Month: January 2014

  • There is no way you are going to win a price war. Those candidates are looking for less risk (and less upside). It’s not a judgement thing but it is most certainly a fit thing. The people you want to hire is a lot about a) belief in what you building and your culture in…

  • hyperallergic: Parents of the Judd-Climbing Kid Speak @TheodoreArt’s photo of the kid climbing a Judd. The “London Evening Standard” reveals that the… View Post my son left fingerprints on a Judd box in Marfa.

  • artlistpro: (via This Tumblr User Shows Her Horrific Anonymous Messages In A Powerful Art Project)

  • So often, we assume that excellence requires a monumental effort and that our lofty goals demand incredible doses of willpower and motivation. But really, all we need is dedication to small, manageable tasks. Mastery follows consistency. How to Stop Procrastinating by Using the “Seinfeld Strategy” (via jonnyskov)

  • I’ve always defined blogging by its structure (posts, ordered reverse-chronologically, time stamps) rather than its content, so in that way it’s as alive as ever. Nearly every media site front page is now organized that way, that’s your Facebook news feed, your Twitter/Tumblr/Instagram flow, so much information is structured that way. (Which makes me wonder,…

  • nprfreshair: Tennis legend Billie Jean King was a pioneer for women’s sports. In addition to winning 20 Wimbledon titles, she founded the Women’s Tennis Association. King is best known for her win against self-proclaimed male chauvinist Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes” in 1973.  In the interview she spoke to Fresh Air’s Dave Davies about how…

  • Breaking Madden

    jkottke: Jon Bois attempted to create the most lopsided game ever in Madden NFL on his Xbox. He beefed up the players on one team (7’0”, 440 lbs, good at everything) and put a bunch of scrubs on the other team (5’0”, 160 lbs, bad at everything). He started playing and was on pace to…

  • 8bitfuture: Video:Mini-Games for Glass. In an attempt to lure developers into creating games for Glass, Google has shown off a few concepts for basic game ideas using the headset’s built in sensors. spy games? (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

  • 8bitfuture: The Video Game Art Museum is now ‘open’. An online gallery being put together by ‘artist in residence’ Jon Gourley features artworks seen on the walls of video game environments. New works are going up each day at the gallery. The Video Game Art Museum (VGAM) and archive is constructed with art objects appropriated from the backgrounds…

  • mostlysignssomeportents: 507 words on “Petard: A Tale of Just Desserts,” story for @bruces’ sf issue of MIT Tech Review #dailywords