April 2011
“‘between two products equal in price, function, and
quality, the better...”
– raymod loewy logos
“The “human interest” dimension is simply that of immediacy of...”
– The Technium: Proverbs of St. McLuhan
“Man the food-gatherer reappears incongruously as information-gatherer.”
– The Technium: Proverbs of St. McLuhan
Why the Basis of the Universe Isn’t Matter or... →
youmightfindyourself:
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
Modern physics has begun to think of the bit—this binary choice—as the ultimate fundamental particle. John Wheeler summarized the idea as “it-from-bit.” By that he meant that the basis of the physical universe—the “it” of an atom or subatomic particle—is not matter, nor energy, but a bit of information.
“Literacy is broken down into three parameters: prose, document, and quantitative...”
– Functional illiteracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“We are as gods and might as well get good at it.”
– Tools Ideas Environment - Whole Earth Catalog
“If you look after truth and goodness, beauty looks after herself.” -...”
– Edward Tufte, Offering ‘Beautiful Evidence’ : NPR
“The real questions are: Does it solve a problem? Is it serviceable? How is it...”
– Charles Eames (via charlesandray)
“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click...”
– This Tech Bubble Is Different - BusinessWeek (via iamdanw)
“The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves...”
– Mark Weiser, Situating Ubiquitous Computing in Everyday Life: Bridging the Social and Technical Divide (via spime, devilduck)
“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the...”
– John Cage, quoted in No Such Thing as Silence (Amazon)
“Making stuff is too easy. It really is. It’s easy to make anything these days,...”
– Week 27: Paper trails | Final Bullet (via iamdanw)
“Everyone works for the idea. The idea hires us and we go to work. The Creative...”
– Pelle Sjoenell, Creative Direction vs. Creative Selection (via 9-bits)
“We don’t think of ourselves as citizens in the old sense of being small...”
– Inside David Foster Wallace’s Private Self-Help Library | The Awl
“I don’t build a house without predicting the end of the present social...”
– The Triumph of Frank Lloyd Wright | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine
“There is no joy equal to that of being able to work for all humanity and doing...”
– Bucky, A Life-Affirming Niche Original « Barry Patterson
“Mathematics is principally a tool to meditate, rather than to compute.”
– Things people say: On Monte Carlo, Mathematics, and Meditation
“Good design isn’t about making decisions for your users, it’s about making those...”
– Quote of the Day: Paul Rand — The Brooks Review
“More than two-thirds of participants cited convenience, control, and...”
– Next American City » Buzz » Study Finds Access to Real-Time Mobile Information Could Raise the Status of Public Transit
“Being able to use your smartphone to see whether your bus is late is great—for...”
– Next American City » Buzz » Let’s Be Smart about Intelligent Cities
“In all the companies we studied, the objective was born from a defining moment...”
– Focus : Less Is More
“I often find that a tangible process is a far more rewarding when I can share...”
– Tangible Thinking | Blog | design mind
“We do not have a quiet workplace. We argue in bars, in Campfire and in email....”
– Product design at GitHub — Warpspire (via soxiam)
“It found that 59% of the mom-respondents had smartphones. General smartphone...”
– Forget ’18-34′ Men, Mobile Is about Moms
“And let’s not forget, all of these products use resources, not just the brains...”
– CES: A Symbol of Global Vandalism « Helen Walters
“The economist John Kay claims that the world’s most successful people and...”
– The fall and rise of user experience : Cennydd Bowles on user experience
“The feeling of having finished something is an effective sleeping pill. A person...”
– The Testament of a Furniture Dealer
“Expensive solutions to any kind of problem are usually the work of mediocrity....”
– The Testament of a Furniture Dealer
“Sometimes you and I must share the blame for failing to keep the flame alight,...”
– The Testament of a Furniture Dealer
“An underlying paradigm of the project was enlightened. Rather than dismiss...”
– What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting It
“In the first study they found that twice as many mall shoppers who had just...”
– Why Escalators Bring out the Best in People: Scientific American
“If you don’t come out of a research effort feeling like a different person,...”
– Innovation Always Starts With Empathy; Look at Zipcar and Even Apple | Co.Design
“A random search for unrelated inspiration allows your brain to sidestep whatever...”
– Rands In Repose: A Hard Thing is Done by Figuring Out How to Start
“A study by the University of Michigan Law School, for instance, found that LSAT...”
– Jonah Lehrer on Problems With SATs, GREs, the NFL Combine and Other Performance Tests | Head Case - WSJ.com
“The larger lesson is that we’ve built our society around tests of...”
– Jonah Lehrer on Problems With SATs, GREs, the NFL Combine and Other Performance Tests | Head Case - WSJ.com
“Your job is to collect ideas. The best way to collect ideas is to read. Read,...”
– How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me) - Austin Kleon 