Ollie, now for sale.
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“Use it to find the photography you like using the simple idea that people whose work you like, probably like stuff you’ll like. You start with a set of pictures — if you authenticate, it’ll use 20 of your last 100 favorites — otherwise it’ll start with somebody’s favorites. Click any picture to load more.” Great idea, works beautifully. (via Jarred Bishop)
New microsyntax for Twitter
Chris Messina, father of the hashtag, suggests three “pointers” to differentiate the provenance, and specify the destination, of tweets. It’s a small change that adds all-important clarity, and might save a character or two in the process. I hope this takes off. (via Loren Brichter)
Typography on Twitter
Jon Phillips of Spyre Studios has compiled a list of more than 80 Twitter accounts related to typography in its many forms. My thanks to him for including my Nice Type account! Here’s the ready-to-follow version using Twitter’s new Lists feature.
Doug Bowman’s influence arrives on Twitter’s new home page, with an improved palette and realtime display of popular topics. Biz Stone:
We’re eager to see if encouraging a sense of wonder and discovery leads to a better first impression of Twitter.
Birdbrain for iPhone is on sale in the App Store. It tracks changes in and provides stats over time for your Twitter friends and followers, and is designed to be complementary to your favourite mobile Twitter client. I helped out on the UI design, and the app’s icon was created by the estimable Andrew Archer. Introductory pricing of US$1.99 for launch. If you’re a fan of Garrett Murray’s Ego and obsessed with all things Twitter, Birdbrain might be for you.
Great idea: break Star Wars: A New Hope into 473 15-second clips, get fans to reshoot them in any style, then reassemble the whole as Star Wars: Uncut. They have a Tumblr too.
I had a funny joke about design but the client revised all the funniness out of it.
— Chris Riebschlager on Twitter.
Twitterbelle
Web app by Poeks that provides a list for any Twitter account of the users they most often favourite. Seems I’m a big fan of the Gruber family. Would be better if it linked to the favourites from each person on the list too. (via John Gruber)
