February 2012
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“More jobs and businesses have been created by VCRs than destroyed by them. More...”
– I have a bad feeling about this - raganwald’s posterous
“…normally I try not to pay attention to my haters, but this time I’d like...”
– Ellen breaks silence on furor over J.C. Penney gig
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Answers!
hdelvalle answered your question: New avatar for 2012. I was thinking of those “Mr…
I love the color combinations, I can definitely see the pops in these! Do you do your illustrations in Illustrator?
Hi Hector. Yep, Illustrator is my weapon of choice. I’ve been drawing with it for 11-12 years now.
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January 2012
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This American Life: "Mr Daisey & The Apple...
This episode of TAL is jaw-dropping in the exposure of the conditions of these factories, and the “cities” where these exist.
Mike Daisey was a self-described “worshipper in the cult of Mac.” Then he saw some photos from a new iPhone, taken by workers at the factory where it was made. Mike wondered: Who makes all my crap? He traveled to China to find out.
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“Writing a book is a tremendous experience. It pays off intellectually. It...”
– Advice for authors, part one and part two - The Domino Project
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Intego's VirusBarrier: worse than an actual virus....
So, short story: don’t install this junk on your Mac, even if you have heard glowing reports about it as antivirus software. I know, I know: “But you’re on a Mac!” I just don’t like being too cocky about that. You know something’s gonna happen one day!
So when I read about VB last year, I thought I’d give it a shot, and download the free trial. The app...
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“A team of physicists at Cornell University has created a wrinkle in time....”
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/time-cloak-hid-event-in-experiment-physicists-say/2012/01/04/gIQA5rtwaP_story.html (via harvest)
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A Banking System is Supposed to Serve Society, Not... →
I read this and found I could draw comparisons (if only awkward ones) between how farmers were becoming obsolete during the Great Depression, and how we are treating the Arts nowadays: like a disposable, machine-made, committee-driven commodity, that should always be free or at least super cheap.
(via Instapaper)
Ending the Infographic Plague →
Now that Obama’s dog has won the War on Christmas, or something, it’s time to get down to a war that really matters: the war on terrible, lying infographics, which have become endemic in the blogosphere, and constantly threaten to break out into epidemic or even pandemic status.
(via The Atlantic)
“It’s all part of a phenomenon expressed in ancient Latin as horrovacui, which is...”
– “Turn up the Quiet”
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“How can I let the introvert in my life know that I support him and respect his...”
– Caring for Your Introvert - Magazine - The Atlantic
English Pronunciation
If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.
Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. Tear in eye, your dress will tear. So shall I! Oh...
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“In barely one generation we’ve moved from exulting in the time-saving devices...”
– NYT: The Joy of Quiet
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Paul Rand On Logo Design
stealingsand:
“Surprising to many, the subject matter of a logo is of relatively little importance, and even appropriateness of content does not always play a significant role.
This does not imply that appropriateness is undesirable. It merely indicates that a one-to-one relationship between a symbol and what it symbolized is very often impossible to achieve and, under certain conditions,...
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Christie Blatchford Hates Hugging
And this comment down on the page is *THE BEST*
Every Who Down in Who-ville Liked Hugging a lot…
But the Blatch, Who lived just North of Who-ville, Did NOT!
The Blatch hated Hugging! The whole Hugging season! Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason. It could be that her head wasn’t screwed on quite right. It could be, perhaps, that her shoes were too tight....
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“Please take this suggestion: Pretend we’re dead.”
– With kind respects to students who contact freelancers about doing interviews (always around this time of year I’ve noticed), I shall be redirecting you to this post by Marian Bantjes from now on.
I’ve always felt these “interview assignments” bordered on the lazy (on both...
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Insulate Yourself
Insulate yourself from anonymous angry people
Expose yourself to art you don’t yet understand
Precisely measure the results that are important to you Stay blind to the metrics that don’t matter
Fail often
Ship
Lead, don’t manage so much
Seek out uncomfortable situations
Make an impact on the people who matter to you
Be better at your baseline skills than anyone else
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theradfactory asked: Hey! I'm a young artist from Ontario, I was admiring your canvas prints! I've tried to make clean acrylic paintings that were similar but can never manage clean edges! How do you do it so well? Pass a little knowledge my way if you have a sec! I'd really appreciate it!
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