Designer Stefan Sagmeister recently presented this talk at TED. In it he stresses the importance of productive time off. I like to think that I apply this thinking on a weekly basis, taking short productive and indulgent breaks at regular intervals as opposed to longer sabbaticals as such. Thanks to @craigrodney for sharing this with me =)

I’m honoured to have been asked to be a judge in The Digital Open by David Evan Harris. The Digital Open is an awesome project that poses the question: what can you make with technology that will change the world – or even just make life a little easier or more fun?
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Darren Smith recently posted on Facebook with a link to twtapps – developers of Twitter applications for everything from polls to travel and event scheduling tools.

The applications are lightweight and make the most of Twitter-integration. They also don’t require your Twitter password, respecting privacy and security of users.

I created the following poll to test out their twtpoll application. Come to think of it, these results will be interesting…


I like the clean layout and simple, intuitive usability of these applications. Well done to twtapps. File this one under ‘why the hell didn’t I think of that?’