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A personal scrapbook for things I find interesting or feel like sharing. YMMV. My name’s Denise. I’m the co-founder of b3ta and the ex-creative director of MOO and BERG and some other places. Currently at Visible. I write weekly at www.walknotes.com
Latest posts
The past called
and said “Did you know you can put slices of sweet potato in the toaster to cook them?”. Thanks for calling. I did not know this.
Long d(el)ays
This was an email from a few weeks ago. I showed to to someone else and asked them to read it out. They did the same thing as me. ‘Long delays, big plans’. That’s branding right there.
This is all fine, how are you?
Nuclear reactors taken offline in France, as extreme heat pushes river temperatures into danger zone
The Acoustic Signature of Weather
In this short essay, Robert Kingett describes w hat the weather is like for him using his other senses . Audio essay, narrated by Sean Crisden The weather has been the same here for a few weeks. It’s quite nice to remember other weather. Via
Tiny e-ink reader
Xteink X4 Pocket eReader Via
Legacy contact for iPhone (or Android)
Did we all know about this? “A Legacy Contact is someone you’ve chosen to have access to certain data in your Apple Account after your death.” Android have the same thing, but I’m tired and can’t find it. This chap explains it on LinkedIn.
Say cheese louder and in more exciting ways
Always here for that. Jane shares some of the leaflets from her Mum’s collection from various marketing boards and councils. “…the Mushroom Consumer Service and the British Farm Produce Council were both based out of Agriculture House in Knightsbridge. Others are dotted around a little bit further afield, like the Apple and Pear Development Council in Tunbridge Wells.”…
Capybara pattern
Some days you’re just quickly closing windows and you end up finding a great knitting pattern for a capybara .
Tone of Voice VS writing principles
“The problem isn’t that most organisations don’t get tone of voice. It’s that most organisations don’t get writing, full stop. You’d think with all those mercurial benefits, businesses would be all over the practice of writing – they’re exactly the kinds of aptitudes they love to call ‘high-performing’. But most organisations are entirely blind to it” From Nick Parker, in Tone Knob .…
What it’s like to live in the Barbican
I enjoyed this post about living in the Barbican . Via Phil .
The universe will or might provide
“A funny thing happens when you ponder. Useful stuff just seems to bubble up and present itself to you. It keeps happening. It’s like the universe wants to help. If only that were true. But it’s just a story you tell yourself to explain what happens when your subconscious is on higher alert. The Force isn’t with you. You’re not getting luckier. You’re being extra attentive and noticing…
Workwear sewing patterns + tutorials
RoughcutMYOG
Exterminate! …no not, that the other one
Animate ! (your gmail logo)
Niche hobbies still a thing, shock (+AI bullshit)
Back in the early 2000s when I worked at a publishing company, we used to have this conversation all the time. That people actually care about their hobbies - so if you make something good for them, they’ll come back. If you make a generalist website maybe they’ll come back, maybe they’ll just find somewhere else after a while. (And of course, if you build a product that competes…
they hide your post they form your view
pardalote : they hide your post they form your view Two more stitched poem-objects join the grid. Four more left to stitch and the grid will be complete. [Image ID: A photograph of four stitched squares, mainly in greys and blues, with a thin beaded border. Each square contains stitched text in a grid: they view your work, they note your exit, they hide your post, they form your view. /.End ID]
What do you do with walk-thoughts?
Huh, thread on Reddit . I turn them in to walknotes , I guess.
Dark mode / experiments
Saved to read later: https://design-history.prevention-services.nhs.uk/manage-breast-screening/2026/02/experimenting-with-dark-mode-for-image-readers/
Gov departments on X/Twitter
A friend started a petition: “Withdraw all UK government departments & organisations from X (formerly Twitter)” But the petition was rejected. Randomly I see my MP has asked the secretary of state how much the Department for Education spends on X and XAi. Apparently, another MP had already asked and the answer is: “5 February 2026 During the period 1 July 2024 to 19 January 2026,…
Ohh, this is very good
gilest.org: Talking of quizzes “A day trip to London this week to run a commsy sort of workshop with a government team. I tried out an exercise I’ve been wanting to try out for years: I display a very text-heavy slide, typical of the sort we see in government all the time, and at the same time, I play a short audio clip. The aim: to briefly replicate and recreate the typical “presenting”…