2011-10-16 (Sunday)

Writing

1. Asymmetry

   The asymmetry of how we judge others, at an individual level and as one country to another.

   • 2011-10-16

Links

1. Discombobulated: Guardian iPad: Product challenges

   Jonathan Moore on the process of developing the new app, from a product point of view. (via Preoccupations)

2. The Guardian iPad edition design evolution | Media | guardian.co.uk

   Images showing different stages from the process behind developing the new iPad app.

3. Mark Porter » Blog Archive » New work: The Guardian iPad app

   His description of the design work behind the new app, which is very good indeed.

4. Amanda Knox: What’s in a face? | World news | The Guardian

   Fascinating article about how quickly, and wrongly, we judge others. “The model we seem to work with is something like this: I am infinitely subtle, complex and never quite what I seem; you are predictable and straightforward, an open book.”

5. Charm Offensive: Cultivating Civility in 21st Century Britain (Oct 2011) | The Young Foundation

   The Young Foundation’s report, an interesting read. Free PDF.

6. BBC News - ‘Occupy’ is a response to economic permafrost

   Good stuff by Paul Mason. “Occupy Everywhere, then, is the kind of movement you get when people start to believe mainstream politicians have lost their principles, or are trapped by vested interests, or are all crooked.” (via Preoccupations)

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