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1. A common unit of measurement in typography.
It is more properly defined as simply the current point size.
2. Current points in the life of Erin Marchak
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Contents of Apple’s Canadian homepage:
- A menu.
- The iPad.
That’s it. You know what their priorities are.
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jayrobinson:New York Times, Steve Jobs and the Economics of Elitism:
“Apple represents the ‘auteur model of innovation,’ … tight connection between the personality of the project leader and what is created.”
Design by consensus or auteur? Perhaps product designers and developers should stop trying to make devices that are everything to everybody in favour of making an object that does one thing really well.
I guess that’s what Apple has been doing all this time.
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If the new Apple FaceTime video doesn’t stir something inside you, you might be a Cylon.
(via marfil)
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”There’s been an emotional rebirth connected to acquiring things that’s really come out of this recession,” says Wendy Liebmann, chief executive of WSL Strategic Retail, a marketing consulting firm that works with manufacturers and retailers. “We hear people talking about the desire not to lose that — that connection, the moment, the family, the experience.
Consumers Find Ways to Spend Less and Find Happiness - NYTimes.com
How are businesses using this connection to market products to you? Apple has already done it.
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Amadi Talks: Siri Failures, Illustrated
People have suggested that this about a lack of female programmers. I don’t think it is. One doesn’t have to be female to know that if you’re going to provide your customers with the benefit of the doubt that they’re adults and will give information on where to buy condoms, beer, the names of local escort companies and “tongue in cheek” locations for hiding a dead body, you should provide information about health clinics, especially when customers know their full names and basic locations. I don’t think you need females on your programming staff to know that a person can go to an ob/gyn for birth control, not just a “birth control clinic.” I don’t think that it’s necessary to be female to know that rape is a violent crime and that a rape victim will need a hospital and/or the police before they need a “treatment center.” This isn’t just about gender. This is about something more esoteric and far far less simple to explain.
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My notes from Terry Gilliam’s 10 lessons
3. Auteurism is out. Fil-teurism is in.
Being an...
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yummy color palette… not a fan of the strange things hanging from the ceiling, but all the other...
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