May 2013
“Design refers to the will to interpret the meaning of human life and existence...”
– Kenya Hara (via sssarah)design, (via usersillusions)
“among rich countries, high levels of inequality correlate with lower levels of...”
– What Thatcher Didn’t Understand: Inequality Hurts the Rich and Poor Alike - Matt Bruenig - The Atlantic
“Often, when people cross a threshold from one state into its alternative, or...”
– Hidden in Plain Sight « 800 CEO Read
“Illiteracy is, arguably, fundamental to the human condition, in that every...”
– Hidden in Plain Sight « 800 CEO Read
“There are now ways to measure learning, chief among them the Collegiate Learning...”
– Congratulations, College Graduate. Now Tell Us: What Did You Learn? | LinkedIn
“But we can always help each other, and it shouldn’t always take a tragedy to...”
– from Wayne Coyne’s essay on the Oklahoma tornado (via romeojulietsierra)
2013 ReportCard on America's Infrastructure →
“Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is...”
– Presence, Not Praise: How To Cultivate a Healthy Relationship with Achievement | Brain Pickings
“Nothing is the future of anything.”
– Pullquote: Stowe Boyd, Nothing is the future of anything. And so every…
“The team must consist of three sorts of specialists, he says. Otherwise the...”
– The three types of specialist
“People attempting to flee conflict and persecution regularly encountered...”
– Report 2013: World increasingly dangerous for refugees and migrants | Amnesty International
“How much extra would she pay — say, for the $15 jeans in her cart — to have them...”
– The Hidden Costs of Buying on the Cheap - NYTimes.com
“Rich products, like rich people, have histories; poor products only have pasts.”
– The Hidden Costs of Buying on the Cheap - NYTimes.com
“It’s a strange reversal. For most of history, the poor would have eaten the...”
– The Hidden Costs of Buying on the Cheap - NYTimes.com
“Eighty-nine percent of stops resulted in neither an arrest nor a summons for a...”
– Stop And Frisk Led To 400,000 NYPD Encounters With Innocent Black And Latino New Yorkers In 2012
“Hiedar’s latest robot design is a contraption built around an armor plated...”
– Cyber warfare: the Pirates of Aleppo | GlobalPost
“Look at his face,” Hiedar said as he watched the man on the screen pocking and...”
– Cyber warfare: the Pirates of Aleppo | GlobalPost
“Today, Hiedar again has plans to build a robot, inspired by his , software...”
– Cyber warfare: the Pirates of Aleppo | GlobalPost
“We Are Users Of Our Users.”
– What Is A User? — waho cooooolllll — Medium
“a “conspiracy to commit espionage” charge—whether its against Julian Assange,...”
– Virtually Everything the Government Did to WikiLeaks is Now Being DReporters | Freedom of the Press Foundation
“No, I don’t like work. I had rather laze about and think of all the fine things...”
– Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
“1. DIVs and SPANs are not buttons
2. If it navigates, it is a link. Use link...”
– Links are not buttons. Neither are DIVs and SPANs | Karl Groves
“Actually, being the mom to a young engineer can be outright hazardous to one’s...”
– If you’re an engineer, thank your mom | EDN
“More than 19,000 of the 31,000 deaths from guns in the United States in 2010...”
– Suicide Is Leading Cause Of Gun Deaths, But Largely Absent In Debate On Gun Violence 