My delicious.com bookmarks for June 17th through June 22nd

June 22nd, 2010

June 22, 1783: Icelandic Volcano Disrupts Europe’s Economy – It's not just 2010 where this was a problem…
WWDC – The Acceleration – "But at one point everything exploded and there was no way to keep up with all the new API:s and all the new things Java was attempting to do. I feel that we’re approaching that point with iOS (formerly known as the iPhone OS)." As someone who does this in my spare time, this is certainly something that I'm feeling right now!
I’m Comic Sans, Asshole – Your favourite font responds to criticism…

My delicious.com bookmarks for January 11th through January 13th

January 13th, 2010

Priori Acute – What if M.C. Escher had been a typographer?
What "Nothing to Hide" is Hiding – Why "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" is a bad argument in favour of increased surveillance.

December 21st, 2009

exactly – "What if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?" Looks like we're not going to find out because of a few hold-outs…
A Typeface for the Underground – Design and typography on the London Underground. Fascinating stuff.
Britain to Levy a One-Time Tax on Banker Bonuses – "To a large extent the levy underpins a quite broad understanding here — even among those generally sympathetic to the industry — that bank profits this year were largely subsidized by the government due to historically low interest rates." The best discussion I've seen of today's pre-Budget speech is, bizarrely, in a US paper.

February 9th, 2009

The League of Moveable Type – Most free or open source fonts I've seen have been pretty poor but these guys seem to have the right idea.
Government plans travel database – "When your travel plans, who you are travelling with, where you are going to and when are being recorded you have to ask yourself just how free is this country?"
Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age: A New Model for the Workplace – Fascinating ten minute video on what Pixar look for in candidates, summarised as Depth, Breadth, Communication and Collaboration. Given those criteria I'm guessing they're very selective!