February 2012
5 posts
January 2012
6 posts
It seemed harmless at the time
I made a bet with some friends not too long ago that if Newt Gingrich won the Republican nomination I would cook and eat my pants. What I’m saying is I may soon be in the market for some pastry pants.
December 2011
11 posts
World AIDS Day 2011, in Photos →
It is more than a little disgusting to read the streams of hagiographies for Christopher Hitchens, a caustic man who was able to call Henry Kissenger a war criminal while simultaneously supporting until the bitter end the Iraq war, even long after it had become clear that the war was entered into under false pretenses, and cheering on the ever-expanding never-ending global War On Terror. When it...
November 2011
2 posts
October 2011
14 posts
The deification of Steve Jobs is Apple's greatest... →
Stripping the Fat Off Reality →
Literature. From a blog, no less.
September 2011
14 posts
We predict, on the basis of mid-range climate-warming scenarios for 2050, that...
– Nature Journal article
The Mac App Store UI Sucks →
So very, very true. And a good design blog. It seems like the two OS people out there that currently matter, Apple and Microsoft, are dead-set on advancing UX in the wrong direction. I want context and tasks, not a sea of apps! And presently Apple has taken serious steps backward in software UX (despite their ever-more-beautiful hardware), which is both surprising and disheartening.
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