The right kind of water
I love needmoredesigns.com – they’re a web firm based in Portland, Oregon. They do good work, which you can check out on their site. But it’s their blog that is never less than informative and frequently fascinating. Today, for instance, I learnt that boiling water first and then letting it cool, reduces the oxygen in...
Everybody’s favourite Duluthian
Everybody’s favourite Duluthian now has an Etsy store. You can spend days looking through the lovingly made bits and pieces on Etsy … but you’d be hard pushed to find anything more joyful than this work by Marian Lansky (from Kenspeckle Letterpress fame).
Smartphones overtake computers shipped in 2011. Yikes.
It had to happen … and it did in 2011. Sales of smartphones outstripped sales of traditional computers. Apparently, there was a 60% increase in smartphone shipments from 2010 to 2011 – which is remarkable in itself when you think how ubiquitous iPhones and the like have been – or, rather, for how long they...
Sidewalks that create electricity
File this under ‘brilliant ideas’. PaveGen – a UK Company no less – has come up with what appears to be a product of absolute genius. Each time a person steps on a little rubber mat, their kinetic energy – the energy expended with the foot fall – is converted into electricity. A single step...
Nerdy Christmas Cards!
Ha! Found these great Christmas cards for the web-devs in your life … fun stuff: (via)
Let the designer design …
So, a lot has been written about Steve Jobs this past week or so, (and for what it’s worth, this Stephen Fry piece is my favourite), but the quote below is one that is resonating particularly strongly with me at the moment. You can’t just ask the customers what they want and then try to...
A Box You Want to Uncheck on LinkedIn
This is doing the rounds on twitter etc., but worth posting here … LinkedIn are assuming your acceptance of having your photo and name available for use through third party advertising! Nice touch! So, here’s the box you’ll be wanting to uncheck: A Box You Want to Uncheck on LinkedIn
Password Strength
So, this made me think – the latest cartoon from XKCD.com. I urge everyone to be using strong passwords for their email, their FTP information, their wordpress installation – etc. etc. And I normally go with the approach outlined in the first row of images below – choose a common enough word, throw in a...
Everyone needs one of these signs … sometimes
The great people at Kenspeckle Letterpress have put together a sign that speaks volumes – not just for their thought process, but for how closely aligned they are with what has become known as ‘the general mood’. Okay, so, as a sole trader who needs to make sales and generally be as nice and helpful as...
Mona Lisa Remix
Love this print of the Mona Lisa … pointillism of fine art! I feel a purchase for my new office coming on … Mona Lisa Remix