Hints of insight

"…lifehacking is so seductive because it’s simply easier than asking some bigger, harder, more..."

Fri, 25 May 2012 21:24:28 -0400

“…lifehacking is so seductive because it’s simply easier than asking some bigger, harder, more important questions about where your time and attention go.”

- Confessions of a recovering lifehacker « John Pavlus

"Normal” is always relative."

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:42:43 -0400

““Normal” is always relative.”

- A Different Kind Of Normal | Josh Allan Dykstra

"You can carve out a lucrative business niche selling back office support systems, but we all imagine..."

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:39:45 -0400

“You can carve out a lucrative business niche selling back office support systems, but we all imagine ourselves to be the next Jack Dorsey or Steve Jobs.”

- Alan Cooper (via mralancooper)

"Profitability is a necessary condition for existence and a means to more important ends, but it is..."

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:10:53 -0400

“Profitability is a necessary condition for existence and a means to more important ends, but it is not the end in itself. Profit is like oxygen, food, water, and blood for the body; they are not the point of life, but without them, there is no life.”

- Built To Last

A future look into augmented reality, user interface design and...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:30:00 -0400

A future look into augmented reality, user interface design and experience (via Transcendenz on Vimeo)

A great look at the planet from the IIS (via The Stars as Viewed...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:29:00 -0400

A great look at the planet from the IIS (via The Stars as Viewed from the International Space Station. on Vimeo)

This doesn’t surprise me, but I’d still like to see...

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:21:01 -0400

This doesn’t surprise me, but I’d still like to see their definition of “revolution” - (Revolutions via nevver)

"Overnight” is an alluring fantasy, don’t fall for it"

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:35:08 -0400

““Overnight” is an alluring fantasy, don’t fall for it”

- me

Great coworking overview from the cool kids over at Turnstone

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:26:37 -0400

Great coworking overview from the cool kids over at Turnstone

Toy Boarders

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:27:15 -0400

Toy Boarders

Great poster for any home office (via Poster | Joey Roth)

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:40:50 -0500

Great poster for any home office (via Poster | Joey Roth)

bricks (via mostexerent)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:56:02 -0500

bricks (via mostexerent)

Slats (via Freshome)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:54:52 -0500

Slats (via Freshome)

Beautiful - (via McLaren Production Center by Foster Partners...

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:06:27 -0500

Beautiful - (via McLaren Production Center by Foster Partners | lvlup)

Ice Cube Celebrates The Eames (by pacificstandardtime)

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:00:20 -0500

Ice Cube Celebrates The Eames (by pacificstandardtime)

"…great horizontal killer applications are actually just fancy data structures. Spreadsheets..."

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:34:44 -0500

“…great horizontal killer applications are actually just fancy data structures. Spreadsheets are not just tools for doing “what-if” analysis. They provide a specific data structure: a table. Most Excel users never enter a formula. They use Excel when they need a table. The gridlines are the most important feature of Excel, not recalc.”

- How Trello is different - Joel on Software

"Autonomy at work is strongly associated with lower stress and greater happiness, and, if nothing..."

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:03:54 -0500

“Autonomy at work is strongly associated with lower stress and greater happiness, and, if nothing else…means more of us making more choices for ourselves.”

- Time to grow up: The future of work is adult

Dieter Rams - SFMOMA (by Andrew Birchett)

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:14:22 -0500

Dieter Rams - SFMOMA (by Andrew Birchett)

"Google knows it. Viacom knows it. The Chamber of Commerce knows it. Internet democracy groups know..."

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:35:50 -0500

“Google knows it. Viacom knows it. The Chamber of Commerce knows it. Internet democracy groups know it. BoingBoing knows it. But, the Internet hasn’t been told yet — we’re going to get blown away by the end of the year. The worst bill in Internet history is about to become law.”

- STOP SOPA, SAVE THE INTERNET - Boing Boing (via fred-wilson)

"A tool addresses human needs by amplifying human capabilities."

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:44:08 -0500

“A tool addresses human needs by amplifying human capabilities.”

- A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design