March 2008
34 posts
“There is something about human nature that restlessly seeks to improve things....”
– Scott Anthony, President, Innosight. Via Harvard Business.
“People who design products are experts cursed by their knowledge, and they can’t...”
– Chip Heath, co-author of Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive And Others Die. Via NY Times.
Hot Chip - Over and Over (Solid Groove Remix) →
Getting Real: The Book by 37signals →
Getting Real is the business, design, programming, and marketing philosophies of 37signals. Read it free online (PDF & print versions available here also).
“It’s so funny when I hear people being so protective of ideas. (People who...”
– Derek Sivers, President, CD Baby and HostBaby
Quotably - Follow Twitter Conversations →
It seems these days there are lots of conversations that have moved to Twitter. Quotably aims to make these conversations easier to follow.
“We’re still a long way from knowing where our clicks will lead us. But...”
– Nicholas Carr, from The Big Switch.
Modernista →
Clever site concept here, but not sure yet if I like or hate the overall result. Modernista are an advertising agency whose website is a mashup of Wikipedia & Facebook pages for their homepage entries, Flickr & YouTube for their client portfolios, Google Maps for office locations, and Google News for their latest updates. All controlled by the floating menu in the top left corner of...
World’s Best Known Protest Symbol Turns 50
Nice little explanation by the Beeb of the origins & design of the peace symbol, first used by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament 50 years ago. Gerald Holtom, a designer and former World War II conscientious objector from West London, had considered using a Christian cross motif but, instead, settled on using letters from the semaphore - or flag-signalling - alphabet, super-imposing N...
Tumblepedia →
This website aims to be the one-stop resource for tumblelog information, setup, modification, themes, or anything else.
Adding Comments to Tumblr →
Quick and easy how to on adding comments and trackback to your tumblelog using Haloscan.
HaloScan →
Free blog commenting, ratings and trackback. Supports all major blogging platforms. Includes comment moderation and comment spam filters.
“When I am angry at the world I find relief in dropping a clip into the air”
– OMG. Drew and Elanore on why they own guns. Via Armed America.
“Real guitars are for old people”
– Eric Cartman, in South Park’s “Guitar Queer-o” episode, when Randy attempts to impress the Guitar Hero obsessed kids by playing “Carry On Wayward Son” on a real guitar.
Abbreviated Correspondence
The shortest correspondence in history took place in 1862. Victor Hugo - famous for writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame - had gone on holiday following the publication of his great novel Les Miserables. But Hugo could not restrain himself from asking how the book was doing. So he wrote the following letter to his publisher: “?” His publisher was not to be outdone and replied fully in...
Beta Lounge →
The Beta Lounge is an online new music showcase. New mixes streamed regularly (Real Player). Over 700 past shows available in the archives.
GyPSii Webtop →
GyPSii is a social networking, search & location based suite of integrated mobile and web applications - for users to share, view & upload pictures, video, text and POI (points of interest) with a…
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SendAlong - Send Large Files →
Send large files up to 2GB in size to any email address. Leverages Amazon’s infrastructure for reliable storage and fast up/downloads. Built using Amazon S3 and EC2.