Timothy Greig > Transmedia Designer, Information Architect, Librarian » <3 http://timothygreig.com Timothy is a information management professional and transmedia designer, currently based in Wellington, New Zealand. Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:07:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Tripod – “Make You Happy Tonight” http://timothygreig.com/tripod-make-you-happy-tonight/ http://timothygreig.com/tripod-make-you-happy-tonight/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:25:06 +0000 Timothy Greig http://timothygreig.com/archives/95

“Games give you hand-eye coordination and spatial intelligence together with map reading skills” Aussie comedy trio Tripod explain musically why video games are more important than other things.

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]]> http://timothygreig.com/good-copy-bad-copy/feed/ 0 The Life Cycle of a Blog Post, From Servers to Spiders to Suits. http://timothygreig.com/the-life-cycle-of-a-blog-post-from-servers-to-spiders-to-suits/ http://timothygreig.com/the-life-cycle-of-a-blog-post-from-servers-to-spiders-to-suits/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:03:09 +0000 Timothy Greig http://timothygreig.com/90 “Within minutes, if you’ve written about a timely and noteworthy topic, a small army of bots will get the word out to anyone remotely interested, from fellow bloggers to corporate marketers.” Awesome visualization of the network activated by a blog post!

]]> http://timothygreig.com/the-life-cycle-of-a-blog-post-from-servers-to-spiders-to-suits/feed/ 0 Analog clock with digital display a.k.a. “Flip Clock” http://timothygreig.com/analog-clock-with-digital-display-aka-flip-clock/ http://timothygreig.com/analog-clock-with-digital-display-aka-flip-clock/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:01:40 +0000 Timothy Greig http://timothygreig.com/89 I’ve wanted a Flip Clock for a long time, and I finally got one just the other weekend. It was the only one in the store and (what luck!) a beautiful rich orange color. I love the weird mix: analogue workings – yet digital display. See photos on flickr.

]]> http://timothygreig.com/analog-clock-with-digital-display-aka-flip-clock/feed/ 0 Book: The Laws of Simplicity http://timothygreig.com/book-the-laws-of-simplicity/ http://timothygreig.com/book-the-laws-of-simplicity/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:51:39 +0000 Timothy Greig I’ve just finished reading this excellent book on John Maeda’s ten ‘Laws of Simplicity’. Maeda is an excellent teacher, and his ideas are easy to grasp as he makes them very memorable through the use of lively anecdote, acronym, and subtle repetition.

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