In his recent piece entitled “Gamification sucks”, Brent Simmons attempts to break down why “gamification” makes for bad software. He arrives at more or less the right conclusion, but not as a…
Jay Rosen:
American journalism is dumber than most journalists, who often share my sense of absurdity about these practices. A major reason we have a practice less intelligent than its…
Marissa Mayer addressing Google designers, as quoted in “In The Plex” by Steven Levy (via buzz)
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This explains so much.
It took me most of the entire day, in inner rewriting and finding the right tone and voice for everything.
I think it was worthwhile though.
Excellent comic by David Willis on the sexual objectification of female comic book characters.
Short URL: http://farukat.es/p630
Anil Dash’s list of questions to ask Republican Candidates is nothing but stellar. E.g.:
What Sharia laws do you support other than criminalizing homosexuality, shaming assault victims &…
Rob Delaney:
So far, the greatest quote I’ve heard in my 34 years is this: “Hatred never ceases by hatred in this world. By love alone it ceases; this is eternal law.” Gotama the Buddha said that…
Last week, Marco Arment wrote a small piece about Firefox’s uncertain future, a result of Google ostensibly reconsidering their partnership terms that provide roughly 84% of Mozilla’s income; then…
Jill Filipovice for GOOD magazine:
In my two years on OkCupid, I’ve gone on a handful of dates and been treated to hundreds more hilarious, offensive and often bizarre messages. I’ve noticed the…
Former N.Y. Governer Eliot Spitzer:
If ever there was an event to justify the darkest, most conspiratorial view held by many that the alliance of big money on Wall Street and big government…
