Links for 26 June 2008 through 29 June 2008

29 June 2008 in Daily Links by del.icio.us | 1 comment

Stilgherrian’s links for 26 June 2008 through 29 June 2008:

Creatives grow better in the South West | YouTube: A brilliant 4-minute video explaining how to nurture creativity.
Top 10 reasons to hate the iPhone 3G | APC: A suitably well-researched piece to help counter the Apple fanboy hype. A phone is a tool. Not all tools are for everyone.
LEO Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch: A very fine-looking English-German dictionary site.

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30 June 2008 at 10:59 pm

roflmao at the creatives. Having aspirations to being a creative (and to mediocrity, but let’s not confuse the issues), I thought it stonkingly accurate. It’s good to get an incider’s view (ack, did I say that?).

My art: http://furiousennui.deviantart.com/

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