August 2012
July 2012
“it is a designer’s responsibility to understand potential opportunities...”
– Jonathan Ive: Apple’s goal isn’t to make money (Wired UK)
“The 2012 Olympics are forcing Olympics lovers to consider the...”
– Olympic Hurdle: Using Social Media - WSJ.com
Please note that the line starts with “2012”. I will just let that statement detonate in your head for a while. If that doesn’t crystalize it for you, nothing will.
But a bitch ain't one
Problems
Problems you can solve
Problems you need to solve
Problems you need to solve urgently
Problems you need to solve urgently because they are actually important
Problems you formerly referred to as “Good problems to have”
“I’ll fly away” - Gillian Welch
Wang Shouting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
Deal with it.
“I don’t think tongue input will happen, but I do think we will have bands on our...”
– One quote to rule them all.
Valve’s Gabe Newell: Windows 8 a ‘catastrophe,’ wristband input could be the future of gaming | The Verge
“And worry? Worry is the hard work of actively (and mentally) working against the...”
– Seth’s Blog: Risk, fear and worry
“Sparrow is one of those rare tribute bands that sounded better than mail.app but...”
uxlog
Useful does not always equal valuable and vice versa. When the perfect shit storm hits home with a perfect balance of these two traits in a single feature, then go right ahead and release the fuckin’ robotic kraken on its ass and go straight to eleven with its promotion. But know that more often than not, it’s not going to be as useful or valuable to most people most of the times as...
“When a company is filled with engineers, it turns to engineering to solve...”
– Goodbye, Google | stopdesign
True then. True now. True everyday. More often than not.
“The CEO took the $3 million bonus and distributed it among 10,000 junior level...”
– DailyTech - Lenovo CEO Gives His $3 Million USD Bonus to 10,000 Employees
WatchSIMILO - Moto (by NOMAD VFX)
“Arirang” - George Winston
“we’ve observed that the peer pressure from “Social Coding” has driven engineers...”
– The Netflix Tech Blog: Open Source at Netflix
“Office 365: Like Hotmail for the enterprise”
– A designer’s guide to Outlook 2013 and Office 365 - Campaign Monitor
“But what if Muslims are right? What if Islam is true? We have been born in the...”
– Sam Harris
Tom Sizemore's stare →
“If I could” - Pat Metheny Group
“JFK dodged the Curse [with “put a man on the moon in a decade”]. If he’d been a...”
– A good one from 2007.
The Curse of Knowledge - (37signals)
“Two Japanese researchers have created a gunlike instrument that does just that....”
– Your move, design review meeting.
Watch: A Speech-Jamming Gun That Shuts Up Loud Mouths | Co.Design: business innovation design
“The most relevant aspect of Tweetbot’s availability is that it provides an...”
– Tweetbot for Mac - Tao of Mac
Watch“You know when somebody says let’s quit our jobs and start a business making robots there’s only one answer for that. Yes.”
Bre Pettis (by General Assembly)
