October 2009
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“Unknowledge is an unsettling concept. Like the Death of Discworld, our eyes...”
– Lessons from the anti-library
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“That’s why I’m going to start my own cult. A counter-cult, if you will, but not...”
– Alt Text: New Cult Spares Members From Early Adopters’ Pain
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“Your newsroom is allotted one usage of “Trial of the Century” every...”
– Twitter / Fake AP Stylebook
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Stephanie Syjuco has conceived a project for this year’s Projects program of Frieze Art Fair. Her project called Copystand: an autonomous manufacturing zone is a workshop in which a small group of artists are making bootleg copies of other works exhibited in the fair, and an adjacent gallery stand where these works are presented for sale. (via Stephanie Syjuco: Copystand)
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“Yes they suck, but if you’re an agency you have to play the game or change the...”
– So do Press Releases Suck or Not? – Information Architects
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“Our mania for awards stems from a desire to sift through a chaotic world and...”
– The Case Against Awards | The New Republic
Oct 19th
“I do not take drugs. I am drugs.”
– Salvador Dali (via claytoncubitt)
Oct 19th
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The Munchkins after 70 Years, Toto got paid more than the munchkins? ah hollywood you have your priorities straight.
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“The financial system nearly collapsed,” he said, “because smart guys had started...”
– Calvin Trillian - Wall Street Smarts (via rjs)
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Why hasn't Vista sold well?
marco: But the rate of such changes that are relevant to average people has plummeted in the last decade. Graphical interfaces, multitasking, SimCity, porn, email, shopping, and dating sold a lot more new computers than nearly anything we’ve come up with since 2000 except malware. I’d equate this to software as well, If CS1 worked better on my intel mac i would still be there, all of the...
Oct 19th
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Calor licitantis: Bidder’s heat, also known as auction fever. The term was coined in ancient Rome to define the sometimes-irrational behavior of bidders at auctions (via Fritinancy)
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“Twitter - like many emergent genres of social media - is structured around...”
– apophenia: Twitter: “pointless babble” or peripheral awareness + social grooming?
Oct 18th
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“Assuming the best, SEO consultants are just web designers who are incapable of...”
– A comment on Derek Powazek’s Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists
Oct 17th
“Design success cannot be achieved by negotiation. Furthermore, in the context of...”
– AIGA On Committees and Design Projects
Oct 17th
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Imagination Park →
Disney has always been an easy target for urban designers and architects. Main Street USA, the main drag of its parks, can be read as a cruel joke. Its simulated urbanism and faux-festive…
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“It is true, that which I have revealed to you; there is no God, no universe, no...”
– Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger
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“Designers should be spending more time creating variations of experiences and...”
– Sketching in Hardware is Changing Your Life, by Fabricio Dore
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Carolyn Steel: How food shapes our cities | Video on TED.com
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