Archives for April 2007
Who are we hoping will come to Hack Day? (April 30, 2007) Since Yahoo and the BBC announced a couple of weeks ago that they were doing a Hack Day in London's Alexandra Palace, I've had a lot of people contacting me with questions and comments. Of all the questions, the most...
Links for 2007-04-30 (April 30, 2007) Monocle—bizarre magazine of the overpaid design-savvy intellectual elite—is selling co-branded bicycles... I'm still not sure I get the magazine, but I have to say I'm bloody loving the look of that bike. If I actually ever used a bike,...
Some things I'd like to do... (April 29, 2007) My life has been a bit strange and a bit strained recently, as anyone who knows me will be able to testify. There are a lot of reasons that I haven't really been keeping this site particularly up to date,...
Links for 2007-04-29 (April 29, 2007) The adventures of Rob Manuel... I briefly worked with Rob at B3ta, and found this surprisingly entertaining. I can't tell off the top of my head whether it's a joke he's complicity with or would hate. Hicks likes Coda,...
Links for 2007-04-28 (April 28, 2007) Awesome design work on the new Manhattan transport maps... A significant improvement in an interesting balance between the London Underground maps and a street map. Very nice. My search for a headshot has now become an attempt to make...
Links for 2007-04-26 (April 26, 2007) A planet has been found that's only 1.5 times the size of earth and appears to have liquid water running on its surface... Wow. That's pretty amazing. What interests me is twofold. Firstly, obviously, is there life. Secondly, if...
Links for 2007-04-25 (April 25, 2007) Etsy's Splatgirl creates beautiful little carrying cases for your Moo Cards - both for men and women. Also keyfobs! These are really lovely, and I actually might have to go and buy some....
Links for 2007-04-24 (April 24, 2007) The Independent is quoting studies saying that WiFi is dangerous and could result in a whole bunch of cancers and stuff... These studies are highly dubious and have been quite rigorously debunked in certain quarters. This seems to me...
Links for 2007-04-22 (April 22, 2007) Modern Life is Rubbish posts on the top UK weblogs by Bloglines subscribers... It's an interesting list. I'm not sure I buy the figures though. RSS feeds are messy things. Many sites support multiple URLs for the same content....
Links for 2007-04-19 (April 19, 2007) Those lovely chaps at Moo have launched their second product - attractive combo post/greetings cards that you radically personalise... I got a few of these a few days ago as part of their beta-testing programme and they're pretty lovely....
A Hack for Europe! (April 18, 2007) Right then. This is going to be quite a big deal so pay attention! A few months ago you'll remember Yahoo! put together a Hack Day on their campus in Sunnyvale and invited several hundred designers, developers and engineers to...
Links for 2007-04-18 (April 18, 2007) Bryant is the font that MOO.com use for their logo and headings... It's really nice. I think they use the alt version with the single looped 'a'. [Update 18th June, 6.05pm - Thanks to Peter for informing me that...
Reclaiming hard disk space from iPhoto... (April 17, 2007) A very quick microtip that I've just discovered since buying my new camera. When I'm taking pictures, I have the camera set to take a number of photos in a row. I do this particularly when there are low light...
Links for 2007-04-14 (April 14, 2007) To compensate for yesterday, here's where you get to tell me all about my bad traits... This is nohari - the negative of johari. Everyone was frankly far too easy on me yesterday, so now we get to see...
Links for 2007-04-13 (April 13, 2007) Kurt Vonnegut has died aged 84... One of my all-time favourite authors, responsi ble for the creation of probably all-time favourite book Slaughterhouse Five, has died. Gutted. The Guardian has a rather better obituary for Kurt Vonnegut The Johari...
The Open Rights Group Party... (April 4, 2007) As some of you know, I'm on the advisory board of ORG, the British Open Rights Group which is a non-profit organisation focused on making sure that British people have the right to use technology in reasonable ways and that...
Links for 2007-04-03 (April 3, 2007) EMI songs are to be sold on iTunes without DRM and at a higher bit rate for a bit extra cash... Now this is a significant step in the right direction and I have to confess a surprise! We're...
