November 2011
Visualizing How A Population Grows To 7 Billion :... →
Really interesting and clear video visualization of the world’s population growth.
October 2011
Neven Mrgan's tumbl: Labeling the Back button →
mrgan:
Most “deep” apps require some amount of navigation, moving the user deeper into child views and then back out to the parent view. That navigational backtracking is typically done with a “Back” button, positioned in the top-left corner, and denoted by a pointed left side. You’ve all seen it:
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Apple's aesthetic dichotomy →
I hate how the Calendar app, Find My Friends, Game Center, etc, has leather stitching, torn pages, felt fabric backgrounds, and whatnot. It aggravates me to no end. It’s so condescending, as if we’re so stupid that we could never wrap our heads around such applications on a digital device.
When Steve Jobs first introduced the iPhone - perhaps his greatest product presentation - he...
Wouldn’t It Be Cool if Shakespeare Wasn’t... →
Zing.
Healthy skepticism about elites has devolved into an absence of basic literacy.
This is why I love Community and have a man crush... →
Dude knows how to write.
We Can All Become Job Creators →
This idea sounds really awesome. Can’t wait to see it in action. Definitely going down to my local Starbucks on Nov. 1 and donating. Read more here: http://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/community/create-jobs-for-usa-program
Schultz is back with Big Idea No. 2. It is every bit as idealistic as his first big idea, but far more practical. Starbucks is going to create a mechanism that will...
Theo Epstein On His Way Out? →
If Epstein figures out the Cubs woes and brings them a championship, it would solidify his status as the greatest GM of all time.
oldtimefamilybaseball:
From Steve Buckley of the Boston Herald:
“Two baseball sources have confirmed that Theo Epstein is on the cusp of leaving his job as general manager of the Red Sox to accept a position with the Chicago Cubs that is believed to include powers...
Green Bay Packers expected to offer more stock to... →
I am totally going to buy one share just to say I am a part owner of the Green Bay Packers.
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be...”
– Steven Paul Jobs — 1955-2011 (via cesart)
“If everything is shared automatically, nothing has significance.”
– Smart post addressing some of the downsides of “frictionless” sharing. (via arainert)