The new issue of Digital Web is out, and in it I review Kelly Goto and Emily Cotler‘s fine book Web ReDesign: Workflow That Works. I’ve also added that review plus one called 9/11: How We Used the Web to my table of CONTENT section. It was something I wrote a few weeks after the events commenting on how we used the web to cope in the aftermath of the tragedy.
Mac Rumours
I’m a Mac user, less fanatical than some, but still pretty excited by the upcoming Macworld conference in San Francisco next week. One of the rumour sites is reporting that Apple will announce the availability of a new PDA device called iWalk. From the pictures and video on the site (which many believe are fake), it looks bulky and large. Still, I can’t help but get excited. What other computer maker is innovating like this? Even Apple’s own site can’t help getting excited. The front page has been teasing us with hype for the past few days. This had better be good.
Interesting Critique
Interesting critique of Wes Anderson’s films, though I happen to love the Futura! (via Haughey)
Stuart Adamson R.I.P.
Sorry to start the year off on a downer, but I just found out that Stuart Adamson, lead singer of Scottish band Big Country, was found dead in a hotel room in Honolulu on December 20. He’d struggled with alcoholism but until recently had been sober for more than a decade. Big Country were always considered a bit of a one hit wonder here in North America, but in reality they had a string of solid albums and Adamson was clearly a gifted songwriter. What is it about the music industry that chews people up so predictably?
Sorry, Buffalo
Sympathy to our neighbours in Buffalo, who have been buried under more than six feet of snow which has fallen since Christmas Eve. The weird thing is that we have none. The so-called “lake-effect” snow has so far stayed south of Lake Ontario. Let’s hope it respects the border.
And, oh yeah, the Raptors beat the Lakers in L.A., again…