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Archive for the 'Links' Category
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
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Not exactly the most impartial critiscism of the iPhone I’ve read, but great entertainment value nonetheless (with some fair points, bluntly made).
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A thought provoking post on the issues arising from the design of news websites (including a particularly interesting image that illustrates the evolution of the LA Times frontpage over a 4 year period).
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Possibly the world’s longest blog post. Stephen Fry (yes, that Stephen Fry) discussing at length (and in a thorough, enjoyable manner) the iPhone, and those seeking to ‘kill’ it.
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YouTube is not the most appropriate place for this clip as the video is pointless. Still, the audio content is not so bad – if you are interested in the origins (and use) of the ubiquitous ‘Amen’ break in hip hop and drum n bass.
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And along a similar theme to the Amen Break video, the Wilhelm scream – sampled and re-used by countless movies over the years. I hope that those Hollywood types have been respecting copyright and paying royalties!
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
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Saturday, August 4th, 2007
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
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37 leaders in the world of SEO vote for the key factors that they consider to influence Google’s ranking algorithm.
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Aaron Wall’s highly regarded eBook on the art & science of SEO.
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Given my despair at the closing of Fopp, this seems like good news. I am though, concerned about whether the (remaining) stores continue to offer the same range of products at attractive prices, or slowly degenerate into HMV sale shops. Fingers crossed!
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Wow! Simply awesome performance by Stevie Wonder on the Talk Box. I want one (and his skills).
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Friday, July 6th, 2007
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Thursday, July 5th, 2007
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An assortment of brands to highlight a new direction in branding. I’d argue that this is simply a case of developing brands ‘with legs’ rather than creating detached, monolithic entities.
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The first of Merlin Mann’s posts on clutter reduction – a life strategy very close to my heart!
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Merlin Mann’s second post on clutter reduction. Even the title is an inspiration!
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
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No, no, no – this cannot be! Fopp is without doubt, my favourite music retailer. Small, catering (kind of) to the long tail, and very fairly priced. Seems like they tried to grow too quickly. Fingers crossed!
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Jeff Jarvis (of buzzmachine.com) critiscising the strategy of Yahoo! in the Guardian. Interesting read.
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The first (of many I suspect) reviews of the iPhone that I’ll be reading over the coming days. Quote: “The iPhone is the rare convergence device where things actually converge.”
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
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All the information you could possibly want with regard to the history of the Doctor Who Theme, and the innovative individuals involved. Warning – barely legible 1996 era page design ahead!
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The wikipedia entry on the pioneering BBC Radiophonic Workshop – musical hackers of the 1960s and 70s.
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And finally, the Wikipedia entry on Delia Derbyshire. Icon of experimental music at the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop.
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Sunday, June 10th, 2007
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I’m increasingly losing faith in the quality of Apple products. Less than a month after my Airport Express bit the dust, my 60Gb iPod’s hard-disk seems to have died too. Maybe this page will help?
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Given that I’m 90% certain that the hard drive is the problem with my iPod, this will hopefully be the cheapest path back to portable audio heaven. It also means I don’t have to give any money to Apple!
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Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
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Utterly awe-inspiring, and barely believable! The software that analyses images from the web, and pieces together navigable, 3d representations is so incredible, that it is indistinguishable from magic (to badly quote Arthur C Clarke).
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Arthur C. Clarke’s three laws, including the ‘indistinguishable from magic’ statement.
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Irene Au, Director of User Experience at Google (formerly at Yahoo! and Netscape) talks with Jeff Veen about making UED a core part of business strategy and culture.
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