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Looks like the Boris party was crayzee!

The new mayor of London. Boris johnson, decided as his first act to ban alcohol consumption on public transport . . not that there was a huge problem with it, but it is definitely an easy propaganda win for him. Anyway, some people called for a party on the Circle line, which runs around [...]

Great quote, about ideas and their execution

Be An Executioner
It’s so funny when I hear people being so protective of ideas. (People who want me to sign an nda to tell me the simplest idea.)
To me, ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions.
Explanation:
Awful idea = -1Weak idea = 1So-so idea = 5Good idea = [...]

Guardian staff briefing

What are those tombstones on stage all about?

Reflections on the Mirror

There has been a long wait to see what Cases i Associats will do in their redesign of the Daily Mirror, and finally we begin to see it. At first glance one might be forgiven for thinking nothing’s changed, but the brief, as I’ve been told was never to radically change the style of the [...]

The word Apple starts with app

At a glance Apple’s March 6 event yesterday seemed a bit techy, lowkey and it probably won’t get a mention in much of the press, but I’m quietly excited about  Apple’s launch of the tools to build applications for the iPhone . . . but not only that, also a store for buying applications – [...]

Tragedy on the final holiday

That man, who’s world was falling apart and he flipped, threw his son and daughter and himself off the balcony. He was just a man. Its frightening what people can do. How isolated we can feel, and that there is no-one to turn to. What an awful fact to live with. For the mother and [...]

Rossellini’s Green porno

My good friend Isabella Rossellini (that’s a lie for starters, I heard her speak at the BFI, and spoke to her briefly when she signed a copy of her book for me) is bringing out eight short films for Mobile phones, called “Green Porno”. Wired spoke to the director, Jody Shapiro, who says that the [...]

Is Woz welcoming Microsoft into Danger?

It looks like Danger – which I’m sure I remember being associated with the other Apple founder called Steve: Wozniak – is being snapped up by Microsoft. It would have a touch of irony if Microsoft were to bring out a phone to compete with Apples iPhone, and if a company which his old pal [...]

What’s in the air from Apple?

Macworld 2008 starts tomorrow today, and Tuesday Steve Jobs will present his keynote speech. It has been reported that banners proclaiming There’s something In the air have been unfurled at the conference centre, and there’s been much speculation that the something is a thin laptop . . and we know who knows – he’ll tell [...]

Drop shadow boxing

What is a designer with Retro-Modernist sensibilities to do at a time when much interface design leans towards rich, drop shadowed, 3D styling? Khoi Vinh posts a very interesting meditation on the subject.
it also brings to mind the abuse of photoshop by illustrators who start using it to scan their images. I have in [...]