April 2009
35 posts
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“People are already building their networks simply to get recommedations on where...”
– Peter Shankman on Building a Million-Dollar Business: Use Facebook!
“If you’re learning design, then you’re giving and receiving criticism regularly....”
– Dear Designer, You Suck
“I’m decidedly awful at predicting what will make me happy. If I have high...”
– (via viafrank)
Great quote. I, too, suffer from the failing at something when I have too high of expectations for it. I can’t seem to shake that, and have no idea why it happens.
“Dynamic web fonts are coming. Actually they’re already here, but most of Our...”
– Mark Pilgrim, in “Fuck the foundries,” a tempestuous response to the recent ALA article. (via webkitbits)
“The more we learn about people, and how our brains process information, the more...”
– In Defense of Eye Candy
Dusty Springfield - Spooky.
I was watching...
“The benefit of pinch-to-zoom over previous zooming methods is so immediately...”
– Great read on UI innovation. via
Herb Pilhofer - Mobius Flip
This is a cool song....
“For the average reader or viewer, “the promise is that, as they go along,...”
– Oliver Burkeman meets David Simon, creator of The Wire. Interesting read. The Wire is easily one of the best shows ever. It seems more like a 5-season documentary, than a normal tv show. If you’ve never seen it, you’re seriously missing out.
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Remember when Mos Def did this?
One of my favorite things about the Chapelle Show was these musical interlude. This is by far my favorite, not just because I love Mos Def, but because Dave Chapelle is so ridiculous in this video. He’s totally stoned right? And if so, why is he driving superstar Mos effing Def around NYC stoned?!
I remember when this first aired, I scoured the...
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That’s Birdie Bitches: The First 9 of the Year on Vimeo
So I think this summer I’m going to start making more videos. This is the first attempt from last week’s little golf outing. It’s not great but it’s a start. It’s staring Phillips, Mike and myself and was a “sneak out of work early” evening. Enjoy!
Our first golf outing of the year, with the film highlights. Had a great time,...
“Due to the exploding popularity of the social network Twitter, Organic is...”
– This is probably the funniest April fools joke I’ve seen today, about Organic hiring a Re-tweeter. I actually had to think twice when reading it…. you never know with all these companies getting heavily involved with social media.