August 2009
38 posts
“Part of the challenge we face is that all eyes are focused on health care...”
– Dr. Oz - What YOU Can Do About Health Care Reform
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Life is for Living: Live it.
kari-shma:
Never be awful to anyone, that person you were awful to may teach you the most.
Always remember…you are a somebody, God didn’t take the time to create a nobody.
Always smile, you never know whose day you might be making.
Never ‘forget’ to say hi to anyone, never miss the chance to laugh or smile, never get too caught up in yourself that you forget to help others.
Never forget that...
How To Effectively Communicate With Developers →
If you have ever worked with a developer or a development team, this article will probably strike close to home. As designers, we work with dozens of developers across the globe each year. Some of us are fortunate enough to find a gem; a developer that just gets it. A developer that you feel is on your same wavelength in terms of what needs to be accomplished with the user interface, and what it...
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Watch555 KUBIK - How it would be, if a house was dreaming
by urbanscreen
“A person’s pursuit of goodness leads to greatness, but the pursuit of...”
– John E. Kramer Vice president of communications, Institute of Justice
“If you really want impulse buyers, you raise their emotions when they can...”
– GM: Still Making the Same Mistakes
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“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
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“If all we can have
is forever then I think
we should start right now.”
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
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8 Things on the Web We'd Like to Throw Down a...
hunsonisgroovy:
A black hole is the perfect place for stuff you never want to see again. So Webmonkey is joining Wired.com’s extended black hole party by chucking in some of the worst technologies ever to grace the web’s sleek, well-machined tubes.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
MySpace
Auto-playing audio/video widgets
Drop-down lists in address forms with every country on the planet
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The Gareth Emery Podcast #84
Yeah Yeah Yeahs -...
“This is a civil rights issue. I will not stand silent while people preach hate.”
– Lisa Turner, who went to the mic during public comment after a furor erupted over the City Council decision to provide domestic partner benefits.
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The Wal-Martification of Microsoft
Rafe Colburn comments on Gruber’s writing about Microsoft’s declining revenue and the recent news that Apple now holds 91% of the retail market for laptops that cost more than $1,000.
Microsoft is no longer ignoring Apple’s market share gains and successful “Get a Mac” ad campaign. But the crux of these ads from Apple is that Macs are better; Microsoft’s response is a message that everyone...
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WatchFall by Shachar Gilad
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According to data from the Recording Industry Association of America, since music sales peaked in 1999, the value of those sales, after adjusting for inflation, has dropped by more than half. At that rate, the industry could be decimated before Madonna’s 60th birthday.
- Charles Blow, NYTimes.com