July 2010
How does SemanticTheme look on Windows?
I’ve been told that SemanticTheme doesn’t look great on Windows. Unfortunately I don’t have a WinTel machine to test with easily. Let me know… you can see the theme in action at mhudack.com.
And, incidentally, we’re up to 153 installs of the theme. Thank you! Let me know how I can improve the theme (other than making it look better on Windows).
Inception soundtrack created entirely from Edith... →
aatombomb:
azspot:
Forty-seven years after her death, Edith Piaf is soundtracking the biggest, darkest, most bombastic blockbuster of the summer. Composer Hans Zimmer has revealed that Inception’s entire soundtrack, from the booming trombone theme to the strains of rising dread, originates from one of the chanteuse’s most famous songs.
Anyone who has seen Christopher Nolan’s movie will...
“I think sometimes, as Democrats, we come into knife fights carrying library...”
– Anthony Weiner…yeah, that guy who went OFF on the House floor today. He’s pretty awesome. (via technipol) (via ryking) (via brooklynmutt) (via schmolitics) (via apsies)
“I hear people throw that word around, “Legacy, what’s my legacy?” I always just...”
– Bill Murray (via diablocodyisnotevenherrealname)
“I’m acutely aware that this image will be seen by children, who will undoubtedly...”
– Time managing editor Richard Stengel, on his decision to put a photo of an Afghan woman who was mutilated by the Taliban on the cover of the magazine (via New York Mag) (via soupsoup)
“We have consulted with a number of child psychologists about its potential impact”—
Seriously? A. This is not...
Burmese protesters using "Team America" likeness... →
evangotlib:
This could not be cooler.
“I have never pictured my own wedding. I do want to get married. It’s a nice...”
– I Was Told There’d Be Cake, Sloane Crosley (via lizlemon) (via apsies)
“No generation has ever had as much of what it needs to change the world so...”
– Making A Big Fat Bet on this Generation | Social Entrepreneurship | Change.org (via rahmin)
“I’m acutely aware that this image will be seen by children, who will undoubtedly...”
– Time managing editor Richard Stengel, on his decision to put a photo of an Afghan woman who was mutilated by the Taliban on the cover of the magazine (via New York Mag) (via soupsoup)
A Cautionary Tale About Foursquare & Privacy →
caro:
mikehudack:
hragv:
I’ve been thinking a lot about Foursquare recently and wondering why I don’t check-in much anymore. I’m not sure why.
Mom, don’t read this post.
I work in online marketing and it’s no secret that I actively blog, tweet and check in on Foursquare. It’s not just my profession - it’s fun. Social media is largely responsible for some of my closest friendships. I’ve...
A Cautionary Tale About Foursquare & Privacy →
hragv:
I’ve been thinking a lot about Foursquare recently and wondering why I don’t check-in much anymore. I’m not sure why.
Mom, don’t read this post.
I work in online marketing and it’s no secret that I actively blog, tweet and check in on Foursquare. It’s not just my profession - it’s fun. Social media is largely responsible for some of my closest friendships. I’ve never felt unsafe...
“Marketing is the act of trying to figure out what motivates people – and it’s...”
– 5 Simple Lessons About Marketing, Strategy & Life : Managing :: American Express OPEN Forum (via thommyc) (via david-noel)
Anthony Volodkin is Fascinated: I believe in... →
WikiLeaks is hands down the most interesting, ambitious, inspiring and intense project I’ve seen on the web in years.
It reminds me of when I first ran the original Napster. At that moment, something (what it was specifically became clear with time) about media instantly felt different….
“Last week I tossed a coin a hundred times. 49 heads. Then I changed into a red...”
– Statistical significance & other A/B test pitfalls : Cennydd Bowles on user experience (via soxiam) (via fascinated)
“Today, the House passed legislation reducing the two-decades-old sentencing...”
– Congress Passes Historic Legislation to Reduce Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity (via tedr)
It’s about time.
It's like deja-vu all over again
rainblog:
Remember the Google Buzz fiasco? In their eagerness to roll out their latest whizz-bang new killer feature (by the way, does anyone still use Buzz?), Google didn’t bother to think about - or deliberately chose to ignore - the potential privacy implications of their model and ended up exposing everyone’s contacts. A predictable outcry followed, and Google was forced to walk it all back...
I have sympathy for "the man"
rafer:
mikehudack:
ericmortensen:
mikehudack:
Eric Spiegelman: wikileaks is making me feel old Mike Hudack: haha Eric Spiegelman: I have sympathy for “the man” Eric Spiegelman: wikileaks is an asshole Mike Hudack: serious Mike Hudack: yeah Mike Hudack: me too
Wikileaks is needed. It’s an extreme response to the extreme ineffectiveness of the existing news media, which has a...
“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing...”
– Charles Bukowski (via @jonnybint) (via rahmin)
“Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain, For strip-mined mountain’s...”
– George Carlin (via apsies)
“Why so bitter? Switch banks if you don’t like it.”
– Mike Hudack on my previous post on over draft fees.
I work in legal services. I have clients who are literally charged thousands of dollars a year in overdraft fees for the twin crimes of poverty and financial illiteracy. Their homes are now in foreclosure. They may lose their house because the...
“In a blinding flash of inspiration, the other day I realized that “interactive”...”
– Brian Eno
Wired 3.05: Gossip is Philosophy (via msg)
In the Middle East property taxes are assessed only on completed buildings. So many buildings are left permanently “unfinished” with half-built or half-framed “floors” built on top of their roofs.
Credit Cards Take From Poor, Give to the Rich -... →
squashed:
robot-heart-politics:
abbyjean:
A new paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston says merchant fees and reward programs offered by many credit-card issuers essentially take money from those who have the least and give it to those who have the most. The imbalance may have to be remedied via government intervention, the authors, Scott Schuh, Oz Shy and Joana Stavins, argued. The...
RT @defcon_5: RT @ssstrom: Ppl will pay $2.50 for a virtual party dress for a character on Playdom but are outraged when asked to pay fo …
The Sins of St. Paul, by Michael Bierut →
youmightfindyourself:
Paul Rand stands without peer at the pinnacle of graphic design’s Olympus, the North Star that guides professional practice even more than eight years after his death. (Indeed the first entry here at Design Observer was on Rand’s personal library.) An important new book, Paul Rand: Modernist Design, edited by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo as part of the University of Maryland’s...
“If you have the choice to invest more time/money into your user experience or...”
– Experience Precedes Branding (via viiv)
Maybe 90% of the time.
maxistentialist:
“There are so many similarities between a startup venture and a political campaign - the rhythm, the tempo, the hours, the intensity.”
- Mike McCurry (via mikehudack)
INTERPOLATION: Working on a campaign or startup requires the same basic skills as does a civilian job, but those skills must be exercised faster and with more precision and efficiency. The stakes are higher,...
“Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless”
– Ben Horowitz
via @dens
(via msg)
This has never been so true as it is right now. (via evangotlib)
“There are so many similarities between a startup venture and a political...”
– Mike McCurry (via hiten)
“Apple is slowly but surely moving towards a place where the majority of computer...”
– Apple’s Magic Trackpad Signals The End Of The Mouse Era (via hiten)
And I just had a long conversation with a buddy about installing either Launchbar or Quick Silver… (via jryu)
Spotlight does a better job as a launcher than either Quicksilver or Launchbar (or Butler, for that matter). Just...
Disney's $723.2 Million Dollar Game Changer →
soupsoup:
The Walt Disney Company issued a press release Tuesday after the market closed, announcing its intent to acquire Playdom for $563.2 million plus potential earnouts of up to $200 million.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based Playdom is the manufacturer of popular social games like Social City, Sorority Life, and Bola, which are built on top of social-networking platforms like Facebook and...
