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The Manual captures the voices of our profession, both the well-known and the quietly working, as they bring clarity to the why of web design, share their visions, break our hearts, stretch our minds, and move us to deeper, smarter, richer work. Each issue is an A5 (~6 × 8”) hardback book with a textured, handcrafted feel, and a bit over 100 pages of 120gsm Munken Pure stock within. No markup, screenshots, or tutorials—we focus our lens elsewhere.
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The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | An Unpublished Interview With Hunter S. Thompson
On 17th October 1998 I was highly fortunate to conduct a telephone interview with the late, great Doctor of Journalism Hunter S. Thompson for an article for the long defunct movie magazine Neon. What follows below is a straight transcript (never before printed) of the whole phone conversation with Thompson at his heavily fortified home Owl Farm, Woody Creek, Colorado. It was at Owl Farm, on 20th February 2005, that Thompson took his own life with a gunshot after a long period of illness. During the 1960's and 1970's, as an anti-establishment writer Thompson famously championed all the freedoms of the era.
BBC - BBC Internet Blog: Video Demo for new BBC iPlayer Apps
Here’s a quick demo of the new apps we’ve released today for Android (version 2.2) devices and for the iPad, both of which are available to download now from the Android Market and the Apple iTunes App Store.
David O'Reilly's incredible animation The External World is a seriously dark but occasionally funny meditation on the anxieties and fears entrenched in modern life. The film premiered at last year's Venice Film Festival, and is currently playing at various festivals around the globe, but was posted online for the first time yesterday. The version that O'Reilly has posted is, according to his website, updated with a couple of scenes that didn't feature in the original.
The External World - FLIP MODE.
Flying Lotus | Trigger Webcam Application | Unlock and Download Cosmogramma Alt Takes MP3s
Flying Lotus: “I’m really into old jazz traditions and I felt Cosmogramma was my jazz record in a sense. In that spirit, for anyone who’s bought the album, we’ve made something they can use to get new tracks and alternate takes from the original Cosmogramma sessions as a gift from us. We’re making a big fuss…” Troubleshooting: There are some common software conflicts with Flash applications that use webcams. If you are experiencing problems ⇓ please click here for simple instructions to fixSome inspirational things for a Friday It's been one of those weeks this week when I've been bumping into many wonderfully inspiring things; new things and older things. Here's a few of them... From 2008, a departure from the usual format but just as good. Listen out for the story about the hotdog factory about 34 minutes in.
Some inspirational things for a Friday - Walk in the park, look at the sky.
20 predictions for the next 25 years | Society | The Observer
1 Geopolitics: 'Rivals will take greater risks against the US' No balance of power lasts forever. Just a century ago, London was the centre of the world. Britain bestrode the world like a colossus and only those with strong nerves (or weak judgment) dared challenge the Pax Britannica. That, of course, is all history, but the Pax Americana that has taken shape since 1989 is just as vulnerable to historical change. In the 1910s, the rising power and wealth of Germany and America splintered the Pax Britannica; in the 2010s, east Asia will do the same to the Pax Americana.
12 of the Year's Best Ideas in Interface Design [Slideshow] | Co.Design
This past year, we brought you stories on everything from tweeting toddler toys and streamlined ATMs to news-reading apps and remote controls that magically change channels with a wave of the hand. Though wildly different from one another, these projects share a common denominator: They all display intriguing user-interface innovations. User interfaces, when done well, are the unsung hero of product design. They?re the difference between a printer whose buttons you can figure out without even reading the instructions and one you want to throw across the room. Now, with the rise of personal computing, interfaces are more relevant than ever before, providing the crucial link between physical objects and the virtual world.iPads lures readers from print | Media | guardian.co.uk
Research in the United States suggests that although print newspapers may have success in attracting readers to tablets there is an unhappy trade-off.
The poorest councils face the biggest cuts next year under a settlement that has left town halls claiming they are now powerless to protect frontline services from a wave of library, social services and leisure centre closures
uncil spending cuts: interactive map | Society | guardian.co.uk
Dana Settle & I hosted a dinner with some of the biggest companies in entertainment to talk about the future of television, film & digital media. Michael Ovitz , the co-founder of CAA was the keynote speaker. Nobody can predict 100% what the future of television will be so I won’t pretend that I know the answers.