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The Optimizer
Every designer is wired differently. Some people are idea people, some people are artists. I'm an optimizer.
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Indistinguishable from magic
I love video games. I'm terrible at most of them. But I'm a sucker for a game with a good story. Read / 15 Comments
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Airport express
Recently I learned two things about interaction design and user experience from waiting in lines at the airport. Read / 14 Comments
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Shouts and echoes
There have been some situations lately that have got me thinking a lot about the Internet as a megaphone for personal communication. Read / 8 Comments
Ephemera
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Volume One /
She & Him
As if Zooey Deschanel could get any more charming, she also happens to sing like a particular brand of female vocalists that nobody pays to record anymore — sort of Carole King by way of Julie London. Add M. Ward and a couple of vintage romantic covers and this is an album I like more every time I put it on.
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In Defense of Food /
Much narrower than Omnivore’s Dilemma (in physical size as well as subject matter), but much more focused on the practical problems with the nutrition in America and what we can do as individuals to break out of the cycle of bad science and misinformation to make eating healthy simple again.
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford /
Andrew Dominik
I couldn’t wait to see this movie, and I wasn’t disappointed. Such a perfect balance between all the elements that make a great movie: amazing cinematography, impeccable pacing, fascinating performances, pitch-perfect writing.
Links
- Video of Adrian Holovaty's keynote at Where 2.0 Very nice talk, and a good video, with plenty of shots of the slides.
- Interesting article on the special qualities of New Yorkers "I think it's also possible that New Yorkers just appear smarter, because they make less separation between private and public life. That is, they act on the street as they do in private."
- ChicagoCrime.org represents at MOMA Somebody took a photo of the label for the screenshot of chicagocrime.org that appeared in the MOMA exhibit "Design and the Elastic Mind." Noted for posterity and bragging rights.
- Ridiculous mashup of Arcade Fire and Montell Jordan Hilariously listenable.
- What Grand Theft Auto IV gets right about gangland and illegal economies. "This may sound strange, but I found that Grand Theft Auto actually offered a less sensational portrait of gangland and ghetto streets than the one put out by most cops, politicians, policymakers, and even academics."
- Processing.js John Resig ported Processing to Javascript using the Canvas element. The results (and the potential) are awesome.
- Mirror's Edge Gameplay The first-person parkour-style gameplay in this upcoming game looks amazing. The visual aesthetic is great too — I love the color-coded environments to indicate where you should go.
- Beacon of Hope I have no words for how awesome this is.
- School Lunch Daily photos of public school lunches. Points for balanced, no points for fresh or appetizing.
- Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination This exhibit of Star Wars props and costumes looks amazing.