August 2011
10 posts
Designers vs Coding
viafrank:
“Do I need to know how to code?” is a question that comes up with sure-fire consistency in design circles. I’ve seen it asked by so many, from uncertain design students in classrooms worried about their chances of landing a job, to seasoned professionals at conferences seeing their pool of print projects slowly evaporate. The question is being asked with even greater frequency as...
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“Stories online aren’t really stories right now. They’re like fragmentary...”
– Jonathan Harris (PopTech 2007), quoted on design mind (via somethingchanged)
“Three years ago, the street-style movement felt like a mini revolution. Guys...”
– Will Welch (via howtotalktogirlsatparties)
Cuddling With 9, Smooching With 8, Winking At 7 :... →
npr:
Most people have a favorite number. But why do people choose the numbers they do?
My favorite number is 11. What about you? — Tanya Ballard Brown
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“And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is...”
– Oscar Wilde (via putthison)
“Creativity is essentially a lonely art. An even lonelier struggle. To some a blessing. To others a curse. It is in reality, the ability to reach inside yourself and drag forth from your very soul an idea.” —Lou Dorfsman
July 2011
12 posts
A History Of The Title Sequence →
Lost in Translation: The 50 Americanisms That... →
nightline:
As collected by the BBC:
14. I caught myself saying “shopping cart” instead of shopping trolley today and was thoroughly disgusted with myself. I’ve never lived nor been to the US either.
23. To put a list into alphabetical order is to “alphabetize it” - horrid!
36. Surely the most irritating is: “You do the Math.” Math? It’s MATHS.
interesting. and yet under the radar.
