ISSN 1496-3221
October 4, 2000
My friend Chris MacGregor has run the Internet Type Foundry Index for as long as I’ve had an internet connection (read: a hell of a long time). While it hasn’t been updated in a year or so, mainly because of Chris’ other projects, it’s still an amazingly deep resource of links to all things typographic … More
October 3, 2000
That ugly chunk of plastic-wrapped technology known as the Cue Cat might actually be useful for something after all. Of course, it’s not in the way the originating company intended. Barkeep! A round of disposable bar code scanners for all of my friends, and keep ’em coming…
October 3, 2000
All you frustrated type designers should jump on the wagon and contribute your own interpretive typographic nuances to Chinese Whispers, a collaborative online font design experiment. Using the concept of the typographic whisper, or a view into a single previous character design, as a template for your own submission, you can respond and contribute to … More
October 2, 2000
Now this is just too wild. The Anoto is a ball-point pen that can transmit the data written by its user to any Bluetooth-enabled gizmo that happens to be nearby. Its high-speed image processing meets wireless data sharing meets the poison pen. Sure, you need to scribble on specially printed paper for the one hundred … More
October 2, 2000
An old friend of mine got married this weekend. It’s not that he’s actually that old, he’s basically the same age as me, but we have been friends since grade one and that’s about thirty years worth of time passed. That’s what I mean by old. Back to the point, Pat married Robin. I’ve only … More