Digitalia Alasdair’s workblog and linkdump

Posts from November 2009

Links For Monday 30th November 2009

Photo Box « MarkSelby
My god, this is just superb. Work of total genius. Combination of the ubiquity of the digital age with the sense of magic and wonder. Utterly brilliant. I want to give these to everyone.
(tags: flickr api papernet magic photos)

Pub 'fined £8k' for Wi-Fi copyright infringement – ZDNet.co.uk
Oh, look, [...]


Links For Friday 27th November 2009

Why does Peter Mandelson favour the Analogue Economy over the Digital? | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Doctorow writing in the Grauniad about why the DEB is a bad idea on a social and economic level.
(tags: copyright law politics uk)


Customer Communications

I spend a lot of time at work thinking about ways to improve the ways our clients communicate with their customers. This can mean things like how we assemble emails, what sorts of subject lines we use, it can mean making sure that unsubcribe links are clear, and that the customer feels in control [...]


Links For Wednesday 25th November 2009

Santa Claus (loadedsanta) on Twitter
"I'm making a list and checking it twice. Ha! Fuck that. Drinking and playing it by ear." "I like how everyone thinks Rudolph did shit. Fact. Rudolph is an oh-look-at-me-I-have-a-red-nose diva fuck." and similar gems.
(tags: christmas humour twitter)


Links For Tuesday 24th November 2009

panGloss: Mandy and Me: some thoughts on the Digital Economy Bill
A lawyer takes the Digital Economy Bill apart.
My own idiots guide to the DEB is at 1500 words and counting, and I'm not sure I'm even halfway through yet. So: serious question – if there anyone reading this who feels it would [...]


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