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apolaine

  1. My memories of Andy Cameron: pln.me/andycameron
  2. Extremely shocked and saddened to hear that @andycameron passed away so suddenly yesterday.
  3. @urnamma If you believe that research funding actually produces *any* kind of innovation, you’ve never worked in a research dept. @jkolko
  4. @jkolko @urnamma core77.com/blog/columns/d…
  5. BMW has been fined SFr156 million ($163 million) for preventing Swiss residents from buying its cars abroad. Ouch. j.mp/Jzy64n
  6. Five Year Plans and Exit Strategies j.mp/Jzxc88 from @jonkolko
  7. New review: Make Space, How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration designersreviewofbooks.com/2012/05/make-s…
  8. By a friend of mine, Vince Dziekan: Virtuality and the Art of Exhibition Curatorial Design for the Multimedial Museum: bit.ly/LuUC0v
  9. @GrahamHill I printed out an invoice for something I ordered online without checking page numbers. 1 page bill, 12 (!) pages of AGBs.
  10. @GrahamHill nobody reads them until it's too late, but in DE the responsibility for failure is always pushed onto the customer where poss.
  11. @GrahamHill yeah, that's certainly the German experience. Haven't you read the AGBs?
  12. @GrahamHill can't you hijack your own thing? Guess not. @DesignThinkers @MarceloVasquez
  13. @wheniwas19 But a much more user-friendly sword. Doesn't support Flash however.
  14. Wow! Sir Jonny Ive. Good to see a designer get honoured: Apple designer Jonathan Ive receives knighthood gu.com/p/37z2x via @guardian
  15. @MattBalara An iPhone (though you'll need to make some space).
  16. @daveixd Hmm.. I see SCAD are still looking for a Service Design Prof. scadjobs.com/applicants/jsp…
  17. @Floheiss weblog.muledesign.com/2010/10/the_ch…
  18. @Floheiss Heh, nice. Did you read that post (from Mule?) on reductive calendars? I.e. meetings take time away rather than being added.
  19. @Laversband great video from @MLE_87 and great song (I've heard it quite a few times watching her in-progress versions!)
  20. Nice stop-motion animation from @COFA_Online student @MLE_87 raising awareness to help cure avoidable blindness: youtube.com/watch?v=3YoSS_… pls RT