So, TypePad have started a microblogging service. This takes me back to how I used to use pownce, but now means I have this blog, twitter AND typepad running at all time.
So, in short:
Twitter (twitter.com/holtaway) will be twitter
TypePad (spencertron.typepad.com) will be twitter with pictures
WordPress (this site) will be longer blog posts and more important things, I think?
I might just kill this blog at some point as I very rarely update it anyhow…
If you’re a Mac user and haven’t tried FluidApp, I would highly recommend you do. In short, it creates applications out of websites using webkit (I think) and it works great for Google Wave and Google Mail – even with a ‘new!’ badge that shows up on the dock icon showing how many new messages you have.
I made a Google Mail icon for it (above), in case you’re having trouble finding one. Feel free to use it, copy it, change it, share it, etc.
So I started learning After Effects a couple weeks ago. It was a pretty shallow learning curve thanks to years of Photoshop and Illustrator, and a few dips into Flash and Director. Going more complex will need a faster machine, and I really look forward to doing some amazing motion graphics in future.
Don’t fashion, jewelry and fragrance companies do this giant woman thing all the time? This time, Viktor & Rolf:
I really like the BBC logo. It’s so simple, and the squares make it super-adaptable to fit pretty much any application. I’ve never seen the guidelines so I don’t know how far you can push it, but it’s definitely push-able.
This photograph by Dan Tobin Smith of the logo in lightbox form is fantastic. It has all of my favourite things in art and photography – lines, perspective, ‘head-on flatness’, a wide tonal range, etc.
It’s… just lovely.
I didn’t know there was a ‘South Shoreditch’ next to Hoxton… Doesn’t that make Hoxton ‘North Shoreditch’? I’m a bit confused and will look at a map.
Anyway, I quite like this bit of pavement signage. It’s on Clifton Street EC2.
So, there’s this new make-your-own-t-shirt-and-sell-it website over at teepay.com. It was set up by Howie’s, who are quite cool in different ways.
Anyway, hopefully the t-shirts I made (above) will be available to buy in the next day or two so you should probably buy one. 20% of my measly royalties will got to Teenage Cancer Trust, in memory of my cousin Cait Brown. High five Cait.
Not much more to say, but there it is!
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