January 2011
35 posts
“On top of that, the idea that these celebrities have ‘jobs’ as...”
– Dumb Trends: Tech Companies Hiring Pop Stars As ‘Creative Directors’ (via taylordavidson)
Will.i.am (he of Black Eyed Peas and Cheryl Cole’s mate) works for Intel, donchaknow?
“With the phone-hacking story, it has been possible to feel [the newspapers]...”
– Alastair Campbell. Also see this quote from Robert Peston that I posted the other day.
(And yes, I know many of your will hate me for quoting those two in the first place).
“There’s a big difference between being self-employed and being a business...”
– Delegate or die: the self-employed trap. - Derek Sivers
“It goes like this: company suffers a disaster; company offers comprehensive...”
– Robert Peston: Murdoch employs BP strategy
“What Taco Bells calls ‘ground beef’ does not meet the USDA’s...”
– The Consumerist
Yummy, just what you want in your “Mexican inspired food”.
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Merlin recommends →
Just really enjoyed the new podcast by Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin. At the end of the show, Mr Mann reeled off a quick list of some of his current favourite blogs, saying he’d have to dedicate a full show to the subject in future.
I’ve got a lot of time for what Merlin has to say, so I took his recommendations seriously - I’ve subscribed to all of these blogs in Google Reader,...
Strawberry generation →
From the Best of Wikipedia Tumblr:
Strawberry generation is a Chinese language neologism for Taiwanese people born between 1981 and 1991 who “bruise easily” like strawberries — meaning they can’t withstand social pressure or work hard like their parents’ generation; the term refers to people who are insubordinate, spoiled, selfish, arrogant, and sluggish in work. (via sleevia)
Strawberry generation →
From the Best of Wikipedia Tumblr:
Strawberry generation is a Chinese language neologism for Taiwanese people born between 1981 and 1991 who “bruise easily” like strawberries — meaning they can’t withstand social pressure or work hard like their parents’ generation; the term refers to people who are insubordinate, spoiled, selfish, arrogant, and sluggish in work. (via sleevia)
“Nespresso does not allow the customer to purchase coffee from any source other...”
– Economics 101 with the Nespresso Wikipedia page.
(Of course, Nestlé also indulges in evils beyond first world kitchens).
“There are lots of reasons to get angry about this latest Tory proposal. It puts...”
– Tom Ewing on the “government to charge parents to split up”. Do click through to Tom’s full post - he says some interesting things about how this is what some believe to be “behavioural economics”.
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"Self-assessment tax returns: a rant" →
On the off chance any other UK folks are spending this afternoon filling out their tax return online, they may find some of these usability faults with HMRC’s self-assessment web app to be useful. I had to figure out two of them myself as I went along, and it was only by finding this blog post that I was able to figure out the Secret Character-Limit Final Boss.
Really boring thing to link...
http://neversaidaboutrestaurantwebsites.tumblr.com →
The “how to make a less horrible website” section speaks THE TRUTH. A restaurant website hosted on Tumblr/Posterous/Wordpress probably won’t win any awards for beauty or innovation, but customers will love being able to find opening hours easily on even the oldest web-enabled Symbian phone.
Anyone else using FitFu on iPhone?
I’m JonathanDeamer over there. Maybe if we’re digital/imaginary “friends” in the form of a database entry on a business’s server it’ll help us both pretend our yearly resolution to exercise more might be less futile this time round than on previous attempts.
“Expandable storage is a no-no. It degrades a unit’s industrial design. It also...”
– Quick thoughts on phone design (UX Hero)
While not hugely regularly, UX Hero is still one of my favourite blogs. (Follow its writer on Twitter).
I think the above applies not just to phones, but all gadgets (cue ideological war - and NB. gadgets, not computers). And the general principles could...
“Expandable storage is a no-no. It degrades a unit’s industrial design. It also...”
– Quick thoughts on phone design (UX Hero)
While not hugely regularly, UX Hero is still one of my favourite blogs. (Follow its writer on Twitter).
I think the above applies not just to phones, but all gadgets (cue ideological war - and NB. gadgets, not computers). And the general principles could...
Paper tiger (Wikipedia) →
Looked this up after Dave Winer’s rant about RSS/Mike Arrington.
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Futurism
I predict 2011 will be the year the inevitable finally happens and I don’t realise I’ve picked up the can of shaving foam instead of under-arm anti-perspirant until it’s too late.