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  1. RT @OliviaMitchell: Not every event needs a Twitter backchannel [cartoon] http://j.mp/83QHwQ > On not being a jerk about new tech: yes. about 7 hours ago from Tweetie
  2. "Today’s science education fails to make scientists realize they are storytellers": http://bit.ly/8eSIFB (via @pining4fjords) about 8 hours ago from Tweetie
  3. RT @onemanwrites: Using Evernote to Create the Ultimate Post Conference Reference Guide http://bit.ly/5uIJux > Good tool, great usage! about 10 hours ago from Tweetie
  4. @DoctorZen Google Image Swirl = fascinating, but very quickly goes off-track. Sadly I think we need better maths to do this really well. about 10 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to DoctorZen
  5. @flowchainsensei Define leverage? If I can direct other people's attention to your cause, isn't that leverage? Power of the retweet, sorta'. about 11 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to flowchainsensei
  6. Stop-you-in-your-tracks visual image of the day: http://bit.ly/5uGvvL (via @SimplicityTweet). Breathtaking. about 11 hours ago from Tweetie
  7. Best Q of day/week/year - is she like this because she drank soda for breakfast? http://bit.ly/7ms3W3 (via @siibo) >Great visual story, too. about 11 hours ago from Tweetie
  8. NICK GRIFFIN DOES NOT REPRESENT ME OR MY VIEWS ON CLIMATE CHANGE (or anything else). http://bit.ly/6kCpk6 (via @kmdk) #COP15 about 11 hours ago from Tweetie
  9. RT @SimplicityTweet: Pub owner to pay £8K after wifi user illegally downloaded © material http://bit.ly/4Gw19X >Free wifi days numbered? :( about 11 hours ago from Tweetie
  10. @siibo One of us/dead by dawn. about 12 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to siibo
  11. @siibo The iPhone turns two spaces *into* a full stop. How's that for Skinnered? I've started trying it on proper keyboards; doesn't work. about 12 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to siibo
  12. "Create unstructured moments of seemingly meaningless activity ... to stop and let something else in." @rands: http://bit.ly/4VPsrA about 12 hours ago from Tweetie
  13. @gjurban Yes, I would think that thin card would be the way forward there. I confess to not having tried them, but I like them! about 12 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to gjurban
  14. RT @multinormal: A nice little NYT op-ed about the future of print media and inter-generational working relationships: http://bit.ly/8uL4Fc 8:11 AM Nov 29th from Tweetie
  15. @alightheart Bookmark this: http://www.ted.com/talks/el... My favourite TED talk ever! :) 1:27 AM Nov 29th from web
  16. Interesting thread/debate over at @timeshighered on why universities are unhappy places: http://bit.ly/6Y1sJ2 /via @davidkhardman 2:05 PM Nov 28th from web
  17. Self-assembly font: http://www.dafont.com/punch... (via @rexbox). > Typefaces Give Us Papercuts? 11:26 AM Nov 28th from web
  18. @hillofholmfirth I really enjoyed "The Advertised Mind". Surprisingly digestible. 11:23 AM Nov 28th from web in reply to hillofholmfirth
  19. Velocity of media consumption: TV vs. the Web http://www.useit.com/alertb... (via @iolanthe). 11:16 AM Nov 28th from web
  20. RT @shackletonjones: first stab at a 'Taxonomy of Trainers' http://bit.ly/6TmKR5 (via @charlesjennings) > *cringe* Which one(s) are you? 4:26 AM Nov 28th from web
  • Name Chris Atherton
  • Location Manchester, UK
  • Web http://finiteatte...
  • Bio Cognitive psychologist, fascinated by visual aids, graphics, communication, and attentionomics. Frequent victim of style over substance; must try harder.
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