January 2012
16 posts
Fortunately, it appears there’s still a thriving community of fans who...
– Cheaper than Free « Bandcamp Blog
tldr: People looking for free (aka pirated) copies of music end up paying the artist when Bandcamp offers them a way to do so easily.
<3 this effect so very much.
We have more processing power, affordable tools, and combined intelligence right...
– from 10 New Year’s resolutions for designers
I usually don’t care for lists, but this one is so very well written. I’m taking all these to heart.
December 2011
8 posts
6 tags
I passionately believe that the purpose of a modern web design is purely to...
– Tom Milway, from How To Build a Modern Website in 2011.
To me this has been true for over a decade, but Milway still puts it beautifully.
The show went on sale at noon on Saturday, December 10th. 12 hours later, we had...
– A Statement From Louis CK on the success of distributing his latest comedy special online for $5.
Good job, internet.
(via ryeisenberg)
USA.gov: NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers New... →
usagov:
NASA’s Kepler Mission announced the discovery of a newly confirmed planet, Kepler-22b. Kepler-22b is located 600 light years away, and is 2.4 times the radius of Earth. It orbits a star similar to our sun, and is the smallest found to orbit in the middle of a habitable zone. Though the planet is larger than Earth, its orbit is only 290 days. Scientists have yet to find out Kepler-22b’s...
3 tags
November 2011
6 posts
It appears that Tumblr built in a day or two what no D.C.-based technology...
– MediaShift Idea Lab . #DontBreakTheInternet: How The Web Became a Political Force vs. SOPA | PBS (via matthew)
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Jed says:
However, what allowed Tumblr to build its SOPA bashing machine is something unique to Tumblr that I’ve never observed in any other social media service: A SPINE. What other...
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October 2011
4 posts
It’s not marketing. It’s doing what matters, it’s doing what works, it’s doing...
– Jed Sundwall, from The Words of Steve Jobs | The Measured Voice Blog
The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s...
– Barack Obama (via df)