Swatch you doing?
A cute and fun way to put together a colour palette.
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Submarine Cable Map
This year’s TeleGeography map of the undersea network looks beautiful—inspired by old maps. I love the way that latency between countries is shown as inset constellations.
Client/Agency Engagement is F*cked, Waterfall UX Design is a Symptom | disambiguity
Leisa nails it. The real stumbling block with trying to change the waterfall-esque nature of agency work (of which Clearleft has certainly been guilty) can be summed up in two words: sign off.
And from a client’s perspective, this emphasis on sign-off is completely understandable.
It takes a special kind of client to take the risk and develop the level of trust and integration required to work the way that Mr Popoff-Walker any many, many other inhabitants of agency world would like to work.
Authentic Jobs ~ Ethiopia
Cameron’s travelling to Ethopia to help with Charity Water, thanks to the generosity of the users of Authentic Jobs.
Wat — Destroy All Software Talks
This cracked me up. There are two possibilities: either this is really is very funny or I am very nerdy.
Shinichi Maruyama
Black ink meets water.
Flickr: The New Frontiersman's Photostream
Background material for Watchmen.
Watchmen Feature Trailer - Trailer Addict
The new trailer for Watchmen is out. It's still looking good. Fingers crossed.
Design View / Andy Rutledge - USA.gov Redux
At first I thought that Andy Rutledge was trying to make some nuanced satirical point here but it turns out he's just a twunt.
Judge Backs Fox on Rights to Superhero Movie - NYTimes.com
I hope this doesn't pan out: "The dark heroes of Warner Brothers’ “Watchmen,” set for release next March, have a new problem on their hands: A federal judge has ruled that they may belong to 20th Century Fox."
'Watchmen' Trailer to Comic Comparison | Features | RopeofSilicon.com Entertainment News
Side by side comparison of stills from the Watchmen trailer and the graphic novel.
Twitter / MarsPhoenix: Are you ready to celebrate?...
In the future, all great scientific discoveries will be conveyed in 140 characters.
Is the Tipping Point Toast? -- Duncan Watts -- Trendsetting
Duncan Watts works at Yahoo Research? I had no idea! Ironically, it was Gladwell's Tipping Point that first led me to Watts' work.
An Interesting Way of Showing Battery Status
The screen of this mobile phone looks like a glass of water. The amount of water shows the battery life. The phone has a built in motion sensor to keep the water level.
Kate - 4hrs old
Pete Barr-Watson is a daddy again. Congrats!