Razzoo

Feb
9th

Tue

Though he often walks around in T-shirts and shorts and eats Lucky Charms straight out of the box, there’s no doubting he’s accomplished.

— Watching the birth of Flickr co-founder’s gaming start-up | Geek Gestalt - CNET News

Feb
7th

Sun

Thursday’s fortune cookie (via taylordavidson)

Feb
5th

Fri

unhappyhipsters:

Without the daily self-portraits, he feared he might disappear completely.

(Photo: Kent Dayton; Dwell, Jan/Feb 2004)

Feb
3rd

Wed

fuckyeah[thingwelove]

One of my fav meme constructions is fuckyeah[objectofdesire]. I first saw it with fuckyeahcilantro, and it still makes me smile. Like fuckyeahrobots. We haven’t yet run it into the ground. We will, no doubt, but for today it’s ace.

Feb
2nd

Tue

Cheeky slide. (via taylordavidson)

But tomorrow’s computing systems, heralded by the iPhone, are not for DIYers. You don’t add Default Folder or FontExplorer X Pro to your iPhone, you don’t choose your iPhone’s browser, and you don’t install plug-ins in your iPhone’s browser. This lack of extensibility may not please the Slashdot crowd but it’s the future of computing and browsing. The bulk of humanity doesn’t want a computing experience it can tinker with; it wants a computing experience that works.

— Flash, iPad, Standards – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report

I would argue that the best brands going forwards are the ones which are creating contexts which drive people to generate content for them.

— sam lessin: modest proposals - a log on information, privacy vs. publicity, communication, change, people

Jan
30th

Sat

The bet is roughly that the future of computing: has a UI model based on direct manipulation of data objects
completely hides the filesystem from the user
favors ease of use and reduction of complexity over absolute flexibility
favors benefit to the end-user rather than the developer or other vendors
lives atop built-to-specific-purpose native applications and universally available web apps

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This is starting to help me talk about why I don’t like the changes to the WordPress admin. It favors WP experts v. users. Whereas Flip vid cams favor users. This device is here for you to use.

stevenf.com - I need to talk to you about computers. I’ve been…

When I think about the age ranges of people who fall into the Old World of computing, it is roughly bell-curved with Generation X (hello) approximately in the center. That, to me, is fascinating — Old World users are sandwiched between New World users who are both younger and older than them

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What I’m enjoying about all this iPad hand wringing is the bubbling up of discussions about the mental models for using computers. Things like iPad are going to make our work available to so many more people, but not without some thoughtfulness on our part. Exciting.

stevenf.com - I need to talk to you about computers. I’ve been…

Jan
29th

Fri

Until mobile devices compete mainly on price (probably a decade from now), tight vertical integration will produce the best device and is likely the best strategy.

— Forget All The “Open” Talk — Apple Should Remain “Closed”