April 2010
22 posts
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Apr 27th
Apr 25th
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Apr 24th
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“[Steve Jobs] did the same thing with the original Mac, although then, Flash was...”
– Bruce Tognazzini, Mac & the iPad - History Repeats Itself Tog founded the Human Interface Group at Apple Computer. His latest article has been making the rounds with people getting all excited about Steve Job’s fearlessness as a leader and long-term perspective. While rare for a CEO and...
Apr 23rd
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ListenDavid Byrne and Brian Eno - Strange Overtones ...
Apr 21st
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Apr 19th
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Apr 19th
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“The secret to Farmville’s popularity is neither gameplay nor aesthetics....”
– A. J. Patrick Liszkiewicz, Cultivated Play: Farmville
Apr 18th
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“Big Data presents new opportunities for understanding social practice. Of course...”
– danah boyd, Big Data: Opportunities for Computational and Social Sciences
Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
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“The 1950s was the era of the 90 percent top marginal tax rate, and by the end of...”
– Henry Fetter, How Taxes Changed Boxing
Apr 16th
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ListenWhite Panda - Praise Outkast Outkast Sampler...
Apr 15th
ListenGlitch Mob - Drive It Like You Stole It    via...
Apr 14th
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ListenAntony and the Johnsons - Fistful of Love   ...
Apr 14th
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“If cities serve, as I believe, primarily, to connect people and enable them to...”
– Edward Glaeser - Why Humanity Loves, and Needs, Cities
Apr 13th
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“I haven’t heard that much overwrought Polish drama since I cancelled by...”
– Chuck Bass
Apr 13th
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“Kids can control cartoon vehicles by jumping or leaning side-to-side, and can...”
– Chris Cameron, “Do Crew” Augmented Reality Cartoons Help Get Kids Off the Couch - Read Write Web He’s talking about one of my new jams; people seem to be excited about it—awesome.
Apr 9th
Apr 9th
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“L.A. is the apocalypse: it’s you and a bunch of parking lots. No...”
– Geoff Manaugh, Greater Los Angeles | bldgblog
Apr 5th
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Some Thoughts on iPhone Apps + Network Latency
In applications, latency can be a killer. Google, Facebook, and others constantly talk about how speed of response is one of the most critical metrics they track in their applications and web properties. Most web application interaction designers and developers have accepted that wisdom as well. However, there’s still a strong acceptance of latency in mobile applications—particularly...
Apr 4th
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ListenJens Lekman - Water Runs Dry (Boyz II Men) Jens:...
Apr 1st