Walk in the park, look at the sky: collected thoughts, processes and observations made during the course of making things

/2011

24.11.11 Announcement: magneticNorth, Beep and me
There's been some big changes over the last few months and without getting into the reasons, I wanted to just make it clear the current…
08.07.11 Why I think the Desert Island Discs site is the best thing @mnwork have ever…
On Monday, whilst many in the USA were celebrating Independence Day, July 4th also marked the the eleventh birthday of [redacted]. I'm very…
20.06.11 Making in the browser: using a web browser to make physical things
A few years ago Andy Clarke did a presentation called Walls Come Tumbling Down where he talked about the idea of designing in the…
24.04.11 Hack your TV remote better with @projectsugru
A simple way to make your TV remote a lot easier to use with the help of some Sugru. Remote controls are usually always filled with a…
20.03.11 The best data visualisation I've ever seen
The best data visualisation I've ever seen wasn't on the web. Wasn't a limited edition A2 poster. Wasn't featured on any blog or twitter…
08.03.11 Brendandawes.com; after the simplicity bomb
On October 2nd 2010 I nuked my site with what I called the simplicity bomb. Out of the rubble came a much simpler site designed to not only…
07.01.11 Some 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…