Yearly Archives: 2005

What goes around comes around

Peter Morville with Margaret Hanley at Online Information 2005 Great response from Peter Morville at the Online Information conference today to David Weinberger‘s everything is miscellaneous thoughts on trees and leaves. What happens to those leaves that get raked in … Continue reading

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Identity problem

A note in December’s which magazine (which I can highly recommend) ID THEFT Americans happily give away security details, shows research RSA Security. 70% told researchers their mother’s maiden name, and 55% revealed how they think up passwords. I’m sure … Continue reading

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links for 2005-11-29

You’re It! » Blog Archive » David W on ‘Everything is Miscellaneous’ Thanks Timo (tags: davidweinberger jimmywales)

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links for 2005-11-25

Top 100 names for baby boys in England and Wales Hit parade of first names from 2000 to 2004 (tags: boys names) Yahoo! UK & Ireland Directory > Baby Boy Names No prizes for guessing (tags: boys names)

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Who pays for fraud?

Fraud has hit the headlines again in the last couple of days after recent statistics revealed it cost the UK £16bn last year. I’ve just been the victim of fraud after my bank card and PIN for the current account … Continue reading

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When is a photo not a photo?

When it’s of an illustration according to Flickr. Monkstyle.net who’s been posting illustrations to Flickr says: I noticed a while ago that when I searched for photos using tags on flickr, that my photos weren’t showing. After checking through the … Continue reading

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links for 2005-11-22

Argus Center for Information Architecture No longer updated, but useful stuff on Information Architecture (tags: ia informationarchitecture acia) BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Door thwarts quick exit for Bush You couldn’t make it up (tags: Bush exitstrategy doors)

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Japanese slang

Japanese slang for a man with a combover hairstyle is “barcode head” Heard on Anita Anand’s show on Radio 5 Live last night.

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This might catch on

A loyalty card scheme that gives you points for not going to the supermarket. Run by all the other places you can buy stuff in Haslemere, Surrey (UK). Just heard on radio, no link yet. [Update: found a link]

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Is “one size fits all” ever true?

Can you think of an example of something that exists in one size and one size only and is manufactured for one purpose? I can’t. Yet. Some suggestions talking to colleagues (and my uber-pedantic reasons why they don’t count): Red … Continue reading

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