Month: June 2014
June 16, 2014
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My lovely daughters @lucyschafer and @zoeschafer covering Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams”:
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June 15, 2014
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Mobile Opportunity: Google Logic: Why Google Does the Things it Does
“What does Google want?” A favorite pastime among people who watch the tech industry is trying to figure out why Google does things. The Verge was downright plaintive about it the other day ( link ), and I get the question frequently from financial analysts and reporters. But the topic also comes up…
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The definitive statement on dads:
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The Vagrants’ Respect and The Velvet Underground’s Waiting For The Man share a lot of DNA:
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Worth Reading: ““We’re all Smart””
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June 14, 2014
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Bill Drummond sells “Drummond’s International Grey” – a paint intended for ad vandalism:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/08/ukip-billboard-poster-international-grey-paint
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Look at all the weirdly wonderful things Bill Drummond did in Birmingham:
http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/all-about/bill%20drummond
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Worth Reading: “Everyone starts with simplicity, no-one ends there and that’s OK”
http://ift.tt/1sJPlqF
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The KLF’s Bill Drummond is still a brilliantly eccentric conceptual artist.
http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/birmingham-first-stop-bill-drummond-6805579
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Worth Reading: “10 items for a year: A minimalist approach to fashion”
http://ift.tt/1xQlQa8
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Worth Reading: “Massive ‘ocean’ discovered towards Earth’s core”
http://ift.tt/1xZHNnb
June 13, 2014
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I am an unreliable narrator.
June 12, 2014
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<insert joke here about how maybe Tim Hudak is playing for the Miami Heat tonight>
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Oooh, and the Spurs are slaughtering the Heat.
Everything’s coming up Milhouse.
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Apple and the Innovator’s Dilemma | stratēchery by Ben Thompson
This paper was originally written in 2010 for a Corporate Innovation class at Kellogg; please forgive any formatting errors carried over in the conversion from PDF, as well as the excessive footnotes! Apple’s unbroken string of success seems to suggest it is impervious to the Innovator’s Dilemma.…
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I’m really excited that @hover just introduced volume discounts on domain renewals.
June 11, 2014
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Something not good happened on Toronto’s Don Valley Parkway just now. pic.twitter.com/ey15oqn7xC
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Worth Reading: “This Startup Cracked a $2.4 Billion Market with Branding — Here’s Their Formula”
http://ift.tt/1kGjaq7
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Worth Reading: “You Need to Hear This Extremely Rare Recording”
http://ift.tt/1oa74ZP
June 10, 2014
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I have no idea why we insist on asking athletes questions about the game.
June 9, 2014
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Worth Reading: “An Intelligent Wool Rug That Doubles as a Personal Trainer”
http://ift.tt/1o6RIFu
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Book Excerpt: Why We Fail | UX Magazine
According to Bill Buxton, the pioneer computer scientist and designer , there’s a difference between “getting the design right and getting the right design.” To get a design right, we can test it with customers and integrate their feedback by altering the design. But how do we know that what we…
June 8, 2014
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Kevin Drew, Feist, and Zach Galifianakis make a music video:
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Edge of Tomorrow was loads of fun. It’s probably the first film that captures the *feel* of gaming.
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Worth Reading: “Design Is About Intent”
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Worth Reading: “The Lies of ‘Dead Poets Society'”
http://ift.tt/Sp4obE
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