• Auto playing videos are a hazard. Disable them now.

  • iPhone is not cheap

    The level of detail that went into making this little known feature utterly amazing is beyond belief.

  • Right now it’s perfect

    You know the feeling. You have finally figured what you need to do. You know the steps to be taken and you know how it all fits into the broader scheme of things. That’s the perfect moment. You will never feel this good about this idea—ever again. When you start to work, you discover the anomalies…

  • This was worth all the hype. Hooked.

  • Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.—Maggie Smith via REDEF

  • How to take a compliment?

    Paraphrased from George Saunders on the Longform Podcast (at 12:14), in two steps: 1) Thanks for saying that, it means a lot to me. 2) I don’t know if that’s true, but I’m really going to try to make it true.

  • Unplanned Collaborations

    From Office Snapshots on Pixar Headquarters, If a building doesn’t encourage [collaboration], you’ll lose a lot of innovation and the magic that’s sparked by serendipity. So we designed the building to make people get out of their offices and mingle in the central atrium with people they might not otherwise see. … Here are a few…

  • HTML5 for web designers

    I love boolean attributes.

  • Meaning of Design

    “The brands that resonate, that people love – most famously Apple, of course, but there are other examples – are those that suprise and delight. In fact, those words are a central tenet at Apple, and one of the primary standards by which all products are measured. What few appreciate, though, is that when Steve…

  • Design, at its core, thrives when a human being cares enough to do work that touches another—it doesn’t thrive when it gets more “efficient.” Gifts are the essence of art. Art isn’t made as part of an even exchange, it is your chance to create imbalance, which leads to connection. To share your art is…