January 2012
3 posts
Yesterday morning, he drove to a store in San Jose, where he consciously left...
– eBay’s John Donahoe Literally Starts Hammering Out the Plan for Mobile - Tricia Duryee - Commerce - AllThingsD
November 2011
7 posts
resume.io →
At some point, we, as designers, have to stand up and say, “This isn’t really...
– The New Amex Biz Travel Site Thinks I’m An Idiot » UIE Brain Sparks (via slantback)
Bank of America Corp. (BAC) dropped plans to charge a $5 monthly fee on its...
– BofA Eliminates Plan for $5 Debit-Card Fee - Bloomberg
Suck it BofA.
October 2011
9 posts
…a platform designed to share pictures and stalk former romances.
– Facebook in 10 words or less by Rip Empson in Facebook And eBay Team Up To Breathe New Life Into Social Commerce | TechCrunch
September 2011
11 posts
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After all, part of the work of design is paying attention to how we work. I...
– Hand waving and the “real work” of design - confectious
slantback:
The company began tracking Irene 10 days ago, moving ice and eggs to staging sites outside the potential damage zone.
On Friday, the company’s mobile command center—an RV named EM-50 after Bill Murray’s urban-assault vehicle in the 1981 movie “Stripes”—headed north from the Norcross, Ga., headquarters.
Power went off at the Waffle House just off Interstate 95 in Weldon on Saturday...
Comedian Paul Scheer hilariously notes, “If George Lucas continues to...
– ‘Star Wars’ changes for Blu-ray spark outcry from fans | AHN
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August 2011
15 posts
Doodling forces your brain to expend just enough energy to stop it from...
– Study: Doodling Helps You Pay Attention - TIME
While people strongly endorse [a] positive view of creativity, scholars have...
– Overcoming Bias : Creativity Lip Service (via slantback)
But it was never about the footer spacing. It was about quality. It was about...
– Relentless Quality — Warpspire (via slantback)
Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did...
– Steve Jobs’s Best Quotes - Digits - WSJ (via iamdanw)
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A huge list of Style Guides and UI Guidelines »... →
There’s a reason Mercedes-Benz engineers, as I have elsewhere read, insist that...
– Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto
July 2011
13 posts
The old system did not make sense. Why would you move DOWN the trackpad to move...
– Zen and the Art of Scrolling - NYTimes.com
A recent survey of about 3,000 consumers showed that 35 percent of them plan to...
– New iPhone 5 rumors: Leaked case suggests ‘radical’ redesign - CNN.com