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Pitchfork’s top 69 of 2009 on Spotify

December 17th, 2009 No Comments

Just wanted to say how much I’m enjoying Pitchfork’s top 100 this year. It’s uncanny how many of them I like. And an extra treat that I hadn’t heard loads of them before today (who is this so-called Lady Gaga?!). It’s also exactly the sort of thing Spotify was invented for. Being able to listen [...]

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“Why do you exist?” (and can I help you do what you do better?)

October 15th, 2009 2 Comments

Since leaving D&AD in the summer, I’ve mainly been meeting people, seeing what’s going on in the world, deciding what I want to do next and looking for someone who’ll let me do it. Ideally I’d be doing it by now, but there you go. Having spent the best part of the last 10 years [...]

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8 things I can’t do with an ebook reader

September 16th, 2009 2 Comments

A personal list. You might have your own. 1. Stick it in the end pocket of a soft bag when you’re travelling and rest your feet on it. 2. Pick it up off the bookshelf late at night when you just want to re-read a chapter for old times’ sake. 3. Dog-ear a page (and [...]

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Enhanced Editions

September 15th, 2009 No Comments

Enhanced Editions found via James Hogwood Intrigued by this. A multimedia iphone ebook app that lets you switch between text, audio and video without losing your place. It all looks beautifully seamless. Despite the fact that I’ve never been one for audiobooks or ebooks, I’m seriously tempted to give this a go. But although I [...]

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noticings

September 14th, 2009 No Comments

http://noticin.gs/ A friend and his friend invented a game when they were young. I never played the game but I remember it involving a tennis ball (or a number of tennis balls), an oversized rag doll, and a series of spaces. I think you had to somehow manoeuvre  one or all of the balls to [...]

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