April 2012
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On Leaving Orange
It was interesting for me to read this piece by Euen Semple on his problems trying to get Orange to make his broadband work. Euen puts the problem down to Orange’s reliance on their systems, and I would back this up with my experiences with them dealing with my iPad sim-only contract. The issue I had is that their system wasn’t even designed to deal with my situation.
When I first...
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Other professionals don't work for free. So why... →
Or so Jonathan Tasini thinks. Except that’s crap isn’t it? How about care home volunteers, or artists, or musicians, or photographers, or designers, or lawyers or advertising professionals. Actually loads of different professions have ways of making people work for free. The only reason Jonathan Tasini thinks that writers are the only people who work for free is because he’s a...
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This is our New Aesthetic. Just like the last one. →
I think I’m with mykreeve on “The New Aesthetic”:
Here’s my thought - someone’s made up a bullshit term to label a whole load of images which involve, or are inspired by, digital media to some extent, right? There’s no other obvious characteristic which holds this together, other than contemporaneousness, is there?
Double Standards in Western/African Terminology →
An telling table describing various government activities by what we call them in the west, and in Africa.
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How to get more likes on Facebook →
The Oatmeal hits every nail on the head.
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Come Sunday by Duke Ellington
On 23 January...
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Cloudburst by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Not...
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WatchThanks a lot, Robot Friend
I for one can’t wait for the day when robots like this will ease everyday hassles like pouring beer into a glass. And over a table. (via)
Inside the home of Cartoonist Chris Ware →
It’s just how I’d hoped.
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