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2 posts

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7 posts

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2023

14 posts

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Weeknote 8th October 2023 8 October8 Oct
On Clear Writing 16 June16 Jun

2022

1 post

RIP Twitter? 18 November18 Nov

2021

3 posts

The Story Behind Prince’s Show Stealing Solo 27 March27 Mar
The Return Of The KLF 31 January31 Jan
Owning My Own Content 20 January20 Jan

2020

1 post

Stirling Moss Remembered 12 April12 Apr

2019

13 posts

Reorganised. Again. 16 November16 Nov
Salt Water 1 August1 Aug
Baby Driver – Cars, Choreography & Cool 30 July30 Jul
James Bond Meets Q 29 July29 Jul
Jonny, Thom & Roland Perform The Numbers 10 July10 Jul
35 Years Of Progress? 19 June19 Jun
You’ve Been Had – Street Art 2 June2 Jun
The Game Of Thrones Theme Via Fender 26 May26 May
Don McCullin Retrospective 23 April23 Apr
Equus Leather – Beautiful & Bespoke 22 April22 Apr
DO Design by Alan Moore 21 April21 Apr
New Adventures In 2019 30 January30 Jan
Tom Bihn Western Flyer – Some Years Later 24 January24 Jan

2018

12 posts

The Creative Process – A Sketch 12 December12 Dec
Keynvor – Preservation 11 December11 Dec
Find Time For Quiet 15 November15 Nov
About Time 2 September2 Sep
Clair de Lune by NASA 18 August18 Aug
Yallah Coffee Cornwall 29 April29 Apr
My Coffee Travel Kit 26 April26 Apr
The Philosophy of Coffee 23 April23 Apr
Synth Geek 14 April14 Apr
Another Escape 12 April12 Apr
Brilliant Yes That Would Be 6 April6 Apr
Twelvesouth PencilSnap Review 19 January19 Jan

2017

11 posts

The Epitome of Cool 20 December20 Dec
Slipping The Surly Bonds of Earth 24 November24 Nov
Bellroy Passport Sleeve Unboxing 5 November5 Nov
Logitech Keys to Go iPad Keyboard Review 16 September16 Sep
Design Is How It Works 1 August1 Aug
On Siri, Privacy and Consistency 28 June28 Jun
A Focussed View In Todoist 26 June26 Jun
Ernest Hemingway — Write With a Pencil 23 April23 Apr
This Is Not My Beautiful House 2 March2 Mar
Notes – A Life Story, A Love Story 16 February16 Feb
Power = Knowledge For The Knowledge Worker 5 January5 Jan

2016

11 posts

Distraction Sickness – Part Two 19 December19 Dec
Distraction Sickness 27 September27 Sep
The Spy Who Loved Me Opening Sequence 5 August5 Aug
The Meaning of Life 2 August2 Aug
Long Ambients1: Calm. Sleep. From Moby 12 July12 Jul
Bellroy Micro Sleeve Review 5 July5 Jul
The Death of the Music Video Has Been Greatly Exaggerated 18 March18 Mar
Jamie T – Sheila 24 February24 Feb
Welcome to Cornwall 21 February21 Feb
Setting Up Visual Voicemail On EE 13 February13 Feb
Only The People Were Ever Meaningful 9 February9 Feb

2015

19 posts

The Instagram Husband 11 December11 Dec
Phones Down, Please. Pure Genius From Guinness 17 November17 Nov
St Vincent End Credits – Bill Murray Sings Bob Dylan 10 November10 Nov
The iPhone 6S Camera 9 November9 Nov
New Slate Bellroy Elements Phone Pocket Review 6 November6 Nov
The Essence of Muji In a Building 4 November4 Nov
Apple Live Photos – Inspired by Blade Runner? 6 October6 Oct
Brian Eno – John Peel Lecture 4 October4 Oct
The Coldest March – An Inspiring Film From Brother Cycles 11 September11 Sep
Learn to Fly – Rockin 1000 20 August20 Aug
Chas And Dave – That’s What I Like 7 August7 Aug
LUJ 71 – View From the Photographers Gallery 27 July27 Jul
Happy Birthday Ernest Hemingway 21 July21 Jul
Underworld vs The Misterons Saved From the Cutting Room Floor Mix 15 July15 Jul
Jaws – See It Before You Go Swimming 1 June1 Jun
London Haiku 15 May15 May
A Visual History of Lamborghini 28 March28 Mar
East India Youth 24 February24 Feb
Bellroy Elements Phone Pocket Review 1 February1 Feb

2014

16 posts

Trove Slim Wallet Review 29 December29 Dec
Aarron Draplin Logo Design Challenge 23 December23 Dec
Black Mirror White Christmas 21 December21 Dec
Remaining Silent 18 November18 Nov
The Titanic Museum Belfast 16 November16 Nov
Amazon Kindle Voyage Review 7 November7 Nov
Aaron Draplin And The Art Of The Side Hustle 18 October18 Oct
Baron Fig Confidant Notebook Review 7 September7 Sep
Hyperlapse #1 28 August28 Aug
Look Up 10 May10 May
Bob Hoskins – The Long Good Friday 30 April30 Apr
Fisher Space Pen – Aged to Perfection 26 February26 Feb
Work, Life and Coca Cola 6 February6 Feb
Happy Birthday Macintosh 26 January26 Jan
Higby From Wolff Olins 17 January17 Jan
Everyone Else’s Moments 10 January10 Jan

2013

23 posts

Hope in the Future 27 December27 Dec
The Weight of a Notebook’s Soul — Field Notes 23 December23 Dec
Born Again Cyclist 11 December11 Dec
Ten Years 11 November11 Nov
Timbuk2 Command Messenger Bag Review 25 August25 Aug
Riding a Bicycle 12 August12 Aug
A Street is Not a Road — Richard Rogers 7 August7 Aug
People Watching 5 July5 Jul
Three Rules of Proper Notebook Management 7 June7 Jun
Be Like Water — Bruce Lee 6 June6 Jun
Faber-Castell Ondoro Review 8 May8 May
Endless Squirrel Cage 13 April13 Apr
Warren Ellis – Advice For The Parents Of Teenagers 27 March27 Mar
Paperman From Disney Animation 1 March1 Mar
Tom Bihn Ristretto Review 23 February23 Feb
Giving Up Twitter For Lent 12 February12 Feb
You Are Not A Gadget — Jaron Lanier 7 February7 Feb
Tom Bihn Western Flyer Review 4 February4 Feb
The Train 23 January23 Jan
Field Notes — From Seed 12 January12 Jan
The All Purpose Postcard 5 January5 Jan
MK Geek Night – 2012 3 January3 Jan
2012 2 January2 Jan

2012

29 posts

Read The Blurb 26 December26 Dec
Deleting Instagram 24 December24 Dec
Instagram Back Pedals on Terms of Service 21 December21 Dec
The Web We Lost 19 December19 Dec
One Month Off 18 December18 Dec
The Glass 23 October23 Oct
Social Media Rule 1 12 October12 Oct
Jessie Ware Running 10 October10 Oct
On Writing 5 October5 Oct
James Bond Will Return In Skyfall 31 July31 Jul
Isles of Wonder 29 July29 Jul
Evolution Of The Formula 1 Car An Animated Infographic 4 July4 Jul
Cornwall The Horn Of Plenty 29 June29 Jun
MK Geek Night 14 June14 Jun
Tomorrows World Today 23 May23 May
Thinking About Photography 18 May18 May
Skate Boarding Shadows 17 May17 May
Photo 366 – Game Over 7 May7 May
Arthur C. Clarke Invented The iPad 28 April28 Apr
Dear Retailers 23 April23 Apr
Fabulous Service From Rickshaw Bags 15 April15 Apr
Photo 366 – The First 100 Days 11 April11 Apr
A Farmhouse In Japan 20 March20 Mar
Redesign 15 March15 Mar
Patrick Ng — Stealing Time 19 February19 Feb
Rethinking Photo 366 17 February17 Feb
POPA Review 28 January28 Jan
Shot With POPA 6 January6 Jan
Photo 366 1 January1 Jan

2011

37 posts

An Indian Bus Ride 28 December28 Dec
Excursion 25 November25 Nov
Typewriters and Authors 21 November21 Nov
Remembering Steve Jobs 6 October6 Oct
Scroobius Pip – Introdiction 20 September20 Sep
Hexbug vs Lego 6 September6 Sep
Summer Glides Away 1 September1 Sep
Aged To Perfection – iPhone 16 August16 Aug
WingStand 16 August16 Aug
Move by Rick Mereki 5 August5 Aug
Lost In Translation 16 July16 Jul
Home Two 14 July14 Jul
The Story Behind The Picture 6 July6 Jul
Fallen Angel 6 July6 Jul
Sublime 16 June16 Jun
Gaining The Whole World 2 June2 Jun
Home Mix — Michael McGarrity 17 May17 May
iMoka iMovie 13 May13 May
Guilty Pleasures 28 April28 Apr
More On My Responsive Web Design 27 April27 Apr
Responsive Web Design 25 April25 Apr
Suffolk Seaside 18 April18 Apr
Personalised Field Notes 7 April7 Apr
Ideas of March 28 March28 Mar
The English and the French 26 March26 Mar
Queuing For The iPad 2 25 March25 Mar
Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer 23 March23 Mar
Inspired By Iceland 14 March14 Mar
Mr Average 7 March7 Mar
Light Painting With WiFi 4 March4 Mar
Underworld Headlining South West Four 25 February25 Feb
Apple Back 24 February24 Feb
Wishery – Disney Remixed 17 February17 Feb
Work Life Balance 14 February14 Feb
Lettering Process: Frank Ortmann 14 February14 Feb
Don’t Mess With Keith Richards 12 February12 Feb
Gimme Shelter (Deconstructed) 7 February7 Feb

2010

36 posts

Any Conscious Entity 29 November29 Nov
Black Swan 25 November25 Nov
Social Media Policies 22 November22 Nov
The Social Network Soundtrack 14 November14 Nov
Underworld Drum & Bass Mix 8 November8 Nov
Why Yes, I Do Like Underworld 5 November5 Nov
NatWest Twitter Fail? 28 October28 Oct
Blade Runner Revisited 27 October27 Oct
Windows Phone 7 – Really? 25 October25 Oct
Pixels By Patrick Jean 13 October13 Oct
BBC Radio 6 Mix Underworld Special 14 September14 Sep
OMD’s Design Manifesto 10 September10 Sep
William Gibson — Plastic the Colour of Vaseline 19 July19 Jul
Be Positive, Not Negative 14 July14 Jul
Orbital & Matt Smith At Glastonbury 28 June28 Jun
The Future of Web Conferences 8 June8 Jun
Nike Write The Future 21 May21 May
Nature By Numbers 17 May17 May
New Music From Underworld 15 May15 May
Bloodrunners The Movie 9 May9 May
Winning Awards For mybarclaycard Design 13 April13 Apr
Notes From A Train #1 12 April12 Apr
A Week Off Twitter 11 April11 Apr
Beautiful Ceramic Speakers 5 April5 Apr
Tears On The Train 25 March25 Mar
The Little Apple 8 March8 Mar
All My RSS Are Belong To Me 17 February17 Feb
Dieter Rams — 10 Principles of Good Design 16 February16 Feb
Procrastination 11 February11 Feb
Wuzza Wuzza 6 February6 Feb
Leaving Twitter 3 February3 Feb
Sony Ericsson Satio 22 January22 Jan
Espresso, Intelligentsia 20 January20 Jan
The Best Camera 16 January16 Jan
UK Snow 8 January8 Jan
Project52 Problems 5 January5 Jan

2009

43 posts

Advert Of The Previous Decade 28 December28 Dec
The Facts of Life – Layer Cake 23 December23 Dec
Project52 22 December22 Dec
Downpipe 11 December11 Dec
Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness 10 December10 Dec
Minium² 8 December8 Dec
My New Favourite Advert – Strongbow Bankers 18 November18 Nov
MobileMe Home 17 November17 Nov
Instapaper 15 November15 Nov
Perfect Pitch 3 November3 Nov
High Flight on Radio 4 2 November2 Nov
Guardian Gag Removed 13 October13 Oct
The Guardian Gagged From Reporting Parliament 13 October13 Oct
Monetising Twitter Trending Topics 29 September29 Sep
Dedicated To The City 28 September28 Sep
9/11 11 September11 Sep
High Flight 24 August24 Aug
Biting The Big Apple 19 August19 Aug
Grand Central Station Waltz 16 August16 Aug
Psion and Intel Reach "Amicable Agreement" 1 June1 Jun
Normal Service Resumed 11 May11 May
What Is Twitter? 30 April30 Apr
Suspended Espresso 29 April29 Apr
Is SEO Bullshit? Discuss. 28 April28 Apr
F.E.A.R. — Ian Brown 22 April22 Apr
Snow White MacBook 21 April21 Apr
Beastie Boys Live At Pompeii 19 April19 Apr
A Faceless Watch 18 April18 Apr
Objectified — Gary Hustwit 14 April14 Apr
The Matrix Has You 31 March31 Mar
Four Day Work Week – Week Two 31 March31 Mar
Four Day Work Week – Week One 23 March23 Mar
LiliLite – A Little Night Reading 17 March17 Mar
Mixtape Labelling Concept 10 March10 Mar
Free Hugs Campaign 1 March1 Mar
Now Intel Is Challenging Psion Netbook Claim 25 February25 Feb
Psion And The netBook Trademark 19 February19 Feb
Ken Robinson – Fertile Minds Need Feeding 14 February14 Feb
Atonement – Elegy For Dunkirk 10 February10 Feb
Search Engine Optimisation Prime 28 January28 Jan
Is Social Media the New Marketplace? 19 January19 Jan
Google Quick Search – The New Quicksilver 16 January16 Jan
Sir Ken Robinson – Do Schools Kill Creativity? 8 January8 Jan

2008

42 posts

2008 Review 31 December31 Dec
WordPress 2.7 14 December14 Dec
Google Adds Tasks to Gmail 9 December9 Dec
Helvetireader 27 November27 Nov
Why Do you Answer the Phone? 26 November26 Nov
A Tale of Three Netbooks 19 November19 Nov
Night Driving 14 November14 Nov
US Election – Excited & Scared 4 November4 Nov
Eulogy For Nana 28 October28 Oct
Is Blogging Dead? 22 October22 Oct
Social Media Marketing 4 October4 Oct
Writer’s Block 16 September16 Sep
Introverts and Extraverts 13 August13 Aug
Seeing the Signs 5 August5 Aug
I See Dead People 4 August4 Aug
My God It’s Full of Stars 2 August2 Aug
Can’t Read Can’t Write 21 July21 Jul
iPhone 3G – One Week On 18 July18 Jul
That’s How I Roll Cartoon 15 July15 Jul
Yvon Chouinard – Back to the Outdoors 7 July7 Jul
Fuel for Thought 17 June17 Jun
Fuel Conference 17 June17 Jun
iPhone 2.0 Wishlist 2 June2 Jun
Let My People Go Surfing By Yvon Chouinard 25 May25 May
Knowledge Work And The 21st Century Mill 19 May19 May
Let My People Go Surfing 29 April29 Apr
Treat Your Staff Like Adults 14 April14 Apr
Net Neutrality is “A Load of Bollocks” 14 April14 Apr
Terracotta Warriors Dissapointment 5 April5 Apr
Have You Got Your Train Ticket? 4 April4 Apr
The Art of the Start 31 March31 Mar
To CV or Not to CV? 17 March17 Mar
RSS Diet – Complete 17 March17 Mar
RSS Diet – Day 2 11 March11 Mar
RSS Diet – Day 1 10 March10 Mar
Apple Design – It’s The Little Details 4 March4 Mar
iPhone Roaming Data Charges 3 March3 Mar
Bill Gates Is On LinkedIn And Only Three Links Away From Me 29 February29 Feb
Fire Up The Quattro! 7 February7 Feb
MacWorld 2008 Speculation – I’m Pretty Pleased 15 January15 Jan
MacBook Air – the Cable Free MacBook? 15 January15 Jan
MacBook Air? 14 January14 Jan

2007

27 posts

Apple Customer Service Did I Speak Too Soon? 27 November27 Nov
Customer Service An Open Letter 21 November21 Nov
Make My Logo Bigger!!! 1 November1 Nov
1 Million Pay Mortgage With Credit Card 26 October26 Oct
The Scum Career Development Model 12 October12 Oct
iPhone Hands On 3 October3 Oct
Cheese Delivery Devices 1 October1 Oct
The iPhone It’s Official 18 September18 Sep
O2 Secures iPhone for UK? 22 August22 Aug
Walt Mossberg Misses the Point? 17 August17 Aug
A Very Pleasant Surprise 28 July28 Jul
Product Placement Gone Mad 10 July10 Jul
The Best Birthday Present 9 July9 Jul
Eleanor Rigby Left Home? 28 June28 Jun
You Gotta Love Daring Fireball 26 June26 Jun
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 22 June22 Jun
@Media 2007 7 June7 Jun
Perfect Advertising? 5 June5 Jun
Love At First Sight 4 June4 Jun
How Disappointing 19 May19 May
No More Giant Leaps – RIP Wally Schirra 7 May7 May
I’m Flattered 1 May1 May
I Love Breakfast 15 April15 Apr
An Obsession Shared… 30 March30 Mar
Dear Boston 2 February2 Feb
The Evel Knievel Stunt Bike 24 January24 Jan
Beardy Man — Kitchen Diaries 21 January21 Jan

2006

32 posts

Top 6 of 2006 31 December31 Dec
CDBaby Loves Me 27 November27 Nov
The Beatles — Love 21 November21 Nov
Google All My Data Are Belong to You? 29 October29 Oct
Web 2.0 Thinking Game 18 October18 Oct
Corporate Blogs 17 October17 Oct
Gapingvoid 16 October16 Oct
First Steps 11 September11 Sep
F1 Fix? 10 September10 Sep
Where Can I Buy One Banksy? 4 September4 Sep
I Being Poor Have Only My Dreams 4 September4 Sep
London Calling 14 August14 Aug
Thank Rock It’s Friday 10 August10 Aug
Goodbye Blue Box 23 July23 Jul
The Last Celebrity 21 July21 Jul
Seven Steps to Better Presentations 17 July17 Jul
The Chap Olympiad 14 July14 Jul
Syd Barrett Shine on You Crazy Diamond 12 July12 Jul
The Cost Of Commuting 5 July5 Jul
@Media 2006 15 June15 Jun
RiverRun Project – I’m a Big Sister, and I’m a Girl, and I’m a Princess, and This is My Horse 5 June5 Jun
Irrepressible.info 28 May28 May
Mike Rohde Asks the Eternal Question… 17 May17 May
Red Hot Chili Peppers 17 April17 Apr
Under An Umbrella 17 March17 Mar
Travelling Again 26 February26 Feb
Free Tibet Protesting Outside Google’s London Offices 14 February14 Feb
Jet Lag Isn’t Fun 11 February11 Feb
Tokyo Day 1 28 January28 Jan
Tokyo Day 0 27 January27 Jan
I’m Going to Tokyo… No Really I Am 17 January17 Jan
Jonny Ive CBE 1 January1 Jan

2005

31 posts

A Natural 28 December28 Dec
The Japanese Motorcycle Test and Travelling With Luggage 19 December19 Dec
2005 Top 5 18 December18 Dec
Tim Berners Lee – So I Have a Blog 18 December18 Dec
Steven Wright — What’s Another Word For Thesaurus? 30 October30 Oct
Quote of the Day 28 October28 Oct
Thought for Today 20 October20 Oct
Release the Sound of Your iPod 5 October5 Oct
A Million Monkeys 4 October4 Oct
Fantastic Customer Service From Pelikan Pens 24 September24 Sep
How Many Blades Do You Need? 15 September15 Sep
Smartphone Maths 2 – 1 = 1? 13 September13 Sep
Hurricane Katrina 12 September12 Sep
Caffeinated Smartphone 6 September6 Sep
Breathe 1 September1 Sep
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be 23 August23 Aug
Improving My Memory 15 August15 Aug
Jack Into Your Ono Sendai 15 August15 Aug
iMac Number Two 11 August11 Aug
iMac Continued 10 August10 Aug
Apple Disappointment 8 August8 Aug
I Heart iSync 4 August4 Aug
The Apple Mighty Mouse 2 August2 Aug
21/7 Bombings 21 July21 Jul
7/7 London Bombings Update Two 7 July7 Jul
7/7 London Bombings Update 7 July7 Jul
7/7 London Bombings 7 July7 Jul
Lawyer vs Lawyer 27 June27 Jun
PDA vs Smartphone 1 + 1 = 2? 2 June2 Jun
Coolness in PowerPoint? 20 May20 May
Old Blog Posts Make Interesting Reading 18 May18 May

2004

11 posts

Of Music Downloads and MP3 Players 21 December21 Dec
Music Download Problem Continued 13 December13 Dec
I’ve Just Bought My First Legal Music Download 11 December11 Dec
Time to Change My MP3 Player 11 December11 Dec
Are MP3 Players Too Focused on Storage? 29 November29 Nov
A Victorian Train Trip to the Coast 1 October1 Oct
The Lure of Pixels 8 July8 Jul
A Novel Idea? 14 June14 Jun
Lost Wallet Stolen Cash 7 June7 Jun
Beating My PDA Addiction – Bye Bye Pixels, Hello Paper 3 June3 Jun
Yes I Lost My Wallet 27 May27 May

2003

2 posts

Customer Service Does Nobody Care Anymore? 24 November24 Nov
What Has Happened to Coffee? 29 October29 Oct