June 2007
24 posts
“REVOLUTIONARY CREATIVITY DOES NOT SHOCK OR ENTERTAIN THE BOURGEOISIE, IT...”
– The Hunt for the Radical, Young Graffiti Defacer Stalking the Manhattan Night — New York Magazine
“I am not sad. I am not sad. Because his life had unlimited potential for...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer :: Everything Is Illuminated
WatchInterview with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. At one point they discuss the PC vs Mac commercials and the interviewer confesses her appreciation for the PC guy (my favorite John Hodgman) and Steve agrees that it is the PC guy who makes those ads work. Bill is so obviously annoyed with the ads though. You just feel like hugging him and telling him that Yes the PC guy is supposed to be him, but...
“we have to be able to criticize
what we love
to say what we have to say...”
– : : : righteous babe records | what if no one’s watching : : :
“The sky is filled with stars. “There is the blueprint,” they say.”
– Invisible Cities - Italo Calvino
“Content-light splashy graphics, or “chartjunk,” are bad. Little repeated...”
– ‘Beautiful Evidence’ Author Edward Tufte and the Triumph of Good Design — New York Magazine
“Facebook promises a kind of Socratic knowledge: it tells users things they...”
– The New Portals: It’s the Bread, Not the Peanut Butter
“The Bancroft family will meet News Corp. and Mr. Murdoch, its chairman and CEO,...”
– Bancrofts Open Door To a Sale of Dow Jones - WSJ.com
