April 2007
39 posts
Vegas delivers on Florida's promise...
I surprised myself - I didn’t think I’d like Vegas, but it’s actually a really cool place…everything that Florida promises on…it delivers…a creation of a playground, from absolutely nothing, and defying the inhospitable natural environment.
And there’s an unabashed acceptance that raw capitalism and cash extraction is what fuels this place.
“if you go outside, you’ll die…”
– The Security guard, in our Las Vegas hotel, this morning (my UK body clock, waking me up at 4.30am and looking for breakfeast) - maybe I shouldn’t have chosen the cheapest hotel on Expedia…
“10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear, 30% of what we see, 50% of what we see...”
– William Glasser, seen on 37signals)
“Education, to paraphrase John Taylor Gatto, is not about filling students with...”
– ProjectVRM Blog
Checkbox news
Everyone sees Dave Winer as a software guy, I think he’s at least as good a marketing guy - Monday, he has an idea, mocks it up, gets lots of input, tuesday, coins a bloody memorable phrase and buys the url. Of course, he’s nothing like a ‘real’ marketer - Winer gives all his ideas out for free.
Will Apple try to steal limelight next week?
Just a random thought…I wonder whether Apple will release some amazing headline grabbing product next week to try and undermine the Mix07 conference activity?
“I consider this shit an excellent use of my tax dollars,” Nick says,...”
– Blimey
via Kottke
Life improver..
I’ve just realised that the keyboard I’ve been using for the last couple of years has a couple of usb ports on the back of it…how did I miss that!?!
Accidental improvement
Ha, I just read what I’d written earlier…”mesmerising talk by the industrial designer who creates inedible organic designs”.
I meant incredible organic designs, but inedible is well, better.
“Several years ago, Mr. Ratey began using the term “acquired attention deficit...”
– BlackBerry - Research in Motion - Technology - Smartphones - Cell Phones - New York Times
Using Email and Highrise together →
Stunning collection of ‘introrials’ (sorry) from 37Signals…fab page design, workflow and copywriting.
Brain Food..
Just on the phone to a client/friend (hey, all my clients become friends! :-) and he’d not come across the some of the more cerebral stuff on web-video - just sent him a note..thought I’d share…
Ted Talks Ken Robinson- one of the most compelling talks about education I’ve seen: Ross Lovegrove’s mesmerising talk by the industrial designer who creates inedible organic...
“Cities are really one of the most important innovations in humans...”
– Researchers find ‘large is smart’ when it comes to cities
The soul of the commuter →
Interesting, but really lengthy New York article on commuting…I’m increasingly interested in the culture of commuting - and it’s advantages and dysfunctions. Would the world be a better (and less carbonated) place if we just visited the office once a week?
Long post about a small thing →
Verbose write up of the beauty of this tumblr app
TED →
TED’s redesigned their website. Quite simply, incredible.
Vlogging comes to mass murder (Scripting News) →
Mass killer stops to videodiary himself - horribly inevitable, I suppose. Tragic, of course - noticed that in Iraq yesterday, 4 times as many people killed. That’s in a single day.
Unsalted →
Paul, inspiring me to tumbleblog
Access hidden sleep and hibernate overrides for... →