I’ve been watching the PBS American Masters documentary about Woody Allen and I’m enjoying the heck out of it. Manhattan is one of my all-time favorite films. And how about Hannah and Her Sisters? He’s made so many good, thoughtful movies, though I’m not always crazy about his “funny” movies. I am looking forward to [...]
(+) apple miniatures My copy of Steve Jobs arrived this week and I’m happy to say that the book is way better than the hype — it’s fun, easy to read, and very gossipy. Within the first few pages of the intro, I got my money’s worth. Back when I was taking my automata class [...]
Here’s to the Crazy Ones, Think Different commercial, this version narrated by Steve Jobs Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote [...]
Good design is often strange… but I don’t think it works to cultivate strangeness. The best you can do is not squash it if it starts to appear. Einstein didn’t try to make relativity strange. He tried to make it true, and the truth turned out to be strange. The only style worth having is [...]
When I heard that Steve Jobs had resigned from Apple, my heart sank. Over the years, I’ve grown to admire him and many times I’ve asked myself, when I had doubts which direction to take, what would Steve Jobs do? The answer is always: be honest and be true to yourself and always follow …
I downloaded Ostrich Sans a couple of months ago, thanks to a heads up from Greta who suggested that I might like it and she’s right — I do! I finally got around to experimenting with the font last night and as you’ll see after the jump, I’ve been having a lot of fun …
If you’re not saying ‘Hell Yeah’ about something, say ‘No’. ~ Derek Sivers I was on a No streak in June. My response to many kind invitations for lunch and freelance work was simple: thanks so much, but no thanks. I was juggling web stuff and some non-web projects and saying No was the only [...]
