http://zerofee.org/goodthinking Good Thinking: an ethical design blog Sun, 13 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://zerofee.org/goodthinking/index.php/2012/05/tweeked-weekly-thoughts-and-links-from-zerofee-2012-05-13/ http://zerofee.org/goodthinking/index.php/2012/05/tweeked-weekly-thoughts-and-links-from-zerofee-2012-05-13/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 Zerofee http://zerofee.org/goodthinking/index.php/2012/05/tweeked-weekly-thoughts-and-links-from-zerofee-2012-05-13/

A review of the week, in gif form. http://t.co/BCJ5vGiO #

A caveat to recent positive @ghostery tweets, it also seems to have the capacity to totally break dynamically sized layout *unpanics* #

For the @StokeyLitFest crew – How to Open a New Book http://t.co/pKzzUVcr #

Live in the UK? Parents ever tell you if you dug long and deep enough you’d come out in Australia? They were lying. http://t.co/1nfHoHwI #

Running @Ghostery in Chrome with some selective bug blocking on makes an incredible difference to browsing speed. Highly recommended. #

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Reassuring to see a little more égalité in Europe tonight. #

“Look, Boris, a Poor” http://t.co/obBdzIpt #

Apple doesn’t do business with businesses on the weekend. That’s not a very Jobsian work ethic, is it? #

It’s as well the London Mayoral term isn’t limited to 8yrs, like the US presidency, or there’d be open-cast mining on Primrose Hill by 2013. #

If you’re one of the 68%, shame on you. #

Fried day. #

As I clicked this link about Marble Madness, I wasn’t actually expecting Marble Madness RT @eyemagazine: Marble Madness http://t.co/z6LBSfup #

Imagine a search for ‘Nick Cage’, ‘Frank Zappa’ and ‘Business’ http://t.co/OQawq8dp #

Tweetdeck in Chrome now seems to stop gathering tweets when not in focus. Is it just me? #

A trip to Brick Lane this weekend – Me Gusta faces pasted on walls, Success Kid on a Virgin Media billboard. Reddit mainstreaming. #

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TCR siege or Donkey Kong re-enactment? #

The mind is a camera that turns words into photos… http://t.co/djsIh5B3 #

We should note that the Tories get as big a thrill out of recession as they do growth. All those ‘poors’, unable to pull their socks up. #

In what year will we see the first asteroid mining related lawsuit? #

Adobe Creative Cloud international pricing – even when they do something right they do it wrong. #

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France does voting the right way – on a Sunday. Turnout > 80%. Why don’t we do this? The church? #

Malick’s Days of Heaven is the most visually beautiful film I’ve seen. By contrast, the narrative is as dull as dishwater. #

Before you steal a font, open AI, try to draw some cursive letterforms, then decide if the designer you planned to rob deserves to get paid. #

Pro tip: clean your monitor before spending 5 mins trying dodge out a smudge in Photoshop. #

The only detail missing here is being urged to sign an NDA http://t.co/jYASKDrd via @Ribrob #

Never mind the possibilities for brands; I’d love to be able to Tupac myself into attendance at various gatherings I’d rather avoid. #

If there’s a service that logs you out more frequently than Mailchimp, I’ve yet to use it. #

Apple, Amazon, Microsoft must clean their clouds. Coal vs. clean energy of Google, Yahoo, Facebook. http://t.co/ojx7RBbR via @davidcoethica #

Bumper stickers, you’ve reached a new low http://t.co/h39bkr1x #

The IRS plans to collect taxes just 30 days after a nuclear strike, but can’t get them from GE in normal circumstances http://t.co/h1den6uM #

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Nerd watch Pebble might be the first thing to occupy my wrist in about 5yrs http://t.co/7jQXvFWz #

Saturday. The most productive working day of the week. #

Next weekend on the BBC and all major channels – dog fighting. Place your bets now, people! #

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? #

Mosquitoes. Quiet, elite parasites who drain and poison the societies and resources they contact http://t.co/0OeDZqFq via @_griff #

And the UK is smallest, yet middle-ranking. RT @m1ke_ellis: Just 6 countries export 74% of the world’s weapons: http://t.co/FM8PZ2GA #

Anyway, would anyone like to see Lenin receive a bed bath? http://t.co/V7CoBKBE #

I’m watching The Apprentice… This episode is like a dramatisation of @Regretsy. #

Prototype ’83 Mac for $10k on Ebay, with some fascinating little graphic features. http://t.co/TEzRE94S via @jazrignall @segaotaku #

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Stoke Newington service announcement: Vang Thong Thai is delicious. Eat in (BYO booze), take away, delivery. #

Of all the ugly industries I experienced pre-Zerofee, tobacco was most blatant in its disdain for people. So, good news http://t.co/QPcIxcTe #

Court rules that Tories lied about NHS plans. I rule that the BBC is likely to make little of this. http://t.co/x5m1im9V via @raylupton #

I won’t be sleeping tonight after viewing this collection of shudderingly traumatic gifs http://t.co/5LuNLG7I via @sgalineau #

Sorry, didn’t see you there behind that floating Toyota Prius ad. #

Students, here’s why ‘sustainable design’ is a nebulous concept http://t.co/g0fSENOW via @joshuafoss @marcalt #

Tweetdeck in Chrome – user autocomplete is almost useless. #

Our new site for @HelenBamber goes live, as do our thanks to @graphicjourney and @damianking_uk for their help. http://t.co/kg3nU4Ma #

Let’s try that again… #

*Writes positive blog post about aerospace/defense manufacturer, writes introductory letter, waits by phone* #

The convenient alternate universe in which an aerospace/defense manufacturer is an ethical brand http://t.co/oZ1Kwthc via @FastCompany #

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It’s Earth Hour day, where otherwise prolific consumers contemplate energy consumption for one hour out of 8,874 while live-tweeting it. #

At the ‘end’ of this week, I feel like http://t.co/05JOAxGz #

Wow. Surprisingly, great news. Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle series 3&4 coming to BBC2 in ’14 / ’16 – he must be doing something wrong. #

The best infographic/heatmap I’ve ever seen: metal bands per 100k people. Scandinavia wins, naturally. http://t.co/UsERPRrW #

Music as brand positioning. Madonna’s new album – “god”, “erotic”, “girls just wanna have fun”, all in the first 2 minutes. Horrific. #

I refer to GE too much, but GE manages to continue to encapsulate much of what disappoints me about corporate / creative relationships. #

When you pay 0% tax on $14.2b profit, slash > 30k jobs and Joe Average begin to notice, whaddya do? Call the creatives. http://t.co/S1t3KfpH #

Who are the MPs are on this committee? http://t.co/btv4N4fx via @cunabula @matstace /cc @tom_watson #

Lazyweb, is ir possible to use Google Advanced Search to search for terms in the markup/code of a specific site? #

First reaction: an Aeropress designed by Microsoft. http://t.co/FBk0g5KL via @antikewl #

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A Stoke Newington BBQ day, where the genteel clinking of cutlery on crockery gradually gives way to rosé-fuelled outbursts of family grief. #

“Mixin’ what he’s mixin. Fixin’ what he’s fixin’. Playin’ what he’s playin’.” Fantomas NYE DVD. Thanks @zerofee_ela! #

Good Guy George and his eyes in the sky for Sudan http://t.co/CxeAdyZw #

(In case anyone’s wondering, the whale pic is fake. Amusing, though) #

The photobomb to end all photobombs http://t.co/pf1hwSde #

I’ve come to love and rely on @pinboard. A great example of a simple, premium product. Thanks to @litherland for pointing me to it. #

Google web fonts. My eyes, they burn. #

Ah, there you go, then. http://t.co/uk8AZYVe via @techmeme #

If anyone was at all uncertain about Steve Job’s death, update your Apple TV for confirmation. #

As summer advances, we must prepare for photos of David Cameron at a thing with his shirt sleeves rolled up, looking waxy. #

There are now more people in jail in the US than in Gulags under Stalin, thanks to the drugs war and prison industry. http://t.co/X5Mo1ad2 #

“We’ve updated our T&Cs because you discovered some bits in there we hoped you wouldn’t.” #

Film running times frequently provide subtle spoilers for the alert mind. #

An old Italian BP ad featuring a symbol that seems to foreshadow the current identity http://t.co/7bVyAFsn #

I fear that, after the battles of Man V. Food are over, Food will have won the war on the fields of a hospice about 20yrs from now. #

This @wired story about @Reddit and the genesis of a big-budget movie goes out to @malcolmblythe http://t.co/XyeMmToQ #

Roll your own optical kerning for web type http://t.co/0AqM32Z2 via @TopLeftBrick #

“The motion was tabled by Conservative Tobias Ellwood.” Of course it was. #

I’m not alone in finding MPs who spend time devising and proposing ways to honour the queen utterly nauseating, am I? #

Seconding @zerofee_ela, #ff @66000mph, especially since we’ve been inadvertently following poor Tim around London for the last three weeks. #

Apparently, it’s Kurosawa’s birthday today. A lovely collection of storyboard frames and posters: http://t.co/GUu7yaBt ht @Kerrypurcell #

From vectors to pixels. An issue that designers (and clients) of visual ID must consider now, I feel. http://t.co/TVVWwXhL via @sgalineau #

Tate audio tour sabotage – nice idea. http://t.co/SU72dpZX via @ecolabs #

This Urban Dictionary definition of the LibDems from 2005 was remarkably prescient, huh? http://t.co/ndjSRttP #

If you plan to watch the N16 Olympic Torch parade, remember: if you don’t carry a Visa, you will instead see a large, foam middle finger. #

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This is a Mother’s Day tweet http://t.co/11cdMfYQ /cc @CigaretteBurns_ #

Werner Herzog is the best speaker of English I’ve heard. #

Cilla Black. Grandpa Simpson. Equally fascinating storytellers. #

Groupon breaches numerous various CPA rules. Who knew? Well, Groupon, since they’re not contesting the claim. #

Ethics for the Starving Designer. David Goh’s ethical design manifesto – http://t.co/dbqhOdBk #

OS X has ruined beach holidays for me. Colourful balls and parasols provoke anxiety. #

We were there and, despite horrific seating and audience bladder control, it was great. http://t.co/ABVqXIAc via @theQuietus #

Priceless. RT @riklomas: Hipster Branding: http://t.co/TsR6fpNJ #

The Curator’s Code has certainly helped me find some interesting people to follow, just not by way of the intended mechanism. #

Re. GFSmith site and subject of commercial design, it’s also important to recognise that designers aren’t solely responsible for the result. #

And I’d like to be able to search for materials, and to review / compare their characteristics. I don’t care about editorial. #

Initially, I thought reaction to the GFSmith site was a little harsh. On closer inspection, and I mean close, I can barely read it. #

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I’ll use the form so abused by the protagonists and say this: #firstworldproblems #

Think it’s fair to say that @CigaretteBurns_ wins The Guardian with the quote at the end of this article http://t.co/49A9yXzh #

“The ability to scare the hell out of people is much greater than the ability to attract them to equities” http://t.co/lPlSboxd #

Awesome shot of the moon (I’m linking direct to a 3890x4650px image, mobile users beware) http://t.co/7TcDLjks via @timharbour #

.@eyemagazine on Jerzy Treutler @kemistrygallery – worth seeing in the flesh/paper. http://t.co/JYF0kOUa #

Gaddafi house in LDN is awarded to Libyan people, like there should be any case to answer anyway http://t.co/Y2ihS4Gx via @Global_Witness #

Instapaper placebo http://t.co/o31OUoqj via @counternotions #

In the 16th C, you could get Ape, Lion, Swine, Sheep, Sad, Martin(!?), Goat or Fox drunk. Maybe all in the same night. http://t.co/tOUXZB0t #

Seems ridiculous, but a breath-powered phone charger might find a military application. Look intimidating / charge GPS http://t.co/3RG6xtcj #

BBC TV – characterised by a television programme so unimaginative that it’s called ‘Television Programme’. #

You’ll be familiar with it’s death, but here’s a photo of the birth of the Hindenburg http://t.co/SsuwrBTh #

No idea what it’s all about, but I find this delicious to watch, despite hating avocado http://t.co/nvSW3hXi #

A 1080p upgrade for Apple TV is, in my UK experience, totally pointless given the inability of our broadband to reliably stream 720p. #

Our Designed in Hackney identity for @dezeen pops up on @itsnicethat http://t.co/lerVnYUZ #

Don’t call us… WB’s anti-piracy initiative: pay us to copy and store movies you already own. http://t.co/SBAwScdo via @JazRignall #

Design competitions, particularly ones with entry fees, are fly-paper for the naive even when ‘legit’ http://t.co/CknLQhkt via @WillWiles #

Ironic that sone responsive design tends towards unresponsive interactions and frustration in practice. At least on my 3GS. #

Cannot wait to be molested in public by one of these for thinking the wrong thing in 2030. http://t.co/ZO1x9oHr via @arstechnica #

The Buzludzha is like a dilapidated evil-dictator’s bunker http://t.co/5rRENBYp #

Designed in Hackney. http://t.co/UsYWJpsa via @dezeen #

At least 3 of the scenes in the new Bisto ad are shot in Stoke Newington, where instant gravy is officially banned. #

“For its tax subsidy of $8.4 billion, GE spent $84.4 million on lobbying: a 100-to-1 return on investment.” http://t.co/dqk2H8zR #

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Briefly watched over – the average shareholding lasts for… 22 seconds. http://t.co/1y2FQTIy #

And, as if by magic, Swiss minimalism on show at the Zurich Museum of Design, via @akosma http://t.co/ygAM6x7g & http://t.co/hn8McRrS #

Graphics International had a handsome format. #

“Many younger designers have been left without ethical aims”. Müller-Brockmann, interviewed in ’96 by @66000mph. http://t.co/g3mRv9O7 #

Jerzy even managed to make Eurostile look good http://t.co/6AkJmkH3 #

Jerzy Treutler’s ‘Books under the Christmas tree’. Best in show, I reckon, at the @KemistryGallery http://t.co/N8CAOeZ6 #

Since Moleskine condone insulting design competitions, may I recommend a Leuchtturm1917? Nice attention to detail http://t.co/e3c984rL #

If you’re planning to see Hockney at the RA during daylight hours without a ticket, don’t. #

Radical corporate criticism by young people — in the form of hacktivism by the likes of AntiSec — warms my heart. #

Truth-bending political blogger Breitbart dies at 43. Prepare the tin foil hats. http://t.co/pwJYC7re #

Yes, InDesign, I’m aware Tiempos Bold Condensed is missing. That’s because it doesn’t exist. #

If 50% tax on earnings over £150k deters you, you’re not an entrepreneur, you’re a sociopath. #

Tilt-shift: yawn. Video game (Battlefield3) tilt-shift: interesting. http://t.co/zvOHG937 #

Congrats to @MuckyPupN1 for fifth place in the @Londonist top ten Islington pubs! http://t.co/zFoUWgsL via @CigaretteBurns_ #

Looks like a fascinating book but, DIN? http://t.co/jH2DvUPm #

Sad to hear 300million have gone into admin. Had always quietly admired them. The cavalier financial attitude of some clients disgusts me. #

Didn’t know about Chrome net-internals. Handy, especially chrome://net-internals/#tests #

If you’re on a salary, you’re A) lucky B) not working for free, but working for approx. 0.3% less of your usual day rate this year. #

Visual summary of IA with UI that makes you want to stab your eyes out. Bonus motion sickness in fullscreen. http://t.co/cc3JXVjf #

“400 billion tweets and not one bit of useful data has been transmitted”. http://t.co/mI1yyC5B #

I admire Hockney but fail to see how anyone’s stance on smoking affects private enjoyment of it http://t.co/kxR1rajR via @AJWShaughnessy #

We recently completed our last ever paper VAT return. Did not do a Barclays. #

It’s always puzzled me how The Sun could be accepted as a national treasure when cancer in a host body was a better analogy. #

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Surreptitiously watching someone sketch ideas. Feels invasive, but can’t stop. Wait… It’s an architect! *Arches back, hisses* #

Why stop at plagiarising iPads and iPhones when you can counterfeit Steve Jobs too? http://t.co/DicblmtT #

By @almonk; the best musings on the challenges posed by responsive design you’ll read http://t.co/vzPnRLDV via @BenStott #

British public opinion on the subject of music for the 2012 opening ceremony is a flagship argument for design dictatorships. #

Whoever deals with ad placement for 4OD really needs to watch a few episodes of The Cleveland Show. #

Beautiful typographic headings and legends in a collection of fire insurance maps http://t.co/0e3wQ2La #

Guess who secretly facilitated the Greek/EU crisis? http://t.co/SZgwEnNK via @TBIJ #

Sauna planet! An interplanetary destination for future tourists looking to relax and open their pores. http://t.co/wR8wSYez #

Are troll articles ruining the internet? Discuss this on our site while surrounded by blinking ads! Or are you too busy designing graphics? #

Any mechanism that allows a low-friction, apparently nonchalant parade of status — real or not — to a wide audience is always a hit. #

First world loose coin problem = third world solutions. Nice project by @betaburo http://t.co/dFYE9oCg via @howells #

Clients have agency in the practice of most commercial graphic design. Certain articles and many designers prefer to ignore that. #

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Has there ever lived a man who so well resembles his measly, contemptible nature than Gove? A living visual identity. http://t.co/kDTChK3e #

.@GoodDesign_ Shame Unilever forget about nobility when briefing/approving their sexist, demeaning Lynx/Axe advertising http://t.co/mSwS70mk #

Pleases me immensely that Congress IP addresses have been torrenting stuff ranging from self-help books to, er, other ‘self-help’ materials. #

Can anyone recommend an alternative to AirPort Express for wifi audio? You know, one that doesn’t routinely stop working after 18 months? #

Blimey. Our N16 neighbours @globemakers had their lovely work featured in Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’. Congrats! http://t.co/0Nsat310 #

If @UseClear sounds like this, then it shows how powerful audio can be in UI/UX; I already want to use it. http://t.co/qNE20lhv via @howells #

Beanstalk deployment with Git Tower has taken about 3hrs to resolve, but looks like it’ll save as much time before the end of the week. #

I sympathise with everyone affected by the UK’s economic decline, but “no holiday” and “older car” don’t seem like major hardships to me. #

Romney, Santorum & Gingrich pledge to ban pr0n if elected. That makes it a tough call for GOP supporters and believers in freedom, I expect. #

Happy Valentine’s Day. Diamonds are for violent, oppressive regimes http://t.co/0kUmgRa8 via @Global_Witness #

Ethics in advertising. Or out of advertising, at present. Interesting piece by @MartinLindstrom http://t.co/XPOj5j79 via @fastcompany #

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.@virginmedia’s status page reports good service. Speedtest reports 0.56mbps downstream, which is becoming common on weekend evenings. #

Dear @PaperRound, why did I just get an email beginning ‘Dear [name]’, thanking me for joining your mailing list? I haven’t. #

Hysterical. The appalling parallax racism of ‘debbiespenditall.com’ now redirects to the sanitised petespenditnot.com #

Daniel Connals’ 2yr old poster at http://t.co/DJDZdqzb comes to pass in the real world: http://t.co/3LFQ00so via @cunabula (and others) #

Possibly the most racist use of parallax in a web page you’ll ever see – http://t.co/FFZX91Dw #

The evening’s influx of spambot followers have [girl’s name]X[serial number] naming conventions, like pharma-peddling sci-fi robots. #

Skyrim: epic. Skyrim voice acting: end-of-pier. #

A ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional? You don’t say. Shame vast swathes of people need a judge to clarify that for them. #

This reads like the client list of a far-wealthier, evil-twin of Zerofee Ltd http://t.co/vT78A5mF #

99p. All proceeds to something actually worthwhile. #

That started as a joke, but I’m thinking seriously about it now. #

Idea. Mobile app. Recognises logos via camera when bored Olympic spectators point at them. Returns report of unethical brand behaviour. #

Lots of Chrome-fury out there, then. I’ll exploit this opportunity to moan again about the new SVG bug that caused me heartache. *Moans*. #

The current Chrome is a creaking heap with more than a handful of tabs open. #

For me, 38 Degrees has been in danger of becoming white noise, but mass energy price bargaining is very interesting: http://t.co/ngZmYRAl #

Whether you’re cynical about, or a player of Zynga/Facebook/social games, this Reddit AMA is fascinating – http://t.co/Cz1W2AF5 #

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Click. The sound of me muting @DesignMuseum for incessantly RT’ing something I’d rather electively follow with a hashtag #greatsoundofdesign #

I’d like to dedicate this reply from @Glinner to Kermit, my childhood budgie. Moment of silence. http://t.co/Cp3wUqbg #

Nice presentation of the usable fonts in Google’s library http://t.co/uEfd2bcR via @yanone @karpul #

Related to last tweet, Wackaging – a collection of wacky packaging!!11!1 http://t.co/U8lqaHas via @dorianlynskey (who wrote the brand piece) #

“Fonts are for phonies” and other teeth-grinding, faux-naif brand affectations brilliantly examined http://t.co/ggpIlP5s via @theQuietus #

Hackney Council are committed to answering email queries within ten working days. Ten days! #

Like father, like son. Still early days, but Kim Jong Un is showing promise when it comes to Looking At Things. http://t.co/p2xWWESi #

This’ll come in handy. Lovely answer: Why is dev time regularly underestimated by a factor of 2–3? http://t.co/OTBHnqgn via @dburrows #

The Fixie Hipster Index – http://t.co/DfwCZV8J #

A date and place with personal meaning for me – photos of Soho, London, 1973. http://t.co/ou9pZnbi via @digital_foundry #

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Fried breakfast ‘the weight of a small child’. Makes me proud to be a son of @GreatYarmouth… http://t.co/gRrzZwfa via @zerofee_ela #

Banks. I’ve got an idea for improving public perception of your brands. Cancel charity credit cards. Oh, you have? Mock sick children? #

If you’re an idiot, it’s Creme Egg season. #

Professional irritability fixed with the vodka and ginger wine app, middle age edition. Top in-app purchases: fresh mint. Recommended. #

I gather the poster campaign for the new season of Mad Men is causing some 9/11-related distress: http://t.co/L0YfoBmM #

Advice for design grads/students by @robert_urquhart – I’d like to add: No PDFs & Pls Don’t Call Us. http://t.co/mvBNj5RG via @thisisemerge #

It’s not often an audible laugh comes out RT “@jamiewieck: Suddenly your idea’s a “start-up”. Suddenly your Mum’s an “Angel Investor”” #

Great @theQuietus Baker’s Dozen with the mighty Mark Lanegan. Some surprising selections – http://t.co/nuqpJZl3 #

The fashionable sickness known as Em—dash—itis: http://t.co/h5IasKFT via @simongoode #

So, the Gmail logo was designed the night before launch. Who would know? http://t.co/sdIQtKJr #

There’s nothing worse than a 16.0.912.77 when you really want a 17.0 #

InDesign table creation and page/section numbering were designed by a very disturbed individual. #

TV is just about food now, right? That, and ‘news’ where coalition politicians are gently and briefly challenged about their policies. #

If I had more time/bitterness, I’d create a site naming/shaming students who email research Q’s, but never reply with thanks for the A’s. #

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Fried breakfast ‘the weight of a small child’. Makes me proud to be a son of @GreatYarmouth… http://t.co/gRrzZwfa via @zerofee_ela #

Banks. I’ve got an idea for improving public perception of your brands. Cancel charity credit cards. Oh, you have? Mock sick children? #

If you’re an idiot, it’s Creme Egg season. #

Professional irritability fixed with the vodka and ginger wine app, middle age edition. Top in-app purchases: fresh mint. Recommended. #

I gather the poster campaign for the new season of Mad Men is causing some 9/11-related distress: http://t.co/L0YfoBmM #

Advice for design grads/students by @robert_urquhart – I’d like to add: No PDFs & Pls Don’t Call Us. http://t.co/mvBNj5RG via @thisisemerge #

It’s not often an audible laugh comes out RT “@jamiewieck: Suddenly your idea’s a “start-up”. Suddenly your Mum’s an “Angel Investor”” #

Great @theQuietus Baker’s Dozen with the mighty Mark Lanegan. Some surprising selections – http://t.co/nuqpJZl3 #

The fashionable sickness known as Em—dash—itis: http://t.co/h5IasKFT via @simongoode #

So, the Gmail logo was designed the night before launch. Who would know? http://t.co/sdIQtKJr #

There’s nothing worse than a 16.0.912.77 when you really want a 17.0 #

InDesign table creation and page/section numbering were designed by a very disturbed individual. #

TV is just about food now, right? That, and ‘news’ where coalition politicians are gently and briefly challenged about their policies. #

If I had more time/bitterness, I’d create a site naming/shaming students who email research Q’s, but never reply with thanks for the A’s. #

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Fried breakfast ‘the weight of a small child’. Makes me proud to be a son of @GreatYarmouth… http://t.co/gRrzZwfa via @zerofee_ela #

Banks. I’ve got an idea for improving public perception of your brands. Cancel charity credit cards. Oh, you have? Mock sick children? #

If you’re an idiot, it’s Creme Egg season. #

Professional irritability fixed with the vodka and ginger wine app, middle age edition. Top in-app purchases: fresh mint. Recommended. #

I gather the poster campaign for the new season of Mad Men is causing some 9/11-related distress: http://t.co/L0YfoBmM #

Advice for design grads/students by @robert_urquhart – I’d like to add: No PDFs & Pls Don’t Call Us. http://t.co/mvBNj5RG via @thisisemerge #

It’s not often an audible laugh comes out RT “@jamiewieck: Suddenly your idea’s a “start-up”. Suddenly your Mum’s an “Angel Investor”” #

Great @theQuietus Baker’s Dozen with the mighty Mark Lanegan. Some surprising selections – http://t.co/nuqpJZl3 #

The fashionable sickness known as Em—dash—itis: http://t.co/h5IasKFT via @simongoode #

So, the Gmail logo was designed the night before launch. Who would know? http://t.co/sdIQtKJr #

There’s nothing worse than a 16.0.912.77 when you really want a 17.0 #

InDesign table creation and page/section numbering were designed by a very disturbed individual. #

TV is just about food now, right? That, and ‘news’ where coalition politicians are gently and briefly challenged about their policies. #

If I had more time/bitterness, I’d create a site naming/shaming students who email research Q’s, but never reply with thanks for the A’s. #

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Sweet dreams, everyone! http://t.co/vHtKrdOk #

‘Result’ of my straw poll on EU cookie law http://t.co/iTWYUzD5 is ‘didn’t know / hoping it’ll go away / it’ll be dealt with by 3rd parties’ #

I’d imagine Olympus’ $130K fine for fraudulently concealing $1.5bn of losses was probably a good investment on their part. #

A camera makes a heart-warming lap of a sushi bar conveyor belt: http://t.co/TVEN5Fr4 #

Nice play, Gingrich, dangling the Palin carrot. Almost admirable, if it wasn’t so sickening. Hope all the GOP madmen promise the same. #

Oh, and that we’re already dealing with stupid web-related laws in the EU, never mind concerning ourselves about what might be passed next. #

TIL that it’s difficult to differentiate protest from awareness-raising, and usual social/professional circles from the rest of society. #

Seems to me that the only workable solution to the EU cookie law is for all browser vendors to add explicit, customisable consent controls. #

It would seem that, if enforced, it will destroy Google Analytics and other means of tracking site visits/use. For the EU, anyway. #

See this post on EU cookies legislation, for example: http://t.co/guCUIZl5 #

Serious question on SOP*/PIP* day. How are you guys dealing with the EU legislation on cookies and Google Analytics, enforced from 26/5/12? #

Occupy Design Launch 28/29 Jan 2012, Bank of Ideas-This Space Is Not For Hire details at http://t.co/oYniMZ7R via @OccupyDesignUK #

Imagine having to assemble a Transformer every 9 mins or less, then getting 17 cents for doing so. http://t.co/mWZEfEOH via @no_sweat #

Transformers (insert transforming noise). More than meets the eye. Transformers (more robot noises). Human rights abuse in disguise… #

I’d guess the staff would be demoralised by being bit-part players in an indulgent design concept. http://t.co/NVd9IyCy via @wireduk #

Worried about clicking this. Too long on Reddit: RT @L_D_F: In full swing: @IMM_cologne. Extreme stools via @designboom http://t.co/9JzVui80 #

Is Steve Job’s example and a concept of silence really a smart way to address pancreatic cancer? http://t.co/w8kM4lw0 via @designtaxi #

Excuse me. Did you drop this name? I found it lodged between more interesting tweets in my timeline. #

Incongruous, but clever imagery in Egyptian election graphics, accommodating a 50% illiterate population http://t.co/Zm7CeYko via @markwyner #

Surprisingly grounded and prescient forecast of the future of video games from 1983 http://t.co/DwVfDBkI via @whatkatedoes #

We’re not a month into the year, and Michael Gove is really owning the term ‘lickspittle’ already. #

SOPA shelved. PIPA persists. #

Never ceases to amuse me how some of the most vocal sustainability advocates have more of a carbon crater than footprint. #

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Interesting whistleblower post on Reddit, esp. the OP’s comment about a UK university VAT scam http://t.co/rnhNDCIJ #

Lessons in morality from people with a lifetime of immorality behind them. The old guard can’t die soon enough, can it? #

Google links to pirate sources of a shitty film, made by millionaires? Close the internet! This won’t do. #

A reminder from Reddit. 2008: Obama opposes Guantanamo. 2012: Obama opposes SOPA/PIPA. #

Odd. Having just watched Gene Hackman in The Conversation, the news says he’s been injured in road accident, Wikipedia says it’s killed him. #

Highly recommend ‘The Conversation’, a ’74 Coppola film starring Gene Hackman. Melancholic, stylish, gripping. Shame about the sax scenes. #

Thanks, energy corps, for the generous 5% reduction, following news that you made 733% more profit per client over a 5 month period in 2011. #

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Fantastic! http://t.co/SpgpY99Z @TBIJ #

Just over 2yrs ago, along with @reedwords, we gave an id and site to @blue_mondays. They’re still making January nicer http://t.co/FRE2FefI #

Anyone with Namesco for hosting/domains should remove stored card details. Some have been compromised, and I doubt they’re telling everyone. #

.@namesco – your security standards are utter, utter garbage. #

Interesting to see how different people highlight either the ‘Microsoft’ or the ‘Apple’ when describing the Foxconn mass suicide story. #

We’re now on @zerofee_ela’s second loop of Antony and the Johnsons ‘Aeon’ but, for once, I’m alright with that. #

Remember when ‘launching a startup’ used to be called ‘starting a business’? #

I see Unilever’s CEO has stated that he wants a ‘equitable, sustainable capitalism’ starting, presumably, elsewhere, by other people. #

Anyone else in N16 suffering @virginmedia broadband outages today? Status says ‘good service’. It isn’t. #

Good to see @CreativeReview’s piece/comments on the new DM Shop ID go beyond baseless speculation and opinion http://t.co/I6p642H5 #

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