chris @ November 29, 2007 # No Comment Yet
One day back in the fray, and email has been working well for me. There are 18 messages left in my inbox, and they are all neatly tagged, so it’s clear what action they require.
There’s been a small change in the possible actions to apply to incoming mail. My system looks like this:
delete […]
chris @ November 29, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Undercover restorers fix Paris landmark’s clock | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
A special French brand of libertarianism. Of the cultural type.
(tags: article history paris france culture hacking)
chris @ November 28, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Reading Tea Leaves and Campaign Logos - The New York Times Slide Show
I’m very impressed with the NYT slideshows, like this one. Also note the sharing features. Very slick, very beautiful.
(tags: logos nytimes illustration slideshow web politics semiotics)
A new (and free) monosoace font: Inconsolata
Very interesting one. Have to try it out. I’m a great fan […]
chris @ November 27, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Today I finally watched Merlin Mann’s “Inbox Zero” talk , which several of my friends have been raving about. This presentation is part of the outstanding Google Tech Talks series, from July 2007.
The video had been hiding on my iPod for a while now: productivity gurus tend to kindle feelings of inferiority and guilt […]
chris @ November 25, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Jon Hicks’ slideshow on Flickr: Typography in Harry Poter OTP film
A very beautiful use of Flickr to show off wizard world typography from the Order of the Phoenix film. Interesting.
(tags: design typography harrypotter jonhicks)
chris @ November 19, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Open Rights Group is two years old today — already! And on the occasion, ORG is asking for your support.
Digital rights boils down to two things: the rights governments and commercial entities have to our data — individual data or those paid for via taxes; and the rights the public has to use, tinker […]
chris @ November 5, 2007 # No Comment Yet
ChiBits | Internet Explorer Plush Voodoo Doll
The typical workflow for writing the CSS for a small web project is: 1/3 planning, 1/3 writing the markup and CSS and 1/3 swearing at Internet Explorer and trying to coax it into some semblance of sanity. So I concur with the feeling.
(tags: webdesign humour funny InternetExplorer)
chris @ November 4, 2007 # No Comment Yet
In the end, it was Scrabble that did it, or rather, the Scrabulous Facebook application. Oh, don’t bother clicking on the link unless you are logged into Facebook: non-Facebook users won’t get anywhere. This is precisely why it took me so long after all, why I was less than enchanted by open-to-all apps and services […]