April 2011
“I can tell you, anecdotally, that for our Twitter feed, @niemanlab, one of the...”
– “Like,” “share,” and “recommend”: How the warring verbs of social media will influence the news’ future » Nieman Journalism Lab (via nickdouglas)
“So, is there any such thing as authenticity? No, there isn’t. To Baudrillard,...”
– Fake Authenticity | HiLobrow
March 2011
Design Principles →
“The kind of people who retreat to their two-room apartments or cluttered garages...”
– Sometimes it’s just business - Farnam Street
“Finally, digital Africa will become a spoken tradition. African cultures are...”
– DIGITAL AFRICA | More Intelligent Life
“There are over 100 African languages with 1m or more speakers, and Google wants...”
– DIGITAL AFRICA | More Intelligent Life
“A good design doesn’t need a refresh or a redesign unless the function...”
– Perfectly said.
The Redesign Disease
(via soxiam)
“A/B testing has more problems than benefits. You should not make it the first...”
– Putting A/B Testing in Its Place (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
“Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.”
– Quote by E. E. Cummings
“In this era of Google, Ask.com, and now Quora, we’ve come to expect quick...”
– Big Innovations Question the Status Quo. How Do You Ask the Right Questions? | Co.Design
“…there’s a really funny followup to Doug Bowman’s complaints about Google...”
– Metrics Driven Design slides from SXSW, by Joshua Porter | Andrew Chen (@andrewchen)
“The thing we have to realise is that this isn’t an era of control. Our...”
– fukushima and engineering (15 Mar., 2011, at Interconnected)
“Ironically, when companies are faced with competition from too many products,...”
– Marty Neumeier - ZAG (p 9)
“remember, it’s not about putting lipstick on a pig – it’s about the pig.”
– Pioneering Ideas: Focus on the Pig: The Making It Better Symposium at RISD
“Within a couple of generations we have managed to engineer movement out of our...”
– Pioneering Ideas: Focus on the Pig: The Making It Better Symposium at RISD
“Really, are we asking too much of smart devices? Can they ever be aware of...”
– How Honest Should Smart Devices Be? | Blog | design mind
“Songs, uh, are really just interesting things to be doing with the air. I love...”
– Tom Waits Is Basically Edward Cullen, and Other Things We Learned at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction — Vulture
“Claude Shannon, chief (perhaps) among the founders of Information Theory, built...”
– “An Abridged History of Self-Destructive Machines.” (via brocatus)
Also see: Grammatical Man
“[Viacom’s] Sumner Redstone, in his dotage, invented this ‘content is king’...”
– Barry Diller: Tech Bubbles, Why Content Isn’t King, And What’s Wrong With The Daily - David M. Ewalt - Metagamer - Forbes (via soxiam)
““One of the signs of a dying civilization,” John Ralston Saul points...”
– A sign of a dying civilization? - Farnam Street
“How much does it take to feel wealthy these days? For many millionaires, it’s...”
– For Millionaires `Wealthy’ Is $7.5 Million, Fidelity Says - Bloomberg
“The extent to which you have a design style is the extent to which you have not...”
– Charles Eames (via brocatus)
“Before the event people looked forward to the trip with positive emotions, but...”
– What Makes Them Click » Blog Archive » 100 Things You Should Know About People: #76 — Anticipation Trumps The Actual Experience
“In the MLB, small market teams are at a major disadvantage, often having a...”
– “The Extra 2%” and the NBA - TrueHoop Blog - ESPN
“I’ve been in some of the world’s more remote places, where...”
– How to design phones for emerging markets | Page 2 | Mobile Devices | ZDNet UK
“In improv, “yes, and…” is about accepting what’s given to you and then...”
– Lessons from Improv: Create Inertia :: Tips :: The 99 Percent
“So instead what we came up with was this idea of a hot air balloon. And when you...”
– Stephen Anderson – The Quest for Emotional Engagement » UIE Brain Sparks
“The Retail Consumer Report found that 68 percent of consumers who posted a...”
– BusinessWeek: RightNow Study Finds Retailers Can Win Back Unhappy Customers through Social Media (via therecognitioneffect)
“It is important to see that we don’t just talk about arguments in terms of war....”
– http://www.pineforge.com/upm-data/6031_Chapter_10_O%27Brien_I_Proof_5.pdf
“Reciprocity is a deep instinct; it is the basic currency of social life.”
– Influence PEOPLE: Influencers from Around the World - The Happiness Hypothesis
“The point is the more efficient use of resources, the fewer wasted trips around...”
– Beyond the “smart city” | Urbanscale
“In work, it’s not that one project leads to the next, it’s that one subject...”
– Frank Chimero
“It won’t be a debate about displays, memory, wireless options — it will be a...”
– Daring Fireball Linked List: Apple’s ‘Post-PC’ World
“Participants who had the option of re-building the bracelet as it was before,...”
– What Makes Them Click » Blog Archive » 100 Things You Should Know About People: #70 — People Are Happier Busy And With A Challenge
“Avoid the trap of thinking that a decision requiring you to assess a lot of...”
– I Can’t Think! - Farnam Street 