posted March 3, 2016 #

From the dustbin, Lil' Phasma doodle from a set of lil' Force Awakens villains that never went anywhere. https://t.co/5cB8EnW8rC

posted March 3, 2016 #

Every time you face swap with somebody, you keep a little bit of their soul. Right?

SHEER MAG - III

posted March 3, 2016 #

four great new songs

I Miss Republicans

posted March 3, 2016 #

Ten years old and stunningly accurate still. Via @falfa

posted March 3, 2016 #

the revenge of the lower classes and the rise of american fascism ? https://t.co/ZYrpAlfVWE

posted March 3, 2016 #

Love this: https://t.co/LsjVwKwpYU

posted March 2, 2016 #

Was updating my website a few weeks ago, but then i sorta put that on the back burner bc I got lazy. And tbh idk if folks still look at 'em.

posted March 2, 2016 #

If you're an American confusedly watching the darkest forces of ur nation rally behind a demagogue-maybe u can understand the Mid East now.

posted March 2, 2016 #

"How Instant Articles helps the open web" - interesting point of view from @davewiner, one of the original bloggers https://t.co/gR0H6QWMpm

posted March 2, 2016 #

Love this - The Complete History of the Millennium Falcon https://t.co/2Q0iZWU3O6

posted March 2, 2016 #

I had fun with this https://t.co/Pg7bKHnrs2

posted March 2, 2016 #

I wish the Republican Party wouldn't nominate anyone. It's the responsible thing to do.

What's wrong with email?

posted March 2, 2016 #

I recently read through this Samuel Hulick piece - Slack - I'm Breaking Up with You - and couldn't help but roll my eyes a little bit. No offense to the article itself - it's well written, entertaining and makes a solid point - but there's this continuous idea that something must replace email. If you don't recall, less than six months ago there were all sorts of articles proclaiming Slack to be the Slayer of the Great Email Beast. Now we're starting to see the backlash to that promise start to bubble up. The overwhelming nature of active chat somehow doesn't lend itself to the productivity of passive messages and people are surprised?

Let's also keep in mind that other popular services - like Asana - also claim to be better than email. It's a fine service but it's not an email replacement. It's a different inbox.

I'm sure the same has been claimed of Facebook Messenger, Kik, GroupMe, or text messaging. And there's truth to every single claim - all of those are valid ways of communicating, some more convenient than others but why does everyone insist that email must go away and be buried? This Atlantic piece does a great job of describing the landscape of modern communication but, ultimately, lands on the notion that email isn't going anywhere. Personally, I'm happy to hear that.

tvOS Design

posted March 2, 2016 #

Awhile back, Paige asked for resources regarding media streaming UI. I came up empty but had a similar desire to read more about the design making process for 10-ft displays. While it's not quite the intellectual reading material we were looking for, tvOS.design has plenty of great examples of AppleTV apps to learn from. I've been doing quite a bit of designing for said platform recently and it's great to be able to have a reference for what works and what doesn't.

posted March 1, 2016 #

I believe in democracy but only in limited applications. Like when picking a restaurant with friends (and only if no dumb friends are there)

Tower Defense, History

posted March 1, 2016 #

Incredibly happy to share the Seth Graves directed, official video for "History", from the Tower Defense EP Stay Inside. The release is officially available March 25th, you can pre-order the beautiful 10" here.

In respect of keeping things brief, I won't wax on too effusively about how much I love this song but please do pay close attention to the lyrics and overall message of the song. "This city's in flames, I think we'll stay" is a rallying cry from the band to make sure that Nashville (and every other blossoming city) preserves the history and culture that made it so awesome to begin with.

Kai Samuels-Davis

posted March 1, 2016 #

Absolutely loving the work of Kai Samuels-Davis. The portraiture is distorted, decaying and almost glitchy at times. His official site has six years of work posted but you should just dive into the instagram feed for the latest and greatest.

Discogs, The App

posted March 1, 2016 #

I'll be totally honest here. I was excited by the announcement that Discogs was going to release an official app to supplement their massive database of record releases. I was equally bummed to learn that the app, now officially available, is just a reskinning of the Milkcrate app.

Frankly, it makes sense. Why wouldn't Milkcrate be the official app? It's built on top of the Discogs API and does what it needs to do - lets you browse and store what records you own. I was just hoping for some new and streamlined experience.

That being said, I'm happy for Discogs to have an official app and happy to see that the Milkcrate crew is getting the recognition they deserve for what they have built. Snag the app, it can only be a good thing for physical album sales and likely just a first step to a bigger, better, experience.

Park ranger Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning seven times - and lived

posted February 29, 2016 #

the headline is really only ONE of the crazy parts of this story. pls read.

Raymond Depardon

posted February 29, 2016 #

French photographer Raymond Depardon was sent on assignment in 1980 to Glasgow, Scotland by the Sunday Times Magazine but his images ended up never being published. Fortunately, they've been compiled into a book and online gallery for all to enjoy.

I've pored over my fair share of photos of New York, Nashville and San Francisco from the same period but never found a good entry point for digging into international waters - particularly Glasgow. It's a great collection of images and, to my ignorant eyes, feels like it could exist in any number of decades. I believe they call that "timeless."

via Ronnie.