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Adam King

Adam King

Designer/director at Unnormal, Co-founder of Ethical Coffee Chain.
Forging Habits of Steel: 7 Tips on Making and Breaking Habits | The Art of Manliness - http://artofmanliness.com/2009...
Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Remember that our sons and... - http://social.aking.ca/post...
Mahatma Gandhi's Seven Blunders of the World - http://social.aking.ca/post...
[Steve Jobs] is a design dictator of the company. And it’s fortunate for Apple and the world in general that they have him, because without his iron hand, the company would soon devolve back into a political, consensus-driven company. It would still have great products from a certain point of view, but I doubt that they would ever have the... - http://social.aking.ca/post...
If you care about saving downtown Brantford, be at City Hall tonight! Motion is on the table to delay the demolition of historic Colborne Street + the Pre-confederate Block!
@jdavidknox One of our specialities is web solutions for SMB's and NFP's. Pop me an email and I'll recommend something: adam@unnormal.ca
Good design is innovative. Good design makes a product useful. Good design is aesthetic. Good design helps us to understand a product. Good design is unobtrusive. Good design is honest. Good design is durable. Good design is consequent to the last detail. Good design is concerned with the environment. Good design is as little design as possible.... - http://social.aking.ca/post...
Re: Ripping out old bones. - http://social.aking.ca/post...
""Groups", eh? We're not groups, just concerned citizens who care enough to act. I've been doing community work in downtown Brantford for years now, in between my time in Toronto, and despite the draw to move away, to some other town that's more of a centre of innovation and creative industry is pretty strong. I spent the time working and fighting for downtown Brantford precisely because I see potential in its built heritage to become a vibrant, really interesting and creative downtown neighbourhood. That historic weight and future potential is forever gone once you knock it down. It can't be brought back, no matter how much stucco is applied to the new buildings. No one has stepped forward, because the necessary conditions weren't there. We in a time of burgeoning appreciate for downtowns, heritage, culture and walkable neighbourhoods, and locally, at a point where the city is recovering economically and Laurier is growing to the point where we can sustain a downtown again. We finally..." - Adam King
Re: Ripping out old bones. - http://social.aking.ca/post...
"Particularly liked Jan Vander Stelt's comment on the Brant News article about the Colborne St. debt scenario: http://www.brantnews.com/news... Near the bottom of the comment (currently), Jan said: "The City of Brantford's efforts to reconstruct its core must be built on a solid foundation of history, fact, feasibility, and fiscal responsibility. It must not be built on assumptions, conjecture, past mistakes, and political ego-boosting. Mr. Mark Littell would never have based his own businesses on such a dubious foundation. Why should you?" Amen, Jan. Amen." - Adam King
Fir­ing Cus­tomers (Intelligently) - http://speroconsulting.com/2009...
The Destroyed City: Hamilton, Ontario, 1948. (Red buildings are no longer there.) - http://social.aking.ca/post...
The Destroyed City: Hamilton, Ontario, 1948. (Red buildings are no longer there.)
CANABALT: Buy it with your moneys!! - http://www.canabalt.com/
The UK's best handheld for 40yrs - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
The UK's best handheld for 40yrs
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The Most Serene Republic - Heavens To Purgatory - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
The Most Serene Republic - Heavens To Purgatory
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How To Clean Your Filthy Gadgets - How to clean your gadgets - Gizmodo - http://gizmodo.com/5419737...
snopes.com: The Physics of Santa and His Reindeer - http://www.snopes.com/holiday...
SeymourPowell Product Designers - http://www.seymourpowell.com/
A design ethnography tour of Malvern? - http://remarkk.posterous.com/a-desig...
"I was thinking exactly that! Brantford is badly in need of something like #ChangeCamp. We should talk." - Adam King
How To Develop A Facebook Page That Attracts Millions of Fans - http://www.allfacebook.com/2009...
A design ethnography tour of Malvern? - http://remarkk.posterous.com/a-desig...
"Glad to see ChangeCamp take this route. The future of political/social progress is locally-driven, I believe." - Adam King
The Latest Entrepreneurial Fantasy Is Selling Cupcakes - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/2009...
Teleport lets you use a single mouse and keyboard to control several Macs. Simply reach an edge of your screen, and your mouse teleports to your nearby Mac, which also becomes controlled by your keyboard. The pasteboard can be synchronized, and you can even drag & drop files between your Macs. - Adam King
‘Tis the season to go shopping! In light of that, here’s a question for all seasons. - http://social.aking.ca/post...
‘Tis the season to go shopping! In light of that, here’s a question for all seasons.
Jack Dorsey's Square In Action - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Jack Dorsey's Square In Action
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Mobile phone-based real-world payment processing! - Adam King
How I Hire Programmers (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought) - http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog...
(Really, probably a good way to hire anyone for a creative team.) - Adam King
Moleskine Japanese Album Pocket - http://www.amazon.com/dp...
Moleskine Japanese Album Pocket
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