I actually don’t give a shit about their advertising. I just don’t like their tees to begin with. Give me thick old-school Beefy-Ts any day.
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 not a fan of Beefy-Ts to be honest. Everytime I have done a t-shirt design for an event, I have always asked the printer if they have anything lighter weight than the “Beefy-T” standard. So for that I am thankful for American Apparel.
Their advertising doesn’t bother me either.
However, I do hold them officially responsible for mainstreaming the hipster movement (which is not fair I know) – which includes three of my past roommates feeling justified to a.) wear v-neck t-shirts, and b.) not showering for a week. So…that’s my beef with American Apparel. Let’s keep the V-Necks on those with boobies and the non-showering to the French :)
“… and the non-showering to the French”
Was that necessary? :(
It was a joke. Lighten up. I love the French. Out of 21 countries I have visited in my life, France and Australia are the only ones I loved so much to warrant a return trip.
I don’t like using the phrase “lighten up” when trying to diffuse a situation like this. You didn’t mean any harm so something like “I was totally kidding” would have been better. “Lighten up” pretty much proclaims that the other person is in the wrong.
On that subject though, I do wonder a bit about how the whole not taking showers thing got started. Until recently, many Europeans took baths instead of showers (which is fine, really), and didn’t necessarily believe in deodorant (not fine, in my opinion). I believe this has mostly changed by now though. The stereotypes may remain, but I don’t think the facts support them anymore.