January 2012
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Frictionless Sharing and the Gruesome Death of...
The whole concept of automated sharing makes my skin crawl, it really does. The social web is built around the sharing of thoughts, opinions, beliefs, attitudes, information and pictures of cats. And that’s fine; I love a good LOLcat as much as the next man. But when did it become reasonable to share the stuff you’re doing, reading and listening to without so much as clicking a button? There’s a...
Jan 30th
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WatchWatch
Vimeo has just announced its first major redesign since 2007 with a gorgeous new interface! Vimeo Vice President of Design and User Experience, Sockyung Hong shared his thoughts… ‘We completely rethought the user experience to evolve Vimeo into something that meets our users’ needs today and tomorrow. Our goal was to strike a balance between friendly and elegant while still...
Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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Give Twitter an iOS5 style theme
Twitter introduced a new user interface at the back end of last year, for both the web and IOS.   The Twitter app for iPhone boasts a clean interface with a blue bar at the top, while the browser app contains a black bar.   If you want to change your Twitter web app theme so that it mirrors the iPhone app (blue bar, as opposed to black), you can do it using Stylish.  Stylish - a Chrome Web...
Jan 23rd
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Daniel Dalton: How to not be an asshole on Twitter →
wordsbydan: Twitter is full of assholes. Writers, here’s how to not to be one of them; To do; Be interesting, funny and unique; you’re a fucking writer after all Be consistent; both in voice and in frequency of tweets Be personal, not a robot Follow other writers and readers Follow people…
Jan 23rd
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Jan 21st
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Jan 17th
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Jan 12th
Articles written by Adam Leventhal: Adam Leventhal... →
adam-leventhal: Sky Sports News Presenter Adam Leventhal is a lifelong Watford supporter. In his latest column he talks to Daily Telegraph football Correspondent Henry Winter about the past of Phil Brown, his present obsession with Twitter and the future of the newspaper … The epic ‘followship’ of…
Jan 12th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 7th
Daniel Dalton: Cut The Bullshit: Make Time To... →
wordsbydan: Everyone wants to write, but no one has the time, or so they say. I say bullshit. John Grisham used to work 15 or 16 hour days when he was a lawyer, but he resolved to write one page a day of his first novel when he got home from work. That novel became A Time To Kill, and although…
Jan 3rd
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December 2011
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Dec 31st
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Dec 30th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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The Evolution of Nike Air Jordan: 1985 to Present
            Nike websites are known for producing wonderful design and creating rich content on the web. Designed by Blast Radius and Academy, this simple concept shows the evolution of the Jordan sneaker from ’85 to present. You can use the scrubber to move along the timeline. Click on the above image to take a look…
Dec 5th
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First look: Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln
This time next year should see the release of Steven Spielberg’s much awaited ‘Lincoln’ - a biopic of America’s great leader.  Playing the man himself is awesome English actor Daniel Day-Lewis.  The above image was taken from a cafe and it looks as if Day-Lewis has nailed the look down to a T. Roll on 2012!
Dec 4th
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Dec 1st
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