January 2012
11 posts
Tumblr's Inflection Point Came When Curators... →
Today, creators are probably 10 percent of Tumblr, and curators are 90 percent.
“The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living. The assumption...”
– Harry Bertoia (via kevintwohy)
December 2011
16 posts
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it....”
– Howard Thurman
“Good design embraces human nature.
Bad design exploits human nature.
Great...”
– Raph’s Website » Good design, Bad design, Great design
5 Sketching Secrets of Leonardo Da Vinci →
Sketch Your Ideas Out 4-5 Times
Use Annotations in Your Sketches
Collaborate With Others When You Sketch
Engage Your Imagination
Look for New Combinations
“If a song is shared on Facebook and nobody listens to it, does it make a sound?”
– Mike Loukides
“Some people … say design is about solving problems. Obviously designers do solve...”
– From an interview with Jack Schulze, co-founder of the highly influential studio Berg—a group of designers completely unafraid of the word “invention”. Interview responses #5 and #6 are pure gold. (via craightonberman)
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the...”
– Carl Sagan
“When righteousness withers away and evil rules the land, we come into being, age...”
– Bhagavad Gita
“The end of the day has a way of convincing you what you’ve done is good. The...”
– Morning tells the truth - (37signals)
November 2011
10 posts
“An icon is a symbol equally incomprehensible in all human languages.”
– Jef Raskin
Protect The Internet →
Congress is holding hearings today and will soon pass a bill empowering corporations to censor the Internet unless you tell them no. Please call your representative and ask them to stop the PROTECT IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
“Occupy Wall Street was always about something much bigger than a movement...”
– Matt Taibbi
“Time is the singular measure of life. Knowing how to spend it well is the most...”
– Scott Berkun
October 2011
17 posts
“Going forward, integrated hardware, software, and Internet services — the model...”
– The Apple-fication of everything – SplatF
“For the first time in, oh I don’t know, probably ever, Microsoft is...”
– Ugh. God. Why Is Apple Making Everything Look Like an Ugly Wild West?
“An elevator pitch without a turning point is usually a story built solely on...”
– Designing the Perfect Elevator Pitch: Finding the Turning Point - Luke Williams - Life - The Atlantic
