May 2012
30 posts
“Very interestingly, we find that Andromeda galaxy does appear to be coming straight at us.”
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Roeland van der Marel, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.
Uh oh.
(via parislemon)
As Thomas Carlyle put it, ”the crash of the whole solar and stellar systems could only kill you once.”
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Morgan Missen: int main() →
morganmissen.com
Finding, growing, and keeping the best team possible is the challenge that unites our industry, from the earliest startup to the largest public company. Every tech leader will tell you how critical—and how difficult—it is to hire the best. As knowledge workers, we know how much the people we…
This is pretty huge news. Congratulations, Morgan!
“It is no coincidence that interaction design is replacing technical prowess as the primary competency at startups. People who create great experiences will be the most valuable to startups, and startups that create great experiences will be the most valuable to users.”
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The experience economy - Chris Dixon
This is both welcome news and totally terrifying. Because if you’ve been practicing interaction design for a while (which I guess I have), you know that what qualifies someone for the title “interaction designer” has always been squishy. With this new emphasis from startups, I fear the term will get even more nebulous. There’s an art and science to the discipline - shaped by years of maturing the way we work and guided by thoughtful writing from respected authors, from Wurman to Garret to Saffer and everyone in between. And while there has always been a certain level of mercenary charlatanism to the field of interaction design, I can imagine it’ll only get worse as startups pick up every rock trying to find their now-essential practitioner.
(via Brian Oberkirch)
Facebook Camera Could Backfire and Get All Of FB’s Apps Buried In A Folder →
techcrunch.com
Not sure what the right answer is.
If it were any company but Apple (*cough* Microsoft *cough*) the answer would be obvious: branded folders as a premium offering.
“If you aren’t sure whether you are repeatedly failing to reach a personal set of behavioral goals or simply consistently feeling inadequate no matter how hard you work, drink.”
—The Overthinking Person’s Drinking Game
“We try to develop products that seem somehow inevitable. That leave you with the sense that that’s the only possible solution that makes sense,” he explains. “Our products are tools and we don’t want design to get in the way. We’re trying to bring simplicity and clarity, we’re trying to order the products.”
—Jonathan Ive interview: Apple’s design genius is British to the core - Telegraph
“The private discussions include ruling out any vice presidential possibilities who could be seen as even remotely risky or unprepared; wrapping the entire campaign around economic issues, knowing this topic alone will swing undecided voters in the final days; and, slowly but steadily, building up Romney as a safe and competent alternative to President Barack Obama.”
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Mitt Romney’s mantra: Avoid John McCain’s mistakes - POLITICO.com
Translation: no way in hell will Rubio be selected as VP.
