Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.
--Bill Gates
?! (0)Goodbye, George 2008
The great George Carlin has died.
Not "passed on". Not "expired" (like a magazine subscription). We just lost a great critic, so celebrate his life by watching or listening to some of his comedy. Here's a good place to start: George on language.
@ Posted on June 22, 2008 at 11:45 PM in creativity | Comments (3)
Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.
2008
I like the Google User Experience Guidelines. "The Google User Experience team aims to create designs that are useful, fast, simple, engaging, innovative, universal, profitable, beautiful, trustworthy, and personable."
1. Focus on people – their lives, their work, their dreams.
2. Every millisecond counts.
3. Simplicity is powerful.
4. Engage beginners and attract experts.
5. Dare to innovate.
6. Design for the world.
7. Plan for today's and tomorrow's business.
8. Delight the eye without distracting the mind.
9. Be worthy of people's trust.
10. Add a human touch.
We could have a far worse 500lb gorilla, I must say.
@ Posted on June 22, 2008 at 10:10 AM in web design & documentation | Comments (0)
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.
--John Lubbock
?! (0)2008
Go check out more great cartoons by Nick at Nearing Zero.
(Cartoon by Nick D Kim, nearingzero.net. Used by permission.)
@ Posted on June 14, 2008 at 05:05 PM in linky goodness | Comments (2)
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
--Mitch Ratcliffe
?! (2)On the bright side, I'm racking up frequent flier miles like crazy 2008
Sorry for the quiet spell around here. Work has been intensely busy for both Joe & I which leads us to more business trips, more dining out instead of cooking at home, more passively watching videos and less attention to creative projects.
This is not to say nothing has been happening on that front; we've launched Bibulo.us, our cocktail website, and I've been Flickring, Twittering, and Plurking. Thank goodness for microblogging as a way to stay in touch with everyone!
When things get busy, just pick & choose and don't feel you have to do everything.
Sound familiar? Well, Discardia does start next Friday. ;)
What are you going to let go of worrying about?
@ Posted on June 14, 2008 at 04:57 PM in warnings & kvetches | Comments (0)
Vote. 2008
Yes. We can.
@ Posted on June 3, 2008 at 07:46 AM in politics & philosophy | Comments (0)
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