October 2011
6 posts
“Arrange to be carried around by ankles.”
– Tim Carvell’s Easy Halloween Costume Ideas from McSweeney’s is laugh-out-loud funny.
Giving a little love →
Frank Chimero, designer extraordinaire, gave an amazing talk at an AIGA conference recently. Enjoy.
“99 percent is a very large percentage.”
– Lemony Snicket, aka the brilliant Daniel Handler, from his piece, “Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance. Be sure to read it as you’re donning your protest clothes; it will give you a boost.
Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It
An awesome monologue from a blog called emptyage titled “Generation X Doesn’t Want to Hear It”:
Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going...
I don't get why you're crying about Steve Jobs →
Kristina Halvorson, CEO of Brain Traffic, regarding the death of Steve Jobs, from her blog Work/Life Imbalance:
I’ve never had a religious experience with an Apple product.
I owned a PC and a Treo until 2009. The staff at my company Brain Traffic all use PCs. I don’t make fun of my friends with Androids. And I still don’t own an iPad.
When news of his death came yesterday, my online...