November 2007
“While we intuitively expect such behaviors on the part of users, I have, in...”
– [ Instructional Text in the User Interface: Some Counterintuitive Implications of User Behaviors, in UX Matters ]
October 2007
“The Saw movies are also radically conservative. Like the creaky old Republic...”
– [ Slate: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Torturers: Why the Saw movies are perfect for middle managers ]
“In her outing of Dumbledore, Ms. Rowling seemed to be confirming the smarmy...”
– [ New York Times: Is Dumbledore Gay? Depends on Definitions of ‘Is’ and ‘Gay’ ] Now really, NYT, it ain’t Rita-Skeeter worthy unless it’s not true.
[cute animated gif via anikaos.com ]
“First of all we have to talk about toys before 1970. From 1970 on everything...”
– [ All Kinds of Stuff: Which Characters Make The Best Toys? ]
“Nothing’s so beautiful nowadays. It’s like, ‘Do you want to...”
– [ Chris Northey of the Jane Austen Center, explaining the endearing popularity of Jane Austen. Via ABC News ]
“400x330concept_11b_final_newfont3_LATEST-6_!!!USETHISONE!!!_2.psd”
– [ evanbooth, commenting on 25 Reasons You Might Be A Hardcore Graphic/Web Designer, #7: You’ve learned your lesson and stopped using the word “final” in any file name when saving. ]
“Fact of the Day: Meat. Meat digests somewhat slowly, but 95 percent of meat...”
– [ Reference.com: On This Day ]
How to disarm ten different client... →
I wish I’d had this around last year.
“Customized electrical outlets. I’m tired of all of those stupid cables on the...”
– [ Lana on What are organization features you would include in the home of your dreams? via Unclutterer ]
“So Ceiling Cat createded teh peeps ish like him, can has can openers he did...”
– [ lolcatbible.com ]
same sentiment, many words and few words
“From my vantage point, the zero-sum creativity spiral has some strangely counterintuitive and dreadfully harmful results. Most worrisome among these is the fact that the constant lip service to creativity leads to the creation of more and more stuff—art and music and writing and the like—that is actually not very creative, uninteresting, of poor quality, and off-putting to any potential...
“The ceramic work by Marie Torbensdatter Hermann is achingly simple and thus,...”
– [ mocoloco ] “And thus”? Poetry ≠ simplicity all the time.
Lots of ways to lace your shoes →
“Gerald Grosvenor, the 6th Duke of Westminster, is still 3rd on the Sunday Times...”
– [ More Intelligent Life: Danger, Riches Ahead ]
“Arrogance without humility is a recipe for high-concept irrelevance; humility...”
– [ a brief message ] Nope: my eyes cannot roll any further without leaving their sockets.
“[T]he goal of a good waiter is to be present when needed or wanted, but also to...”
– [ Per Se’s employee handbook, via Slate ]
“Economist.com is profitable, Micklethwait says, although it might not be if the...”
– [ The Observer: Economist rides out digital hurricane by sticking to its guns ]
[ Washington, DC design guide ] →
“My dad started crying, I started crying, my brother started crying,” says...”
– [ WP: Is It Time to Eighty-Six Those Ketel One Ads? ]
“What it’s wrong to do is criticize Arial as a clone or rip-off of Helvetica....”
– [ i love typography ]