October 2010
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“If America really wants sanity, its citizens will have to do more to align their...”
– David Frum
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Kid A →
There’s just so much to appreciate in this post from Frank Chimero; I hardly know where to start.
On creative evolution:
It’s tough to appease an audience. They’re not made privy to the fact that a way of reasoning comes to an end. All they know is that the last thing you made is fantastic, and this new thing that you made is not the same as that last thing. But, worse yet, if you hang...
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Let's make it just like print →
Khoi Vinh:
The default reaction of most print publishers since the advent of the Internet has almost always been “Let’s make it just like print.” It’s been tried again and again and it never works. So the fact that publishers are trying it yet again on the iPad doesn’t strike me as experimentation at all.
I think we can all agree that the vast majority of magazine iPad apps released thus...
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Keep fear alive
Paul Krugman does Stephen Colbert proud in his latest column:
The economy, weighed down by the debt that households ran up during the Bush-era bubble, is in dire straits; deflation, not inflation, is the clear and present danger. And it’s not at all clear that the Fed has the tools to head off this danger. Right now we very much need active policies on the part of the federal government to get...
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“My favorite photo is the one I will take tomorrow.”
– Pete Souza, White House Photographer
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Groupon and the Value of Copywriting →
Now, anybody who can make a visit to the dentist at least interesting is writing some impressive copy. And the thing is, Groupon makes this look easy. You barely realize they’re sucking you into another daily deal for an everyday service when you’re already clicking through to take advantage of it. That’s the power of great copy…when it’s really good you barely notice it’s there.
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“If you want to release, cut. Then cut again.”
– Kevin Cheng, Product Lead for #newtwitter
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“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”
– Dorthea Lange (via photojojo)
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