2 month ago
philgyford : 'Grand,' but No 'Godfather' - WSJ.com - On why 'Grand Theft Auto IV' is very good but isn't great art in the way the best films are. (via Infovore)
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2 month ago
philgyford : LRB · Iain Sinclair: The Olympics Scam - Very good long article on the 2012 London Olympics and its effect on East London. I was getting won over by the Olympics until this reminded me how I really feel.
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2 month ago
philgyford : Condé Nast to launch Wired magazine in the UK | Media | guardian.co.uk - I hate that a bit of me is torn between bitterness and excitement about this. I want not to care. (via Haddock)
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3 month ago
jonhicks : That design is money!
Andy Baio : Case study of redesigning the new Wells Fargo ATM user experience - Pentagram did nice work, though the buttons seem a bit too low contrast [via]
Rod Begbie : That design is money! - About the UI design of Wells Fargo ATMs. My decision to open a Wells Fargo account after moving to SF was largely influenced by the experience I had at one of their ATMs, so it's definitely a good design. [via] #
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3 month ago
Rod Begbie : The Question of Global Warming - Outstanding and thoughtful article by Freeman Dyson. [via] #
philgyford : The Question of Global Warming - The New York Review of Books - I found this Freeman Dyson article interesting because it isn't written from one of the two usual polar extremes of the global warming arguments.
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4 month ago
philgyford : Yahoo downgrades antispam measure after causing BT email chaos | Technology | The Guardian - Including a quote from "freelance web consultant and blogger Phil Gyford".
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4 month ago
gleuschk : Are US Inflation and Employment Underestimated? | MetaFilter - great comment in the thread about the (apparently woefully uninformed and confused) Harper's article
mmb : Are US Inflation and Employment Underestimated? | MetaFilter - Are US Inflation and Employment Underestimated? | MetaFilter
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5 month ago
Richard Rutter : Ten typographic mistakes everyone makes - The usual suspects – didn’t know about the currency punctuation though.
43folders : Ten typographic mistakes everyone makes | Life, Tutorials
adamrg : Ten typographic mistakes everyone makes - Guilty as charged. Worse, I knew better in many cases.
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philgyford : Automatic writing | eG weekly | EducationGuardian.co.uk - Fascinating. Philip M Parker can generate a book automatically when someone orders it. I stumbled across one for sale on Amazon. (via Haddock)
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gleuschk : The God Particle - National Geographic Magazine - great photos of the LHC
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philgyford : Breaking Through - New York Times - Just because I find it interesting what movies make a performer's reputation, and in some cases makes it harder for them to different roles later. (via Kottke)
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gleuschk : Jared Diamond: Japanese Roots - Just who are the Japanese? Where did they come from, and when?
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adamrg : The man who unboiled an egg - He can measure the pressure inside a chip and has worked out how to produce 24 litres of mayonnaise from a single egg.
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7 month ago
43folders : Smithsonian Magazine | Arts & Culture | Being Funny - via http://www.metafilter.com/68638/A-Wild-and-Introspective-Guy
philgyford : Smithsonian Magazine | Arts & Culture | Being Funny - Steve Martin on his early career and being funny without telling jokes.
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7 month ago
43folders : The Autumn of the Multitaskers - voa df via rands
adamrg : The Autumn of the Multitaskers
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7 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Is the Tipping Point Toast? - Is the Tipping Point Toast?: maybe influentials aren't after all?
WillPate : The tipping point theory gets more complicated
Linkorama : Is the Tipping Point Toast? - Yet, if you believe Watts, all that money and effort is being wasted. Because according to him, Influentials have no such effect. Indeed, they have no special role in trends at all.
philgyford : Is the Tipping Point Toast? -- Duncan Watts -- Trendsetting - Much-linked-to article saying that Influentials aren't as influential as 'The Tipping Point' would have us believe."When you test the way marketers say the world works, it falls apart."
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8 month ago
philgyford : LRB · Thomas Jones: Short Cuts - "The best of the lot, though, is the diary of Samuel Pepys, which a web designer called Phil Gyford has been posting in daily instalments since 2003..." Hurrah!
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8 month ago
Ethan Marcotte : "With friends like these…" - Tom Hodgkinson on the politics of Facebook's backers. (Via Bronwyn.) ∞ [via]
philgyford : With friends like these ... Tom Hodgkinson on the politics of the people behind Facebook | Technology | The Guardian - Yes, all very well, but I'm guessing Hodgkinson hasn't analysed the beliefs of the bosses of every company he has any interaction with, only the most attention-grabbing.
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8 month ago
philgyford : Books speak volumes about life's milestones | Valerie Grove - Times Online - On not getting rid of all one's books.
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plasticbag : yugop.com is a freaky design and animation Flash toy site. - I do love these sites, even as I know they're sort of pointless. Like proper art these. Explorations of form without the need for any utility other than to delight.
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9 month ago
philgyford : Wired 14.11: The Church of the Non-Believers - Dawkins, Dennett, Sam Harris. (via The Same River Twice)
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9 month ago
adamrg : "Information Access in a Networked World" - Danah makes some good points, and sparks some thought... I'm always left wanting a bit of the same thing I demand from my students -- cite your sources, give your stats.
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9 month ago
adamrg : Whatever: Writing Tips for Non-Writers Who Don't Want to Work at Writing
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10 month ago
adamrg : J.F.K.’s Death, Re-Framed - New York Times
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10 month ago
philgyford : Ben Goldacre: Now for ID cards - and the biometric blues | Comment is free | The Guardian - Can we all club together and buy Ben Goldacre an award for services to common sense or something? He's been on fire this year.
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