Category Archives: Design
Are we in control of our own decisions?
Still enjoy this 15 minutes: Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we’re not as rational as we think when we make decisions. Video here: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions.html
10 Things I Have Learned – Milton Glaser
Interesting essay by Milton Glaser reflecting on his over 20 years as a designer. Check it out in detail here: http://www.miltonglaser.com/pages/milton/essays/es3.html YOU CAN ONLY WORK FOR PEOPLE THAT YOU LIKE. IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE NEVER HAVE A JOB. SOME PEOPLE ARE TOXIC AVOID THEM. PROFESSIONALISM IS NOT ENOUGH or THE GOOD IS THE ENEMY OF [...]
Disruptive Thinking @ Singularity University
“Singularity University (SU) is an interdisciplinary university whose mission is to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies in order to address humanity’s grand challenges. With the support of a broad range of leaders in academia, business and government, SU hopes to [...]
BP Spill Infographics
Typically the nytimes.com has the best, timely infographics – but the Wall Street Journal easily topped them with great, clear infographics aof the BP spill and the complete mess from the Deepwater Horizon Rig. Short BP stock. WSJ BP Infographic Nytimes Gulf Oil Spill Topic
Department of Defense Power Point Graphic – WOW!
Look at this simply AWFUL graphic, from a NY Times article on Powerpoint – “When we understand that slide, we’ll have won the war,” General McChrystal dryly remarked, one of his advisers recalled, as the room erupted in laughter. Check it out here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html?src=me&ref=general Powerpoint, oh how I hate thee… My question is, “Why is [...]
Google Maps by Niemann
maps.google.com is the vocabulary for Niemann – some nifty stuff here: http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/my-way/
2010 Winter Olympics on NBC – Fail
what a mess. NPR shares our frustration. And I quote, since I live in LA, “West-coast residents have been particularly incensed that they wait an additional three hours after the East coast gets whatever “live” coverage there actually is in prime time, even though they are in the time zone where the Olympics actually are. What [...]
Field – Experimental Code and Art
Love this: http://www.openendedgroup.com/field/ Field is a development environment for experimental code and digital art in the broadest of possible senses. While there are a great many development environments and digital art tools out there today, this one has been constructed with two key principles in mind: Embrace and extend — rather than make a personal, private and [...]
Web Dev Icons
Some useful stuff here: http://speckyboy.com/2009/12/21/the-top-50-web-development-icon-sets-from-2009/
to be nobody but your self
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/156 http://www.english.illinois.edu/MAPS/poets/a_f/cummings/cummings.htm