August 2009
July 2009
“At first blush, this study seems dissonant with findings that traffic flows can...”
– Does closing roads cut delays? | csmonitor.com
Tiny Art Director →
jimburgess:
Artist who does projects for his 4 year old daughter. Lists the project, critique and job status. Too funny.
Anatomy of a feature →
davidkaneda:
Brent Simmons discusses the considerations and implementation of adding software features, even if they’re “20 second” programming changes. Great read.
Video Notes from the Field — School of Visual Arts... →
So you’re thinking about becoming a designer? If I could tell you only one thing about going into the field, my advice would be ___________ .
Below are their responses.
Imagine Pot Was Legal. How Would You Brand It? |... →
“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”
– Contrast | The Blog | What not to do
“But Carroll resorted to something that works: authenticity. And he did so in a...”
– United Airlines Online Public Response to Dave Carroll YouTube Video: 9 Tweets
“For someone on the maker’s schedule, having a meeting is like throwing an...”
– Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule
“In recent years the money pot has grown as the Hall of Fame, which produces and...”
– Hall-of-Fame Incentives - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
Wireless AMBER Alerts →
“…when Michael Jackson died, his ringtone sales soared more than 9,544...”
– Fans show love/hate through ringtone purchases - FierceWireless
“When given the choice between obsessing over competitors or customers, always...”
– Three Things I Know, Jeff Bezos (via davidkaneda)
“Policies are organizational scar tissue. They are codified overreactions to...”
– Twitter / Jason Fried: Policies are organizationa …
“If you use the same ineffective approach on one thousand people, it’s not...”
– Seth’s Blog: The law of the little shovel
“Length: ~1/2 of a NY-SF flight”
– Make them Care! - a book by Joshua Porter
Why browser zoom shouldn’t kill flexible layouts →
“It’s one thing to stop selling them. It’s something else entirely to remove them...”
– Daring Fireball Linked List: Amazon Flushes Kindle Editions of Orwell Books Down the Memory Hole
WatchFor this Design Challenge we focused on finding creative solutions to the question: “Reinventing Tabs in the Browser - How can we create, navigate and manage multiple web sites within the same browser instance?” (via Mozilla Labs Design Challenge: Summer 09 - together with IxDA and Johnny Holland)
“Good results should go up on the Y axis. This means that if you’re...”
– Seth’s Blog: How to make graphs that work
“When one actually looks at what determines a team’s gate revenue (via regression...”
– The Reasons to Sign Iverson « The Wages of Wins Journal
“Yes, Stewart is publishing his entire 480,000 character book at 130 characters...”
– 3,700 Tweets And 480,000 Characters Later, There Will Be An Original Novel On Twitter
“A Berlin brothel has come up with a novel way to negate the impact of the global...”
– Take off your bicycle helmet, big boy! | Oddly Enough | Reuters
“Meanwhile, the iPhone has also changed my social interaction — not...”
– How a Year With the iPhone Changed My Life - Advertising Age - Digital
“The survey of 1,000 fans also shows that many 14 to 18 year olds are now...”
– Life Is But A Stream | Ypulse
thesixtyone →
scnd:
Like a last.fm rpg. Crazy nuts. I’m http://www.thesixtyone.com/scnd/
“What if teachers were paid based on the future income their students make. For...”
– NPR: Turn Students Into Investments
“This leads to systematic erosion in many “soft” but important factors, like...”
– Why metrics-driven startups overlook brand value | Futuristic Play by @Andrew_Chen
When the Fugitive Is a Family Member: A Guest Post... →
“Harvard Park has been a no-man’s land after dark for decades. It’s location, at...”
– Lighting Up Tough Parks’ Darkness - NYTimes.com 