May 2012
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“Artists are visionaries. We routinely practice a form of faith, seeing clearly...”
– Julia Cameron
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“When launching a new [digital] product, let’s focus more on discussing its...”
– Fictive Cameron
Via swissmiss
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The Facebook Fallacy →
For all its valuation, the social network is just another ad-supported site. Without an earth-changing idea, it will collapse and take down the Web.
I still believe that Facebook will find their way and innovate in ways we can’t imagine, but they have an uphill battle to fight on the advertising front. The challenge is equally their advertising model as well as educating advertisers on...
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“Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.”
– Voltaire
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WatchStudio Type Project
It’s in the subtle details, thoughtful tweening and “whoopass” audio by Box of Toys where the magic happens in this just-for-fun project by weare17.
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“Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself...”
– Blaise Pascal
From Zen Focus’ article Three Little Habits to Find Focus
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“Paying attention in a distracted world: it’s like bringing a gun to a knife...”
– James Shelley
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Getting Share Counts →
Until we can get Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, and Pinterest to sign a peace treaty and standardize on a common size for share buttons, their mismatched and unaligned buttons will continue to be a thorn in every designer’s side.
For now our best bet is to simply roll your own button with a share count for each service. Today I did a bit of digging and put together a quick Gist to get...
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“The quality of your UX shows how much your respect or disrespect your customers”
– Alexis Ohanian - co-founder of Reddit, Hipmunk and Breadpig
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