January 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
5 posts
Instagram Engineering Challenge: The Unshredder →
October 2011
7 posts
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It astounds me that we humans can sit less than a meter away from a total stranger in a coffee shop or restaurant and never even make eye contact—let alone stir up a conversation. How introverted and individualistic our culture is.
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September 2011
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August 2011
1 post
“We should put our energy into designing things to make people’s lives...”
– Why Do You Like Bad News?
July 2011
1 post
“PIXAR
May 17, 2011
To Whom it May Inspire,
I, like many of you artists out...”
– Open Letter from a PIXAR artist to fellow artists
June 2011
3 posts
“Framed by a Western worldview, we’re prone to understand spirituality as a...”
– You Must Be Heavenly Minded to Be Any Earthly Good
May 2011
5 posts
The death march: the problem of crunch time in... →
“Although loving your job and being stimulated with a particularly creative one might make it possible to work a few hours more than someone who isn’t as enthusiastic,” said Dr. Bennett “every person has his limit and will eventually burn out and lose effectiveness.”
You can increase your intelligence →
Interesting break down of studies arguing the importance of developing fluid intelligence — one’s capacity to learn, retain, and use new information. Learning is fun, especially when it helps solve valuable problems.
“Sharing an experience with someone is inherently distracting, because it compels...”
– Why Leaders and Innovators Need Solitude to Do Good Work
April 2011
3 posts
Interactive Museum Exhibit Built with Sproutcore →
I must say, I am impressed. It’s only the imagination that limits what can be created with modern browser technologies. I am so glad that I don’t have to waste time presenting Flash interactive interfaces anymore.
Why Some of Us Get More Done at Coffee Shops →
I found a great little 24 hour coffee shop the other day and surprisingly found myself designing well into the early hours of the morning. Coffee shops do something special for me. Unlike an office, there’s no one interrupting you every hour, yet there is still an array of creative people working on creative projects. Perhaps this is why co-working is so powerful.
March 2011
16 posts
Professor Richard Arum on a generation's inability... →
“The students who don’t develop them may leave college with a degree and an expanded circle of friends, but little more. Many of these young men and women are unable to communicate effectively, solve simple intellectual tasks (such as distinguishing fact from opinion), or engage in effective problem-solving.”
February 2011
5 posts
I’m at Lion Coffee (Honolulu, HI)
“Just discovered my new office.”
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Where Have the Good Men Gone? →
Today’s pre-adult male is like an actor in a drama in which he only knows what he shouldn’t say. He has to compete in a fierce job market, but he can’t act too bossy or self-confident. He should be sensitive but not paternalistic, smart but not cocky. To deepen his predicament, because he is single, his advisers and confidants are generally undomesticated guys just like...
Inception - The movie, explained through C code →
The movie actually makes sense now.