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Clagnut

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I found a Biscuit at the back of the cupboard

5 March 2010

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Thanks to this fine piece of huffduffing I’m reminded that there hasn’t been a Biscuit Friday for over four years. That’s about to be rectified. To the tune of the Hokey Cokey:

Facebook Mum
YouTube Dad
Seabass, manbag
Fifty quid to Chad
Would the congregation like to rise and sing
Hymn number 252

Here come the Barmy Army
They’re absolutely crazy
Bart, Elvis and the baby
Kill kill kill stab murder and dispatch

From Petty Sessions on CSI:Ambleside.

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Man's best friend

View Man's best friend on Flickr Tim, Scott and Grant in Frank during South by Southwest.

Why designers should and shouldn’t code

18 February 2010 42 comments

At Clearleft, our designers do not mark up their own designs. We require that they can all code well, but they never touch a line of production HTML. Why should our designers be able to code but not be required to do so?

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Other people’s thoughts on the iPad

2 February 2010 2 comments

A few opinions which seem to reflect my own entirely uninformed thoughts on the iPad.

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Ten design tenets of Dieter Rams

24 December 2009 2 comments

Earlier this month, Clearleft went on a company outing to the Design Museum in London. There we spent some quality time perusing the work of the influential former Braun industrial designer, Dieter Rams. These are his ten guidelines to good design.

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UX London 2010 is go!

6 December 2009 0 comments

Tickets for UX London 2010 are now on sale with a massive £200 early bird discount. Highlights for 2010 include Bill Moggridge, Scott McCloud, Kristina Halvorson & JJG to name a few. Last year sold out and was hugely over subscribed so get in quick!

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Top Fifty Albums of the Decade

29 November 2009 27 comments

My favourite fifty albums of the Noughties.

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Greatest HitsRoadhouse Blues · The Doors

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Web Typography panel at SxSW

30 March 2009 4 comments

I’m proud to have been part of the Web Typography panel at SxSW 2009 alongside Jon Tan, Ian Coyle, Elliot Jay Stocks & Samantha Warren. I’ve jotted down some of the topics we discussed, and some we talked about beforehand but didn’t have time for.

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  • Webfonts panel

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