Monthly Archives: September 2008

links for 2008-09-30

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

State Of The Blogosphere: Get To 100K Uniques, Make $75K/year (tags: blog technorati revenue blogosphere monetization advertising blogging trends statistics data)

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links for 2008-09-29

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

IT Index | Academic Commons Amherst College, in western Massachusetts, enrolled 438 first year students this fall, for a total student population of 1680+. I gathered the following to tell the story of the changes occurring here and now in … Continue reading →

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links for 2008-09-27

Posted on September 27, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

smashLAB – A Strategic Interactive Agency that facilitates breakthrough online communications (tags: design agencies inspiration portfolio agency Interactive)

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links for 2008-09-23

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

Is 190 Bowery the Greatest Real-Estate Coup of All Time? — New York Magazine (tags: realestate housing design article artist buildings)

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What is graphic design?

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

About 12 years ago whilst at art college I, along with some fellow students, had to create a presentation as part of a critical studies module. My group chose the subject ‘What is graphic design?’. Even though I say it … Continue reading →

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Google’s audio indexing – about more than just search

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

Just read that Google has launched an audio indexing service into it Labs. Dubbed ‘GAudi‘ (shocking name, though I can’t talk) it is designed to work with YouTube to analyse every word said in a given video clip. The transcript … Continue reading →

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Design (and a little thought) can save the planet

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

A week or so ago my partner brought home a pair of new shoes from Aldo. Nothing very strange in that. But it was the packaging that caught my eye. Traditionally when buying a pair of shoes, they are presented … Continue reading →

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Esquire magazine’s e-ink cover

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

To celebrate their 75th birthday, the October cover of Esquire magazine features an ‘e-ink’ cover created by E Ink, an American company founded in 1997 based on research started at the MIT Media . The Esquire cover is pretty basic … Continue reading →

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Trust me. I’m a designer.

Posted on September 12, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

There’s been a lot written by designers bemoaning clients who hire their services and then spend the entire project systematically dismantling a design and treating the whole process as a vanity project for their own ego. So, I’m not going … Continue reading →

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links for 2008-09-11

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Simon I'Anson

Ridiculous Design Rules – Home (tags: design humor reference inspiration)

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