Links tagged with “via:paulmison”
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Politics doesn’t change anything
Examples of the many things changed by politics in the UK, as opposed to market-led “disruption”. (via Paul Mison)
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Washing Machine for Men
A good response to that overly simplistic redesign of a washing machine UI. I like the emphasis on reliability over whizzy electronic UIs, which I often think about, say, fancy modern car dashboards too. (via Paul Mison)
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Sea Level Rise Maps | Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets
Worst case for 2100 is estimated to be up to 1 metre of sea level rise. Which puts several nice bits of the UK coast (never mind Netherlands and Belgium) permanently under water. (via Paul Mison)
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Adactio: Journal—In dependence
Jeremy Keith collects a bunch of thoughts and quotes on the importance of hosting your own stuff, not posting to silos owned by companies that disappear with it all. (via Paul’s Mison)
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Casting Call: Hollywood Needs More Women : NPR
Something I’ve vaguely wondered about, researched and put in figures. If 17% of a group is women, then men think women make up 50%. And 33% women is perceived as being more than 50%. I wish there was a citation though… (via Paul Mison)
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At The Movies, The Women Are Gone : Monkey See : NPR
On the tiny percentage of movies, especially mainstream, which is all most people get a chance to see in a cinema, which are about, never mind by, women. (via Paul Mison)
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Anna Catherine Dr to Summer Rain Dr - Google Maps
Impressive: two houses in Florida that back on to each other, but to get from one to the other by road is a 7 mile journey. (via Paul Mison)
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TV Networks, Algorithms and the Demise of HMV
I’m not sure i buy all of this, but some interesting thoughts in there. Almost says that without better discovery tools, Spotify is like HMV, huge but daunting and soulless. (via Paul Mison)
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Essex Fingerposts - a set on Flickr
Lovely set of familiar signposts. (via Paul Mison)
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PHP: a fractal of bad design - fuzzy notepad
This is all true, and so it would be good to read something about why PHP has been *so* popular despite being so bad. (via Paul Mison)