Unfortunately, it's only available in New York at the moment but Poncho looks to be a fun little weather notification service. Every morning, at your specified time, you get an email about weather conditions or transit / traffic situations. Even if you can't use it, it's worth checking out the pleasant illustrations, color palette, animations and slick onboarding process.

via Casey.

I spent some quality time digging through the documentation of the Semantic UI framework last night and was quite impressed. It looks great and the implementation system is super sensible. I'm told it's not entirely complete yet but I certainly can't tell from looking. Very tempted to dive right in.

Jess Iglehart

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Kyle McDonald

I do a terrible job of keeping up with Paul F. Thompkin's series Made Man. It's a shame because he talks to so many great guests, including his latest interview with Bob Odenkirk. It's loose but that's what makes it so enjoyable. It's slightly in promotion of this book but it is, mostly, just two friends chatting.

Slightly unrelated: never forget this.

I've hesitated to listen to this lost interview with Maurice Sendak for fear of it being too twee or trying too hard. Fortunately, that's incorrect. It's sincere, honest and even a tiny bit heartwarming. To hear someone as together, experienced and respected in the world say:

"I still think the same way I thought as a child. I still worry. I'm still frightened... Nothing changes."

Well, that's a calming thing to hear. We're all figuring it out as we go.

Thanks to Matthew Buchanan (and Daniel) I immersed myself in both these reads on iOS7 - great, calm, metered takes on the new look. There's been an onslaught of opinions about the whole thing but much of it just seems negative with no reasoning. These two, not so much.

• Frank Chimero - Generosity of Perspective - my favorite quote "If that awful Safari icon bugs you, imagine how the designers at Apple must feel."
• David Cole (Quora Product Designer) - lots of great insight on the in's and out's of the design and functionality. Again, calm and metered thoughts. The only way to go.

I've reserved my opinion until I actually see it in action. It's easy to jump on the hate train for something new - because new is always unsettling - but I think it's nice to see Apple doing something different instead of continuing to simmer where they were.

There is an obscene amount of great photography in the tumblog of Phil Donohue. Most of it stems from various locations in Southern California but there's the occasional Nashville gem thrown in every so often. If you're curious to consume more - you can follow Mr. Donohue over on twitter, Instagram or his other Tumblr.

Apple

Ken Andrews, Jordon Z, Sharky and many more collaborative album. Fingers crossed it's pretty good.

advance listen

HBO

Buck

The photostream of Pilipo G is equal parts adorable, unsettling (in the good way), fairy tale and perfectly textured. That is to say, it's not easy to nail one exact thing down that makes it so great but, undeniably, it is so great. Dive into his official blog for even more.

via Sam.

Sometimes it's just nice to visit the undeniable classics - such as the architectural and design work of Marcel Breuer. The Wassily Chair and Hooper House II are among his most notable works but I found myself browsing through the digital archive perusing for interior photographs. There's something undeniable appealing about their stark simplicity.

Nothing more refreshing than an incredibly well done, educational, quiz to test your insights on current technology - browser behavior in this case. Request Quest is nerdy, no doubt about it, but beyond the content there's a really impressive design and UI system presenting it. That is to say, even if you're not curious about which browser loads a background image established on a hidden DIV via javascript you may still enjoy the overall experience.

Since it's already been on the Internet for thirteen years - making it officially Ancient in Internet Time™ - I won't attempt to wax eloquent on this Dave Eggers interview where he tackles the question asked by all teenagers of their favorite artists - "Are you taking any steps to keep shit real?" AKA What's Up With Selling Out or Why Not To Say No?

However, I will suggest if you haven't read it to please partake in the entirety of the addendum at your earliest convenience. It covers a lot of ground but it's great from top to bottom. If you have read it, read it again. It's worthy of a couple visits.

Thanks to Adam for catching me up.