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Is the disk icon for save already archaic?

A few weeks ago one of the nerds tweeted about using the disk icon for save, and wondered when that iconography would be too dated (and if I could find the original tweet I would give proper attribution but trying to find a tweet in Twitter is a pointless waste of time).

Anyway, according to Daring Fireball’s John Gruber it already is. According to the Mad Mac Maven, Gruber has made a mistake. Again, this is one of those posts where the comments are rife with nerdery and user experience pedantry (you have no idea how happy I am that that’s an actual word). Who doesn’t love a nerdery pedant? Nobody, that’s who.

Friday Links: Brand tattoos, Helveticons, and sucky SyFy

• Ultimate brand loyalty: 80 tattoos of brand logos. As someone with a Superman tattoo, I shouldn’t judge. But come on! Dell? Marlboro Lights? Popeye’s? People are weird.
• The Online Publisher’s Associate releases new ad units, and they’re huge! Banner Ad designers rejoice?
• Does making it look pretty matter?
• SyFy sucks.
• First US TV Commercial shot on a Canon 5D Mark II.
• Not at all like Decepticons, Helveticons.
• Reimagining 1984 (the book and it’s cover, not the year).
• AdWeak for those who think Agency Spy just isn’t snarky enough.
• Lego’s Making History print ads.