Archive for October, 2007
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
The Best Album (of 2005)
Amadou and Mariam’s Diamanche a Bamako is the best album-album I’ve heard this year (as opposed to a collection of songs, some of which are awesome, some of which seem to have been left behind). Extremely excellent from song 1 to 15. Produced by Manu Chao, it features both his smooth pastiche musical style [...]
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Friday, October 5th, 2007
Our Fearless Leader, Leading Us With His Amazing Leadership Qualities
“There’s a lot of anger amongst our citizens,” said President Bush during an Oval Office meeting …. “We understand there’s a problem. And we’re going to address the problem.”
Hrm, was he speaking about Iraq? The dismal state of health care, or lack thereof? Environmental collapse? The end of easy oil and water? The gradual [...]
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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
How Far Should Usability Extend Beyond The Thing Itself?
In an article about iPods by Rob Walker in The New York Times Magazine back in 2003, Steve Jobs stated:
Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like…That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
–”The Guts [...]
