Iain Tait's blog, since 2005.https://www.crackunit.com/en-gbhttps://www.crackunit.com/2021/12/01/when-loose-internet-threads-find-each-other/https://www.crackunit.com/2021/12/01/when-loose-internet-threads-find-each-other/I’ve been a fan of a book called The Cluetrain Manifesto since I first read it in 2001 or 2002-ish (early days of Poke). And I’ve mentioned it a few times on this blog. Anyway, huge inspiration. That’s loose thread one… Then a few years…Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:02:37 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2021/07/05/sidebar-update/https://www.crackunit.com/2021/07/05/sidebar-update/It’s been in the works for over a year. But last week it actually happened: I left the building. Or rather stayed at home, and didn’t log into Zoom. Anyway, I don’t work for Wieden+Kennedy anymore. (You might know that this isn’t the first…Mon, 05 Jul 2021 19:44:04 GMTAdvertisingPersonalTechnologyWorkhttps://www.crackunit.com/2021/02/10/office-based-white-noise-generator/https://www.crackunit.com/2021/02/10/office-based-white-noise-generator/Simple and quite lovely. From The Kids Creative Agency in Berlin. https://imisstheoffice.eu/Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:01:13 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2021/02/07/pink-trombone-fnar/https://www.crackunit.com/2021/02/07/pink-trombone-fnar/It’s not what you might think. I’ve grown up now (yeah, right). This is in no way connected with a skin flute or a fleshy oboe, it is in fact a BRILLIANT simulator of the human instrument. Just fantastic.Sun, 07 Feb 2021 18:52:43 GMTMusichttps://www.crackunit.com/2020/12/07/mayflies/https://www.crackunit.com/2020/12/07/mayflies/The lovely Mr Nick Farnhill gave me a book the other day. Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan. I’m only on page one and it’s greatMon, 07 Dec 2020 23:04:58 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2020/10/06/revenge-bedtime-procrastination/https://www.crackunit.com/2020/10/06/revenge-bedtime-procrastination/Ironically read at 00:37 during a classic bout of ‘Hell No, I’m not going to bed, rebellion”. From the always excellent Dense Discovery newsletter. Please go there and sign up and support them. It’s really really excellent.Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:41:07 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2020/09/23/geeking-out-on-tiktok/https://www.crackunit.com/2020/09/23/geeking-out-on-tiktok/I’ve been mucking around in a very rudimentary and pointless way with a few nerdy things recently. Instead of making sourdough and hoarding blogroll, the impeding lockdown v2 has got me futzing with RunwayML and Wav2Lip. And god forbid…Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:01:25 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2020/09/19/i-love-internet-today/https://www.crackunit.com/2020/09/19/i-love-internet-today/My faith in the Internet has been restored. It’s Saturday morning. I was doing a little Reddit scrolling. And this live stream caught my eye. There was just something about the combination of a tech house DJ and a man drumming on a box…Sat, 19 Sep 2020 09:11:59 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2020/09/07/ai-lip-sync-magic/https://www.crackunit.com/2020/09/07/ai-lip-sync-magic/Made using this: https://github.com/Rudrabha/Wav2Lip Demo here: https://bhaasha.iiit.ac.in/lipsync/example_upload1Mon, 07 Sep 2020 23:57:46 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2020/07/08/proudest-father-moment/https://www.crackunit.com/2020/07/08/proudest-father-moment/A couple of hours ago one of my daughters Rickrolled me. From a Google Slides Presentation about what she wants for her 11th birthday. Finally a sign that I’m bringing them up right! Although I’m unsure about the Fizzy Wine on the first…Wed, 08 Jul 2020 21:45:33 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2020/04/28/travis-scott-vs-the-girls/https://www.crackunit.com/2020/04/28/travis-scott-vs-the-girls/I posted a tiny snippet yesterday, but I went back into the video on my phone and pulled out some more insights from my primary anthropological research into Tweens and tech. Or to put it another way, here’s some funny shit my kids said…Tue, 28 Apr 2020 18:31:06 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2020/04/27/travis-scott-x-fortnite/https://www.crackunit.com/2020/04/27/travis-scott-x-fortnite/Took my kids to their first gig. I loved it. They thought it was cool. They’re not Fortnite players, but knew exactly what they were doing and how it worked with absolutely no instruction. YouTube videos and playground chat are great…Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:53:33 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2020/03/17/lessons-from-living-in-an-atomic-age/https://www.crackunit.com/2020/03/17/lessons-from-living-in-an-atomic-age/In the midst of all the craziness, the passage below seems to be doing the rounds. I’ve seen it popping up in a few places, from a New York Times podcasts to The Spectator Australia. It’s from an essay written by C.S. Lewis, called “On…Tue, 17 Mar 2020 16:20:06 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2020/03/16/a-blast-from-the-past/https://www.crackunit.com/2020/03/16/a-blast-from-the-past/I was stumbling through Google Drive the other day and this jpeg of a poster caught my eye. About 12 years ago I spoke at a conference in Istanbul. When I submitted my photo I thought it would be “funny” to send a picture of me in a wig at…Mon, 16 Mar 2020 09:45:07 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2019/10/12/solar-powered-low-tech-website/https://www.crackunit.com/2019/10/12/solar-powered-low-tech-website/Love this… https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/ Not because of what it is. But because of what it brings into question. I found the site via an article in Backstage Talks magazine where the founder of Low Tech is talking about how much…Sat, 12 Oct 2019 16:43:54 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2019/08/13/the-mind-of-herbert-clunkerdunk/https://www.crackunit.com/2019/08/13/the-mind-of-herbert-clunkerdunk/Watch now. Absolute genius new-ish comedy on the BBC. Has the whiff of a cult classic. It’s like The Young Ones crossed with the Mighty Boosh made by people who loved Vine. It feels like what the world needs right now.Tue, 13 Aug 2019 22:49:33 GMTCulturehttps://www.crackunit.com/2019/08/08/behind-the-lyrics-on-spotify-droppin-truth/https://www.crackunit.com/2019/08/08/behind-the-lyrics-on-spotify-droppin-truth/Thu, 08 Aug 2019 17:50:22 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2019/07/30/the-paradox-on-my-desk/https://www.crackunit.com/2019/07/30/the-paradox-on-my-desk/Tue, 30 Jul 2019 08:20:27 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2019/07/28/long-read-the-new-propaganda/https://www.crackunit.com/2019/07/28/long-read-the-new-propaganda/Long and very bleak but very important piece from The Guardian: Information Trap. My jaw was dropped for most of it. This blew my mind. In the case of the vote to leave the EU, Borwick, who seems to approach such challenges like a Rubik’s…Sun, 28 Jul 2019 22:19:03 GMTAdvertisingCultureTechnologyWeb Stuffhttps://www.crackunit.com/2019/06/12/saw-this-job-ad-in-peckham/https://www.crackunit.com/2019/06/12/saw-this-job-ad-in-peckham/Corel Draw, now that’s an app I haven’t heard of in a long time. A long time.Wed, 12 Jun 2019 12:39:31 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2019/04/26/billionaires-with-cats-vs-psychedelic-freaks/https://www.crackunit.com/2019/04/26/billionaires-with-cats-vs-psychedelic-freaks/Loved loved loved this quote from Holly Herndon in a print copy of Huck Magazine Her latest promo (at time of writing) is here:Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:51:20 GMTUncategorizedMusicTechnologyhttps://www.crackunit.com/2019/04/26/boom-boom-boom/https://www.crackunit.com/2019/04/26/boom-boom-boom/Sometimes, the Vengaboys played very loud on a car stereo in a town full of drunk blokes really hits the spot. It’s as simple as that.Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:46:12 GMTUncategorizedvideohttps://www.crackunit.com/2019/02/25/tasty-mix/https://www.crackunit.com/2019/02/25/tasty-mix/Came across some lovely tracks on Piff Records out of Bristol. Ended up listening to this tasty mix. I’m not all the way through yet. But it’s tickled my fancy. Anything that kicks off with the Hell Interface remix of Midas Touch gets my…Mon, 25 Feb 2019 12:17:13 GMTUncategorizedhttps://www.crackunit.com/2019/02/20/found-this-random-swf-on-my-hd-made-me-all-poke-orange-balloons-nostalgic/https://www.crackunit.com/2019/02/20/found-this-random-swf-on-my-hd-made-me-all-poke-orange-balloons-nostalgic/Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:50:27 GMTAdvertisingPersonalWeb StuffWorkhttps://www.crackunit.com/2018/10/31/road/https://www.crackunit.com/2018/10/31/road/Brick Lane, London E1. Love the Birmingham phone number. No idea why.Wed, 31 Oct 2018 08:54:30 GMTCultureLovely Design