If you agree with it – or the sentiments – worth a listen ?
If you disagree with it – or the sentiments- worth a listen ?
Either way …. be interested in your thoughts.
Archive for the ‘link’ Category
Gruber on Nack on Apple’s Control Over Native iPhone OS Software
14
May
Daring Fireball: Regarding John Nack on Apple’s Control Over Native iPhone OS Software
That’s exactly what’s going on. Apple is testing whether a tightly controlled and managed app console platform will succeed or fail based on its own merits, as determined by customers. There are different levels of competition. Apple has made its choice about how it wants to compete, and there’s nothing Adobe can do about it – other than proving Apple wrong by shipping compelling excellent software for Android.
Passed on – with thanks to : Daring Fireball
The Brand Gap
15
Feb
One of my colleagues lent me ‘The Brand Gap’ a couple of weeks ago, A very good – highly recommended read – thankyou David. I had a prod around the ‘interweb thingy’ – and discovered this slideshare presentation – that will provide you the full 411 as a background. But PLEASE – this is not instead of reading the book !!!
30 Creative and Unique Wine Label Designs
26
Jul
Amazing Wine Labels that stop you in your tracks are not that common – these do … such as this boarding pass Shiraz …
Passed on – with thanks to : The Cool List
Most Interesting Libraries of the World
01
Jun
…. I have no idea whether their books are any good – but the structures are pretty damned amazing !!!
Most Interesting Libraries of the World
Chalk Drawings
10
May
Julian Beever is amazing … three links for you
These are a collection I found – and keep on my mac galleries : http://tinyurl.com/dk4jrb
This is his official web site : http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/
This is his Wikipedia Entry : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Beever
Whichever you choose, be prepared to be wowed.
Courage : Tom Morris : Living in Plato’s Cave
29
Mar
What a superb article – enjoy …
Tom Morris: Living in Plato’s Cave
“A courageous person does what’s right rather than what’s easy. He does what’s needed rather than what’s expected. He’s willing to take a chance to make a positive difference. He’s not rash in his actions, or careless in his commitments. And yet he’s not so cautious as to remain trapped in chains of fear. A confident person believes that his actions will succeed. A courageous person may start out only hoping that they will. He does what he thinks he should do, regardless of his degree of confidence. And then, quite often and wonderfully, the actions arising from that courage help to build up and justify the confidence that then works to support him as he goes on.”
Periodic Table of Beer Styles
11
Mar
Through the power of Twitter, this link appeared in my morning’s catch up.
I clicked on it – and at once was excited – yet disappointed.
Excited because it really demonstrated an interesting approach to beer categorisation.
Disappointed, because you couldn’t really read it.
So I took an extra five minutes to find these two links for your delectation.
The first comes from Mantis Design and is a colour rendition that you can order. In their words ..
“This is a fantastic poster by Andrei Chapoval. He is an amazing wealth of information regarding beer, and this poster proves it. Although it has a smaller fan base, it is a consistent seller to people who love beer. We are hoping to reprint a better version of it soon, if we can convince our publisher to keep the design around.”
This was back in 2006 – recent postings suggest that it is no longer available 
So – on to the second link. It is a biggie – so give it time to download.
It is ‘quite simply’, another periodic table – that you can enlarge and actually read. It is only Black and White – but for beer fans everywhere – really really interesting.
Alas – I don’t know enough about beer to understand if it really is accurate
Still – it is a labour of love – much in the way that Pete Frame captured the rock bands of the 60s and 70s with his own graphic design.
Take a look here … for the black and white, highly readable, periodic table of beer styles.
10 Fortune 500 Companies That Started With Next to Nothing
09
Mar
In this world that seems to be collapsing around us – a little high spot …
10 Fortune 500 Companies That Started With Next to Nothing
Further on from the original posting, we see a series of comments – my one would be are they all American companies because the writer is American – or are there no other similar success stories elsewhere in the world ?
My thanks to : Business Pundit.