This is really, really awesome, and really, really significant. Replace IE’s rendering engine with WebKit via one simple plug-in.
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 don’t get it.
If you’re going to make IE render like Chrome (or Webkit), why not just install Chrome?
Jeff: Because my mom doesn’t know how to install Chrome, doesn’t know what Chrome is, and doesn’t really even want to know. She does know how to click “Ok” on a plug-in installation dialog box though.
Your mom uses Windows? ;)
It’s unlikely that “your mom” would discover that plug-in without you telling her about it either. So my point is that those that are oblivious, are ignorant, don’t care, etc. would have to have someone like yourself who does care show them what to do (or do it for them). And chances are you’ve done that a long time ago.
Good point, she doesn’t :). But other moms do.
I don’t think you are understanding how this plug-in is delivered. You embed the ActiveX control in your page, just like you would with Flash, and visitors are prompted — just like Flash — to click OK and have it quickly installed. There is a reason why Flash install and upgrade rates are so high (typically, 14 month after release, over 90% of computers have the newest version installed)… it’s because of how seamless it is. Moms don’t need to know about any plug-in or where it is… they just need to click OK, as they do all the time.
T-shirt idea: “Mom, can I skateboard on the dining room table? Click [YES]“