- Book Worship http://bookworship.com – need I say more? Via @designfeast #
- A cheery start to the weekend from Lunchbreath – http://is.gd/2tvxf #
- A verbosity of collective nouns http://bit.ly/13gtKI via @AlbertoNardelli #whyiwrite #
- McCaughey dismantled by Jon Stewart – good post and links to full interview http://bit.ly/dVA61 via @Glinner @chicalolita #
- An estate agent like photo tour of functional bomb shelters http://bit.ly/3Qisfc via @ewebber @petapixel #
- 600+ leaked ‘American Nazi’ party emails, inc spam http://url4.eu/HNj0 via @BoingBoing #
- Bus Pass Matador on C4. Horrible. Hemingway was an idiot. #
- ‘Art&Copy’ doc about (US only?) ad creatives/campaigns. Grim motion graphics in trailer http://is.gd/2rTTv via @danielpipitone #
- Economic, social & corporate behavior of ‘average Joe’. Sustainability and ‘new frugality’ – http://is.gd/2rSKV via @TheEcoist @Greenopolis #
- Warchild are looking for a design intern – digital – to help with their site and social network profiles @warchildUK http://is.gd/2kU0S #
- Shareholders > environment, peace, efficacy, well-being and sustainability. http://is.gd/2rQ4S #
- The technology (and bravery) behind ‘The Cove’ http://is.gd/2rPlj #
- Veteran travel guide decides to boycott Arizona after seeing people with assault rifles at an Obama speech http://is.gd/2rNQK #
- Censoring and controlling the internet – a map. http://is.gd/2rNFv #
- Too tired to comprehend the validity of the ‘Buffalo buffalo Buffalo…’ sentence http://is.gd/2rLng #whyiwrite via @daniel_howells #
- Cameron: ‘big businesses make huge profits on the back of poor health choices’. Agrees, feels dirty. http://is.gd/2rIca via @davidcoethica #
- Will be glad to see this, not ads for pointless product, on the roof of a bus stop soon http://bit.ly/SekSc via @hackneycitizen #
- …and others. Having keyboard/hand interaction issue today. #
- Ooops. Last tweet re. corporate involvements in grassroots protest was via the excellent @apesphere @christinearena #
- Corporate sponsorship and shilling helps drive America’s ‘grass roots’ protests – http://is.gd/2ryvJ #
- Our used nappies, syringes and condoms are back from their holiday in Brazil. Where will they go next? http://bit.ly/EKEZO via @guardianeco #
- At the rate of 1 a day, an artist in Berlin has painted 1005 so far. Better still, they’re good http://bit.ly/7rbI via @espiekermann #
- The ‘create things’ tweet is from the mysterious @_why but via the clearly awesome @akosma – nepotism, but richly deserved. #
- RT @akosma: “when you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people.” #
- ‘we have no idea what we’re talking about’ and other special signs at recent US protests http://bit.ly/77nZS via @AkzidenzSociety #
- The most eco-friendly iPhone case is none at all. http://is.gd/2qnD9 via @ecosalon. Apple made it pretty scratchproof – http://is.gd/2qnLL #
- Oh please, what’s next? Living increases chances of death? A perpetual need for ‘news’ inflicts garbage like this on us http://is.gd/2qn7p #
- The Zerofee cat would literally disfigure you if you attempted any of this – http://is.gd/2qmJe #
- Catching up with @eyemagazine’s Victor Margolin interview – ‘The aim of design, at least for me, is human wellbeing’ http://is.gd/2qh2H #
- A thank you to the lovely @Calverts for the copy of ‘Paper Trails’ – will read it this weekend. #
- Merging an old medium with an older medium will be a marketing hit! Video ads in paper mags v.soon http://is.gd/2q7FR via @itsnicethat #
- Right on @BetaRish – “Seriously, you don’t have to read either London Lite or #thelondonpaper. Elevate yourselves, chaps.” #
- Hurray! Gameswipe – ’1x50min special = coming soon’ via @charltonbrooker #
- TheLondonPaper closing (via @benrmatthews @tim)? I’ll miss having a tabloid of PR junk / ads crushed into my chest every 100m each evening #
- Speaking of Pablo Ferro, we’re looking forward to this: http://www.pablothemovie.com #
- Kubrick’s secret type kink – http://is.gd/2q2Xk – liked sans, but Strangelove famously featured Ferro’s hand drawn type. Via @designfeast #
- The Platen Press Museum http://is.gd/2pTdP – like a fetish dungeon for letterpress enthusiasts. Via @spoonergregory #
- Olympic Delivery Authority (accessible name) threatens local for online criticism of building work http://is.gd/2pRrn via @hackneycitizen #
- The Fisherman’s Friend website is enough to make you quit the internet and take to the seas. A crosshair? http://www.fishermansfriend.com #
- Fisherman’s Friend – my love of the packaging was inversely proportional to taste. Like sucking charcoal. http://is.gd/2pR2Z via @simongoode #
- Thanks to Personas – http://is.gd/2oyG4, I now know that I am a supertanker http://is.gd/2oyEx (Personas link via @cameronmoll @swissmiss) #
- Economists for Equity and the Environment – the E3network manifesto. http://is.gd/2oxP8 via @atlasann #
- Ah… Apols to @designmusuem – they’re not rude at all. The context for the URL was in the previous tweet… #
- Does anyone else find @DesignMuseum’s method of barking out a shortened URL with no context or effort, well, a bit rude? #
- Home-made energy bar recipes for the hardcore cycling commuter – http://is.gd/2ow0q via@guardianeco #
- RT @Timberland_Jeff: Fair wages, training, no exploitation should be given, not progress– for now, thank gdness for orgs like @TRAIDcharity #
- Corpulent, jowly MP uses large words in attempt to get a larger trough http://is.gd/2otVf #
- Poem made of random, rhyming tweets. http://is.gd/2oqMV Bill Burroughs would’ve loved Twitter as much as shooting guns and smack. Via many. #
- uhh, another Twitter Easter Egg account – @thalovebug – might compose an experimental tweet inc. ‘R*ad’, ‘C*ck’ and ‘L*ve’, see what happens #
- The neural coordinates of hate are not well understood, but it seems to be love’s noisy neighbour. http://is.gd/2ooqg via @TheEcoist #
- This will either offend or amuse @JohnLW – MIles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’, 8 Bit style. ‘Kind of Bloop’ http://kindofbloop.com #
- The glamour of ageing. Photo portraits of older people http://is.gd/2oihE via @eyemagazine blog. Nice change – see also http://is.gd/2ojZt #
- I’m just going to pretend I didn’t see this… http://quakelive.com via @AlbertoNardelli @iaindodsworth #
- Katie Price’s identity brief – hearts, pink, crowns. Should have been more orange. http://bit.ly/wsuFn via @LogoDesignLove #
- Can’t decide if something like @Doc__Brown is effectively a fun Twitter ‘Easter egg’, or just a pain in the neck. I suspect the latter… #
- Travel by rail in the UK is a joke. A 0.4% regulated fare drop in 2010 isn’t going to help clear the roads and skies http://is.gd/2mJWk #
- If these guys had to play along my speed bump ridden local roads, the performances would be ‘interesting’ http://is.gd/2mtSx via @JNSim #
- Daily Mail headline generator. Highly authentic http://is.gd/2lj8G via @Glinner @gallowgate #
- Why be an ethical company? They’re stronger and last longer. I certainly hope so. http://is.gd/2lciw via @davidcoethica #
- Debunking the myth of sustainable brands http://is.gd/2l5V9 by @christinearena via @AkzidenzSociety, @theCSRfeed #
- 40% of tweets are ‘pointless babble’. 95% of news about Twitter is hopelessly misinformed. http://is.gd/2l56c #
- And you thought it was just code and pixels. Shop floor photos of the factories responsible for making some iconic games http://is.gd/2kWsu #
- Given how keen Janet Street Porter usually is to aimlessly bray, I thought she’d love Twiiter http://bit.ly/Cg0BA via @Glinner #
Zerofee tweets for the week ending 2009-08-23
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