February 2009
13 posts
Apple's design process →
“The problem, he said, is that these people are describing what they think they want.”
Humans are among us →
Marissa Mayer at Web 2.0 →
“Half a second delay caused a 20% drop in traffic. Half a second delay killed user satisfaction.”
Process: Greenpeace Presents Airplot →
“We hope that by presenting the ’scrappier’ parts of a project that most agencies would seek to hide, a lot of the mystery behind the design process can be swept away and reveal the work that goes into such an undertaking.”
100 oldest .com domains →
Some include xerox.com, att.com, pyramid.com, fluke.com and apple.com
Comics Grammar & Tradition →
“Comic book lettering has some grammatical and aesthetic traditions that are quite unique.”
Women Through the Ages →
“500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art.”
Bailouts for Bunglers →
“‘Lemon socialism’: taxpayers bear the cost if things go wrong, but stockholders and executives get the benefits if things go right.”
One Sentence →
“True stories, told in one sentence.”