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July 31st, 2009

Inrix: An iPhone app that predicts traffic congestion before it happens

If this works, it will replace Midomi/Shazam as the most amazing and useful iPhone applications, in my mind.

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Inrix: An iPhone app that predicts traffic congestion before it happens

If this works, it will replace Midomi/Shazam as the most amazing and useful iPhone applications, in my mind.

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July 29th, 2009

@dreamtime Probably have a nice lodge or hotel as a home base and then go out some day trips cruising, hiking, or kayaking. Any ideas?

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@briandeweese Awesome. Will check out Camp Denali. Almost wrote off Denali because I thought it was outdoor camping only.

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What’s the best place in Alaska to go for about 4 days that doesn’t involved camping? Kenai? Glacier Bay? Any recommendations?

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Enjoying the 103 degree crossbreeze. I could really get used to this.

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Vandelay Design

A great source for tutorials, showcases, and other web design inspiration. And here I was thinking they only sold latex.

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July 28th, 2009

It’s impressive and disgusting how much staying power Billy Ocean seems to have.

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“Indoor” prostitution and underaged stripping are apparently legal in Rhode Island: http://bit.ly/Tsd8z Vegas, it’s your move.

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Left the fridge door open overnight. Fun. Probably needed to do a thorough fridge purge anyway.

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Solitude and Leadership:

Multitasking, in short, is not only not thinking, it impairs your ability to think.Thinking means concentrating on one thing long enough to develop an idea about it. Not learning other people’s ideas, or memorizing a body of information…

Takes a little while to get going, but overall a great article about the virtues of seeking solitude from distractions in order to develop your own original thoughts.

“I think you’ve got a pretty good imagination, despicability-wise!”

“Look Around You - Computer Games”

Can’t believe I hadn’t heard of this BBC series before. Brilliant. Make sure to watch them all. (via daringfireball)

10 New Year’s resolutions for designers:

Do you think Chelsea Clinton asks herself if her mom would understand something complex? No. Because her mom is a badass.

How Doctors Die:

If there is a state of the art of end-of-life care, it is this: death with dignity.

This is the most concise, easily understood article on the perils of end-of-like care in the United States I’ve ever read. It is a must-read, and frankly, a must-heed, in my opinion. (via kottke)

Lost Type Co-op | Browse Fonts:

A nice collection of pay-what-you-will typefaces from Tyler Galpin and Riley Cran.

How to interview a designer with the perfect design exercise:

These sorts of tests are common for engineering hires, but it’s nice to see an example of a good design-oriented one.

Jessica Hische's Lovely Blog:

Embarrassed I had never seen this until today. Lovely work all around. (via drawar)

This recently unearthed video of Steve Jobs at work during the early days of NeXT is a remarkable look inside how he ran meetings, how he created culture at his startups, and how others — like Joanna Hoffman around the 11 minute mark — called B.S. on his reality distortion field. It’s also remarkable in that it reveals Jobs to be a man who picks carrots in pressed work shirts.

Paper Birds by Diana Beltran Herrera

View.js — A simple, lightweight, jQuery photo viewer for the web

The Republican Clown College by WMxdesign. These are so great. Make sure to check out the whole set.

BuiltWith: Web Technology Usage Statistics:

Sometimes when you are deciding on technologies to use on a new site (e.g. jQuery vs. YUI or MS SQL vs. MySQL) it’s instructive to examine what everyone else is doing. BuiltWith has an incredible amount of trending data to help you out in that regard. Very, very cool.

A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design:

Lots of good thinking here. No solutions, but a nice reminder that two-dimensional touch interfaces are transitional, not permanent.