SPINNING AROUND: SEVENTY SEVEN THINKING OUT LOUD

SEVEN INTERESTING THINGS ...

Um ... have something of a random collection of things to remember ...

Wired Magazine on iTablet, Apple's next big thing (and their answer to the netbook)

A how to for bands in the modern era. Basically, if you're in a band, you want to be big and you're not doing these things, maybe you should be doing something else

A recent Triv viral. I like ... via BrewBlog

Clever ... tangle-proof ear buds from PSFK. Dunno why I like it, but I do

Sing of the (a bit old now) times ... the Gap stuff on Facebook. Is it an app? Is it a website? Is it a Facebook page? Yes!

Newspaper Club looks like it might be getting closer to a launch

Loving this Digital Graffiti festival. And a handy repository of future collaborators, I reckon

See, told you it was a random collection this time around ...

DID YOU KNOW ...?

The Did You Know films have been updated for the Economist's Media Convergence Forum. This DYK4.0 is well worth a watch, in my humble.

via lots of places, but mostly Nick

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Quite a lot of design type stuff in this one, for no apparent reason ...

Johnson Banks are threatening to go into full-scale production of their notebooks, as sold at the V&A Fete. I kinda hope that they do ...

Box Bird is a gallery and printworks set up by Graham Carter (whose work I own a fair amount of and can heartily recommend as an excellent purchase) and Alice TeaguTypePad - Edit Poste.

I really liked these Pentone Mugs by asbury & asbury. Sweeeet ...

The London Design Guide will be good when it launches next month ...

As will It's Nice That magazine Vol II, which will be out at the same time. Pre-order here.

Mark Andrew Webber makes the most remarkable large-scale lino-cuts and, what's more, he's open for commissions ... check out his map of London as part of his "where in the world?" series.

Amusement is a quite remarkable new French gaming magazine. They're sort of doing for gaming what Wallpaper* did for design and what Monocle did for business. Check out their recent shoots ... Outgaming, the utterly odd Pixxxel, oh and the geeky made of myth (NB. all sidewise scrolling).

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Seven interesting blogs this time around ...

This is fantastic ... Forgotten Bookmarks ... odd things that were used as bookmarks in books found by a blogger of (now) some repute. What blogging was made for.

Oh, while I'm on random finds, do give Sir Paul Smith's blog a go at some stage.

When I fancy an off-beat read about something between ad-land and the digital arena, I will potter over to the ever-lovely Rubbishcorp for a browse. I recommend that you do so too ...

Wolff Olins NY blog is often one that I swing by ... just to see what's been happening.

Ramzi Yakob is always worth a read, I reckon. Recommended reading on all things digital.

The Daily Dish is well-worth a read. Packed with ephemera of a vaguely designerly bent. Andrew Sullivan's personal interests writ-large across t'internet.

And finally ... do find time to mooch over towards Build's Blog. Every post gets a Michael C. Place illusatrtion, which just sets it apart from your average ...

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ONE ... Seth Godin at TED talking about tribes and death of mass marketing

TWO ... BRILLIANT baby products website. Loving it

THREE ... 40Winks is a REALLY posh B&B, basically. Lovely

FOUR ... Times Square goes pedestrian ... interesting

FIVE ... Kiosk is a crazy fun place to hang out, I think

SIX ...This Animatic is crazy, but EXTREMELY cool

SEVEN ...Tee hee ... iPants

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Another set of interesting things. Loosely artistic.

A photo essay on the contents of the USA's fridges at GOOD Magazine.

A Periodic Table of typefaces at Why Me?

An amusing "ultimate combo" T-Shirt with Street Figher references.

I really liked the Poster Inspiration section on Why Me?

A take on the "KEEP CALM ..." poster over at Work Food Food.

Saatchi and Phillips de Pury & Co has a fab exhibition on the way.

Ian Wright's stuff for Givenchy. On YouTube too ...

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More random bits ...

ONE ... The Sanctum Soho has a fab screening room and rooftop bar. Useful ...

TWO ... liked this laser-cut money art by Scott Campbell

THREE ... nice products at The Good Folk. Like it a LOT

FOUR ... G. Mittelberg flickr set. Like this too

FIVE ... Amazing. Lauren Luke ... from YouTube to brand owner

SIX ... Love Locks ... a Roman phenomenon ... also in Cologne

SEVEN ... Perrier pinching from the Glue Society? Hmmmm ...

That's the lot ...

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The latest collection of interesting bits and bobs from around the interweb ...

TrendHunter featured our Hotels.com Picture Pillows a while back. Today, they had a piece on a hotel that has a reader-in-residence, who will come and read you a story. On a related note, there was another stunt in which those two ideas combine to create "bedtime story" sheets: stories printed on sheets.

Sweeeet ... (think that counts as two of the seven links, rather than three) ...

PSFK Good Ideas are now also available for the iPhone ... must subscribe at some point in the not-too-distant. On a related note, the TED talks are available in the same format.

Seems like ANYONE can do a city guide these days. News reaches us (via the Moment, the NYT's blog) that Heff himself has gone into the dark art, with a range of Playboy Guides to US cities, so you can live like the man himself.

Think that I will stick with Luxe (poncy, catty, fabulously written) and Le Cool (edgy, fun, cultural illuminating), thanks.

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More good stuff ... a bit random and disjointed, this collection ...

ONE ... PSFK Good Ideas Salon videos are up and about - mind food and all that.

TWO ... It's Nice That has launched a bi-annual print publication of their best bits.

THREE ... Groovy posters by Publicis Mojo via CR ... one, two, three, four ...

FOUR ... Lovely Flickr set combing type and pics ...

FIVE ... As reported, It's Nice That has relaunched - very nice too.

SIX ... The Cloudy Collection ... cute prints ... cheap too.

SEVEN ... Ad for Ruse ... the future of gaming, mebbe?

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More links to interesting things ...

The AdContrarian's eBook on advertising is a cracking polemic and I commend it as a read to all and sundry.

While I am commending good things, do take a look at Michael C Place's Build Blog ... an image for every post, most of which are links to fun stuff. But it's the illustrations that make it.

Speaking of nice places to on the web, It's Nice That is relaunching on Monday. Always worth a visit.

Ah ... the joys of the weekend and a visit to Speechification to see what has been on speech radio that has been of interest of late.

Wired's UK edition has a UK-specific website. Well worth a serious look. A story from it, OneRiot looks like it might be an interesting tool for taking the web's "pulse".

And finally ... brilliantly odd Mario Kart film ... as some crazy bugger makes the game for real on the streets of Marseille.

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More interesting things from around the place that didn't really warrant a post of their own ...

Mark Porter is an editorial designer and has a blog about designs and redesigns of the world's media: Notebook. There is an interesting aggregation of planner's tweets here.

Lovely site that enables you to find any film called ... FindAnyFilm.com ... It searches a database and tells you where you can buy any title legit.

Nokia's Music Almighty campaign has attracted some flack when one of the winners turned out to be someone who has designed for both Nokia and W+K. Read all about it at PSKF.

Trendwatching is always a good read. This month, they're talking about Sellsumers. Interesting stuff. Liked their Generation G stuff too.

Liked this image a LOT ... self-promotional piece by Alison Carmichael. And one last link ... Twitter tastings dissected by PSFK.

Er ... that's the seven. Toodle ooh!

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There is a load of stuff that (like most of us), I stumble across on t'internet that makes me think "hmmm ... that's interesting ... must do something with that".

Now, by and large, they aren't interesting enough to warrant a blog post and I'm not organised enough to have a del.icio.us account.

So I thought that I would start a new category and set of posts simply called "a bunch of interesting things", store them all there and post them when I have a decent number (seven, I reckon).

This is the first of those posts ...

Came across iPhone App Quotes, which enables you to stick in a brief and get three quotes for development of an iPhone App.

A story on PSFK about WANT, an anti-retail experience that makes thrift fun. Then I meant to note the Airplot ID, created by Airside for Greenpeace, making campaigning aestheically pleasing.

There's a collection of Superbowl ads that I must check out at some point. PrettyLoaded.com is a collection of Flash loading screens that someone mentioned is worth a look.

TheSartorialist is often worth a squizz, I always think - must remember to take a look more often. And 1000wordsmag is always worth a squizz if you have a minute - cracking photography.

Um ... that's it for now. More later.