July 2012
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And then the music stopped →
It could be that rather than popping, the current tech bubble is just going to slowly let out air as giant IPO after giant IPO launch big and then deflate into nothing. DHH is on to something. Early investors are making it big, but those late to the game—IPO investors—are being taken for suckers.
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Medal Count →
Just the numbers. Just the winners.
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“The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their...”
– G.K. Chesterton in the Illustrated London News, September 7, 1929 (via gkchestertonquote)
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2012 Olympics: Opening ceremonies pictures →
Some how, the pictures from this event were far more impressive than the even itself. I blame the announcers. I’m looking at you Bob Costas, Matt Lauer; and Meredith Vieira.
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What Is Moore's Law?
fakescience:
This is more accurate than I’d care to admit.
An open Twitter-like ecosystem →
It already exists. It’s called RSS.
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge... →
…is very useful indeed.
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Rules for being a good Internet citizen
Here’s the The TL;DR version.
Listen first
Know your friends.
Nothing is private.
Stay on guard.
Don’t feed the trolls.
Create more than you consume.
You should read J.R. Conlin’s full letter welcoming his young niece to the Internet.
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“We get what we click on. Alas, we also get what others click on. And society...”
– Seth Godin
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The Olympic Mood →
emoto is a very cool project by Moritz Stefaner and others that measures the mood of the Olympics:
The emoto project captures and visualises the excitement around the Olympic Games in London 2012. We track twitter for themes related to the Games, analyse the messages for content and emotional expressions, and visualise topics and tone of the conversation.
It will be interesting to see the...
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Good design is invisible →
Oliver Reichenstein:
Good user interface design takes care of irritations before they appear. Good design is invisible. Good screen design happens in the subatomic level of microtypography (the exact definition of a typeface), the invisible grid of macrotypography (how the typeface is used), and the invisible world of interaction design and information architecture.
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How to Kill Time
Most of these are ridiculously obvious, but it’s always good to be reminded of #4.
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Old Spice Voicemail Generator →
I made mine. Now I just need to figure out how to get it on my phone.
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The Intrapreneurs →
David Armano:
Some individuals don’t want to go off on their own and build something from scratch wearing every hat (or hoodie) under the sun in order to find professional fulfillment.
They go looking for fulfillment by building great companies out of good ones.
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» the art of brief emails :mnmlist →
Skip all the extra stuff and stick to the point.
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Sentenc.es →
A more disciplined way to deal with email:
The Problem
E-mail takes too long to respond to, resulting in continuous inbox overflow for those who receive a lot of it.
The Solution
Treat all email responses like SMS text messages, using a set number of letters per response. Since it’s too hard to count letters, we count sentences instead.
three.sentenc.es is a personal policy that all email...
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Pay Too Much →
Allen Tucker:
People buy the cheapest stuff so they can afford to buy more with their money. But because more expensive stuff often provides more value in the long term, paying more means you can actually buy more. When you buy a John Deer or a Snapper you don’t have to replace it every other year like that random wally world lawnmower.
Getting a purchase right the first time by not skimping...
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“Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ...”
– G.K. Chesterton in the Illustrated London News October 23, 1929 (via gkchestertonquote)
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There's a lot of planets
XKCD counts 786 of them.
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Only yuppies feel busy →
We all live on two things: time and money. And people who have extra income don’t get much, if any, extra time to spend it.
Suddenly the knee-jerk response to someone saying they’ve been busy (“That’s a good problem to have”) makes a lot of sense.
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“There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The...”
– John Adams
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“Write drunk; edit sober.” – Ernest Hemingway
This poster is from a collection of literary prints that feature quotes from famous authors.
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The Alphabet of Typography
The Alphabet of Typography by Pop Chart Lab
An alphabetical primer on the wonders of typography, including serifs, hooks, diacritics, spines, ligatures, and more. Each print is signed and numbered by the artists, from a first edition of 500.
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Wikipedia article traffic statistics →
This list of the top 1,000 Wikipedia articles is rather disappointing.
The most comprehensive and up-to-date encyclopedia in the world looks like a movie trivia website or a People Magazine subsection when you look at its most popular pages.
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