http://zerofee.org/goodthinking Good Thinking: an ethical design blog Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://zerofee.org/goodthinking/index.php/2012/01/tweeked-weekly-thoughts-and-links-from-zerofee-2012-01-29/ http://zerofee.org/goodthinking/index.php/2012/01/tweeked-weekly-thoughts-and-links-from-zerofee-2012-01-29/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000 Zerofee http://zerofee.org/goodthinking/index.php/2012/01/tweeked-weekly-thoughts-and-links-from-zerofee-2012-01-29/

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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Atypical infographic source material. Anatomy of a stoning: http://t.co/zarruszP and http://t.co/vn9uR0U2 #

Running @ghostery is like flicking on a torch in a cellar, to see rats and roaches scurrying in all directions. http://t.co/IeJgzLWL #

Tools/services like ‘Tweepi’ are such dull-minded things. #

Well, this weather will test the roofs we live and work under… #

Minor resolution – type slower, delete less. #

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The most humble Rupert Murdoch is now on Twitter. #

Year new happy? We hope so. #

Spoke too soon. Not enough news today so, just before the deadline, room for influenza. ‘One man’ has died of bird flu http://t.co/X3xxg0Qg #

Francis Ford Coppola’s spaghetti sauce http://t.co/Mnl4ic3y #

2011 was the year that saw influenza cured by a lack of space in the news media. #

Happy new year in the form of brutal new tax codes, taking more from our first wages of 2012 than we owe. One rule for them, another for us. #

With a few notable exceptions, politicians of all persuasions have been in managed decline for decades. #

America: back to tweeting about professional matters. UK: still tweeting about movies, TV and overeating. #

Ebert on the further decline of cinema attendance. All except (1) relevant in my estimation http://t.co/affI0c71 #

HMRC received 1100 online tax returns on Christmas day. Make of that what you will. #

Eisenstein wanted the score for Battleship Potemkin rewritten every 20yrs to appeal to each new generation. Revolutionary! #

I’m fairly confident that @LoveGod50 is trolling all of you. #

This is not the first or last time that a @fart has reminded us of the negative impact of Christmas. #

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Is indifference noble now? And only when inspired by financial loss? #

It’s Christmas in this house already so, have a wonderful one everyone. Thanks for all the conversation, help and interest. Enjoy. #

It’s like feeding time at the zoo out there. Don’t go out. If you don’t have it, go without. You’d thank me. #

If I were a politician and used Lockheed’s UI to interact with constituents, I wouldn’t bother either http://t.co/MEWEOrIU > @newdesignsmell #

An excellent proposal http://t.co/z3Tuaeal via @riklomas #

Is there any celebration of aimless material consumption that this band won’t grasp at? http://t.co/h0z6bGqQ via @Londonist #

Unusually coherent statement from Anonymous on the ramifications of SOPA http://t.co/qDrs4bVo #

Pro-SOPA major corporations, in case you’re interested in avoiding them http://t.co/PunUNaMx (apols, PDF) #

Pleased to see this Etsio exploit back under the microscope – http://t.co/Uuz0c7fJ via @MerlinMason #

I have a recurring notion that social media is a kind of Panopticon prison/workhouse we’ve built and submitted ourselves to. #

Great @theQuietus article examining UK politics, society and ‘folk’ music. My head nodded throughout. http://t.co/RvfubEfv via @OllyParker #

World – Václav Havel – Kim Jong-il = equilibrium sort of? #

Eastenders Christmas Day special: sneak preview. http://t.co/TKWAt2f8 #

Last on the subject, in case it helps anyone else – seems to be a Chromium 16.x bug with hrefs in SVGs http://t.co/vS3Gu9sF #

In case anyone has the same issue, it’s Chrome 16 (fine in 15.x), visited links in SVGs fills are now inexplicably black. #

Anyone having a sudden problem with –webkit-tap-highlight-color affecting links in SVGs in Chrome? Has there been an update in recent days? #

PayPal – even miserable on the buyer side. Sending money doesn’t work in Chrome and denied two different, legit sets of card details. #

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*Dry heaves* http://t.co/29tyZnXD via @garydunion #

Vastly overpriced and meanly-portioned organic, ‘ethical’ food; you’re doing it wrong. Worse still, you’re undermining the ideal. #

This Is England ’86 and ’88 have been the most incredible, beautiful ugly things I’ve ever seen on TV. If you missed them, please try them. #

I think @Dropbox has entered the brand hall of fame. I notice myself and others verbing it – ‘dropbox it’, ‘you dropboxed it’. #

Timely post by @johnsonbanks on the subject of ‘idealised’ identity design, with great Fletcher quote at the end http://t.co/mhawYfqL #

Christmas. Ruining winter since 400ad. http://t.co/cTUrc9dr #

HTTP status cats! http://t.co/H4qcVV1W via @tobie @akosma #

When doing a search for ‘Geigy’, be sure to keep an eye on the auto correct. #

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Sorry, Rick. Bible justice time. http://t.co/MJxuSPPi #

Use all the typefaces! http://t.co/WLIiOOnq #

Kerning prohibited http://t.co/QUEsrxHs #

.@BreakfastNY – interesting work. Like mad scientists of the Internet age. #

That red metal sculpture at the Olympic park is actually worse in reality than in pictures. What was the intention/concept? #

Study concludes Twitter ‘did not incite rioting, was force for good’ in LDN. Mensch: idiocy confirmed. http://t.co/qsk0CN5z via @zerofee_ela #

I seem to have compulsive @52network ‘like’ disorder. #

Nice to see @paypal covering themselves in glory again today. Their bullying incompetency hurts developers and vendors all over the world. #

Spotify – sophisticated new app environment, but no invoicing via email. #

Since we’re telling students what not to do today, a non-ironic contribution: don’t email PDFs, cc or omit to identify the recipient’s name. #

Thank you @aegirthor @ministryoftype for saving us from an over-excited ~£130 Wacom Inkling purchase. http://t.co/PFZuYgAp #

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Sure I’m well behind the curve here, but @sequelpro is probably as good as database management is ever likely to look http://t.co/Fy0DkgvX #

What day is it? #

#ff Versatile, professional & talented photographer with pretty much the coolest real name we’ve met: @AlOverdrive – http://t.co/kfqzn0TY #

Factory-fresh Android phones running key / location logging, message recording rootkit? http://t.co/zjhFzyxj #

Does the lazyweb have a recommendation / contact for a bespoke rubber band supplier? We’ve exhausted a few options… #

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Amen. RT @MichaelSurtees: Good post for design students about finding the right designer to interview http://t.co/Km8kvC11 #

Fame! I want to live forever! RT @caroldecker: carol I heard you wee in a cubicle next to me at a charity banger racing do about 20yrs ago. #

Can someone check BBC1 and tell me if I’m hallucinating the 70s, please, or actually paying for that guff? #

“I hope this typeface catches people’s eye. It sure didn’t help move our fondue set” — Marge Simpson. #

Time Magazine covers: USA vs rest of world. A pattern emerges. http://t.co/Rs6NK9dJ #

Sick of the BBC parroting the party line. They have a deeply skewed concept of balance and I’d love to stop paying a license fee to them. #

“Get a Chromebook for the holidays”. Then tie it up in a bin bag full of bricks, and drop it in the local river? #

How did this pass me by? Anyway, it’s vital stuff for any design graduate: http://t.co/5Wn2edIv #

Feeding ‘the niche demand for the novelty and the banal with ventures in entrepreneurship’ http://t.co/pCcnlzm4 via @DesignAssembly #

Glad we have @tom_watson applying reason. Don’t our representatives have better things to do? http://t.co/vXJx3Qeo via @tweetminster #

Why does bit.ly take issue with shortened Google image search URLs? Safesearch concerns/censorship? #

So, it would seem Anton Chigurh is one of cinema’s most commonly painted characters http://t.co/46aLtFBY #

Err. Interesting sense of timing… http://t.co/j658vRFV via @akosmasoftware #

Spent the day visualising stats for an annual review. Flashback to doing the same for a big oil report in 1999, which revolted me 100%. #

Students. Next time you give thought to buying an expensive designer monograph, pretend they’re dead and keep your money. #

Cadbury – owned by a US company following a UK-taxpayer funded takeover and factory closure/job losses. Now owns purple. Next, the queen. #

RT @zerofee_ela: Please support the petition against the closure of the MA Design Writing Criticism programme: http://t.co/ChuK8V8j #

Got 1.34 into this video with the sound off, before retching. Can you beat my score? http://t.co/TzEzjKPf via @polywhat #

New site by @zerofee for Pen International (@pen_int) with identity by Harry Pearce @pentagramdesign. http://t.co/9bevvJQK #

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Admirable goals, dreadful name. The Darknet Plan http://t.co/SrUEfrks #

I notice @mediatemple copping quite a lot of grief at times, but it’s only fair to say they’ve been fantastic for me in the last 24hrs. #

First it’s underhand DRM, now climate change denier appeasement. Not a glorious day of news for the BBC http://t.co/BnaaPNUR #

*Stops print run of Zerofee business cards with ‘Idea Engineer’ titles on them* #

Please take off your logic and leave it by the entrance. http://t.co/b1P5hEIx #

‘Invalid numeric value’. PERHAPS IT SHOULDN’T WRAPPED IN BRACKETS IN THE FIRST PLACE ADOBE. #

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Admirable goals, dreadful name. The Darknet Plan http://t.co/SrUEfrks #

I notice @mediatemple copping quite a lot of grief at times, but it’s only fair to say they’ve been fantastic for me in the last 24hrs. #

First it’s underhand DRM, now climate change denier appeasement. Not a glorious day of news for the BBC http://t.co/BnaaPNUR #

*Stops print run of Zerofee business cards with ‘Idea Engineer’ titles on them* #

Please take off your logic and leave it by the entrance. http://t.co/b1P5hEIx #

‘Invalid numeric value’. PERHAPS IT SHOULDN’T WRAPPED IN BRACKETS IN THE FIRST PLACE ADOBE. #

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Valhalla Rising. Atheist allegory or black metal summer camp documentary? Either way, brilliant. Recommended. #

Massala delivers the best Indian food in Stoke Newington, so there’s no need to ask @northsixteen who does any more. #

A late #ff for @artsemergency – please applaud and support their defence of UK arts and humanities education in these dark days. #

I’ve just seen a lady steal a small pot of flowers, which might be one of saddest things I’ve ever witnessed. #

Marriage breakdown, fast food style in every sense. http://t.co/RE0tAiaA via @theMetaQ #

Georgia and Verdana redrawn for mobile. Particularly relevant today #cdnapocalypse http://t.co/k3LSco9K via @Design_Week #

Anyone else with sites on Mediatemple Gridservers experiencing problems this morning? Two development sites on different clusters out for us #

Is it just me? http://t.co/C1W7uQRH #

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Great googly moogly! @zeldman’s a Zappa fan! #

Overstating Jobs’ influence on videogames is as absurd as comparing sales of his bio to Battlefield 3. http://t.co/NPrK8ZWo #

Obama wants a ‘responsive’ web designer, but he’s been anything but. #

It’s the same mentality. #

Designers upset by Olympic posters, relax. Regard the decisions as you would the selection for tasks like switching on xmas lights, panto. #

£1.25billion in hidden Android support costs fall to carriers due to fragmentation? http://t.co/8Z4C0nIU #

I gather that Xxx Xxxxx, who writes for the Xxxxx Xxxx, is a xxxxxx xxxx. #

Terrible UI in wireframing apps: an irony of Alanis Morissette proportions. #

RT @Global_Witness: We will be speaking at #StPauls on banks and corruption at 2pm at @TentCityUni #occupylondon #

Shocking that the people of Greece can now influence their fate at the expense of others http://t.co/bxy2v6s5 via @johnthackara #

Seems futile to RT @brainpicker about a post on @swissmiss’s site but, but, but… it’s a 40min doc. on Polish posters! http://t.co/aVPooHhH #

To make printed design truly sustainable, you need to stop wasteful uses of it http://t.co/qlwuQbt6 via @TTDMAF #

Porsche. Go-to-guys for brands struggling to design their own products: http://t.co/xjNAff2d See also: Siemens kettles. Link via @markwyner #

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Happy birthday DWS! Your logo has struck over 31,536,000 poses since launch RT @marcusfairs: Our @Dezeen Watch Store is one year old! #

Tattooed corporate identity sort of undermines the ‘emancipated and unique’ vibe, but there you go http://t.co/bEvuBLwj h/t @markwyner #

Coercing IE7 by pointing over its shoulder and punching it out as it turns to look. #

J’ADORE! A compilation of ‘Internet fantastic’ design circlejerking http://t.co/otg9Hzhj from @newdesignsmell #

Well, that hinting for screen is time-consuming… http://t.co/LiEOeD1a via @MichaelSurtees @okaytype @inkbase #

I’ve seen a sneak preview of the next Herman Cain campaign video and the guy takes a bite of pizza then belches at the end. #

Damn fine photos from the sets of Twin Peaks http://t.co/luH7hzs1 #

Planning to launch a Phrenology-style, pseudoscientific personality assessment service based on kerning analysis. #

Won’t someone think of the children and make this into a looong jpg full of crowded, uppercase Helvetica? http://t.co/KKHRlFRh #

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Happy birthday DWS! Your logo has struck over 31,536,000 poses since launch RT @marcusfairs: Our @Dezeen Watch Store is one year old! #

Tattooed corporate identity sort of undermines the ‘emancipated and unique’ vibe, but there you go http://t.co/bEvuBLwj h/t @markwyner #

Coercing IE7 by pointing over its shoulder and punching it out as it turns to look. #

J’ADORE! A compilation of ‘Internet fantastic’ design circlejerking http://t.co/otg9Hzhj from @newdesignsmell #

Well, that hinting for screen is time-consuming… http://t.co/LiEOeD1a via @MichaelSurtees @okaytype @inkbase #

I’ve seen a sneak preview of the next Herman Cain campaign video and the guy takes a bite of pizza then belches at the end. #

Damn fine photos from the sets of Twin Peaks http://t.co/luH7hzs1 #

Planning to launch a Phrenology-style, pseudoscientific personality assessment service based on kerning analysis. #

Won’t someone think of the children and make this into a looong jpg full of crowded, uppercase Helvetica? http://t.co/KKHRlFRh #

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Watching America’s Next Top Model on a TV built into a refrigerator door would be a cultural nadir. #

‘Deal or No Deal’ is the chance/statistics equivalent of bewildered villagers pointing and staring at aircraft. #

“We have grown so introspective that we fail to make choices that contribute to social transformation” http://t.co/2mVCbOPc #

People who misspell Moleskine: me. #

Brands staging design competitions like the Moleskin/Designboom affair: ignorant. Participants: imbeciles. #

Face palmed. Words failed. Step away from the Twitter. #

A €100,000 fine for Facebook, otherwise known as ‘lunch’. #

Disqus proving again to be more of an eccentric, but amiable Johnny 5 to Intense Debate’s HAL. #

Wrestling Intense Debate is like working with HAL. “Switch the ID badge off, HAL”, “I’m afraid I can’t do that, Dave”. “Custom CSS?”, “No”. #

Identifying the architecture of global economic power and the top 50 corporations that form part of it http://t.co/zkMR767J #

“If you haven’t got the arts and humanities, what’s the point of living till 90?” http://t.co/NeHiFsi8 via @artsemergency #

Sledgehammer cracks nut http://t.co/Gs7CFiwL #

Designers as the 99%, by @MrCraigWard. I 99% agree. http://t.co/oTvZUGWX ht @howells #

When viewed on an iPhone, this is literally the most intrusive ad I’ve ever experienced http://t.co/c4P9xpHM #

Bitcoin begins to self-destruct http://t.co/sa542xyf #

South Lamar Animal Hospital makes full use of its signage system http://t.co/VL86hBLw #

‘A typeface is an alphabet in a straitjacket’, Alan Fletcher. http://t.co/SzdsW0Ln #

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Watching America’s Next Top Model on a TV built into a refrigerator door would be a cultural nadir. #

‘Deal or No Deal’ is the chance/statistics equivalent of bewildered villagers pointing and staring at aircraft. #

“We have grown so introspective that we fail to make choices that contribute to social transformation” http://t.co/2mVCbOPc #

People who misspell Moleskine: me. #

Brands staging design competitions like the Moleskin/Designboom affair: ignorant. Participants: imbeciles. #

Face palmed. Words failed. Step away from the Twitter. #

A €100,000 fine for Facebook, otherwise known as ‘lunch’. #

Disqus proving again to be more of an eccentric, but amiable Johnny 5 to Intense Debate’s HAL. #

Wrestling Intense Debate is like working with HAL. “Switch the ID badge off, HAL”, “I’m afraid I can’t do that, Dave”. “Custom CSS?”, “No”. #

Identifying the architecture of global economic power and the top 50 corporations that form part of it http://t.co/zkMR767J #

“If you haven’t got the arts and humanities, what’s the point of living till 90?” http://t.co/NeHiFsi8 via @artsemergency #

Sledgehammer cracks nut http://t.co/Gs7CFiwL #

Designers as the 99%, by @MrCraigWard. I 99% agree. http://t.co/oTvZUGWX ht @howells #

When viewed on an iPhone, this is literally the most intrusive ad I’ve ever experienced http://t.co/c4P9xpHM #

Bitcoin begins to self-destruct http://t.co/sa542xyf #

South Lamar Animal Hospital makes full use of its signage system http://t.co/VL86hBLw #

‘A typeface is an alphabet in a straitjacket’, Alan Fletcher. http://t.co/SzdsW0Ln #

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