February 2010
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Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity... →
“The IQ differences are statistically significant, but experts say the data shouldn’t be used to stereotype or make assumptions.”
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Watch
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“A man identified in China’s Chongqing Evening News in November as Mr. Zhang, 32,...”
– Daily Telegraph (London), 12/02/09
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“The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing...”
– Jessica Hische
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Goodbye, Google →
kass:
This is very old (almost a year), but I only found it recently and it’s newly relevant anyway. I remember being so excited when Douglas Bowman was hired at Google, too.
The moral of the story is this: designers alone cannot effect broad change, especially within an organization as expansive as Google. It takes an environment—in this case, a corporate culture—supportive of and conducive...
A conversation I have every month or so
dwineman:
Me: (tries to visit a local restaurant’s website via iPhone) Restaurant website: I require Flash. Fuck off. Me: I just want to know how late you’re open. Website: Nope. Me: But I’m on my phone. Don’t you have a little “HTML Version” link up in the corner or something? Website: I’m ignoring you. Me: What if I’m on my phone because I’m out, looking for a place to eat? Didn’t that ever...
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Which is easier to understand: Google Wave or [x]? →
Microsoft's Creative Destruction →
Internal competition is common at great companies. It can be wisely encouraged to force ideas to compete. The problem comes when the competition becomes uncontrolled and destructive. At Microsoft, it has created a dysfunctional corporate culture in which the big established groups are allowed to prey upon emerging teams, belittle their efforts, compete unfairly against them for resources, and...
The iPad isn't a third device, but a third... →
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SublimeVideo →
Welcome to the future.
Free
mrgan:
A detail from the iPad keynote: Steve demoes the Mail application and he puts it in horizontal mode. Oh, look, an Inbox list pops in. Neat.
And I think, hmmm I wonder if you can resize that splitter, making the source list wider. Its a tiny target, so it would be hard to grab…
And then I realize: you can’t resize it.
And a bright light did shine upon my liberated face and a voice did...