July 2008
49 posts
June 2008
64 posts
“We all want to do it. All the actors want to do it, the writers want to do it,...”
– Jason Bateman talks about the hold up getting the Arrested Development movie going [via MTV]
Code Rush, the Mozilla Documentary from 2000 →
incredible
Tale of Two Papers
Last week after the Celts manhandled Kobe and the Fakers, I went over to the front door of latimes.com and boston.com to make a quick comparison that night of Game 6:
LA Times:
Boston Globe:
Sure, Kobe’s bitch-ass face is priceless and sorta self-explanatory, but come on now, that’s it? LA, you just uploaded a picture of Kobe? Ya gotta do better than that. Granted the Lakers did...
Interview with Alan Taylor, Creator of Boston... →
Watchboringloser:
Tumblr. - The Documentary.
A List Apart: Articles: Sketching in Code: the... →
The Lakers made history last night
The biggest choke in NBA history. Let’s just say I’m not surprised. Fuckin Kobe. Kobe, this is the reason why you’ll never be compared to Jordan. You were shut down by Paul Pierce. Paul Pierce? Bro, no one EVER shut down Jordan. I’m gonna take more pleasure in seeing less and less Laker car flags after the Celts win on Sunday.
WatchCrosswalk Countdown. What better place than Santa Monica.
WatchStabilized Video Collages
“Unweighted first-day sales of “Tha Carter III” at nine leading...”
– WTF. I underestimated Weezy and the power of white people. They came out in full force.
Lil Wayne A Lock To Top Next Week’s Album Chart
WatchFirefox Mobile Prototype. Cool concept and extremely awesome!
A few more details on the upcoming New York Times... →
Two News”paper” Site Re-do’s: Washington Times,... →
A site redesign cannot solve the fundamental problem of the Washington Times–that it is, politely put, rotten at the core.
But the folks who redid the Washington Times site were able somehow to engage with one fundamental problem of web news presentation by disposing of the “paper” and working directly with the news and how users interact with it. They ignored their peers’ habits. Along the way...
“The mothers, members of the largest group of foreigners at the public school,...”
– Damn Koreans, I swear. We have a family friend that is in this exact situation. The father is working in Korea, while the mother and children live in America. The mother doesn’t work since her husband sends over money every month. It’s the weirdest arrangement. My aunt was thinking about...
That design is money! - physical interface →
A better ATM experience from Wells Fargo
“Before the web, having great content was enough. The irony of my critique of...”
– It’s a symbiotic relationship between having great content and design. Only having great content or only great design is not enough. He brings up a good point about print design not necessarily translating directly to the web and I think that’s where content-heavy sites like newspapers...
What Newspapers Still Don’t Understand About The... →
Home Team Pride
The Finals are upon us. Depending on where you’re at, it could be Lakers vs Celtics or maybe Celtics vs Lakers
Los Angeles Times:
Boston Globe:
I love the blog wars going on with the hometeam bloggers from LAT and the Boston Globe. I really want the Celtics to win. If the Lakers win, too many people are gonna be happy in LA and too many fuckin Laker car bullshit flags are gonna be...
WatchMalcolm Gladwell on the challenge of hiring in the modern world @ 2008 New Yorker Conference. Incredible story teller.
WatchArrested Development: Fire Sale