http://zerofee.org/goodthinking Zerofee is an ethical design agency, and this is our feed. We create identity and design for print and digital media, but not for irresponsible brands or companies. Why Zerofee? Alongside commercial work, we constantly donate design to financially–challenged charities and good causes. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zerofee/lsMS/~3/jzegzilJx2s/ http://zerofee.org/goodthinking/index.php/2012/01/tweeked-weekly-thoughts-and-links-from-zerofee-2012-01-29-3/#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-2012-01-29-3/

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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