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Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-10-14

Zerofee — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Oh god the new Tweetdeck is a mess. #
What is the benefit of a platform like Deezer / Spotify only allowing registration via Facebook? It must be of negligible value to Facebook. #
How does one square the practice of speculative, uninvited design work with ongoing diktat on the subject of design professionalism? #
Head explodes. Book no one needs about ‘the new visual language of sustainability’. Farewell, irony. http://t.co/ekRYTe0Z via @GoodDesign_ #
Bribr – bribery mapping/reporting app. We need something like this to monitor kidnapped brand vowels. http://t.co/voFvoykN via @tom_watson #
Ambitious. WebPlatform Docs http://t.co/hE63Cvti via @damianking_UK #
Without comment/judgement; an interesting post about why most Venezuelans vote Chavez (ES with EN translation) http://t.co/dGCS3kTV #
Slingin’ mad donuts, yo. http://t.co/uVNYEB3f #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-10-07

Zerofee — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Or tedious artists, as they’re otherwise known. #
A Rothko at the Tate Modern appears to have been defaced by Yellowists. http://t.co/jMEVIan6 #
So, Tweetdeck is an ordained Twitter app, yet it doesn’t display promoted tweets? #
Swipe file http://t.co/WYTo4snJ via @bruces #
Can’t wait to cancel that TV license, frankly. #
BBC has proved to be a fine public institution this year, quietly ignoring political attacks on the NHS and accusations of paedophilia. #
I urge you, east London, watch this video http://t.co/KgKYqd86 #
No luck getting http://t.co/VzJSbtQW working on iPhone today at all. #
Coffee at @EggsMilkButter was fun and I think @damianking_UK will appreciate the experience when we drag him there. Recommended. #
Jeremy Hunt makes me inclined to campaign for abortion into the 138th trimester. #
I’m taken by Adam Ferriss’s Processing transformations of Hubble photography http://t.co/oS83yvCJ #
I hate Kraft/Cadbury and the rubbish they make, but they’ve TM’d a very specific colour/product combination. Stop making a fuss. #
I’d have to be at gunpoint to work with Coke, never mind giving them our time on spec. This industry is a shameless sycophant at times. #
It appears that Cecilia Giménez – the restoration artist who brought us Beast Jesus – has taken up taxidermy http://t.co/dR2muI1Y #
Disappointing to see Apple farting about with iPad Mini in order to blend in with the Jonses. There’s nothing else more pressing. #
Started well… http://t.co/W2BT4Axm #
Reddit 3012 amused me, particularly the Half Life reference http://t.co/kvNWqup6 via @dangermindsblog #
Expect brands and manufacturers to demonise the CAD file. http://t.co/r4SxjZFt #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-09-30

Zerofee — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Radical change in the once-familiar can be disorientating, so it’s reassuring to see the UK music chart is still an open sewer. #
Ethiopian cuisine itch scratched. Thanks @cunabula. #
Fantastic is average in Scrabble. #
What does a spent hollow-point bullet look like when fired underwater? http://t.co/wqS2lysa #
RT @suzanne_moore: How the BBC betrayed the NHS: an exclusive report on two years of censorship and distortion http://t.co/Zb4aVPBu #
The DJ soundbites on 6 Music’s promos are as nausea-inducing as any I’ve heard. And way more Partridge than they realise, I suspect. #
Half a night off and indecisive – Jon Spencer Blues Explosion set on R6 Music, or Borderlands 2? Or sit here procrastinating. #
Presidential election info-viz that’s effective without being po-faced by @gabrieldance http://t.co/XUqoU3Pp via @matthewwells #
Disappointed, as ever, to see Win7 approximating the fonts I chose on OS X earlier. #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-09-23

Zerofee — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Anyway, blah iOS6 maps. What’s worse is: Settings > General > About > Advertising (near bottom) > Limit Ad Tracking. Why not Privacy > ? #
I think this iOS6 Maps example is kind of beautiful http://t.co/XnwpKTNL #
If I see one more ‘we printed on reclaimed material’ as sustainable design story I’ll get myself steamrollered and cut into business cards. #
Porcelain fighting figures dropped and photographed at the moment of impact http://t.co/TbS6dpPA #
Romanian ‘Merry Cemetery’ hosts intricate, narrative tombstones http://t.co/vz3fkNM1 #
A couple of gems from earlier Reddit foraging… #
Has anyone shot what might be reasonably termed a ‘panorama’ with iOS6 yet? ‘Widescreen’ seems more appropriate. Am I doing it wrong? #
.@thePolyPusher’s Montague’s Mount looks like a game concept worth backing: http://t.co/tp13mZ0e and Steam Greenlight: http://t.co/5DzawULP #
.@MaterialsCncl have an interesting exhibition up @superbrandsLDN during @L_D_F, by the way: http://t.co/liplBBxT #
Introducing @MaterialsCncl’s site http://t.co/byZmlwzh by @zerofee, featuring @traviskochel’s / @fontshop’s Chartwell Web, on the fly. #
If you want to test it, visit http://t.co/tYH8HHn7 with your iOS iPhone (link via @ironicsans). #
Designers, take a deep breath, sit down and delete a pass in Passbook… #
Thanks to Google’s help, it seems we must have a Craniosacral Therapist in the cellar. Handy. #
According to iOS6 Maps, someone’s running a business in my house. #
It’d be fun to see heatmaps of today’s XKCD and get a sense of how many were intrepid and footloose enough to go the distance. #
Amen. http://t.co/mjEgoUzu by @davidairey via @michaelsurtees #
The developers of IE < 9 are responsible for a time (and hair and money) genocide. #
The breadth and depth of R-Money’s ignorance and bigotry is galactic http://t.co/DpqK4gtL #
This is kind of interesting: who’s the most pirated artist in your area by postcode? http://t.co/h4kIGP2p (Pitbull) #
Who in their right mind buys open-air, mystery meat in east London anyway? http://t.co/RH0rI4Xp via @howells #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-09-16

Zerofee — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Feel I’ve just pulled the blind down on the last day of summer. Good job I spent it testing and integrating Chartwell Web. #
The best Hario V60 brewing video I’ve ever seen http://t.co/sd2iPUDf #
Anyone interested in telephoto royal breasts should pursue legal action against themselves. #
The kerning work of @iginomarini is right at the nexus of art and science http://t.co/ftxTGpN2 via @Aen #
Why is the Kindle Paperwhite ‘US only’? Temporarily? Poor choice of words. #
The ‘new’ eBay identity is a missed opportunity, but will not make the slightest bit of negative difference to their continued success. #
Amused to see people on the GiffGaff forums threatening to leave if they can’t get nano-sims within ‘two weeks, max’. Mentally ill. #
As useless infographics go, the classic human evolution visual is probably one of the most unhelpful and harmful. #
Thanks @marcusfairs for the hat tip in the @MacRumors @dezeen / iPhone 5 launch story. Our site’s still up… http://t.co/B28oXCO2 #
Whoever mocked up the new eBay logo on that iPad needs a good talking to http://t.co/sgeLTfvj via @howells #
My Flying Spaghetti Monster, human beings are stupid http://t.co/OISL2dH6 #
Keeping up with the Joneses, Black Metal style http://t.co/PogoXrAP #
.@yellbusiness FFS, get me out of your email sub list. I’ve unsubscribed many times and emails still arrive. No unsub link on the latest! #
Staying on topic, serious question: is there any chance that Apple will refresh any of their more useful hardware before end of year? #
But, remember kids, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence in the first place, and that’s ‘their’ problem, not yours. #
However, he did say ‘if science [demonstrated] certain claims in Buddhism to be false, we must accept … and abandon those claims’. #
It’s interesting how bold proclamations often emerge at the inevitable end of a reign. #
Dalai Lama: ‘grounding ethics in religion no longer adequate’. No longer? Never was. Never will be. #
Ah… RT @engadget: iPhone 5 confirmed to use nano-SIM, current SIMs not compatible – http://t.co/dQFLNYfL #
I hate to be that guy, but the creative hardware. What do we do? How long do we wait for a refresh? #
Via @akosma: check http://t.co/yDVUKnof to see Dezeen Magazine at 1:20 /cc @marcusfairs #
Now, please give us some new iMacs. #
I’m mildly proud of this: RT @Graham_Baldwin: @marcusfairs Dezeen supported by iPhone 5 http://t.co/hyDu1w1M #
RT @AmyFrearson: Dezeen is shown on an iPhone screen at the launch of the iPhone 5!!! Woo! #
One of the few downsides of ejecting a military junta from your country http://t.co/ue9PsuMj #
‘Paid … £187 and given a flash drive of FSA footage (with) permission to sell to news channels’ http://t.co/H1qEQWOs via @design_week #
Activate the moron magnet. WO Oxfam rebrand on @design_week.http://t.co/0iIm8meE via @DesignJudge #
Having been offline for about 10 days, I thought Jeremy Hunt’s appointment as health secretary was a joke when a comedian referred to it. #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-09-02

Zerofee — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Post-truth politics is politics. People have never been interested in truth, they vote to receive positive reinforcement for their beliefs. #
At least 30% of a typical designer’s / studio’s time must now be dedicated to producing crappy, naive blog-bait stunt design. #
Madagascar closes its ports. RT @lawrencebrown: The growth of Walmart GIF 1962 – 2004 https://t.co/HXvZmcLr #
Mental note to not subscribe when trial expires. #
Trialling Office365. Setup says it’s initiating Sharepoint, ‘this make take a few minutes’. 10 go by. Check support. ‘Takes around 24hrs’. #
Nothing puts me off a typeface quicker than looking at the lowercase ‘a’ too intently. I appreciate this might just be me. #
For me, this Ayn Rand cover provokes Sagan’s ‘pale blue dot’, affirming how repulsive I find her ideas http://t.co/eXUnWWf2 via @designfeast #
A stupifying combination of ‘rockstar’ drivel and theoretical ‘design’ nipple-tweaking. Tripe. http://t.co/4axhN6wD via @BenStott #
Worth having for the narration alone: RT @SupergiantGames: Bastion for iPad is now available on App Store for $4.99! http://t.co/spaTMtLs #
Obama has just used the term ‘going forward’. #
IAMA POTUS, hit me with your best gifs http://t.co/fMiyhvrc #
Those damn terrorist Musl… Oh. http://t.co/vZyTh5mB #
To hang on to power, we must blend in. Is that meant to be an endearing gesture? #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-08-26

Zerofee — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:00:00 +0000

I can’t resist mentioning on Twitter that http://t.co/kJWhJ66n appears to be down right now. #
Have a great weekend, everybody! http://t.co/TJJu5kb7 #
If everyone followed zen advice and lived in the moment, we wouldn’t have a robot on Mars. #
Adobe, don’t trigger a ‘help us improve’ modal dialogue under the app I’ve just opened, preventing me from using it. There. Does that help? #
When The Sun makes reference to the public interest, it really means pubic. #
PC people, I know it’s a matter of personal preference, but what’s the best PC/Win7 IDE / text editor, primarily for markup/CSS? #
Small caps gone wild http://t.co/LoR19ecw from @reddit #
Who’d like 3 days of mobile web app dev training in London with @akosma, author of http://t.co/guE27ZlM ? Details: http://t.co/pR2wBEGv #
Ah, too late on the Kilroy Silk front: http://t.co/XGDe0vIR via @zerofee_ela #
Prince Harry, Richard and Judy. What’s next? Kilroy Silk? Fake or not, I’m preparing the antiemetics. #
Opinion on desktop Windows 8 / Metro / whatever it’s called today is so divided it makes me think they must have done something right. #
‘Some MPs are billing for up to 80 hours of outside work a month’ via @TBIJ http://t.co/9UylsyLp #
Internet advertising: That thing you looked and probably purchased a few days ago? Look! Here it is again! #
Amazed to find that both OS X Preview and Quick Look will, at times, displayed previously cached versions of a modified file. Frustrating. #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-08-19

Zerofee — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Wow. The Zappa family have finally done a deal with Apple? #
Oh god, please http://t.co/5MdHbrya #
Sub-par Mario. Nintendo deferring responsibility for chain of custody and conflict minerals to partners. http://t.co/Ct1p1MPa #
I can’t break the habit of thinking about polygons, instead of PolyFiller® when dealing with polyfills. I prefer mine. #
There’s no brand, product, service or organisation that cannot be successfully characterised by antique American vernacular graphics. #
The most informative, humbling gif I have ever seen. http://t.co/wwHtyrFg #
I remember nothing of my A Level results, only that the entire exercise had no bearing on everything since. #
If you want ad revenue, at least generate some original, bad articles. #
Designers, design blogs: please stop perpetuating this: http://t.co/7CAxmfoB via @peoplewhoshouldknowbetter #
Didn’t anticipate I’d listen to so much Ethiopian jazz this week but, thanks to @zerofee_ela, I am. #
Usain Bolt. From hero to zero faster than any man alive? http://t.co/jLvCCc6x via @RenegadeEcon #
Am I alone in being dismayed by the Berg Little Printer? I don’t mind if I am, and the question’s an honest, confused one, not snarky. #
I wanted to try the fake follower app, but it seems to want to wear my Twitter account like a sock puppet, so I won’t http://t.co/QGvGurle #
ToS;DR – summarising and rating ToS so, well, you don’t have to. Nice. http://t.co/oBJMr7sL #
Look. An actual new hi-res Mars landscape from Curiosity. Good work by the BBC to give it appropriate treatment http://t.co/MXVslGyj #
It’s great to see an organisation taking good care of their visual and written content: http://t.co/kg3jmuD0 @helenbamber #
Brilliant. RT @C4Paralympics: http://t.co/scawnUec via @aegirthor #
For anyone else using Little Snitch who has developed Chrome-uninstall urges: http://t.co/3c7Z9VWB #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-08-12

Zerofee — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:00:00 +0000

It was looking suitable preposterous, bombastic and British there for a moment, but it looks like we’re going to defile this too. #
Wikipedia: ‘The song touched a chord with the British trait of stoicism and the ‘stiff upper lip’ in the face of disaster’ #
Dear World, sorry. Love, London. #
Just in case any kids were feeling inspired, here’s some skinny models and a woman in a nude suit singing about money in a Rolls Royce. #
Spearmint Rhino is leaking. #
If you think you’re having a bad time at home, think of those kettled athletes – at least we can go to bed. #
Seriously. Who cares? #
I’m hoping Adam Ant will come out and throw a carburettor into the audience. #
Songs of Praise has had a makeover, eh? #
Perhaps it’s a clever attempt to establish a new Olympic closing event – the international Twitter mockathon. #
This seems designed to ease us back into things sucking again. #
A really beautiful three minutes http://t.co/12tABx11 via @juliaturner @pomeranian99 #
None more black. Turn it down from 11 and avoid using it. http://t.co/8DwR1pwp via @cameronmoll #
Any good faith towards Google is eroded daily by ksfetch. #
Spider wars. http://t.co/WIPaMOJe #
Stunning photo of previously uncharted Martian territory, yesterday: http://t.co/CviEkotW #
Today, everything is a photo from Curiosity on Mars. #
This 281-Gigapixel Image Depicts an Entire Animal at the Cellular Level http://t.co/TlfYQF8Y #
I swear there are different Twiglet vintages. June 2012 was a fine one. August seems a little carcinogenic. #
Brace yourselves. The mistaken Mars/Curiosity panoramas are coming. (They’re from an earlier rover). #
The article linked in that last tweet was written for Forbes by @RichardJMurphy who I strongly recommend you follow. #
That @MittRomney uses the .tt TLD for URL shortening is a rich irony, with Trinidad & Tobago considered a tax haven http://t.co/wQt78r5s #
What concerns me is the implication that a social media team is running the country. Might explain things. http://t.co/MNNgmq8S via many #
Designers, you can almost hear the crumpling of polyester behind these blunt directives: http://t.co/XK2LEemo via @nealcampbell @aral #
Credit to Microsoft for their IE10 do not track decision. Hope it sticks http://t.co/rLG3Ep5F #
I think @Slash needs to have a few stern words with @GibsonGuitars http://t.co/zdRXR0ai via @OliCourtneyGW #
“Not enough to get that sort of work done right”. Sound insight that designers would be happy to encounter http://t.co/wU4vTLjW via @glinner #
Note the gymnast’s reaction to the 2012 pink interiors. @zerofee_ela raised the same criticism. Distracting. http://t.co/67IIQcSv #
If I was in the country on the day I’d be booking tickets for the @stbridelibrary / @uniteditions Lubalin evening http://t.co/1jJssYfZ #
My Mensch prediction – RIAA lobbyist. #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-08-05

Zerofee — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:00:00 +0000

While everyone was distracted by tennis, TeamGB just took another silver and bronze in a really close men’s pommel horse. #
Central London will be a much nicer place as soon as we can print clothes at home. #
Type rendering beautifully in Win7, as ever *sarcasm* http://t.co/o0UKbB6h #
Fixed my iTunes problems by deleting it. #
/cc @zerofee_ela RT @jayrosen_nyu: This is indeed… http://t.co/JxoHYNK9 …the sports photo of the year. Astounding. #
Lazyweb, is there an in-the-browser print layout/templating platform/app/SaaS that offers good typographic choice (or user’s own)? #
Spot the difference: Dezeen Watch Store – http://t.co/iO8EyG7O vs. http://t.co/yjIRbLGI #
Very pleased to see @eyemagazine looking poised and confident in a new website http://t.co/s8iOJOqV #
Scarier than global warming: RT @electionista: US – Presidential polls average: Obama 48%, Romney 46.2% http://t.co/BocgelQP #
The Internet, summarised in gif form: http://t.co/aZac3mW2 #
On Quora: criteria for choosing typefaces. The Gill thing never escapes me. http://t.co/HOdVYgo1 #
Can’t vouch for authenticity, but 19th C Serbian bear-hunting armour! http://t.co/Pux4Uhtd #
The actor who played Biff in Back to the Future carries this with him: http://t.co/LdXcqyCm #
If you’re going to IP troll anyone, probably best not to pick on Anonymous http://t.co/6CN765a3 #
Vignelli’s three decade chart of ideological and design change: http://t.co/m6yMYjF9 via @kindco @shawnhazen #
I would RT the quick-out-of-the-blocks dangling Boris Tumblr, but I think it’s all doing him more good than harm. #
Cinema equation, when deciding to see a niche film in a small cinema: £13.75 a head + travel + drinks / members of the public = nein. #
Crikey. It’s been over ten years since I was mildly disappointed with Geogaddi http://t.co/YBYsKR8h #
Nice to see Boris Johnson looking like a pair of discarded trainers right now. #
Too busy Designing in Hackney to attend #designedinhackney but it sure sounds good. Hello mum! #
Pffft. Everyone knows the cool method was Shift + Run Stop. C64 turns 30! http://t.co/pZ670hLH #
There’s a number of words and figures here that never should be combined: “WORD REMAINS RENDERING ENGINE FOR OUTLOOK 2013″ #
When a startup analysed its traffic from Facebook ads, it found 80% coming from bots http://t.co/rYLRfHpW #
Silver for GB in the men’s team gymnastics provokes the first olympic tears in the Zerofee household! #
Now the 1% can buy a £900k, 4m tall, 3G mobile ball-bearing firing robot, courtesy of Suidobashi Heavy Industry http://t.co/hbpj6RB3 #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-07-29

Zerofee — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 22:00:00 +0000

In honour of the spirit of competitive games, I’ve watched King of Kong. Wiebe for gold! #
Ai Waiwai reviews the opening ceremony http://t.co/iNTjIlGq via @lickedspoon #
The developing theories regarding the moon’s formation are fascinating and terrifying http://t.co/uppXZxsz #
A quick review of Twitter this morning reveals it wasn’t just the fireworks that went over the heads of many last night. #
Didn’t realise there was some new John Frusciante stuff – @zerofee_ela is going to speak in tongues when she hears this http://t.co/C7tD4P7N #
One thing we haven’t seen much of is *that* logo. Is it going up in flames next? That’d seal the deal for Danny. #
“Biodegradable paper”. Fancy that. #
Those fine people from Peru must be absolutely overdosing on oxygen right now. #
People complaining about the political nature of some tweets tonight: what did you think large parts of the ceremony were? #
If ever there was a demonstration of how creativity can help dispel cynicism, that was it. And my account hasn’t been hijacked. #
The WWW. One of those other things that came out of the UK that the world had no interest in #romney4president #
Cab for Mr Lansley. #
Fantastic ceremony so far, but never been so torn over the NHS aspect. Hope it proves an investment in its future. #
So, if we tune in at 9pm, we get to see Beckham kick Mitt Romney’s flaming head into a bucket, yes? #
Uncle Bill, hanging with a few other faces you might recognise. http://t.co/JmZvRaRP #
Presuming this (for me, a blank page) is further confirmation of the new iMacs in September? http://t.co/YXtNHTfi? #
MOAR troops on the streets! #
I, for one, am relieved that the Steam Summer Sale is over. #
Dear foreign Olympic visitors; please buy as much official tat as possible, as it helps reduce the UK taxpayer burden. Thanks! #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-07-22

Zerofee — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Icanhasyoursoul. http://t.co/4cEGUh5a #
Look, the future: synthetic jellyfish made from a rat’s heart. http://t.co/AhISSXmj via @edyong209 @annaleen @willwiles #
N16! Save time today by looking briefly at http://t.co/DEGfglRN then longer at http://t.co/n0MAO10Q while alternating http://t.co/DuZ98pOm #
This is why you read the dull-looking notes on the office kitchen notice board http://t.co/MYkDzBHF #
Once again, I’m sad to see a certain section of society needs to try to pry the need for firearms from their cold, dead brains. #
.@yell. How many times to I have to unsubscribe from your poorly-targeted email garbage before it actually stops? #
Google’s HTML5 mobile weather app has had the kind of minimalist design refresh that sucks the life out of it. #
“Harder to sell a hot dog on the st than… recover transplant tissue”. Sellable body parts worth up to $200k http://t.co/5J4qRFmP via @TBIJ #
If @shellisprepared is not a parody account, then I particularly like this tweet: http://t.co/jBgdh3q5 #
I think Lego is possibly the perfect product brand. All they need to do now is start making them out of bamboo instead of plastics. #
A ‘working’ half-size replica of a jet engine. In Lego. http://t.co/KCNhV2cw #
News stories are better now they routinely include inane, quoted tweets from members of the public. #
The faux street-vernacular characteristics of the London 2012 identity are all the more difficult to stomach as the brand police advance. #
Seriously, you’ve got to try a bit harder than this, no? http://t.co/5FTu6ZDI #
Footage of Olympic torch procession: it’s like a heavily branded invading force, parading through town to confirm resistance is futile. #
Couldn’t happen to a nicer company http://t.co/f6kVKd3S #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-07-15

Zerofee — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:00:00 +0000

And now I can see loads of Olympic stuff *puts KFC bucket over head* #
Being on a bus on a Saturday afternoon makes me wish I was deaf. #
Best thing on the internet. Lap it up. Cat Catalogue – http://t.co/F3XBJKw6 by @riklomas #
.@chriscoyier’s Mactuts+ interview on 18yrs as a Mac user http://t.co/wu628XWB reminded me of my LC 475: http://t.co/DF5as4Gi #
Elizabeth Taylor was, literally, a mutant http://t.co/lVsxvzER #
Our ID for @Dezeen Watch Store made it to the lenticular cover of the upcoming ‘Dynamic Identities’ by Irene van Nes. http://t.co/spCzuJl2 #
It’s pretty frustrating to have my MBP find a Bluetooth mouse 10ft way above my head, but not the one next to it I need to use. #
Managed 2 hyperventilating minutes in the Steam summer sale before being 503’d out of there. #
New identity by @zerofee for @MaterialsCncl, who launch at @SuperBrandsLDN during @L_D_F 2012 – http://t.co/I8PmvN8w #
Via @ellenLupton, a review of @andrewshea’s new book ‘Designing for Social Change’ http://t.co/YRdIhh9D #
Glad I just moved from O2 to GiffGa… Oh. (at least it’s £25pcm less to have no signal). #
History reveals Kalman to be unfair to Gates, but otherwise sound. RT @BenStott: Fuck Committees →
Tibor Kalman 1998 | http://t.co/f3wup8uD #
“Thoughtful creative strategy … is dumbed down to forgettable twaddle” @makemehappen shoots from the hip on @66000mph http://t.co/w4FDkOBt #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-07-08

Zerofee — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Weekend ruined. No chance of hearing mediocre music blow around a field or take in live supermarket product placement http://t.co/sejI1xca #
Celebrated, speculative design exercises are harmful. It’s like cheering the performance of a dance when no one can hear the music. #
2012 MBP adopters, do you still endure two tiny fans seething at 5000rpm every time you do anything more strenuous than edit a text file? #
It’s a good day for clicktavism – ACTA near death, UK forest privitisation canned. Pointer power (or something). #
Seems to me that various aspects of the Apple site are broken in the latest Chrome. #
It always brings a smile to my face when spell check tries to switch ‘Gadaffi’ to ‘gadfly’. #
Seems Ikea sates hunger for cheap furniture with ancient Russian forest, with the approval of the dubious FSC label http://t.co/cGP2CfJO #
Not sure if conspiracy or incompetence… Safari download does not work in Chrome under Windows 7. http://t.co/jVRIT2Mj #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-07-01

Zerofee — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:00:00 +0000

It’s remarkably quiet here on the subject of Android 4.1 Flash support. #
It’s like getting rid of indigestion when someone you politely followed unfollows, cueing reciprocation. I’m sure the feeling is mutual. #
The American right will now call the Waaahmbulances in droves. Only, now, they’ll be able to afford them. #
Those of you using Gmail for business… How do you get by? It’s terrible. #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-06-24

Zerofee — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 22:00:00 +0000

I’ve avoided iTunes for about 18 months and going back now to restore/sync feels like returning to prison after a daring escape.. #
I meant to say don’t watch that Stanhope video at work, unless you’re the boss. And don’t watch it if you’re one of my younger relatives. #
Here’s @DougStanhope’s response to Milliband’s populist cheap shot, from over 4yrs ago http://t.co/JVOvffsV #
The way I see it, Jimmy Carr will now have less money in the future, but more material. So, more money. #
Infinitely preferable to the Bantjes ‘imagine I’m dead’ attitude. #
Kudos to @barnbrook for actively using Twitter to help design students – very admirable. #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-06-17

Zerofee — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:00:00 +0000

This ‘poopoo’ linkbait reminds me why I’m uncomfortable with designers as critics. Also: parody is harder than it looks. #
No Ethernet in the new MacBook pro? That’s a very consumer move. #
Eugene’s Lair. #
Poland’s manager looks like Harvey Keitel, so presumably they dare not lose. #
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a man to set up a Windows PC. #
BBC weather – nice infographic. At-a-glance useful http://t.co/Z86DpjKj #
Virgin Broadband is like an anti-superhero – reliable by day, useless at night. Morning: 8-9mbps. Night: 0.5-1mbps. #
Proof, if needed, that some marketing/branding professionals exist in a self-imposed game of isolation and denial http://t.co/bizi2UFO #
Looked forward to the Apple announcements, but am left with (don’t say sour taste) a sense of irritation over detail like soldered RAM. #
2030, BBC2 around 9pm, lackluster comedians will reminisce about how we used to have ‘that summer’, ‘that church’, ‘that Murdoch empire’. #
Amazing how Illustrator can produce a different result for every matching, numerical rotation applied to a shape, varying by a couple of px. #
You know what I miss? Shadows. #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-06-10

Zerofee — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Breaking Bad is fantastic. As Hank pointed out, absence made the heart grow fonder. #
Autumn’s mild this year, isn’t it? #
“It’s not web design unless it’s responsive” = “It’s not identity design unless it’s made of intersecting circles”. #
We have to call the bank – 08457 number, at our cost – to verify transactions, even to the likes of HMRC, before we attempt them. #
Debit/credit card security is so poor that the banks don’t trust their own systems and now seem to pass responsibility to the customer. #
Everything above the fold on the BBC News site today is beneath contempt. #
Microsoft, Sony, Steam and other proprietary gaming networks need to get the ban hammer out for these people http://t.co/q2xmQ2Uy #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-06-03

Zerofee — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 22:00:00 +0000

–2000 lines of code and the futile effort to measure and define creative efficiency http://t.co/TctIVzRu #
http://t.co/0Ukiur40 seems to be a useful, open-source alt to Google Analytics, especially where privacy is a concern. Via @drivenbydata #
Generative music from a turntable that plays trees http://t.co/6JRWQrLf #
Jubilee can also be used as an adjective, meaning ‘to flambé’. #
Formally Concerned http://t.co/I1CulhxM by @mgoldst via @thinkingtype @eyemagazine #
A viewpoint so wrongheaded, from a platform – ironically – so divorced from reality, I just don’t know where to start http://t.co/n8hZGuKs #
“D’ya ever get lonely?“
“Only around people.” #
Let the sycophancy commence. Or intensify, I haven’t really been following. #
Congratulations @stokeylitfest on the first day of your third festival – a fantastic achievement. Good luck this weekend! #SNLF2012 #
Amercia! Fcuk yeah! #romney2012 #
I’d love to see Gove as Tory leader. The living logo. #
I find the current Chrome Tweetdeck frustrating, unless I sit and watch my timeline constantly. #
Adobe Creative Cloud ads. Nothing screams ‘lazy desktop publishing’ more than auto-leading on the last line of each sentence. #
Skeptic proves that the tears of a ‘crying crucifix’ come from a leaking toilet, faces 3yrs in the can for blasphemy. http://t.co/97z2DBRp #
BBC News confuses Halo UNSC emblem with the actual UN one http://t.co/mSJyhFrH #

Tweeked. Weekly thoughts and links from Zerofee 2012-05-27

Zerofee — Sun, 27 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000

The internet uses cookies. If you enjoy free editorial, news, video and social tools but resent that fact, don’t use the internet. #
Working from home with a cat affixed to my face, alternately walking over keyboarljkbindronndvcmn #
(via @JayGreasley) RT @KoehlerBear: Cookie law amended last minute to allow implied consent. http://t.co/iCTbg5v4 #
The difference between the US platoon of Restrepo and the Danish forces in Armadillo is already stark, and I’m less than 10mins in. #
Restrepo. Pointless horror, punctuated with camaraderie as deep-voiced children are dropped into a literal valley of death. #
Bipolar Hackney in photos http://t.co/e3g587sm via @OliCourtneyGW #
Canadian students protesting fees provide their protest route to police http://t.co/QRJGPhrm #
This is a local shop for local people. http://t.co/EwPRjPAD #
Bariol looks nice and capable. Get it for free, test it, then pay them something via @designjudge http://t.co/jdPBgCKf #
Gossip = half of Heart. Audibly, not visibly, before anyone gets agitated. #
Beautiful. Brought a tear to my eye. http://t.co/RsLIaX5x via @damianking_UK #
Er, my long-forgotten http://t.co/hDgjycxa weather alert says it’s going to be 34ºc tomorrow… #
Chrome’s shine tarnished (I’m on fire) http://t.co/FVhCrDyK #
Similarly, @fontdeck, if not more so. #
Regular type libraries could learn/steal a lot from @typekit’s browsing/classification UI. #
Crowdsourced design is like a drum machine on a rock album. #
Chrome takes gold. http://t.co/UkDWgahw #