Archive for August, 2007
Why become an Information Architect?
I can’t remember where I heard it, but I was surprised it came from someone in the field. The sarcastic tone surprised me even more than the chuckles of agreement.
Hang on, I thought with astonishment, surely we’ve not reached the stage where we reduce ourselves to hackneyed self-criticism? In my experience, passion for their craft [...]
Transit(ory)
Stuck on the Tube, I remembered I also had some cute transport-related links to share. So here they are.
Incomprehensible intersections - road design gone horribly wrong. I know the Americans denigrate the fine British roundabout, but at least we don’t often end up with monstrosities of this scale.
Airport - a neat little Flash animation made [...]
August link roundup
Draughts got solved - I do think AI is a ‘good thing’ but I think I liked the days where great mysteries were just that. I hope chess still has a few years left.
The Helvetica film is finally on at the ICA this month. Now I just need to find another typography geek to watch [...]
Sonic Youth performance stats
Would love to see these Sonic Youth gig stats turned into some explorable interface. Any budding information designers with plenty of time on their hands?
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Field Day
Had to pass comment on Field Day. The weather was gorgeous, the lineup was excellent, but the whole event was pretty much ruined by amateurish organisation. It’s received a comprehensive slating on Myspace, and with good cause. 14 bar staff for 10,000 people does not a good ratio make, and even our backup plan of [...]
last.fm still going for world domination
Quite liking last.fm’s new video player. Not hugely different from YouTube, but seems a little sharper to me. Quite liking this song, too.
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