June 2013
“As a user, I like to be rewarded for my fanatical consumerism by receiving a virtual pat on the back, or, an achievement even.”
—http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/11/4419478/xbox-one-day-one-edition-achievement-controller (via as-a-user-i)
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The Future Of Technology Isn’t Mobile, It’s Contextual
In the coming years, there will be a shift toward what is now known as contextual computing. Always-present computers, able to sense the objective and subjective aspects of a given situation, will augment our ability to perceive and act in the moment based on where we are, who we’re with, and our past experiences. These are our sixth, seventh, and eighth senses.
Read more: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672531/the-future-of-technology-isnt-mobile-its-contextual
“About 10 percent of the Netflix subscribers… finished the entire season of “Arrested Development” on Sunday.”
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- SAI
So the reviews for Arrested Development are poor… but holy crap is that an amazing statistic.
Lets do the math. 30 million total subscribers * 10% * 15 episodes * 28 minutes per episode / 60 minutes = 21,000,000 hours of TV watched in one day.
And that’s ONLY the people that finished all the episodes. I’m sure there’s a long tail of the netflix subscriber base that watched only a couple episodes…. that’s crazy.
My own $0.02: after watching the first two episodes I was a little disappointed, but after watching 5 episodes I completely loved the new season. It’s very layered… if you want to get all the jokes you have to pay close attention to details you don’t quite grasp yet to fully enjoy the following episode. It’s clever. I rarely get to use my brain at all when watching a sitcom.
(via thegongshow)
Content is king.
May 2013
“Real audience is hard. Solving real problems is fucking bananas. But it’s the only way you make something that lasts, because you made something that someone actually cared about.”
—Dan Sinker (via msg)
“Trying to write something of permanent value is a full-time job even though only a few hours a day are spent on the actual writing. A writer can be compared to a well. There are as many kinds of wells as there are writers. The important thing is to have good water in the well, and it is better to take a regular amount out than to pump the well dry and wait for it to refill.”
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Ernest Hemingway, in the same 1954 interview with George Plimpton.
His next remark is great as well:
I see I am getting away from the question, but the question was not very interesting.
(via parislemon)
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Tumblr Staff: News! →
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Everyone, I’m elated to tell you that Tumblr will be joining Yahoo.
Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We’re not turning purple. Our headquarters isn’t moving. Our team isn’t changing. Our roadmap isn’t changing. And our mission – to empower creators to…
Congrats to the team!
DesignAday: Lazy Genericism →
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Bootstrap is a beautiful piece of work, no doubt. It makes flexible and responsive grid-based layout a piece of cake. It provides transitions and dynamic behaviors without a sweat. It even provides clean, contemporary aesthetics in pre-made components. Add Glyphicons or Font Awesome…
