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Archives for March 2010
The Failure of Empathy
Mike Monteiro:
As an industry, we need to understand that not wanting root access doesn’t make you stupid. It simply means you do not want root access. Failing to comprehend this is not only a failure of empathy, but a failure of service.
Full article at http://lnkd.ca/23
Some Users Want Terrible User Interfaces
Dominique Leca
The Bloomberg terminal is the perfect example of a lock-in effect reinforced by the powerful conservative tendancies of the financial ecosystem and its permanent need to fake complexity.
Full article at http://lnkd.ca/22
The Raven and the First Men
Impressive sculpture by Haida artist Bill Reid, at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, Vancouver.
Photo credit: Civilisations.ca
13 Ways of Looking at an iPad
Fake Steve Jobs
I wasn’t put on earth to save The New York Times. I was put on earth to restore a sense of childlike wonder to people’s empty, pathetic lives, and I must say that so far I’m doing a pretty outstanding job.
13 ways of looking at an iPad – http://lnkd.ca/21
Impossible’s PX Instant Films in Pictures
More example os the great packaging design from The Impossible Project http://lnkd.ca/1w
More details about the project at http://www.the-impossible-project.com/
Mâna întinsă care nu spune o poveste nu primește pomană
Despre o situatie similara in viata reala - http://lnkd.ca/1v. Macar Gheorghe Dinica avea clasa.
Apple.com Home Page as a Memorial
The Apple.com home page was changed today to a memorial for board member Jerome York. I’ve never seen this happening at any other company. It shows yet again that Apple is different.