December 2009
11 posts
Pantsbomber psyche laid bare in messageboard... →
This article features forum excerpts by thwarted bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, giving a little insight into the all-too-human mind of the would-be murderer. In the words of one of the commenters, young men like this are “made into Lex Luthor/Joker hybrids by the right wing in the US, when in reality they’re second cousins to the grottiest cosplayer at comic-con.”
So strange...
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Will culture need to dictate the way interfaces...
Goh et al have found a large cultural bias in the way people process visual information, even when external stimuli push the viewer’s attention in the opposite direction of the cultural bias.
This could have some real implications for interface ergonomy in the multi-cultural melée that is the internet, especially as more and more of the non-Western world comes online. As technology matures...
“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably...”
– Daniel Burnham
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“[Steve Jobs] is a design dictator of the company. And it’s fortunate for Apple...”
– David Shen, who hopefully won’t mind that I’ve edited this a bit for punctuation and capitalization. (via marco mnmal)
This is part of what’s bothering me about adopting a cooperative structure for the Ethical Coffee Chain. Vision is important, and consensus-based decision-making bodies tend...
Mahatma Gandhi's Seven Blunders of the World
Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Knowledge without character
Commerce without morality
Science without humanity
Worship without sacrifice
Politics without principle
(via onebiteatatime)
“Good design is innovative.
Good design makes a product useful.
Good design is...”
– Dieter Rams (via mnmal)
