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Belinda Vesey-Brown

  • Grand Designs – another look

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Our old mate Kevin McLoud is back revisiting his old mates from the successful TV series, Grand Designs, to see how they are getting on after living in their dream homes for a few years. I caught the episode that revisited the couple of architects who decided to build next to the railway line in…

  • Microsoft launches social media savvy mobile phone to youth market

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Microsoft have lifted the veil on their latest mobile phones – Kin One and Kin Two – designed purely with Gen Y, and even Gen Z, in mind. Long gone is the main necessity of a phone to actually administer and receive phone calls … no, today we expect our phones to be multi-level digital…

  • Microsoft release preview of ie9 for developers

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    You could almost hear the collective sigh of relief across the web development landscape. After years of holding onto their “We are the web”, old-dinosaur attitudes of the 90s, Microsoft have finally made an effort to produce a browser that can perform in today’s web environment. Rounded corners. Check. HTML 5. Check. CSS 3 Selectors.…

  • Skinput: Save money on computer screens and just use your own skin!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Can you imagine it? Pressing on parts of our body to activate certain programs or functions. Hmm, if I touch my left ear the garage door will open! The possibilities are endless! I was watching the following YouTube video on a mashable.com post and in one of the comments was mentioned a TED talk about…

  • Make your own iPhone/iPod stand

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I just come across this very cool little die cut paper dock for the iPhone from my favourite blog website: thedieline.com It is a very simple and elegant solution. It was created by French designer Julien Madérou. It’s free to anyone to download, print out, and assemble.Visit his website to to download it. Maybe you could get created…

  • My Favourite Car Designs

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I have always loved classic cars, and owned a few along with way, some of which have only become classics in the years since I drove them new! The “Goddess” Citroens, so called because of their DS model name (Diesse translates as goddess in French) surprised everyone in 1955 when they hit the road, a design…

  • Toothpick Fanatic recreates San Francisco with toothpicks!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Wow, talk about having delicate fingers, a sturdy hand, and patience! Check out this video I stumbled across on Wired. It took Scott Weaver 3000 hours to create the 9 foot tall, 20 pound structure of San Francisco. I would love to see him work his toothpick magic on London’s Houses of Parliament! Yours in…

  • An emoticon fairy tale

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Are you a ///0-0\ fan? Or perhaps you used to be a */*? If you can make sense of that (it was John Lennon and a Cheerleader!), then you will LOVE this emoticon fairy tale. It’s an adorable boy-meets-girl story told in the very simple, geek language known as emoticons. After Googling it, I’ve become…

  • Jetstar flies the social media flag!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    This morning I read that more than 71% of businesses intend to increase their use of social media – including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and company blogs – in 2010 (according to the 2010 Social Media Marketing Industry Report). So it was timely when I discovered how Jetstar plan to divvy up their marketing budget. It’s…