likeyoulike - Mark Johnson » Everything http://blog.likeyoulike.net Hi, welcome to likeyoulike - it's a scrapbook of what's going on in my head, and the stuff that's inspiring me at any given time. Hope you like it. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:17:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Julius Grimm http://blog.likeyoulike.net/2009/05/02/julius-grimm/ http://blog.likeyoulike.net/2009/05/02/julius-grimm/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 12:15:03 +0000 mark http://blog.likeyoulike.net/2009/05/02/julius-grimm/ moon.jpg

Julius Grimm, a 19th century scientific photographer, is responsible for this beautiful rendering of the moon titled simply ‘Mond’. Find out more about Mr. Grimm here and download a hi-res version of the image here. Quite simply beautiful.

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Check out Ministry of Type (as great as ever) and also the Preserve project. I’ve been without a regular web connection for the past couple of days and then I remember those gems. Nice.

]]> http://blog.likeyoulike.net/2009/05/02/ministry-of-type/feed/ 0 Summer loving http://blog.likeyoulike.net/2009/04/23/summer-loving/ http://blog.likeyoulike.net/2009/04/23/summer-loving/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:58:48 +0000 mark http://blog.likeyoulike.net/2009/04/23/summer-loving/ Happened so fast…I’ve given up even pretending that I keep this blog up to date, but I can say that it’s not dead and forgotten. It’s more the case that I spend a large amount of time doing other things…at the moment I’m working on a very big, very exciting project involving a national museum, a national library, a royal commission and the BBC. It’s very big and is taking a lot of my time and energy but it’s probably the best thing I’ve ever worked on. That aside I’m also working on some fairly big pitches as usual, so more on them when the time is right.

I’ll try and keep it up to date in here, but if you really want to know what I’m up to then just drop me a line…I usually reply.

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Absolutely loving the work from Matt Joyce, a Cardiff based illustrator and graphic designer who works under the moniker The Meek Shall. You can buy his works here or follow him on twitter over here.

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Anyway, am back for a bit and will start chucking up some stuff in the next day or so. Oh yeah, I just bought an iPhone – which is actually amazing. Bingo.

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]]> http://blog.likeyoulike.net/2008/11/16/an-engineers-guide-to-cats/feed/ 0 Mildly world changing events No. 1 http://blog.likeyoulike.net/2008/11/16/mildly-world-changing-events-no-1/ http://blog.likeyoulike.net/2008/11/16/mildly-world-changing-events-no-1/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:18:57 +0000 mark http://blog.likeyoulike.net/2008/11/16/mildly-world-changing-events-no-1/ First up in a probably very occasional series is The Bloke Who Invented The Cash Machine.

He could have really cleaned up if he’d also invented a hole in the wall for people to pee into while taking cash out. None the less, thousands of inn-keepers and kebab shop owners owe a debt of gratitude here.

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The DO Lectures – fantastic, wholly insightful and completely inspirational…and I haven’t even gone through all the talks yet. Whatever you do, don’t miss the talk from Matt Jones and Russell Davies. Oh yeah.

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Everyblock is a very local news and info aggregator that tells you exactly what’s going on in your neighbourhood. USA only for now and no feedback mechanism for social/oral news and histories but I reckon this could be massive. Have a look at it here.

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