out, searches in. According to Ad Week: W+K in NY have hired a search dude (By the way I’m not suggesting a causal relation between my blog post and the hiring before anyone thinks I’m being a total…
Tshirt of Absolute Genius
The design is not nice. But conceptually I love it dearly. Buy one here. If you’re into tshirts, Nik’s buythistshirt.org has some nice/nasty ones.…
Mad Men = Awesome
Having said recently that I don’t watch much good TV. I ended up watching Mad Men on BBC4 on Sunday night thanks to a recommendation from mum. Truly great. From the team that brung the world the Sopranos it’s a beautifully crafted drama…
Pickwick Ovens
Pickwick Ovens are the best thing in the world ever. I was thoroughly delighted to see one in action in Leeds city centre. The most genius thing about them is the fact that you can smell them from about 1/2 mile away. You know you’re in…
Abstract Group of Companies
I want to work for an Abstract Group of Companies group company. Spotted this brilliant sign in Leeds.…
Street Art
Spotted this last night on Rivington Street. It looks like an original Ian Stevenson to me. I was tempted to pick it up and take it away. But taking it off the street would have been a crime…
Commit No Nuisance
Could be a new motto for life.…
Inseminar
A seminar about artificial insemination. What are you going to call it? Inseminar of course! When I saw this I could almost hear the high-fives in the naming brainstorm echoing around me.…
Download Music It’s Free
Well, sort of…
Sign on Pub Toilet Door
Made me laugh.…
The Dangers of Change
The world’s gone mad. Since when has giving change been a security issue? I could understand that giving change might be a pain in the arse for people working in shops. But to escalate it to this seems bonkers. I love the fact that…
Twitter Tip
Those bugging Twitter tips when it has some extra characters to use up are usually just a pain in the bum. This time though it seems like it almost makes sense…
Photojojo – A Smart Thank You
If you’ve not come across photojojo and you use a digital camera a big chunk of your life is missing. They deliver some of my favourite online content. So I did an odd thing this morning, I switched from using their RSS feed to getting…
Octopussy in Udaipur
One of the many strange things we saw in India was the fact that you can watch Octopussy in almost every single bar, restaurant, guest-house or hotel in Udaipur. Every night. Seriously. Of course it’s because a big chunk of the film is set…
Shit Graffiti and Shit
Got home today to find this shit graffiti on the side of the house, as well as a small pile of dog shit just next to it to finish the perfect picture of urban decay. I wouldn’t have minded so much but the letter formation on this ‘tag’ is…
See you later…
I’m going now. I may be some time. I’ll be back in January. I might be back before. But maybe not. Depends on my techno-itch. So comments and things might not get moderated – but it’s not because I don’t love you. Have a great festive…
Audio Brighton, 1st December, Andy Weatherall
Hands in the air are back. As are lazers.…
Ceefax Dashboard Widget
This is so cool. It’s a dashboard widget of live Ceefax! I’m going to keep it installed as a way of counting my blessings. Every time I get annoyed at the Internet being slow I’ll try to find the same thing out on Ceefax. It’s been around…
Festive Fun @ Canary Wharf
Ho ho ho.…
WWF Paper Boat on the Telly
It floats!!! Very excited to see the WWF paper boat floating around covered in signatures on the telly last night. Firstly on the BBC News: Then on Newsnight: There’s lots of reasons why we decided that a piece of purely online activity…
Boozageddon?
One of the best TV show titles I’ve seen in days. 24h Booze Britain: Boozageddon? Someone was telling me that because we live in a world where most of us use EPGs to navigate the TV channels titles are becoming ever more important. I guess…
Some People Are Tough
It felt like about 2 degrees earlier today. And the wind was blowing pretty hard (you can see by looking at the sea). We were wearing hats and scarves and wrapped up warm. But this dude was jogging topless along the beach in his little…
WWF Paper Boat and Plane ‘Live’
Hoorah! The big paper plane and paper boat are real, and they’re down by the Thames. Don’t forget to sign up to lobby for a stronger climate change bill (one that includes shipping and aviation for starters) at…
Desk Tidy Swap Shop: Wine Glass Car
Here’s a wine glass that has a little car on its base. It’s really nice. But it’s been sitting on my desk for 4 and a half years now. I need to tidy it away. I should really just throw it out but I can’t bring myself to do it. Someone must…
The South is Broken
I’ve never seen it like this. There’s only 1 train in the station and everything is broken. But luckily (I think) I’m on that train… Update: The train has gone a different way from normal. It went over a big viaduct which was very pretty…
A Minor Update
I’ve made a few tweaks to the blog. A few bits might be missing for a while. But hopefully not too long. I’m trying to rebuild it in a way that I sort of understand. And right now I sort of do. Just. If there’s anything that doesn’t work…
My Love of Spam
I have a strange obsession with spam. Now I can look at lovely illustrated lines from spam thanks to the skills of Linzie Hunter. Check the Flickr group right here. via: the excellent Core 77…
Great Book – 99 Ways To Tell A Story
Whether you like comics or not this is a great book. The author takes the same, very simple, story (a guy going downstairs to the fridge) and tells it 99 times in different ways. There’s loads of variety and you don’t have to be a comic…
Great Explanations of Wikis, RSS, etc…
Common Craft have created a bunch of interesting explanatory videos, they say: We’re interpreters. We present your products and services in plain English using short, unique and understandable videos in a format we call Paperworks. Theres…
Never Judge a Book By Its Cover
Penguin have re-covered a load of their books in the lovely ‘classic’ style covers. I was particularly inspired by ‘The World According to Clarkson’ re-badged as essays.…
Oh My God!
Like any good Mac Geek I upgraded to the new version of OS X (Leopard) at the weekend. And its very nice. A painless experience and there’s literally zero learning curve. But at the same time I keep finding new little things that are…
Sorry.
Sorry. I just saw this and couldn’t stop looking at it. So I figured if I put it up here all of a sudden I’d notice my ‘time spent on page’ stats go through the roof. Happy weekend!
Russian Dolls That Look Like Me
Just saw this thing about Paint Your Own Russian Dolls on PSFK. Now it’s unlike them to be so late to the game. Weiden+Kennedy had a window display of painted dolls back in June ’06. But ages before that. September ’05 in fact (for my…
Smack!
I’m in one of those work frenzy holes, no spare thought cycles for anything. So here’s a scan of a piece of stationary that I’ve got in my desk. It’s an envelope that I got in Japan years ago. I never knew what it was trying to say, I…
What to do in Chicago?
I’m going to Chicago for a couple of days. On the outside chance that I get any spare time anyone got any things that I simply can’t miss…?
Businesses Are Like Cats
I’ve no idea where this came from, but as I was trying to get to sleep last night I came up with this rather odd, and strangely extended, metaphor. Businesses as cat ownership (I’ve a suspicion it might work for kids or dogs too, but I’ve…
Courses I’d Love to Do
I’ve just been helping out with a D&AD / IPA talk about ‘sharpening your creative skills’ for wannabe Creative Directors. Not sure how much help I was, but hey ho, I told a few stories and gave my opinion on some stuff. (The image above is…
My Eclectic Score is…
My eclectic music score is 90 out of 100 (according to this nifty last.fm script). It also figures out an extended list of recommended artists calculated thusly: The following script takes the 20 top artists in your musical profile from…
Cranes are Big
This is a very big crane on Ebor Street near my work.…
I Love Beer and Rap
I quite like beer and I can listen to rap for a bit. But these guys are obviously more passionate about the two than me. (From above a graffiti gallery/shop called RareKind in Brighton)…
Brighton Chip Shop
Anthropologists could figure out a lot about Brighton just by looking at this chippy window. It’s all breakbeats (old skool rave, drum and bass, coldcut and breaks), with an odd rock thing in there too. And of course there’s a small dose…
Internet Now Working
Yeah, that’s what they say… I don’t think it’s strictly true though. I always liked with Tim Berners-Lee’s quote about the Internet always being “a little bit broken”. (Read more at The Cluetrain Manifesto – it’s in the bit about the…
Starbucks Bring Drinks To Your Laptop
This from their wi-fi login page: It’s a nice thought
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 I have a really strong urge…
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 the other day…
I’m Drawn to Nerdy Bag Contents
I don’t know why, but I really liked looking through this gallery of peoples’ bag contents. Perhaps it’s because they’re all readers of Life Hacker and therefore they tend to be pretty organised and full of interesting gadgets and overly…
Acid Free Child Safe Microdots
How things have changed…
Cryptic Icons
Icons are cool. They let you get across the message quickly and easily. Unless of course they’re bad icons that just leave you puzzled and wondering what on earth is going on… No socks? No messy ticks? No poor counterfeit Nike sportswear?…
Rachel Whiteread Poster
As always Brick Lane is home to the most interesting posters…
Lara Croft – The World is a Pallet
I’ve got no idea why this picture of Lara Croft is chalked on a pavement in Brighton with ‘The World is a Pallet’ written above it. Any ideas?…
London 2012 Shit Poster
Wow. People are still hating that logo! Saw these on Brick Lane yesterday. There’s no URL or obvious association with anything. Just a pure statement of hatred for the London 2012 Olympic Logo, nothing more.…
Interactive Visualisation
I love this a lot. It’s basically an interactive way of showing how CEO’s salaries have risen in relation to the average worker. Of course a graph or table could have done the job adequately. It just really brought the data to life for me…
RSS of the beast
I saw this today and felt scared
I found this a bit disturbing
This was the top of a registration email from Apple. I’m not sure a winking smiley saying ‘We’ve got your number’ makes me feel all that safe. It’s kind of like them saying. Haha, we know all about you, nudge nudge wink wink… Or maybe I’m…
Brain Training – Success!
Blog Closed For a Bit
I’m on holiday for a week or so. Hooray!
More Virgin Media Moaning
I thought it’d had all been sorted out after my last set of ranting. But it would seem not. I’ve now been cut off. Or at least TV and phone have, broadband (oddly) still seems to be working. As before I’m not going to let this rant pollute…
I Have Moved
Last night I moved server. A very stressful and delicate opperation. Hopefully you won’t have noticed too much disruption. I’ve gone back to a simpler layout and removed some of the widgets that were on the site – they were just getting in…
Fancy Working For Orange?
Orange are on the lookout for a new Digital Manager. Obviously the best thing about the job is that you’ll get to work with Poke, and you’ll get to boss us around. And we have to be nice to you. But aside from that it’s a pretty cool role…
If there’s one therapy I don’t need…
It’s quite soft enough already.…
Like a Virgin
It’s really odd. But since I’ve been away for a week on holiday I’ve found it really really hard to start blogging again. I’ve faced the blank WordPress interface a couple of times now, but I just can’t seem to do it. It’s not that I…
The Medium is the Message
Is this what Marshall McLuhan meant when he said: “the medium is the message”.…
I did not, I did not…
I’ve never ever expressed an interest in the music of “Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov”, not even in a strange fucked-up dream. I didn’t even know that there was a man who Flickr based their name on
Yacco Blogs
Nice to see that Yacco, Poke‘s new creative director, has started blogging. It’s early days, but I’m sure there’s going to be some nice things on there… I made a NetVibes tab that contains all of the Poke bloggers in one place. It’s quite…
Evil Recruiters
Not all recruiters are evil, but lots of them are. In my inbox today I’ve got 3 unsolicited candidates from cold-mailing (i.e. spamming) recruiters. This is bad. And it’s unfortunate for the candidates as I’m not even going to look at…
A Couple of Cool Things
Burton have designed this (as yet unreleased) sleeping hoody. I’ve always struggled to find the perfect item of clothing for long journeys. This looks like the designers have nailed it (or at least had a damn good go). The Complex blog…
The Emperor’s New Hoodie
This really does feel like Nathan Barley has come to life and everyone wants a bit. (As an aside I just found this compilation of the original Nathan Barley stuff from TV Go Home – very dark and very funny). Personally I found this bit of…
DJ Wiij
One of the best URLs I’ve seen in a while DJwiij.com (that’s pronounced deejay weejay). Basically it’s a site dedicated to using the Nintendo Wii’s remote controls as DJ interface tools. Not sure how practical it is, or whether it’s just a…
Sorry for glitches…
I’m moving house today. Or rather some people considerably more qualified to move my stuff are moving my house today. I was trying to help, but I was just getting in the way. So instead I’ve decided to hide out and do something semi-useful…
Our ‘Secret’ Creative Director
OK. It’s time. I can now finally reveal the all-new 3rd Poke Creative Director (after all the buildup). He’s the guy on the left. His name is Yacco Vijn – pronounce it as Jacko (like Whacko Jacko) Fine – pretty simple, and he claims it’s…
Get a Mac UK
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 a Mac – Watch The New Ads
Jobs Vs Gates – Lexical Density
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 lexical…
When Good Companies Blog Good
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, if not more, because they’re using it…
Long Break (phew)
Well that’s one of the longest blog breaks I’ve had since starting up. I’ve not been doing much really. Christmas was pretty much like a short hibernation for me. Did some very good sleeping and a little bit of family type stuff. Then…
Family Music
Confession: This is a plug for a friend’s business. I’ve signed up because I think it will be good (with my own real money) so there’s no kickbacks going on Check out Family Music Ben and his friend Tom have set up a music subscription…
Yoda’s Freaky Eye
Meet my Yoda Furby. As you can see it’s a quality piece of Star Wars merchandise. If a little bit repetative. I’ve had him for a few years now and he’s been hibernating in a box for the last couple. I found him the other day and…
Boyfriend Behaving Badly
I’m finding it harder than I’d thought to gather together posts on Modern Man. But yesterday whilst reading the paper a gem just dropped in my lap, not unlike an advert for car insurance. I found this article from the Times depressing and…
This made me laugh out loud
via: Good MagazineÂ…
Poke: Seeking Creative Director
Poke are hiring. We’re looking for a new creative director. It’s a nice place to work, or at least I think so. We’re looking for someone quite particular. If you’re interested, or think you know someone who might be, please take a look at…
Nice Pret
I know Pret a Manger are part owned by McHorrors so I shouldn’t go there. But me and Nik just went in to one and ordered a coffee, and the man gave us them for free. He said: “it’s Friday afternoon, these are on the house”. So, because…
Random YouTube Clip
There are no words… There are no words needed… Thanks Tobie.
Paper Nerd 2
After the last post about magnetic inkjet paper, my memory was jogged about something that I’d seen at a computer fair ages ago. Inkjet shrinky-dink paper. Oh yeah, and we did a project for TopShop a while ago using Inkjet Tattoo Paper…
Magnetic Inkjet Paper
This appeals to my inner paper-nerd: Novatech A4 Magnetic paper Awesome.
Holidays, Blitzen and Blogsitting
It’s been a few days. But I am on holiday. For some reason whenever I go away people say “you’re always on holiday”, but I promise I’m not. Regardless here’s where I am: Algund-Lagundo – it’s a lovely place, but slightly odd; it’s in…
Crackunit gets a tidy up
It was time for a tidy-up. My blog template was starting to break in places. And I’ve found that I was writing longer posts. Which may or may not be a good thing depending on your point of view. But it meant that the big type was getting a…
More (poor) people using public transport
Saw this on my way to work. Unfortunately , in London, it’s probably true…
Holiday
Oh yes, I’m on holiday. Sorry forgot to say. I’m in Thailand and I vowed I wouldn’t go near a computer for 2 weeks, but there was just one little tiny thing that I needed to use the internet for… That’s my resolution blown then. Back soon x
One thousand paintings
I reckon this will be big… Appears incredibly simple at first but makes an interesting statement about both supply and demand and the nature of limited edition things. You might have to have a play in order to see the simplicity and beauty…
Google Nostalgia Maps
I had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon coffee with Russell Davies on Friday. We talked about lots of really interesting things. Strangely the thing that I came away with most was a weird kind of nostalgia for the village where I grew up…
Bridging Real and Virtual Money
MAKE: Blog: The Future of Credit Cards – Earning virtual currency for spending in the real world & other world bridging. (Now there’s a snappy link!) Interesting article on the rise of virtual currencies and the ways that the lines between…
Busy not blogging
I’m faced with a daily paradox at the moment: the busier I get (sometimes doing quite interesting stuff) the less time I find that I have to blog about it. I need to get better at putting aside a few minutes a day to keep the site up to…
Sickbag Graffiti
sickbag graffiti I saw this decorated sick bag stuck on a lamp post on my way to work. It made me laugh (especially as I was feeling a little sick at the time myself).…
NSPCC – Dream Auction
Here’s a little (in size) project Poke have done for the NSPCC. The NSPCC Dream Auction is aiming to raise a huge amount of money to help to end cruelty to children. There’s a number of ways to get involved, from a huge gala auction at the…
I’m going to the US of A
I might not post for a day or two (like that’s unusual!), because I’m going to New York to help judge the OneShow awards. It’s all a bit exciting for me. TTFN.
Egglings
When I first saw these I thought they were great. A really lovely bit of ‘design’, but then I thought about it some more and started to think they’re really a bit freaky. The idea of a plant growing out of an egg made me feel a bit funny…
Whatever: Writing Tips
Tips on writing better written in a simple and easy to follow fashion – Writing Tips for Non-Writers Who Don’t Want to Work at Writing. Almost everyone I know could benefit from reading this. And even if I don’t know you, I’d still…
FON backed by Skype and Google
Yahoo News Story details how Skype, Google and a load of the usual VC suspects are backing FON. FON is a startup that aims to create a global community of wi-fi sharers. Members are either Bills (who charge a small amount for access) or…
A List Apart: Articles: Web 3.0
I almost feel like I know the guy in the empty seat, or certainly someone cast from the same mold. Zeldman writes about the state of the web. A List Apart: Articles: Web 3.0. But ours is a medium in which, more often than not, big teams…
I did run
Blimey. I managed to run a full 10km yesterday. I’m quietly proud of the fact that I did it. Having not really excercised properly for a good few years I was really worried about getting into shape for this. I’m still far from in shape…
Sunrise over Canary Wharf
I didn’t ever want to start making this a what-i-had-for-breakfast-blog, but a combination of a few things have driven me to this post. 1. A new camera – finally I’ve got one that I can carry around without needing a rucksack, hooray! 2…
Please Sponsor Me
Please take a moment to consider sponsoring me. Next Sunday I’m running 10km to raise money for a charity that’s helping a very good friend of mine who’s very sick with cancer. 10km might not be a big deal for some people, but for a very…
ITV Buying Friends Reunited
So, ITV are buying Friends Reunited. Well, I suppose MySpace had already gone… (see previous rambling) But I’m not sure about the value of Friends Reunited – sure it’s got a big database, but just from a personal perspective it really…
The Joy of Stats…
Whilst checking my lovely new easy-to-read stats package ‘Mint’, I noticed that an old friend and colleague had linked to me. A click later and hey-presto Kief Morris is alive and well. And he’s even said a nice thing or two about me and…