December 2008
20 posts
Avatar, Watchmen, Wolverine and More - Movies for... →
New feature: Tagging (and a new nav bar too!)
This feature was the most brain-picky (I literally had to seek help to find a regex query for #hashtags since I couldn’t progress any further), but definitely the most worth it.
memiary:
I’ve been working on a lot of stuff under the radar, but today I’m happy to release a couple major(ish) new features and upgrades to Memiary.
Firstly, say hello to #hashtags. #You #use #them #with...
“If you’re a pessimist, a fatalist, a nihilist, you can’t call...”
– Just sayin’
How Apple Could Survive Without Steve Jobs -... →
I love the ‘used to work for him’ anecdotes which come with any WSJ/Jobs article.
10 Useful Techniques To Improve Your User... →
The most understated “technique” in interface design, ever, and also, the difference between the Microsoft and the Apple school of design:
10. Verbs in labels
You can make options dialogs much more usable by thinking through the labels you use on buttons and links. If an error or message pops up and the options are “Yes,” “No” and “Cancel,” you have to read the whole message to be...
Steve Jobs speaks →
Wow, I can’t believe I missed this article. It’s full of so many Stevequotes.
“We’ve had one of these before, when the dot-com bubble burst. What I told our...”
– Steve Jobs (via danw: mikehudack; marco :bijan)
vruz: Economics: Anti-cyclic economic policies paired with social responsibility.
Also seen in China, Brazil and mostly every other ideology-flexible country that has not taken a major hit yet.
It wasn’t long that the Republican party was...
Obama logo ideas that weren’t chosen | Logo Design... →
Taste: Relative vs. Absolute
By Sid Yadav
I have been thinking a lot lately about the critics of films, websites, books, and other art forms, and what makes them feel the way that they do. Sometimes they seem to love something the “mainstream” will never comprehend, sometimes they hate something the “mainstream” goes in dozens to watch or buy, and in cases where stars align, they all unanimously agree...
WatchHere’s what a Bollywood remake of Memento looks like.
“Eloquence is when whatever you say is perfectly understood by the lowest common...”
“I think the first lesson to learn from this is that we MUST NOT NEGOTIATE. No...”
– Aamir Khan, Bollywood’s finest actor and director (currently working on an Indian remake of Memento), speaking very rightly about negotiating with terrorists.
“@#!!!! %$##***@!!! ))(*&^%$#@!@!!!@##$%#@@ !”
– Amitabh Bachchan, very articulately summing up the shared opinion of the Indian public surrounding Mumbai, terrorists, and politicians.