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Ridiculous User Interfaces In Film, and the Man Who Designs Them...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:29:13 +0100

Ridiculous User Interfaces In Film, and the Man Who Designs Them - Fake user interfaces - Gizmodo

Praying Mantis on the Brooklyn Bridge

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:42:11 +0100

Praying Mantis on the Brooklyn Bridge

"It’s hard to exaggerate how fundamentally the world has been transformed in just 20 years, since the..."

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:36:27 +0100

“It’s hard to exaggerate how fundamentally the world has been transformed in just 20 years, since the internet was born. In this special issue of McKinsey’s “What Matters,” novelist Mark Helprin, Creative Commons guru Joi Ito, Zipcar CEO Scott Griffith, among others weigh in on this burgeoning knowledge economy—where information is paradoxically both free and priceless.”

- “Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist” sur Seed Magazine à propos du dossier que McKinsey a consacré à la révolution internet (via c0wb0yz)

SEO Explained in a Picture

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:31:09 +0100

SEO Explained in a Picture

"En somme, investir dans un acteur de la filière éolienne revient, en fait d’action, et..."

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:12:20 +0100

“En somme, investir dans un acteur de la filière éolienne revient, en fait d’action, et d’action d’autant plus risquée que la technologie est neuve et que l’on attend toujours qu’elle fasse la preuve de sa viabilité, à acheter une obligation d’Etat à maturité de quinze ans et avec un rendement potentiellement dix fois supérieur à celui que l’on trouve aujourd’hui dans cette classe d’actifs.”

- la rente du vent - dirtydenys

"I believe that Tiger will break the gospel before the gospel breaks him. It constricts and binds his..."

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:04:38 +0100

“I believe that Tiger will break the gospel before the gospel breaks him. It constricts and binds his entire life. It leaves him no room for ambiguity, no refuge in simple humanity.”

- The Man. Amen.

From a controversial (and now prescient) 1997 Esquire profile of Tiger Woods.

"At the beginning of this decade, Benedict (then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) wrote: “The turning of..."

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:25:00 +0100

“At the beginning of this decade, Benedict (then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) wrote: “The turning of the priest toward the people has turned the community into a self-enclosed circle. In its outward form, it no longer opens out on what lies ahead and above, but is closed in on itself.” He was right: 40 years of the new Mass have brought chaos and banality into the most visible and outward sign of the church. Benedict XVI wants a return to order and meaning. So, it seems, does the next generation of Catholics.”

- Op-Ed Contributor - Latin Mass Appeal - NYTimes.com

I disagree with this but it’s an interesting perspective. I’m a fan of Vatican II and the Vatican II liturgy, but there is a beauty in the Tridentine liturgy — which was, after all, the liturgy of the Church for centuries — that is often too easily discounted.

"How was Bugnini able to make such sweeping changes? In part because none of the popes he served were..."

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:22:42 +0100

“How was Bugnini able to make such sweeping changes? In part because none of the popes he served were liturgists. Bugnini changed so many things that John’s successor, Paul VI, sometimes did not know the latest directives. The pope once questioned the vestments set out for him by his staff, saying they were the wrong color, only to be told he had eliminated the week-long celebration of Pentecost and could not wear the corresponding red garments for Mass. The pope’s master of ceremonies then witnessed Paul VI break down in tears.”

- Op-Ed Contributor - Latin Mass Appeal - NYTimes.com

"Once you have a successful business, it sort of demystifies the world. It gives you all the..."

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:56:43 +0100

“Once you have a successful business, it sort of demystifies the world. It gives you all the confidence in the world that you can set your mind to something and do just about anything. It gives you this rock solid self-confidence that helps in personal interactions and helps in selling your vision of the company to investors and new employees.”

- A 20-Something Makes a Mint (and Sells It to Intuit) - Question - NYTimes.com

"If I wanted a new computer or had some I.T. issue at Mint, I just walked to the tech ops team and..."

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:48:28 +0100

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If I wanted a new computer or had some I.T. issue at Mint, I just walked to the tech ops team and they would get me set up in a couple of minutes. At Intuit, being a big company, you call the help desk, and the help desk has been outsourced to some foreign country — I can’t place the accent. They really have no idea of where you are or what your needs are. It’s the standard phone service when you get sent to a foreign country, but this is an internal help desk. It’s a real pain. I expressed this to one of my Quicken colleagues and he said, “Yeah, we just never call the help desk. Don’t bother, here’s who you need to call to skirt around the system…” I thought, that’s sort of dumb in a bureaucratic way.

But at the same time, a big company has processes with much more rigor than what we ever had in a start-up. They have great specialization when it comes to retail, packaging, search engine marketing or affiliate programs. And the financial rigor of a big company is phenomenal in terms of projections, making sure everything is on track on a weekly basis, or reporting your numbers — they’re very, very good at that sort of thing.

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- A 20-Something Makes a Mint (and Sells It to Intuit) - Question - NYTimes.com

are2: Buttons and Pins — Ran Hwang (click for more)

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:51:12 +0100

are2:

Buttons and Pins — Ran Hwang (click for more)

are2: Cocteau

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:51:09 +0100

are2:

Cocteau

"I certainly don’t believe that the Internet will mean the death of news. Through innovation and..."

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:51:05 +0100

“I certainly don’t believe that the Internet will mean the death of news. Through innovation and technology, it can endure with newfound profitability and vitality. Video didn’t kill the radio star. It created a whole new additional industry.”

- Eric Schmidt: How Google Can Help Newspapers - WSJ.com (via bijan)

"Entrepreneurship exists in the tiny space between madness and genius; and, its journey requires a..."

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:51:00 +0100

“Entrepreneurship exists in the tiny space between madness and genius; and, its journey requires a few cross border violations across both madness and genius to get to the final destination.”

- comment by JLM on the The Herd Instinct (via fred-wilson)

mandalay: sheisherselfshedoesitall:thechocolatebrigade:likelovea...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:37:04 +0100

mandalay:

sheisherselfshedoesitall:thechocolatebrigade:likeloveadore:seenoevil: Natalia Vodianova for Vogue Italia March 2008 by Bruce Weber

bijan: I was talking to an exec over at Fossil today. He sent...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:35:46 +0100

bijan:

I was talking to an exec over at Fossil today. He sent me this pic of an early working prototype of a watch that supports Twitter. Very cool.

Woah.

tracks: copycats: Remember The Time remixed by DJ...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:35:15 +0100

tracks:

copycats:

Remember The Time remixed by DJ Sleeper
“Remember The Time” by Michael Jackson + “Breathe” by Telepopmusik
(posted by Nathaniel James)

"Etrangement, Mika et le bruit de l’eau vont très bien ensemble."

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:03:08 +0100

“Etrangement, Mika et le bruit de l’eau vont très bien ensemble.”

- Confessions gênées. « C’est La Gêne

Tiens, c’est vrai!

When Heaven Was More Interesting Than Hell

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:08:33 +0100

When Heaven Was More Interesting Than Hell

mandalay: coolidgesrooster:gothcat:pophistory:nickdrake: Greta...

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:57:22 +0100

mandalay:

coolidgesrooster:gothcat:pophistory:nickdrake: Greta Garbo, (Mysterious Lady, The)