March 2013
11 posts
“Seriously advocating for the user inside conventionally managed companies is...”
– Alan Cooper (via mralancooper)
New Project! - The Last Library
I had a madcap insane idea a couple of days ago, and decided that, while crazy, it was perhaps doable.
The result: http://thelastlibrary.com
The Last Library is that very rare sort of place, where things that never existed can find a home.
It is more than just a collection of manuscripts, letters, plans, grimoires, codexes, journals, and notebooks.
The shelves here are filled with arcane...
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February 2013
7 posts
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September 2012
1 post
Ephemera
We made towers of digital ivory Then cast the doors wide open We welcomed all to come within Though we’d barely even known them And sparkling works we wrought together Too many to know them all And with a keypress, gone, forgotten The unfound bytes we mourn
(c) 2012 M Read
June 2012
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April 2012
2 posts
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Better writing?
I think it is safe to say, we all want to communicate better.
I previously considered myself a good, if wordy, communicator, especially when writing emails, letters and other documents.
However I now suspect I had unconcsiously adopted a style of writing that valued being impressive over being effective.
I have recently encountered new ideas about written communication from:
Scott...
March 2012
4 posts
“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which...”
– Carl Sagan (via nothingdreadfuleverhappens)
The worst part about this is how suspicious people are of science. It’s not just ignorance—it’s intentional avoidance.
(via robisonwells)
Morning on Mars
expositionfairy:
6 Martian sunrises, as seen by the HiRISE orbiter. Once again, not artist’s renditions.
February 2012
12 posts
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Lame excuses redux
Team lunch today, which translated into a) good food, and b) no time for writing.
Ah well.
Also, I think that’s the last time I trust a smartphone application to modify a photo. Sorry about that. “Increase Contrast” indeed.
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Aarrgh...
I am unable to post today due to a sustained invasion of sentient, weapon-wielding cabbages.
Yup.
(In reality - another busy lunch “break”. But I thought cabbages might make for a more compelling & sympathy-inducing excuse.)
In other news, my new project over at Captain Thunderblitz! has just hit 11 days of uninterrupted daily updates. Captain Thunderblitz updates 7 days a week,...
January 2012
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No musing today ...
All day training at work today … so no time for a lunchtime musing.
Yesterday was a public holiday … no work … no lunch break … no musing.
See you tomorrow!
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December 2011
1 post
