February 2012
3 posts
January 2012
10 posts
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Why We're Friends XXX: The Hunger Games
Rich: JOE I'M HUNGRY!!! HOW DO I SOLVE THIS MYSTICAL FEELING?!????????
Joe: oh shit
Joe: i'm so sorry man, but...
Joe: you're gonna have to die
Joe: i'll miss you tons
Rich: http://nooooooooooooooo.com/
20 Really Cool Alfred Extensions to Download |... →
chartier:
These extensions are great, and there are a bunch more where these came from. I’ve been tinkering with more of these lately, but haven’t seen most of the ones listed here.
Alfred is the new Quicksilver. And they sell it (well: a Powerpack that adds features—like the ability to use these extensions—to the core utility, which is free). You know, for, like, money and stuff. So they can...
December 2011
28 posts
The chance of a lifetime →
The thing is, we still live in a world that’s filled with opportunity. In fact, we have more than an opportunity — we have an obligation. An obligation to spend our time doing great things. To find ideas that matter and to share them. To push ourselves and the people around us to demonstrate gratitude, insight, and inspiration. To take risks and to make the world...
“Rumble, young man, rumble
Life is a trip, so sometimes we gonna stumble
You...”
– Jay-Z - Power
“I appreciate you’re taking the time to reply. I shall make you a character...”
– Random Guy in an Apple forum
“No, the purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution so...”
– Seth Godin
More on Burying the Sign Up Button →
Think about how counter-intuitive that is at first glance. You take away the call-to-action that says “sign up” and you get more sign ups. But actually it’s just focusing on what people really want, in the order that they want it, where they happen to be in the usage lifecycle. They want to find out about what you’re offering first, figure out if it makes sense for them, and thensign up. It’s...
yongfook: Design is Horseshit! →
yongfook:
In direct response to: http://designerfund.com/infographic
I’ve created products / services in the past that have garnered praise for their design. I love good design in all forms - copywriting in particular fascinates me. I’ve never called myself a designer.
Here’s my pitch. This…
Why apps are not the future →
Visualize each of the apps they want you to use on your iPad or iPhone as a silo. A tall vertical building. It might feel very large on the inside, but nothing goes in or out that isn’t well-controlled by the people who created the app. That sucks!
Why We're Friends XXIX: Louis vs Rick Edition
Rich: joe
Rich: joe
Rich: joe
Joe: rich
Joe: rich rich rich
Joe: you're rich
Joe: and always will be
Rich: good talk
I Hate Top 10 Lists →
At base, I object to any system that makes me feel like a store clerk in “High Fidelity.” Those guys are not my guys. I mean, I don’t follow basketball statistics. I watch the Oscars for the starlet meltdowns and I don’t expect the “best movie” to be the best movie. I black out when I try to calculate the tip. Please don’t make me tell you the best television show of the year.
Although the...
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Matt & Rich: #epicconvos
Rich: so I have js functions, mousedown and mouseup. I was wondering why my mousedown handler was getting cancelled. Turned out I wasn't listening to mouseup but two mousedowns.
Matt: that'll do it
Rich: #monday
Matt: you can't use hashtags in im conversations
Rich: i'm doing it. starting a new trend… that only you and i know about but then you'll start using it
Rich: and then the other people you talk to will use it and then it'll spread like wildfire
Matt: yeah, but nobody likes me so that won't advance it
Rich: crap I didn't take that into account
Matt: haha i might actually dissuade people
Rich: yea they'd be like "man matt is doing hashtags in IMs now it sucks. If only I saw rich do it then I'd want to do it too"
Matt: wait maybe i should continue not to do it. then people will be like "man matt still isn't doing hashtags in IMs. i saw rich do it so i want to too."
Rich: we have some pretty epic convos
Matt: totally. #epicconvos
November 2011
8 posts
Tom Green to his Flash class: "Welcome to your new... →
chartier:
Tom Green, a Professor of Interactive Multimedia at the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning’s School of Media Studies, taught his students a valuable lesson the day Adobe announced Flash for mobile devices was dead:
Of course walking into this whole mess in today’s Flash class was a treat. The first thing I saw was a student holding up his iPhone and showing me a...
HTML5 Terminal →
This might be the most geeky way to have fun on the internet… if you have use it in Chrome and not FFX.
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“To many, it’s “Hump day”. To us, it’s “If you...”
– The Rock
“The new version makes me feel like I put on zoom glasses. It’s too big and...”
– Me when I send Google feedback about the new Gmail interface. It’s just so big.
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Why We're Friends XXVIII: Are You Ready
Rich: i have music for you
Rich: but i need to know
Rich: are you ready
Rich: are YOU ready
Joe: hold on
Joe: just HOLD ON a minute
Joe: …
Joe: ...
Joe: ok, i'm ready
Rich: i don't think you are
Rich: i need to be completely sure joe
Rich: COMPLETELY
Joe: okokok
Joe: one more sec
Joe: i got this, i got this
Joe: ...
Joe: ...
Joe: .............
Joe: READY
Rich: ok… good
Rich: http://rd.io/x/QBGIK2Itcg
Joe: oh god, i wasn't ready!!!
Rich: crap now we need to do it all over again
October 2011
4 posts
