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"In the same way bad designers sometimes never get better because they don’t know what..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:12:03 -0500

“In the same way bad designers sometimes never get better because they don’t know what they’re aiming for, some companies have a culture that just promotes bad taste and doesn’t encourage improvement. The ideology permeates the entire organization, lowering the required level of awesomeness expected from each employee. Companies like this just float along, in the background of capitalism, exchanging goods and services for money. And that is it. They suck.”

- Dear Dustin Curtis | Dustin Curtis

"There’s a common attribute that makes for good designers, good engineers, good employees, and..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:08:49 -0500

“There’s a common attribute that makes for good designers, good engineers, good employees, and good companies. For a long time, I couldn’t figure out what it was. Was it practice? Was it skill? Was it innate ability? Turns out, it’s none of those. It’s taste.”

- Dear Dustin Curtis | Dustin Curtis

LogoPond - Identity Inspiration -

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:29:21 -0400

LogoPond - Identity Inspiration -

Connecting the community, my Twitter strategy, and American...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:08:54 -0400

Connecting the community, my Twitter strategy, and American Airlines at DFW (via Stuck in Customs)

"There is a reason I’ve heard the word ‘Citizen Journalism’ tossed out hundreds of times in debates,..."

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:45:05 -0400

“There is a reason I’ve heard the word ‘Citizen Journalism’ tossed out hundreds of times in debates, conferences, and panels related to media but I have never once heard a single person identify themselves as a ‘Citizen Journalist’. It’s therapy. In a few years we will look back at ‘Citizen Journalism’ as one of those funny things an established profession created to cope with what was obviously putting it out of business. It’s the equivalent, as USC professor Henry Jenkins points out, to someone calling a Ford a ‘Horseless Carriage’ around the turn of the 19th century.”

- Cody Brown - A Public Can Talk To Itself: Why The Future of News is Actually Pretty Clear

NES Portable | Design You Trust. World’s Most Provocative...

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:36:45 -0400

NES Portable | Design You Trust. World’s Most Provocative Social Inspiration.

ANXIETY IS NOT fear, exactly, because fear is focused on something right in front of you, a real and...

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:29:43 -0400

ANXIETY IS NOT fear, exactly, because fear is focused on something right in front of you, a real and objective danger. It is instead a kind of fear gone wild, a generalized sense of dread about something out there that seems menacing — but that in truth is not menacing, and may not even be out there. If you’re anxious, you find it difficult to talk yourself out of this foreboding; you become trapped in an endless loop of what-ifs.

curiousgirl: I’m so there.

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:14:27 -0400

curiousgirl:

I’m so there.

robot-heart: (via imyourwestcoastfriend)

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:14:14 -0400

robot-heart:

(via imyourwestcoastfriend)

"Bobby Bowden refuses to give up his license; he’ll drive this thing as long as he likes, even if..."

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:21:38 -0400

“Bobby Bowden refuses to give up his license; he’ll drive this thing as long as he likes, even if he’s got Jimbo Fisher strapped to the hood, and even if all of those people on the sidewalk won’t get out of the way.”

- EDSBS » Archive » THE ALPHABETICAL 09, WEEK FIVE

Joe Pa wonders if he can turn it up for you. EDSBS »...

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:21:05 -0400

Joe Pa wonders if he can turn it up for you.

EDSBS » Archive » THE ALPHABETICAL 09, WEEK FIVE

Hermann Foersterling | Design You Trust. World’s Most...

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:43:14 -0400

Hermann Foersterling | Design You Trust. World’s Most Provocative Social Inspiration.

Flooding in the Southeast - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:37:43 -0400

Flooding in the Southeast - The Big Picture - Boston.com

via imgur.com

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:32:17 -0400

via imgur.com

U2.com > News > Blue Chicago

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:09:17 -0400

U2.com > News > Blue Chicago

"If Yost hadn’t taken his ball and gone home, perhaps we would now be in the Big Ten, and our..."

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:27:05 -0400

“If Yost hadn’t taken his ball and gone home, perhaps we would now be in the Big Ten, and our idea of football excellence would entail two or three losses per year and a trip to the Rose Bowl twice a decade. But instead, you blackballed us, and tried to choke us out of existence. You should have finished the job.”

- michigan-letter

"Google doesn’t try to force things to happen their way. They try to figure out what’s..."

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:18:06 -0400

“Google doesn’t try to force things to happen their way. They try to figure out what’s going to happen and arrange to be standing there when it does.”

- Paul Graham

Catch Fail « FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd...

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:57:01 -0400

Catch Fail « FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments

"Isn’t that funny how Washington all of a sudden looks a whole lot more competent in the..."

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:14:46 -0400

“Isn’t that funny how Washington all of a sudden looks a whole lot more competent in the post-Ty Willingham era? I forget if we’ve covered this as much as necessary, but have Husky fans been called racist enough yet for endorsing the firing of him?”

- Let Me Sleep On It, Week One: Notre Dame, Nevada, Michigan, and All The Cupcakes You Can Eat - Rakes Of Mallow

70’s Journey, we need to talk…

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:40:26 -0400

70’s Journey, we need to talk…