Category: words

  • 9 Lessons Software Developers Can Learn from Brian Eno – Deveo Blog

    9 Lessons Software Developers Can Learn from Brian Eno – Deveo Blog notational: via http://luxarchitek.tumblr.com/

  • The three types of specialist

    jkottke: From a passage of Kurt Vonnegut’s Bluebeard, the three types of specialists needed for the success of any revolution. Slazinger claims to have learned from history that most people cannot open their minds to new ideas unless a mind-opening teams with a peculiar membership goes to work on them. Otherwise, life will go on…

  • Fontastic – A Processing library to create font files

    Fontastic – A Processing library to create font files

  • learning-processing: int[] x,y;int i; x = new int[100]; y = new int[100];int r = 100;int g = 100;int b = 100;int areaW = 500;int areaH = 500; size(areaW, areaH); background(255);  for(i=1; i<100; ++i){   x[i] = int(random(areaW));   y[i] = int(random(areaH));   r = int(random(256));   g = int(random(256));   b = int(random(256));   if (i != 1 ) {     stroke(r,g,b,100);     line (x[i-1],y[i-1],x[i],y[i]);   }   noStroke();   fill(r,g,b);  …

  • emergentfutures: CHART OF TODAY: Apple’s Surprisingly Steady iTunes Growth Apple’s iTunes business exceeded $4 billion revenue last quarter. Horace Dediu broke down where all the sales are coming from on his site, Asymco. As you can see, it’s mostly a mix of content and app sales. Full Story: Business Insider

  • Design for the New Normal (Revisited) | superflux

    Design for the New Normal (Revisited) | superflux thisisliams: This is an absolutely fascinating look at a possible future.

  • What Drives Us?

    stoweboyd: I’ve been researching some background materials for the Socialogy book I am working on, and was digging into various theories on personality, organizational fit, and human motivations. This started as a modest collection of others’ ideas, but as you can imagine, it led to the outpouring of my own thoughts on what drives us,…

  • Employers plan to hire only 2.1 percent more new college graduates this year than in 2012, according to a survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Last fall they thought the increase would be 13 percent. Things Aren’t Looking So Good for the Graduating Class of 2013 (via pacificstand)

  • We’re reading WHO OWNS THE FUTURE? by Jaron Lanier

    arcfinity: Queensberry rules be damned: Paul Graham Raven reckons it’s high time the tech pundit and critic Jaron Lanier took his gloves off. Who Owns the Future? Jaron Lanier Allen Lane, HB £20.00 / Simon & Schuster, HB $28.00 So, you wanna know who owns the future? That’s an easy one: the Siren Servers own…

  • Denver Comic Con | May 31 – June 2, 2013 | Colorado Convention Center

    Denver Comic Con | May 31 – June 2, 2013 | Colorado Convention Center