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100 Years in 10 Minutes

13 March 2012 02:00pm UTC 0 comments

Someone needs to make one of these with only the good things that happened. Because this history of the last one hundred years is depressing as all else.
Luv and War at 30,000 Feet

11 March 2012 01:12pm UTC 0 comments

Very, very long article about Southwest Airlines (my preferred way to fly) and how they have managed to succeed in the last 20 years while so many other airlines have struggled (to say the least). I knew they were doing well, but didn't know they were doing this well! Did you know they are no the country's largest domestic airline?!
Our Blades Are F**king Great

10 March 2012 05:54pm UTC 4 comments

You know the commercial has to be pretty f**king great to make me want to shave everyday!
Narrow the Gapp

9 March 2012 05:50pm UTC 0 comments

Women don't get paid as much as men. That's pretty stupid!
February 2012 Fails

28 February 2012 03:59am UTC 5 comments

I will for the life of me never understand why my wife doesn't enjoy watching these videos! Here is a capture of my face while watching this one.

A couple thoughts on this months video: A) we don't need slow motion instant replay in these, B) I've thought that people must have died in some of these before, but now I'm convinced of it at about the 4:40 mark, C) how dumb do you have to be to light yourself on fire before jumping off of a bridge, D) I'm never trying a ski jump again! OK, that's probably not true, but all of these look so painful!
I Love You

15 February 2012 12:38am UTC 0 comments

When Harry Met Sally really is the best romantic comedy of all time!
Grim Colberty Tales with Maurice Sendak

10 February 2012 01:00pm UTC 1 comment

I know what you're thinking, an interview with an old children's book author? Boring! But this interview with Maurice Sendak (author Where the Wild Things Are) is hilarious! The absolute last quote by Maurice is fantastic! Highly recommended!

Part 1:

Part 2:
We're Going to be Friends by White Stripes on Devour.com

8 February 2012 01:00pm UTC 0 comments

I could watch sign language all day, but then couple that with a fun song and you have gold!
A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design

6 February 2012 01:00pm UTC 0 comments

I completely agree %100 percent with this rant! Whenever people imagine what "the future" is going to be like they just take what we have today and make it cooler, but the future is going to be cooler AND different!

It is all in response to this:

And here is how it starts out:

As it happens, designing Future Interfaces For The Future used to be my line of work. I had the opportunity to design with real working prototypes, not green screens and After Effects, so there certainly are some interactions in the video which I'm a little skeptical of, given that I've actually tried them and the animators presumably haven't. But that's not my problem with the video.

My problem is the opposite, really — this vision, from an interaction perspective, is not visionary. It's a timid increment from the status quo, and the status quo, from an interaction perspective, is actually rather terrible.

This matters, because visions matter. Visions give people a direction and inspire people to act, and a group of inspired people is the most powerful force in the world. If you're a young person setting off to realize a vision, or an old person setting off to fund one, I really want it to be something worthwhile. Something that genuinely improves how we interact.

This little rant isn't going to lay out any grand vision or anything. I just hope to suggest some places to look.
Bas Rutten, Bar fighting Genius on Devour.com

4 February 2012 01:00pm UTC 1 comment

Remind me to never get in a bar fight...
Where's the pixel?

3 February 2012 01:00pm UTC 0 comments

How clean is your screen? This is a super simple game where it shows a white page, with one black pixel. Find and click on that pixel!
Animals in the News

2 February 2012 01:00pm UTC 0 comments

Series of 42 pictures of animals in the news by the In Focus blog. I already know that this link is going to bring Keri to tears, but there are a lot of interesting stories in here.
Rant: I Love Photography

1 February 2012 01:00pm UTC 0 comments

I absolutely love this piece on contemporary photography. And it definitely touches on something I need to remember a lot: it isn't about getting the best, most amazing photos, photos worthy of books, it is about capturing the moments in my life as best I can.

I love photography.

Why am I telling you this? Isn’t it self-obvious? Don’t we all love photography? The answer is no. There is a percentage of photographers who hate photography. They do not appreciate photography. They do not consume photography. They don’t look at photo books or photo magazines. They hate the guy with the iPhone taking Instagram shots. They hate the guy who just bought the D4 because they don’t have one. They hate people using digital because film is what real artists use. They hate photographers who embrace social media because images should stand on their own. They hate Getty, Corbis, the AP, day rates, photo editors, assistants, rental houses, camera stores, point-and-shoots, iPads, zoom lenses, padded camera straps, wheeled suitcases, younger photographers, older photographers. The photo of so-and-so on the cover of whatever it’s called sucks. That guy copied the other guy, he sucks. Terry Richardson sucks. Chuck Close sucks. Vincent Laforet hasn’t taken a still in 17 years. Kodak hasn’t been managed well since the 70s. Blah, blah, blah.

I love photography. Let me show you why.
You want to see Never Say Never. Defend yourself.

30 January 2012 01:00pm UTC 1 comment

Great piece in defense of Justin Bieber and popular culture in general. Really I'd like to quote the whole thing, so be sure to click through and read it:

But it’s the Twilight argument – I may not love Twilight (and I don’t) but I’m not about to say that everyone who likes it owes me an explanation. It means something to them, therefore it has value. And I will never, NEVER, indicate that there’s no artistry in things that aren’t highbrow – there is, just of a different sort than people like to quote when they try to make themselves sound important.
Curious Mountain Gorillas on Devour.com

28 January 2012 01:00pm UTC 1 comment

Oh my god, this looks like simultaneously the most amazing thing that could possibly happen to a person and the most terrifying!

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