Monthly Archives: March 2008

MacBook Air – GONE!

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

On arriving home last Friday we were greeted by a part open front window, footprints on the windowsill and gouge marks to the bottom of the window frame. Suffice to say, we’d had a visit from some uninvited… [insert derogatory … Continue reading →

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Photoshop Express launches in beta

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

The much anticipated web-based version of Photoshop has launched. It’s a public beta. Initial reports say it is vastly cut down from the original. Surely not? You mean you thought they were going to do an entire online version in … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs on Paul Rand

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

Following up on my post about Paul Rand from a few days ago, check out this video of Steve Jobs commenting on his working relationship with Paul Rand in the early 90s when Rand did the Next computers logo. [via … Continue reading →

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Michael Bierut on typography, oh and Erik Spiekermann as well.

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

Michael Bierut is a partner at Pentagram, an international design agency with offices in both Europe and the US. In my previous life, I blogged about a book he wrote ‘79 short essay on design‘ which I really enjoyed. Whilst … Continue reading →

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links for 2008-03-24

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

Is User-Generated Content Out? | Newsweek Technology | Newsweek.com (tags: article blogging collaboration Journalism ugc expert)

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links for 2008-03-17

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

Paul-Rand.com :: BETA Launch :: Work In Progress (tags: advertising art design designer gallery logos portfolio) Yuuguu. See together. Be together. (tags: collaboration sharing remote screenshare software tools conference)

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Don’t try to be original just try to be good.

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

So said Paul Rand. I could fill posts and posts in the blog with some of his sayings and quotes. All very insightful, many witty but all absolutely true. Most of all though he was, and still is, known for … Continue reading →

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links for 2008-03-16

Posted on March 16, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

Team WhiteBoarding with Twiddla – Painless Team Collaboration for the Web (tags: chat collaboration conference design whiteboard web2.0 tools webapp service) kluster | prereg (tags: collaboration crowdsourcing ideas community web2.0 design kluster business) Talk About Important Topics: Let’s Get Together: … Continue reading →

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links for 2008-03-13

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

LocateTV – Find TV shows, movies, cast and crew on TV, on DVD and online (tags: aggregator BBC directory Reference web2.0 video tool searchengine television search)

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And organisations wonder why no one uses their intranet

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

From the, newly discovered,  Bits & Pieces 

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