December 2011
How Fox News is helping Barack Obama's re-election... →
Frum: “Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us – and now we’re discovering we work for Fox.”
The Big Lie: Wall Street has destroyed the wonder... →
“I have lived what now, at 75, is starting to feel like a long life. If anyone asks me what has been the great American story of my lifetime, I have a ready answer. It is the corruption, money-based, that has settled like some all-enveloping excremental mist on the landscape of our hopes, that has permeated every nook of any institution or being that has real influence on the way we live...
National Geographic: The Bible of King James →
Fascinating history of the influence, both good and bad, of the King James Bible.
How to Actually Make Text Look Interesting →
Nice intro to text design.
When Did the GOP Lose Touch With Reality? →
“It’s fine to be unconcerned that the rich are getting richer, but blind to deny that middle-class wages have stagnated or worse over the past dozen years. In the aftershock of 2008, large numbers of Americans feel exploited and abused. Rather than workable solutions, my party is offering low taxes for the currently rich and high spending for the currently old, to be followed by...
The Dumbest Idea In The World: Maximizing... →
Must read.
“It is not healthy for companies to trade at prices well beyond what they are...”
– A VC (via bijan)
Another great post from Fred.
(via dpstyles)
Gimmicks and Patterns in Interface Design →
Dark Patterns: Deception vs. Honesty in UI Design →
9-bits:
In particular, this passage does a fantastic job at articulating the hardest part of my job:
Removing dark patterns from any site involves a leap of faith. A company has to shift from a short-term quantitative measurement mindset to one that values relatively slow, steady growth of “warm fuzzy” qualitative things like brand image, credibility, and trust.
daniel sinker: I'm starting to think Lego is evil →
sinker:
Well, maybe not evil, but “highly problematic.”
First, let’s remove what we all *think* Lego is (i.e. our own nostalgic memories, our aspirational beliefs, or $250 robot sets), and instead concentrate on what Lego today is, for the most part: It’s movie-tie-in model sets marketed pretty much…
Horseshit | The Verge →
Great article by @joshuatopolsky on the ridiculousness of fanboyism.
Obama Enrages Civil Liberties Groups By Dropping... →
“When he took office, President Obama told the American people that he would restore the nation’s commitment to the rule of law and the protection of human rights,” Human Rights First President and CEO Elisa Massimino said in a statement. “Today’s announcement proves that he is unwilling to put his full power behind those presidential promises. The American people need a leader whose commitment...
I Work For The Internet →
staff:
We work for the Internet. And we’re guessing many of you do too. Whether it’s researching, selling, coding, supporting, designing — so many of our careers depend on the Internet.
One argument that’s been made to Congress is that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is needed to protect American jobs. In truth, the new liabilities this bill would impose on startups could stop American...
“But so if I make 8 million, which all goes through paypal right into Pig Newton,...”
– i am so hoping that you make 8 million Louis C.K.
Hi I’m Louis C.K. and this is a thing (via mattlehrer)
The Day I Saw Van Gogh's Genius in a New Light →
john:
Pretty incredible post
This is just insane.
“Two high level Congressional staffers who have been instrumental in creating or...”
– Masnick
No one is wondering anymore.
(via brycedotvc)
How the iPad changed my reading habits
And it’s probably not what you think.
Ever since getting my first iPad back in April 2010 I’ve begun to notice something odd; reading on a computer screen totally sucks. And when I say computer screen, I mean the display that is attached to your laptop or connected to your PC and is perpendicular to the Earth. I’ve never noticed it before, but reading on a screen that is...