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  • British PM Responds to Photographers’ e-petition

    Thanks to the online photographer for highlighting the PM’s response to an e-petition on photography laws. Currently the law states: Section 58A makes it an offence to publish, communicate, elicit or attempt to elicit information about any of such persons which is of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing Read more

  • Basics Of Social Media ROI

    Thanks to Carl Haggerty for posting up this presentation by Oliver Blanchard, something which cuts through the social media crap and shows obvious ways to tell if all your social marketing is actually doing anything. And of course what’s key to any good presentation, it has excellent graphics. Olivier Blanchard Basics Of Social Media Roi Read more

  • Guerilla signs on the tube

    Annie Mole, the brains behind the Going Underground Blog has been collecting examples of Guerilla signs on the tube from her readers. Highlights include “For a more efficient service, please alight at the next stop where a team of heaveily drugged sloths will drag you to your destination” and “Peak hours may necessitate that you Read more

  • Desktop Wallpaper: October

    Once again, the readers of Smashing Magazine have come up trumps with thier entries to the monthly wallpaper showcase. Here’s my pick of the bunch, I’ve gone for “Burnt Orange” as my favourite. Click on one to see it in full size glory. Read more

  • Fontulicious

    I like fonts, I’m not quite a typography nut, but I do appreciate the brilliant influence that typography can have on design. So this post is all about typography, looking at three quite different angles. 1 – Toast As well as typography, I love toast, hot taost with melted butter, mmmmm, the breakfast of choice Read more

  • Pick a pickpocket to putpocket

    It’s always good to read some positive news and this story about a campaign run by T-Mobile is interesting: News Blaze: You’ve Heard of Pickpockets, Putpockets Slip Money Into Unsuspecting Pockets The only downside I see is that the people who are being rewarded with free cash are the ones most likely to have it Read more

  • GPS tracking on iPhone and Google Maps

    One of the many applications on my iPhone is MotionX-GPS with gives you a lot of information from the GPS receiver built into the phone. It gives you proper long/lat coordinates for your position, calculates speed, direction and altitude and most interestingly can track your route over time and email you a Google Maps link Read more

  • We live in financial times – Obama and the FT

    On a massive billboard at Victoria Station there is an advertisement for the Financial Times. It features an excellent photograph of a huge crowd with a little figure in the corner speaking to them with the title “Who does the man everyone listens to, listen to?” Apparently the answer is the Financial Times. Either way, Read more

  • Massive lies make great political statements

    I’m not a fan of political blogs – people ranting opinions and comment about their way the world should change, I prefer to leave that talk to the pub. But the stories recently of MEP Daniel Hannan’s attack on the NHS have lead to some unbelievable fibs being told about the NHS by lunatic campaigners Read more

  • Mountain View

    This made me laugh. Found by Swiss Miss, Neatorama and Chris Glass. August 7, 2009 My husband and I were exploring Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park, Canada, when we stopped for a timed picture of the two of us. We had our camera set up on some rocks and were getting ready to take Read more

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I am Tom Steel, I live in Sussex and work in digital services in London.
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