links for 2009-02-28 at paulcarvill.com, the home of Paul Carvill on the web

• Subtraction 7.1: Orange You Sorry About Tropicana?
  Great post by Khoi Vinh on the dangers of valuing 'brand strategy' over simple usability when undertaking a redesign of a well-known product. Aparently Arnell, the branding agency responsible for a redesign of Tropicana's orange juice range , caused a 'minor consumer uproar' in the US when they ditched the famous 'orange and straw' motif for a series of confusingly similar package designs.
  (tags: branding design usa usability)
• Neko Case – Bush Hall, London 23/02/09 | The Line Of Best Fit
• Inside the bloody HQ at heart of Bangladesh mutiny – Times Online
  A tragic but inevitable end to the Bangladeshi border guards' mutiny / protest over pay and working conditions. Also a good example of times Online's access to parent company News Corps. multimedia resources (sky News video, in this case)
  (tags: bangladesh timesonline newscorp skynews)
• How to solve cryptic crosswords | Crossword | guardian.co.uk
  The cryptic crossword part of my brain seems to have deserted me recently.
  (tags: crossword crosswords)

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