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Monthly Archives: October 2006
Creating Passionate Users: Dilbert and the zone of mediocrity
[Reading time: 2 - 3 minutes] Just read this brilliant and incredibly timely (for me anyway!) post from the always passionate Kathy Sierra. To avoid the Zone of Mediocrity, you must suspend disbelief. You must be willing and able to … Continue reading
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Tagged Design, How things work, User experience, WorkLifeBlur
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Another reason why junk mail is bad for business
[Reading time: 1 - 2 minutes] Apparently junk mail subsidises the cost of sending a bona fide letter, the price we have to pay, like Google Ads for snail mail (though less intelligently targetted of course). Every week I receive … Continue reading
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[Reading time: < 1 minute] YouTube – flower arranging (tags: theend umbers droop browming exhaustion strong universal theme stuart silver)
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[Reading time: < 1 minute] The Colbert Report – New Episodes Added Daily (tags: colbert colbertreport)
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How to find the IMEI number on a mobile phone
[Reading time: < 1 minute] Key in *#06# Turn off your handset. Turn it on again. Allow the handset to load completely. Press the following keys one by one: * # 0 6 # Read the screen. As you press … Continue reading
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Tagged How things work, how to, IMEI, mobile phone, mobiles, number, security
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[Reading time: < 1 minute] Marnie Searchwell gluten-free cakes, birthday cakes, wedding cakes, Christmas cakes and biscuits. (tags: cakes gluten-free London food)
A case for more cycle lanes… if anyone can be bothered…
[Reading time: 3 - 4 minutes] On Tuesday morning at precisely 8 o’clock I crashed in to the back of a moped on my bicycle. And it hurt. The moped had just overtaken me and then braked sharply in front … Continue reading
Tagged Cycling, London
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links for 2006-10-11
[Reading time: 2 - 2 minutes] Rubik’s Cube Solution (tags: rubiks cube solution) How to Solve the Rubik’s Cube (tags: rubiks cube solution) searchmash Is this useful? Yes / No (tags: search internet web www searchmash google) Flora London Marathon … Continue reading
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links for 2006-10-10
[Reading time: 1 - 2 minutes] www.blears.net/travel – UK traffic and travel news Great mashup (combination) of Google Maps and BBC travel news RSS feeds from Backstage to show traffic hotspots. Unfortunately it wouldn’t have stopped the idiot cutting me … Continue reading
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[Reading time: < 1 minute] BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Tate Modern unveils giant slides Yippee! (tags: tate tatemodern London art)
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[Reading time: < 1 minute] TapeItofftheInternet – Reboot (tags: tv web socialmedia toti)
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links for 2006-10-01
[Reading time: < 1 minute] Intranets must be task-centric: Gerry McGovern (tags: intranet gerrymcgovern intranets tasks) 10 Things That Will Make Or Break Your Website (tags: webdesign lists design)
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