February 2008
“any institution will eventually betray those who serve it and those it is meant...”
– CJR: Secrets of the City
January 2008
“…its design is simple (only 61 words — including credits — on the front page!)”
– Andrew Weissman on Instapaper. Now that’s a design measurement I wouldn’t expect to be made. We should judge more sites by that! (via marco)
“A few notes when trying to create a grid layout using ems”
– SimpleBits ~ Gridlasticness
“I feel like things as they are have about as much awesomeness as they are...”
– If you suck, suck maximally ¶ Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto
“The five whys is a question asking method used to explore the cause/effect...”
– 5 Whys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words (“For sale: baby shoes,...”
– Wired 14.11: Very Short Stories
“This is the great irony of multitasking—that its overall goal, getting more done...”
– The Autumn of the Multitaskers (via azspot)
“Last month we added an “about songza” page to Songza. It’s a simple page — just...”
– Humanized > Weblog: Songza and a Little Thing
“his party goal is to learn three new things at every event. It is very...”
– How to Work the Room « FoundRead
“So while it was a tough pill to swallow to hear people complain and rip on the...”
– The Power of a Bruised Ego - Bokardo
“This video shows some of the resolution-enhancing methods of the iPhone, along...”
– Ask E.T.: Interface design and the iPhone
“This actually makes browser vendors more susceptible to pressure to fix their...”
– A List Apart: Articles: From Switches to Targets: A Standardista’s Journey
“If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as “lines produced”...”
– Edsger Dijkstra (thanks, Daily Meh)
“When a sound editor is doing his or her job well is when you notice them the...”
– Sci-Fi Hi-Fi: Weblog
“Before, during, and after a presentation, I’m aware of my inbreaths and...”
– Mother Tongue Annoyances › How to Attain Serenity Before Giving a Speech
“Tumblr is meant both to give its users another way to cut through the Internet...”
– Would You Take a Tumblr With This Man? | The New York Observer
“The moral of this story is that “flexibility” is rarely desired in programming!...”
– DreamHost Blog » Um, Whoops.
penguin books - a photoset on Flickr →
Drop.io: Simple Private Exchange →
“Careless design attracts careless behavior which, in the aggregate, leads to a...”
– Ricky Van Veen
“Good design is as little design as possible.”
– The Future Of Apple Is In 1960s Braun: 1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple’s Future
“The tougher the security policy, the more likely their regular passwords...”
– 8 More Design Mistakes with Account Sign-in
Flickr: Photos tagged with usability →
