Smashing Logo Design: The Art of Creating Visual Identities by Gareth Hardy is another book I got through Amazon’s Vine programme. Here is what I wrote about it:
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I’m feeling lucky
August 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on I’m feeling lucky · Life
I recently read a book called I’m Feeling Lucky: the Confessions of Google Employee 59 by Douglas Edwards. No point explaining what it is about, the title sums it up quite nicely, but for what it is worth it is the erstwhile brand manager of Google telling the story of his five or so years […]
The Map of Time
May 23rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Life
Just finished a book called The Map of Time by Felix Palma.  It is due to be published on June 9th though it is not entirely new: it was first published in 2008 in Spanish, but this is the English translation of it. A bit strange that it has taken so long to come out […]
City Island
May 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on City Island · Life
I recently watched the film City Island on DVD, another goodie from Amazon’s Vine programme.  One of the real pleasures of the scheme is that it leads me to films, books or music I might otherwise have never heard of but which end up giving me much more pleasure than ones I have been eagerly […]
More audiobooks
May 4th, 2011 · Comments Off on More audiobooks · Life
I have been listening to more audiobooks, both via Amazon’s Vine programme, both with a TV connection. One was a Torchwood story, the other a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories. Interestingly the Holmes stories were read by Benedict Cumberbatch who plays the modern day Holmes on TV. My first experience with audiobooks (Bill Bryson: At […]
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
April 21st, 2011 · Comments Off on At Home: A Short History of Private Life · Life
The other night I finished listening to At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson.  This is an audiobook I got through Amazon’s Vine program. It is a book I would almost certainly have bought myself at some point, although I would have bought the paper version. It was an interesting experience […]
Regarding Ducks and Universes
April 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on Regarding Ducks and Universes · Life
Today I finished reading a book called Regarding Ducks and Universes by Neve Maslakovic, another one from Amazon’s Vine programme. This what I thought about it:
Maf the dog
April 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on Maf the dog · Life
Last week I finished the Maf the Dog book, or to give it the full title: The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of his friend Marilyn Monroe, which was another book I got through Amazon’s Vine programme.  I actually got it last year, at which time there was a bit of a […]
State of Emergency
March 28th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Life, Politics
It took a while to get there, but I have just finished reading State of Emergency, The Way We Were: Britain 1970-1974 by Dominic Sandbrook. It is a real door-step of a book, about 5cm thick in hardback and I have started and finished reading several other books since I started this before Christmas, but […]
Operation:Endgame
March 20th, 2011 · Comments Off on Operation:Endgame · Life
This evening we sat down to watch a DVD that Amazon kindly sent us – Operation:Endgame.  Having heard nothing about it, I wasn’t expecting much, but it turned out to be hugely enjoyable with some great performances, notably from Rob Cordory Here is what I wrote about it:
