“It is a tribute to the first amendment that this kind of vile contemptible nonsense is so freely propagated.” (via Unlikely Words)
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)
Do you think Chelsea Clinton asks herself if her mom would understand something complex? No. Because her mom is a badass.
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)
These sorts of tests are common for engineering hires, but it’s nice to see an example of a good design-oriented one.
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.
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.
Lots of good thinking here. No solutions, but a nice reminder that two-dimensional touch interfaces are transitional, not permanent.
Stephen Colbert loses it on-air. Rivals another one of my all-time favorite Colbert on air crack-ups.
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I am no Barney fan but that was pretty funny.
Mike you gotta put up the rediculous rush response to this, just so that we can shame him.
Seriously, I completely agree with Mr. Frank. Or I guess we could all just be like that girl and point out everything in the world that we “think” is wrong… and then compare it to Hitler’s Nazi’s. Effective strategy, I’m sure we’ll achieve much progress with that mentality… what’s the saying… “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”
It’s not like there is a shortage of valid points to debate on the matter. My biggest issue is the costs. The trillion dollar bill that comes with this “reform” works out to be over $3000 for every person in America. At $3000 per American to provide medical coverage to a fraction of the people who currently lack medical insurance this bill must contain more pork than reform. The highest number of uninsured that I’ve heard reported is around 50 million – if each one of them was covered by this bill that would work out to $20,000 per person covered.
Yes, David, but that’s a trillion dollars over ten years, which means about $333.33 per American per year for the next decade, or $27.78 per American per month. $111.11 per month for a family of four.
I don’t know about you, but the monthly premium my family pays is way, way higher than that, and it costs my wife’s employer almost as much as it costs us.
Mike you ever moderate? I have had one sitting in the “Stand Up and Eat” article for a week now.