Kinkade and Kitsch | The American Conservative “Repeated use, however, has obliterated its original metaphysical meaning: kitsch is the absolute denial of shit, in both the literal and figurative senses of the word; kitsch excludes everything from its purview which is essentially unacceptable in human existence.” Star Trek is kitsch. “Don’t you people ever pee?”
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Jeffrey Zeldman on his Web Design Manifesto 2012 | Interview | .net magazine
2012.05.23 – 01:17
Jeffrey Zeldman on his Web Design Manifesto 2012 | Interview | .net magazine “Our cluttered layouts have trained users to ignore ads. Therefore we charge less and less and stick more and more ads on the page. It’s a futile, vicious circle.”
YouTube: Hans Rosling: Religions and babies
2012.05.22 – 20:40
Hans Rosling: Religions and babies TEDtalksDirector
Twitter: @kissane
2012.05.22 – 20:10
kissane “Facebook is not only on course to go bust, but will take the rest of the ad-supported Web with it.” MIT throws down: http://t.co/UXMiVfzF
Blog: I Love Charts: Nike’s reversible periodic table trenchcoat
2012.05.21 – 17:07
Nike’s reversible periodic table trenchcoat joberholtzer, I Love Charts
Blog: Barking up the wrong tree: Have we got it all wrong about what it takes to live a long life?
2012.05.21 – 11:32
Have we got it all wrong about what it takes to live a long life? (author unknown), Barking up the wrong tree
Blog: Dave Winer’s “Scripting News” weblog: Buffet is brilliant
2012.05.21 – 11:32
Buffet is brilliant (author unknown), Dave Winer's "Scripting News" weblog
Twitter: @simplebits
2012.05.21 – 10:48
simplebits Holy wow, Eephus League Magazine: http://t.co/qiahVWxA (via this @dribbble http://t.co/J1DAmskW)
Why We Can’t See What’s Right in Front of Us – Tony McCaffrey – Harvard Business Review
2012.05.21 – 09:35
Why We Can’t See What’s Right in Front of Us – Tony McCaffrey – Harvard Business Review “The most famous cognitive obstacle to innovation is functional fixedness — an idea first articulated in the 1930s by Karl Duncker — in which people tend to fixate on the common use of an object. For example, the […]
Twitter: @LaunchPhoto
2012.05.21 – 02:10
LaunchPhoto PHOTO: Ring of Fire over Monument Valley: http://t.co/fAtziFT5
Twitter: @wikkit
2012.05.21 – 02:10
wikkit I’m sorry to inform you that Earth is about to be been eaten by a fire demon. http://t.co/kAKUBCjl
Web Design Manifesto 2012 – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
2012.05.20 – 12:04
Web Design Manifesto 2012 – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
The American Scholar: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Essays From the Edge – Patricia Hampl
2012.05.20 – 11:32
The American Scholar: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Essays From the Edge – Patricia Hampl ““This is what I think now,” Fitzgerald writes at the end of the third essay: “that the natural state of the sentient adult is a qualified unhappiness.” Yet his loyalty remains fastened to happiness, to youth—even if only the memory of its […]
How to get more done: – Barking up the wrong tree
2012.05.20 – 11:32
How to get more done: – Barking up the wrong tree The counterintuitive secret to getting things done is to make them more automatic, so they require less energy.
YouTube: Richard Tafel: 5 Steps for Systems Change
2012.05.20 – 11:25
Richard Tafel: 5 Steps for Systems Change bigthink
YouTube: Jaron Lanier: Why Facebook Isn’t Free
2012.05.20 – 11:25
Jaron Lanier: Why Facebook Isn’t Free bigthink
YouTube: Jonathan Harris: Rethinking Social Networking
2012.05.20 – 11:25
Jonathan Harris: Rethinking Social Networking bigthink
Blog: The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan: Republicans Crazy; Democrats Stupid
2012.05.19 – 11:29
Republicans Crazy; Democrats Stupid Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan