December 2009
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“One of the most intriguing aspects of both hysterical and psychosomatic...”
– Dr. John Sarno, The Divided Mind
Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron & Wine
Feist - Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming
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“As adults, by and large, we think of the home as a very private space –...”
– danah boyd, Guardian Interview
Another gem quote: “As a technologist, we all like ‘techno-utopia’, this is the great democratiser… Sure, we’ve made creation and distribution more available to anyone, but at the same time we’ve made those things irrelevant. Now...
Passion Pit - I’ve Got Your Number
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“Grammars teach foreign tongues, and the advantage of Bittman’s approach is that...”
– Adam Gopnik, Why We Use Cookbooks
Stina Nordenstam - Purple Rain
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“Show me a site that has great visual appeal, and I’ll guarantee that they don’t...”
– Andrew Chen, Product Design Debt vs. Technical Debt
Anyone have any great counterexamples for him?
Arthur Russell - This is How We Walk on the Moon
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Grids, Type, & the Web
There’s a big trend in modern web design that’s gotten stuck on some Web 2.0 poster children—rounded corners, shiny surfaces, semi-industrial texture. Personally, I’m not much of a fan—it’s all become so cloyingly similar and offers only a patina of real usability and falls far short of great design. My favorite web designers use classic design principles (take this with a...