August 2011
4 posts
The Kobayashi Maru(e): DEEBEEMONSTER compiled my... →
captainfuck:
Superman is easily the most misunderstood fictional figure in modern popular culture. Any issues people tend to have with him are a result of lazy writers, not any failings of the central myth behind him. His lack of appeal speaks more to the persistent cynicism of our society than anything…
The Kobayashi Maru(e): DEEBEEMONSTER compiled my... →
captainfuck:
Superman is easily the most misunderstood fictional figure in modern popular culture. Any issues people tend to have with him are a result of lazy writers, not any failings of the central myth behind him. His lack of appeal speaks more to the persistent cynicism of our society than anything…
February 2011
1 post
“The thing i hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright,...”
– Bansky
January 2011
1 post
December 2010
5 posts
WatchRyan Singer at Future of Web Apps, London 2010 (by Ryan Singer)
“What makes Steve’s methodology different from everyone else’s is that he always...”
– John Sculley on Steve Jobs
“Yes, it’s true that a team at Google couldn’t decide between two blues, so...”
– Douglas Bowman moves from Google to Twitter.
“You can steal someone’s words, images, or code instantly. And that means it’s...”
– Jason Fried
November 2010
3 posts
“The concern about the visual style is the echo of the nineties; the nineties are...”
– Information Architects – What’s Next in Web Design?
October 2010
1 post
“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same...”
September 2010
2 posts
2 tags
10 ways to Get Things Done!
1. Buying the book was where I started. Just typed it into Amazon and two-days later I was reading David Allen’s ideas on memory-dumping and context-focusing.
2. Following on from the book you’ll need that reliable way to capture it all, if your lucky enough to be have an Apple [insert device here] you’ve got two great choices with Cultured Codes’ Things and Omnifocus;...
3 tags
HTML5
What is it? Why bother with it? And who cares?
Well this website is built on it, you can flip the hood and take a look, and it wasn’t a difficult choice for me as I was just looking to update my toolkit when it started to come to my attention. To be honest the definition is a little flimsy at the moment, so might be worth giving some meat to what I mean.
So before this site I’d started...
July 2010
3 posts
5 tags
New BBC iPlayer Beta
Interesting insight into how the new BBC iPlayer was redesigned and built, including a discussion with the lead creative and technical teams, as well as a quick overview of the new social-networking elements they’ve added.
You can jump straight to the beta version and make a quick comparison with the original. For me the stand-out difference is how much cleaner and more focussed the...
June 2010
3 posts
2 tags
The Editor
Working on a Mac I’ve had some great choices to choose from when considering which editor to code my sites in. Panic’s Coda, Macrabits Espresso, BBEdit, and my tool of choice Textmate. Now I didn’t arrive easily to this choice, in fact I swayed back-and-forth between Coda and Espresso for a while thinking each one did something the other missed. It was only when I was playing...
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Inspiration on the TV
When visiting another country I’ve often found myself revisiting the same companies and TV shows again, but this time with a bit of a spin and a new cast of actors that can make you wonder if your aren’t in some alternative reality. Take McDonalds for example, in Britain it’s where you go for a no-thrills cheap eat, but in Buenos Aires it’s occupants are Tommy-Hillfiger and...
“Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via wordpainting)
July 2009
1 post
