Archive of Posts from August 2010

August 31st, 2010

August 27th, 2010

August 26th, 2010

YouTube: How To Tell People They Sound Racist



It's a few years old now, but this is great advice from Jay Smooth about keeping behavior and being separate in arguments. This advice doesn't just apply to conversations about race, I think it's good to keep in mind for any disagreement. I found this via an excellent comment by jessamyn in a thread at Ask MetaFilter about dealing with difficult people: Help us deal with our black sheep Meetup member. Lots of good advice in the thread too.

August 25th, 2010

Vimeo Favorite: Put This On, Episode 3: Work



Jesse and Adam are back again talking about the benefits of dressing well for work with Paul Feig. It's relaxed and funny. They also added a great new segment with the blogger behind Nerd Boyfriend where she dissects a classic look and finds modern versions of the clothes. More nice work from Put This On.

August 24th, 2010

  • Beautiful photo galleries powered by user submissions.

August 23rd, 2010

August 17th, 2010

Games for a Non-Gamer

I'm not much of a gamer, but I have been enjoying The Incident by Neven Mrgan and Matt Comi on my iPhone. Here's what it looks like:



Nothing too complicated. There's falling stuff that you tilt the phone to avoid, and a great 8-bit soundtrack. Seeing all of the pixelated junk they designed is half the fun.

I don't have an XBox, but this atmospheric game called Limbo looks like another fun design experience. It's the first console game I've seen in a while that I'd like to play:



(I found this last trailer via the consistently excellent video site Devour. Check it out if you haven't seen it. Looks great on an iPad.)

August 13th, 2010

  • Turn terrible business jargon into plain English.

August 10th, 2010

August 5th, 2010

August 4th, 2010

August 3rd, 2010