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"We need to think beyond the screen and find ways to present information and ideas in a way that..."

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:38:50 -0800

“We need to think beyond the screen and find ways to present information and ideas in a way that people can interact with in a more exciting way.”

- MIT Media Lab’s Hiroshi Ishii

"Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas."

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:21:36 -0800

“Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas.”

- Susan Sontag

"Without dissent there is no creativity. A healthy disrespect for the status quo coupled with..."

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:09:18 -0800

“Without dissent there is no creativity. A healthy disrespect for the status quo coupled with passion, persistence and agility trumps everything else.”

- Steve Blank

Awesome surprise Nibbletrons made their way across the sea thru...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:38:37 -0800

Awesome surprise Nibbletrons made their way across the sea thru customs to me! Programmed to be delicious. ;) Thanks @bigdavesd!

"Developers are like the honey badger. They don’t care. They go where the money is, and to create..."

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:17:12 -0800

“Developers are like the honey badger. They don’t care. They go where the money is, and to create revenue-generating experiences they created apps. Millions of apps to encapsulate experiences in bite-sized, constantly updated little nuggets. We need the same kinds of building blocks for the IoE. Durable and useful building blocks that allow an ecosystem to bloom because developers and manufacturers can create experiences knowing that these building blocks are available for their use. And consumers must feel confident that their investments represent sustained value. So any such building blocks need to be openly available and interoperate on many dimensions: across OSes, across fields of use (car/home/office/mobile), across languages—and across all vendors. It can’t be the experience that each smart TV will require another app on every brand of smartphone in order to work. That won’t create an ecosystem. It can’t be that a washing machine can only interact with same-brand devices. That won’t create an ecosystem.”

- There May Be An App For That, But It’s A Broken Model

"Interfaces that can tap into emotion effectively not only create a broad fan base, they build an..."

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:39:12 -0800

“Interfaces that can tap into emotion effectively not only create a broad fan base, they build an army of evangelists.”

- Designing for Emotion

"But what comes across is her incredible intelligence, her caring being, her true substance. That..."

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:57:22 -0800

“But what comes across is her incredible intelligence, her caring being, her true substance. That fabric is indestructible and very colorful. It is called character.”

- DVF on Michelle Obama

"Public perception of typography may be that it’s an insular details game, a culture of obsessive..."

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:01:31 -0800

“Public perception of typography may be that it’s an insular details game, a culture of obsessive nuance. That couldn’t be further from the truth for Nadine Chahine, a young Lebanese type designer who believes that type holds the key to literacy—and by extension, education—in the Arab world. It’s a micro level of detail with a macro impact.”

- Could Type Promote Literacy

"Your customers know more than you about what will succeed, and the sooner you realize that, the..."

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:32:16 -0800

“Your customers know more than you about what will succeed, and the sooner you realize that, the sooner you’ll have a growing pool of users. Humility leads to an earnest and perpetual desire to understand the people who want your app, and thus better understand what they enjoy. You should be hungry to support and understand them.”

- Fast Company

Cameron Russell On The Power of Image

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:59:00 -0800

Cameron Russell On The Power of Image:

In a refreshing and deeply touching TED talk, Cameron Russell honestly discusses the life of a model through the lens of its cultural implications. Touching upon the over sexualization of females to racial prejudice, Russell’s wise examination of how the images of models impact our lives on a global scale brings forward thought-provoking issues on discrimination, mental / emotional health, girls’ education, and perpetuating broken societal structures.

Tim Brown On Design Thinking

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:59:18 -0800

Tim Brown On Design Thinking :

“It’s about understanding culture and context before we even know where to start having ideas. Instead of thinking of what to build, build in order to think.”

"‎”When I say be creative, I don’t mean you should all go and become great painters and..."

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:06:20 -0800

“‎”When I say be creative, I don’t mean you should all go and become great painters and great poets. I simply mean let your life be a painting; let your life be a poem.””

- Osho

Disruptions: Design Rivals Technology in Importance

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:57:03 -0800

Disruptions: Design Rivals Technology in Importance:

“We have this exciting next step for design,” he said. “Now that we have enough technology to do anything, design can now begin to be better than the technology itself.”

"The most interesting searches weren’t necessarily the most complicated, but those that asked..."

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:55:44 -0800

“The most interesting searches weren’t necessarily the most complicated, but those that asked Facebook to combine its knowledge in ways that other sites can’t. In an effort to suss out authentic cuisine, I tried, “Mexican restaurants in New York liked by people from Mexico.” That’s something I can’t ask of Yelp, my go-to restaurant finder.”

- Farhad Manjoo on Facebook Graph Search: How the social network’s new search engine could change the way you use the Web. - Slate Magazine (via thisistheverge)

"Even though the canvas of your life is painted with daily experiences, behaviors, reactions, and..."

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:00:25 -0800

“Even though the canvas of your life is painted with daily experiences, behaviors, reactions, and emotions, you’re the one controlling the brush. What a wonder! It would have been nice to know this at 21. I could have saved myself a lot of heartache and self-doubt. But to fully understand, at any age, that you are the artist of your own life — and can use as many colors and textures as possible (and erase when necessary!)… now, that’s a revelation.”

- Oprah

"The primary thing that any technology startup must do is build a product that’s at least 10 times..."

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:37:49 -0800

“The primary thing that any technology startup must do is build a product that’s at least 10 times better at doing something than the current prevailing way of doing that thing. Two or three times better will not be good enough to get people to switch to the new thing fast enough or in large enough volume to matter. The second thing that any technology startup must do is to take the market. If it’s possible to do something 10X better, it’s also possible that you won’t be the only company to figure that out. Therefore, you must take the market before somebody else does. Very few products are 10X better than the competition, so unseating the new incumbent is much more difficult than unseating the old one.”

- Horowitz

"Intuition is about the brain’s ability to pick up on certain recurring patterns."

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:36:48 -0800

“Intuition is about the brain’s ability to pick up on certain recurring patterns.”

- Pigliucci - via Brain Pickings

Mailbox is no Google Wave. It’s a simplistically brilliant...

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:50:04 -0800

Mailbox is no Google Wave. It’s a simplistically brilliant reinvention of the inbox experience, optimizing touch on mobile to create a “why didn’t I think of that” level of intuitive interaction. I find myself “trying” to move stationary things on my mobile touchscreen that feel like they should be dynamic, and am frustrated with unresponsive navigation. Mailbox gets it.

"The greatest satisfaction you can obtain from life is your pleasure in producing, in your own..."

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 11:20:42 -0800

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The greatest satisfaction you can obtain from life is your pleasure in producing, in your own individual way, something of value to your fellowmen. That is creative living!

When we consider that each of us has only one life to live, isn’t it rather tragic to find men and women, with brains capable of comprehending the stars and the planets, talking about the weather; men and women, with hands capable of creating works of art, using those hands only for routine tasks; men and women, capable of independent thought, using their minds as a bowling-alley for popular ideas; men and women, capable of greatness, wallowing in mediocrity; men and women, capable of self-expression, slowly dying a mental death while they babble the confused monotone of the mob?

For you, life can be a succession of glorious adventures. Or it can be a monotonous bore.

Take your choice!

”

- Neil Gaiman

"To my mind, the world would be a much pleasanter and more civilized place to live in, if everyone..."

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 11:18:28 -0800

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To my mind, the world would be a much pleasanter and more civilized place to live in, if everyone resolved to pursue whatever is closest to his heart’s desire. We would be more creative and our productivity would be vastly increased.

Altogether too much emphasis, I think, is being placed on what we ought to do, rather than what we want to do.

”

- How To Avoid Work