November 2011
34 posts
Clients From Hell: Client: “Can you photoshop a... →
clientsfromhell:
Client: “Can you photoshop a smile on Greg’s face. That guy is so depressing.” Me: “Well, I think it looks just fi—” Client: “We’re a travel agency, we’re supposed to sell good times to people. Greg just looks like he’s selling misery. He looks like Eeyore.” Me: “I don’t think he looks—”
“Jobs’s vision, brilliant and perfect as it was, was narrow. He was a tweaker to...”
– Steve Jobs’s Real Genius : The New Yorker
As Gladwell gains more and more popularity I find his insights more and more shortsighted. Calling Steve a “tweaker” is a pretty elementary claim. I’d like to believe every creative person is a “tweaker.” No ideas are...
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Books
I just finished reading “A Million Little Pieces” by James Frey, “Steve Jobs” by Walter Issacson and “Damned” by Chuck Palahniuk.
Anyone have any good recommendations for something next?
“…because no matter how many people buy iPhones, there’s always going to be...”
– Motorola’s Gimmicks – Marco.org
One of the best lines I’ve read in a long time.
“Today, though, Doug stands as the purest distillation of Nickelodeon’s simple,...”
– The Genius of ‘Doug,’ ‘Rugrats,’ and ‘Ren & Stimpy,’ 20 Years Later - Atlantic Mobile
I remember watching Doug as a kid and trying to guess the title of the episode after the little prologue, before Doug came out and painted it during the credits.
everything in the sky: Overheard: The terrible... →
everythinginthesky:
“I need someone who can keep up with me, you know? That’s his problem. I’m too fast,” she says, flicking aside her hair. Her friend nods, chews her gum, reads her phone. We ascend on the escalator. I listen. “I’m just too real,” she continues. I consider it. I can see how that would be a problem:…
