As often happens, I find myself saying “what happened to March!” A quick look at the calendar on this site shows that I didn’t spend as much time blogging as usual, although the reason escapes me.
March was a slow month. Slow news, few observations, few working days, few blog posts, cold weather and this general [...]
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Insurance doesn’t come in a box. That’s just ridiculous! A policy is written down on a few sheets of paper, but there’s no need for a box. I mean, it’s not a product … Or is it!?
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Gordon Ramsay has made a name for himself in the kitchen. As a chef and restauranteur, he’s at the height of his craft. His television success only punctuates his culinary career. But he’s not just a chef, he’s a master of re-branding, as we’ve seen on Fox’s Kitchen Nightmares and the original British version on [...]
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My prayers have been answered! I have finally found a way to block ads in Safari! The program is called SafariBlock from FSB Software. Go download and install it right now! »
The website is awful, but use the left-hand navigation and then click the “downloads” tab.
For a while I’ve heard rumours about add-ons that completely [...]
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Here’s a question for you design-savvy readers: What would you do if you could create a design school from scratch? What would you look for in prospective students? What courses would they take? How much professional influence would there be? How much academic transparency?
These are, I’m sure, only a few of the questions that Sir [...]
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Law & Order: Always On
“There’s nothing on!” is the now-classic complaint uttered by Americans over the last 60 or so years. We love watching that thing — it makes us laugh, cry, think, and even has the power to make us angry, inspired or otherwise moody. The rest of the world watches telly as well, [...]
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As a freelancer [and perpetual job-hunter], I’m never too far from a fresh copy of my résumé and a stack of personal business cards. I manufacture both myself, and being a designer and self-labelled expert in branding, they match in every regard from paper stock to ink to typefaces. Along with my portfolio booklet and [...]
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