Fantastic commencement speech about perspective in life. When reading it I couldn’t help but hear my mother’s voice saying, “You don’t have to look very far to see someone worse off then yourself.”
I got to spend a dinner, okay half a dinner, well, alright more like a quarter of a dinner talking to Merlin Mann, mostly his android phone, but whatever, I’d wanted to meet him for years. He and John Gruber’s talk was my favorite at SXSWi this year, and getting to spend some time really talking to him in person probably made the trip for me. He’s all over the place and a massive personality that at times is overwhelming, but he’s a great guy and his post pretty much sums up my feelings about SXSWi this year.
Finally got around to reading Mike Davidson’s excellent article about the end of the P.I. I appreciate that he tries to keep it positive and offer ideas and solutions instead of focusing on the past and the demise. It’s sad to see the P.I. go, but it’s important to focus on what’s next.
Jon Tan does a great job explaining explaining just what a fonts and a typeface are, very beautifully I might add.
“Barack Obama has the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE tattooed on his stomach. It’s upside-down, so he can read it while doing sit-ups.”
A friend of a friend, great artist, and all around nice guy Robert Hardgrave has one of his designs on a Timbuk2 bag. Don’t miss the Threadless shirts if the bag is out of your price range.
“Occasionally someone would notice his value to a project, but instead of giving him the care he deserved, they’d just fork over copious amounts of cash to ship him off to his sketchy uncle SEO, who tied him up and fed him keywords all day long.”
Makes me want to pack up all my belongings, hop on a plane and move down south.
I try and use a cloth bag, but I also like using the paper bags for my recycling. Looking at this though, all that energy used when they recycle is scary. The fact that 7 in 10 Americans don’t know that plastic is made from petroleum is crazy.
The quality of lego bricks have always been incredible. When I was growing up I remember competitors trying and they just always felt cheap. Be sure to check out the slideshow.
One of my favorite posts ever. For those of you who know me I’m very much a minimalist and pretty much despise clutter and too much “stuff”. It’s a bit long but take the time to read it through if you can.
Some good advice from Evan Williams when you’re kicking around a new product or idea.
Saved for quotes on an article I plan on writing a little later.
It was the first computer I ever played with. They were at the school where my mom taught, so I was able to play with one when I went with her. I still have vivid memories of playing Pit Stop to this day.
Fantastic interview with Yoshiaki Koizumi about the Zelda and Mario series and his involvement in their stories.
Initial reactions were “No way!” and then “Booyah!” from scientists.
For those days when there’s really no way around Internet Explorer 6 and transparent PNGs.
“‘Cultural guerrillas’ cleared of lawbreaking over secret workshop in Pantheon.”
It’s a good article and I was surprised to see my coworker Keith’s slide is used halfway down the article to make a point about the importance of writing online.
Lots of great photoshop tips in this article on how to achieve some nice looking effects.
Interesting thoughts on User-generated content. I agree a lot with what he says.
Great article about writing by Bronwyn Jones.
Not all new products are necessarily better.
Mmmm… paper.
Hilarious. Great piece by John Frank Weaver.
It’s also easy to see that the more you attend church the more likely you don’t believe in evolution. Not a huge surprise there.
To run or not to run?
A nice article on one of my favorite typefaces.