April 2011
“When you build an app always look out for the non-essential features. Make sure...”
– Essential vs. Non-Essential - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
“as we continue to redefine capitalism, let’s not discount the role of aspiration...”
– Dan Ariely » Blog Archive The Upside of Useless Stuff « this should be Svpply.com’s mantra (via msg)
cdixon.org – There are two kinds of people in the... →
I don’t care if you succeed or fail, if you are Bill Gates or an unknown entrepreneur who gave everything to make it work but didn’t manage to pull through. The important distinction is whether you risked everything, put your life on the line, made commitments to investors, employees, customers and friends, and tried – against all the forces in the world that try to keep new ideas down – to make...
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
– Ira Glass (via nefffy)
Stuart Roseman: Some parenting hints for a friend... →
Reblogging this for future reference.
stuartroseman:
A friend just had a baby daughter. Instead of doing my usual and sending a one shot email, I thought I would create a post in case these hints can help someone else.
All my best to all the parents out there. It is so easy to forget how scary the crying was at first and how little they are when…
Don’t Mimic Real-World Interfaces — The Brooks... →
“There have always been those few apps that insist on looking like their physical, real world, equivalent. Calculator apps, date books, calendars, note taking apps, “stickies” — you know what I am talking about. Despite there being better options out there, better ways of displaying the data, designers stick with the known representation of the tool.
Now, though, Apple is taking it too...
WatchHoly wow. This is a super fun loop making machine!
nosnivelling:
seawitchery:
I started out clicking strategically… and by the end was just wildly clicking and dancing in my chair.
biancavirina:
CLICK THE SQUARES.
THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.
THIS THIS THIS THIS!
sa-weet jesus - so fantastic - wish i could save my favorites… or have favorites from others played/changed...
Evan Williams | evhead: Five Easy Pieces of Online... →
“Though not presented in that order, a useful mnemonic for remembering the five pieces is the following acronum: CRAPR”
