Simply Jonathan

Archive for 2007

Igor | Naming Strategy Consumer Brand Positioning Messages 

Sig det nu

(This post is in Danish)

“Må jeg lige sige noget?”, “må jeg spørge om noget?”

Det har du allerede gjort, kom nu til sagen.

Thomas Buttenschøn – Hun er væk

(This post is in Danish)

Og så var det hun begyndte at generalisere,
Du ved, som kvinder jo altid gør.

En konkurrerende kanal

Hvor er jeg glad for, at udtrykket “en konkurrerende kanal” ser ud til stort set at være blevet sløjfet; at DR refererer til TV3 som “TV3” og ikke “en konkurrerende kanal”. Det andet er ret stor mangel på tiltro til egen kvalitet; hvis vi så meget som nævner den anden kanal, så går det galt, og vi mister alle vores seere/lyttere! Stop it, I klarer den nok.

Do Canonical Web Designs Exist? – Bokardo 

Embrace the web… just do it, damn it.

George Orwell: 12 Writing Tips 

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Queen – Put Out the Fire

You need a bullet like a hole in the head.

ACME Pundit Saws | The Macalope: An Apple blog – CNET Blogs 

The Scobble quote sold it… The content is pretty decent, but his writing is terrible.

Attention to detail

I just noticed that the screen shots on the iMacs on Apple’s website have changed to the Leopard background and -dock. That is what I call attention to detail.

Names on MSN Messenger

It is custom that you can change your name on instant messaging services — many of these go by nickname, so if you change your nickname, as I have done on multiple occasions, it would be fair to be able to do that, on the IM.

But there is an annoying tendency on the MSN Messenger service, at least among Danish teens, to change your name to something non-identifying, such as a quote, a news story or something similar. Remember, folks, these are names. I can live with the fact that you suffix your name with something; I do this myself. (And as we all know, I can’t do anything wrong.) But your entire name? I mean, should I be able to remember you, solely by your email?

This is Simply Jonathan, a blog written by Jonathan Holst. It's mostly about technical topics (and mainly the Web at that), but an occasional post on clothing, sports, and general personal life topics can be found.

Jonathan Holst is a programmer, language enthusiast, sports fan, and appreciator of good design, living in Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe. He is also someone pretentious enough to call himself the 'author' of a blog. And talk about himself in the third person.