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, 13 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zerofee/lsMS/~3/Hvbv0PWK5Cg/ http://zerofee.org/goodthinking/index.php/2012/05/tweeked-weekly-thoughts-and-links-from-zerofee-2012-05-13/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 Zerofee http://zerofee.org/goodthinking/index.php/2012/05/tweeked-weekly-thoughts-and-links-from-zerofee-2012-05-13/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fried day. #

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

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

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

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

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TCR siege or Donkey Kong re-enactment? #

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? #

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tweetdeck in Chrome – user autocomplete is almost useless. #

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

Let’s try that again… #

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Google web fonts. My eyes, they burn. #

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cilla Black. Grandpa Simpson. Equally fascinating storytellers. #

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Graphics International had a handsome format. #

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

99p. All proceeds to something actually worthwhile. #

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SOPA shelved. PIPA persists. #

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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