I purchased this book several years ago and I’ve found it both inspirational and informative. It has taught me two things: how to appreciate the work of graphic designers that I am not a graphic designer That’s not to say that my design choices haven’t improved through reading the book. They have. The designs I make are less hideous than they otherwise would be, but they are nowhere near the quality that truly gifted designers [...]

It’s been a while since I posted.  Partly that’s a question of focus and partly it’s due to changes in the opportunities for commenting on technology. Twitter has blossomed wonderfully, while my longer reactions to tech news feel more naturally expressed in Google Reader than in a full blog post. I’m not abandoning blogging, but I have decided to focus on creation of fresh content rather than generating lots of “Look at this!” posts. So, [...]

I get the feeling that social networks, as we experience them, are about to get smaller and more meaningful. Just the people we know and care about. That’s just as it should be, and as it should have been from the start.

We want your help to hire an internationally renowned orchestra to record and release the rights to: the Beethoven, Brahms, Sibelius, and Tchaikovsky symphonies. We have price quotes from several orchestras and are ready to hire one… via Record and release free music without copyrights. by Aaron Dunn — Kickstarter. This is a brilliant idea, bypassing DRM by recording fresh performances of classical music.  I’m looking forward to filling up my iPod.

I’ve been using Wave for the past week, on an experimental basis and to work on a couple of projects with clients.  I’ve noticed that a lot of posts and articles have been focusing on the similarities to chat, email and micro-blogging without really looking at the full range of features, or their application to specific tasks and contexts.  So here I’ve drawn together some videos that show a range of uses. Overview | Neater [...]