January 2010
30 posts
Watchpelanne:
Some examples of rethinking ftw…
“Pick a budget. Pick a ship date. Honor both. Don’t ignore either. No...”
– This is only one of a whole slew of good points and ideas from Seth.
Seth’s Blog: Random rules for ideas worth spreading
“Right now, there are more people harvesting fake corn on Facebook than there are...”
– This quote is completely out of context, but it’s both scary and hilarious. You should give the article a read, and subscribe to Frank’s blog while you’re there.
Frank Chimero has a blog. (Scale Issues)
“I live by three things. If you want time, you must give time. If you want to be...”
– Conditional constructs - Bobulate
WatchCharles Fleischer insists: All things are Moleeds | Video on TED.com
Why Tumblr is kicking Posterous’s ass « PEG on... →
I wholeheartedly agree. This is why I use Tumblr.
De-optimizing
viafrank:
If the 20th century was about optimizing everything, I bet the 21st is about de-optimizing certain things. By de-optimizing, I mean making decisions about what is important, what is useful, and what is a distraction. Then, making the distractions less accessible, harder to get to, and more difficult to embrace. Think of it as a digital Walden. You optimize the important stuff, and...
“A good reader reads attentively, not only listening to what the writer says, but...”
– Ways of reading / from a working library
Earning more money: How to turn your skills into... →
Lessons in Manliness: Chuck Yeager | The Art of... →
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Woot : CES 2010: The Wootable Awards
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viafrank:
Faucet gets turned on. No water comes out.
The plumber comes. Makes some noise. Bangs around a little bit.
Faucet gets turned on. Poof. Water comes out.
I envy that.
But, did the faucet elicit the right feelings?
Is the faucet optimized and properly commented for future plumbers?
What’s the ROI on properly functioning indoor plumbing?
If we hire 9 plumbers, can they do 9 hours...
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Alex Payne — Don't Be A Hero →
The Secret to Your Unhappiness is in Your...
viafrank:
I’m going to try a new kind of blog post, just to experiment with format. Let’s juxtapose snippets of information and come to a hypothesis. I’ll call it a 1 + 1 post.
Beyond the age of information is the age of choices.
—Charles Eames
plus In one study, participants were asked to choose an art poster. One group was told that their decision was irreversible, while the other group...
The Civilian Conservation Corps: Training a... →
Long article, but well worth a read. It details the life of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a group created during the Great Depression to ease the unemployment. It helped financially and it also helped them find their own worth.
“You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the...”
– Frank Lloyd Wright
Daily Design
For the past few years, I’ve been saying that I want to design more and I haven’t really been doing much about it. I concoct projects to build and get a freelance client here and there, but it’s only a little bit here and there.
I started seeing some talk of doing something small everyday. The first person I saw that was doing this was Mark Weaver. Then there was a flutter...
Apple Store madness.
lewiskingblog:
Apple stores don’t have “no smoking” signs. Legally they need them but they “ruin the design of the store”, so for every apple store in the UK they pay £50 a day to keep their windows sign free. Crazy shit.
EDIT: I forgot to include the source, it’s a friend who works in the Apple Store in Norwich, The evidence is the fact that they aren’t actually in the windows.
Crafting Subtle & Realistic User Interfaces —... →