April 2011
Fuck Yeah Cello →
Why didn’t I look for it before???
Oh yeah… the sound of the cello has such an effect on me… it just… disarms me.
Apple Now More Profitable Than Microsoft Too →
Bound to happen. Microsoft grew enough to dominate the market and attempt to control it without great products or innovations. Apple knew Microsoft had a tight grip on the PC market so they went ahead and innovated in other markets with higher growth potential, now Microsoft can’t keep up.
Why do you think we always read about Apple, Google and Facebook but never Microsoft? Those three...
When Less is More is More Than Less →
You end up coming across conundrums within the logic of finding a good app to suit your needs. If app X only had the ability to change the text size it would be perfect. If app Z would just let me pick my own typeface and adjust my kerning and leading I would really be able to get some good writing done. I like app Y a lot but it just has too many features to deal with… My point here is that at...
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I love how increasingly many posts I find linked on Hacker News, Digg/Reddit or tweets are from Tumblr blogs.
Start copying [what] you love. Copy copy copy copy. At the end of [the] copy you...
– Designer Yohji Yamamoto’s advice to young people (via austinkleon)
Microsoft: 350 million licenses of Windows 7 sold... →
Microsoft officials said on April 22 that the company has sold 350 million Windows 7 licenses in the 18 months the product has been available.
My question is: How many people willingly purchased a copy of Windows 7?
The realization is now →
The sooner we realize that the world has changed, the sooner we can accept it and make something of what we’ve got.
Seth Godin
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Success is not sustainable if it’s defined by how big you become.
– Howard Schultz in Onward
Economies of small →
Don’t be small because you can’t figure out how to get big. Consider being small because it might be better.
Seth Godin
(via Kathryn Schulz: On being wrong | Video on TED.com)
What was the code quality of the initial version... →
What I take away from these stories is that pushing out ugly prototypes of your products will not prevent you from building a world-class engineering organization in the future.
Answer by Mark Linsey
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Start before you’re ready.
– Steven Pressfield in Do the Work
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Clash of Heroes - PSN Launch Trailer (by Capy!)
This looks awesome. I love the animation style of the cutscenes and in game animation.
FollowUpThen: Free, Fast and Simple Email Reminder →
The title says it all. Just CC, BCC or Sent To (reminder-time)@followupthen.com and the service will send you a email reminder in that specified time.
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(via Demo: Adobe Nav for iPad for Photoshop CS5)
6 Ways Eating Out Causes Overeating →
Most of us could eat 75% of what we’re served and still have eaten more than we needed to be satisfied.
(via Pyramid - Solar on SoundCloud)
Buying an education or buying a brand? →
There’s no doubt that we need smarter and more motivated people in our organizations. I’m not sure we need them to be better labeled or more accredited.
Seth Godin
Agreed.
Ordinary gestures have an extraordinary resonance, as we breathe in the...
– Madame Michel, The Elegance Of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (via ayaros)
Describes exactly how I am and how I view things. Governments don’t work; the economy is built to fail and to keep 80% of the people in poverty; the earth continues its natural course which sadly kills thousands of...
THE HOBBIT Start of Production [HD video] →
reminduofanyone asked: ¡Feliz cumpleaños! ^.^
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