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"User Experience is the establishment of a philosophy about how to treat people. Visual Design is the..."

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:56:55 -0800

“User Experience is the establishment of a philosophy about how to treat people. Visual Design is the establishment of a philosophy about how to make an impact.”

- Whitney Hess quoted in User Experience The Don Draper Way

BBC News - App helps blind to send text messages “[There...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:08:00 -0800

BBC News - App helps blind to send text messages

“[There is] a growing anxiety shared among the blind community that the widespread adoption of touchscreens for many machines and devices is making them ‘truly blind’… from copying machines to machines at the gym - is all coming with touch screens.”

“Blind people say I ‘see’ things with my fingers, but on touchscreens they are truly blind.”

"A good hockey player skates to where the puck is. A great hockey player skates to where the puck is..."

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:30:05 -0800

“A good hockey player skates to where the puck is. A great hockey player skates to where the puck is going to be.”

- Wayne Gretzky | 5 things that destroy a company’s value

Is Twitter a newspaper, or is it the phone company?

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:00:05 -0800

Is Twitter a newspaper, or is it the phone company? :

Is Twitter a publisher and distributor of information like a newspaper, or is it just a dumb pipe like a telephone network? Lawyers in Australia seem to believe that a case could be made that Twitter is a publisher, like a newspaper, and therefore it can be sued for defamation as a result of a single tweet. That may be a stretch… but it highlights the difficulties that Twitter could have as it tries to expand around the globe and into different legal environments.

Note the platform shoes | Street Life in London, 1876

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:29:49 -0800

Note the platform shoes | Street Life in London, 1876

"Nearly every start-up working in payments is simply creating a new front end for your credit..."

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:26:50 -0800

“Nearly every start-up working in payments is simply creating a new front end for your credit card…. They all seem new and shiny, and we all marvel at the possibility that they could become the next wave in paying for stuff, but none of them could work without credit cards.”

- Don’t mess with credit: Why the future of payments is already in your pocket.

"If Pinterest can keep enough eyeballs on people’s boards, those pins can functions as a more..."

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:30:05 -0800

“If Pinterest can keep enough eyeballs on people’s boards, those pins can functions as a more powerful and permanent recommendation than will my Facebook newsfeed’s transient mentions of what I listened to on Spotify or what brand of coffee I liked today.”

- Why Pinterest Is So Addictive

"Pinterest is a place where we can demonstrate: ‘If it weren’t for all those mundane things that I do..."

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:00:06 -0800

“Pinterest is a place where we can demonstrate: ‘If it weren’t for all those mundane things that I do that I post on Facebook, this is what I would be doing and consuming. Here is my real self.’”

- Why Pinterest Is So Addictive (via fastcompany)

Chart: In Four Years, Apple Sold More iPhones Than All Macs...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:30:05 -0800

Chart: In Four Years, Apple Sold More iPhones Than All Macs Ever

"[Tim Berners-Lee] told me about his proposed system called the ‘World Wide Web.’ And I thought,..."

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:19:04 -0800

“[Tim Berners-Lee] told me about his proposed system called the ‘World Wide Web.’ And I thought, well, that’s got a pretentious name.”

- Ian Ritchie: The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee (video) via kk.org

Two Of President John Tyler's Grandchildren Are Still Living

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:17:00 -0800

Two Of President John Tyler's Grandchildren Are Still Living:

Our tenth president, John Tyler, he of “Tippecanoe and Tyler too,” has two living grandchildren.

Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. and Harrison Ruffin Tyler, who are still out there today, have a grandparent who was born in 1790, who was president from 1841-1845.

The next president who has a still living grandchild is James Garfield the 20th president, who took office forty years after Tyler.

"The average person looks at their phone 150 times a day, or once every six-and-a-half minutes of..."

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:36:32 -0800

“The average person looks at their phone 150 times a day, or once every six-and-a-half minutes of every waking hour.”

- The next 10 years in mobile

"Mobile phones are the most widely used technology in the world. At the end of this year, there will..."

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:30:48 -0800

“Mobile phones are the most widely used technology in the world. At the end of this year, there will be 5.8 billion people with mobile devices, meaning there are twice as many mobile users as Internet users.”

- The next 10 years in mobile

"Whether it’s us, Pinterest, or Flipboard, you’re seeing a change in the way content,..."

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:20:06 -0800

“Whether it’s us, Pinterest, or Flipboard, you’re seeing a change in the way content, commerce, and social are blending. Media is not just about commerce OR content OR social. The new reality is that it’s all of the above, and we’re creating that every day.”

- Jason Goldberg, CEO Fab.com | Fab Blasts Through The Commerce-Media Divide With Five New Verticals

"Fab doesn’t want to necessarily emulate the Amazon style of providing a huge catalog of products...."

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:58:46 -0800

“Fab doesn’t want to necessarily emulate the Amazon style of providing a huge catalog of products. It’s still committed to curating a smart list of items that users can discover through browsing. He said the site can support a lot more products without overwhelming the user experience.”

- Fab.com takes big step toward becoming Amazon of design

Brazil becomes 2nd country on Twitter, Japan 3rd

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:03:23 -0800

Brazil becomes 2nd country on Twitter, Japan 3rd

Quora: Is it true you should never put a comma before the word...

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:15:06 -0800

Quora: Is it true you should never put a comma before the word “and”?

“Are you man enough to fill it?”

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:31:06 -0800

“Are you man enough to fill it?”

“The ‘Do Anything’ jump suit of...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:20:06 -0800

“The ‘Do Anything’ jump suit of SuperSuedePlus™ fits like a glove… tough looking, but soft as a kitten.”

Fab Isn’t an Ecommerce Company; It’s a Content Company with Sales

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:12:05 -0800

Fab Isn’t an Ecommerce Company; It’s a Content Company with Sales :

“Fab didn’t scale like an ecommerce company, because it isn’t one. Sure, ecommerce is how they make money, but what drives the love for Fab is the content. Co-founders Jason Goldberg and Bradford Shellhammer are essentially magazine editors masquerading as etailers. Day-after-day, they are designing a gorgeous, aspirational life for you one item at a time.

…What’s more: This is a company no one in the Valley would have built.”