May 2011
45 posts
60 ways to improve your life in the next 100 days →
Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to make drastic changes in order to notice an improvement in the quality of your life. At the same time, you don’t need to wait a long time in order to see the measurable results that come from taking positive action. All you have to do is take small steps, and take them consistently, for a period of 100 days.
Below you’ll find 60 small ways to improve...
Anonymous asked: how do magnets work?
Inside Al Jazeera →
If Colbert was giving voice to a September 11 mind-set that still secretly plagued the network’s image—Al Jazeera as a Trojan horse for extremism—Mohyeldin seemed to anticipate the question, assuming the measured voice of reason to Colbert’s contretemps. “Unfortunately Americans are being deprived of the choice of watching Al Jazeera,” he said, “and people say that Americans aren’t interested in...
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Why is it...
…that I feel the lonliest when I am with other people?
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The Facebook sonnet
Welcome to the endless high-school
Reunion. Welcome to past friends
And lovers, however kind or cruel.
Let’s undervalue and unmend
The present. Why can’t we pretend
Every stage of life is the same?
Let’s exhume, resume, and extend
Childhood. Let’s all play the games
That occupy the young. Let fame
And shame intertwine. Let one’s search
For God become public domain.
Let church.com...
User Interface and Metaphors – The Inevitable Link →
“The way that you accomplish tasks with a product – what you do and how it responds – that’s the interface” – The genius HCI expert Jef Raskin defines an interface this way!”
Being a UX Enthusiast working mostly on the web, the web UI terminologies and interactions patterns are obviously a part of my daily work life, where I build user experiences by creating wireframes and interfaces...
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Turning
Going too fast for myself I missed
more than I think I can remember
almost everything it seems sometimes
and yet there are chances that come back
that I did not notice when they stood
where I could have reached out and touched them
this morning the black shepherd dog
still young looking up and saying
Are you ready this time
—W. S. Merwin
Gorgeous cityscape timelapse →
The Psychology of Revenge: Why We Should Stop... →
30 Stunning & Creative Uses of Typography in Print... →
Printed ads are awesome. They always have to deliver a message in a way that gets our attention, they need to make sure people will read them and most importantly, remember them. We can say that typography plays a big role in this concept of “getting attention” and “making people want to read”, and that happens in print, web design, graphic design and everything in...
The Reality Principle →
On January 6, 1973, the anthropologist Margaret Mead published a startling little essay in TV Guide. Her contribution, which wasn’t mentioned on the cover, appeared in the back of the magazine, after the listings, tucked between an advertisement for Virginia Slims and a profile of Shelley Winters. Mead’s subject was a new Public Broadcasting System series called “An American Family,” about the...
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom →
Like other employers, Disney has mastered how to rebrand ordinary jobs as exciting opportunities. “We’re not there to flip burgers or to give people food,” a fast food intern told the Associated Press. “We’re there to create magic.” Should the magic fail, the program at least seems to promise professional development and the prestige of the Disney name. Yet training and education are...
President Trump? 'I'm Very Serious' →
Here are a few things we know about Donald Trump: He likes to brag; he’s an excellent salesman and a master brander, having put his name on condos, golf clubs, watches, chocolate, ties, and dozens of other products available for purchase at Macy’s and elsewhere; he exaggerates as a strategic tool and a birthright. He has learned over time that if he says something often enough and is willing to...
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Headache of epic proportions...
… and I haven’t touched alcohol in 3 months (except for a beer on two occasions). So no, this is not a hangover. Or perhaps it is, but not the alcohol induced type.
Hate it as I might, I only have myself to blame - I am hungover from myself and my life choices! On the bright side, at least I know what I did wrong and can now work my ass of making sure I don’t repeat the same...
