Having an awesome “online handle” isn’t going to make what you do online (or off) any better than if you would have been using your own name. We’ve learned this lesson in the last 10 years as we started out being scared to have people learn our real identities online, so we created fake ones (mine used to be iFDL). The time of fear online is long since past, so it’s time to stop hiding behind “RadDude199″ or “ButteflyGrl22″.
—I agree completely… Just be you | Jeffrey Kalmikoff, Creative Powerhouse.
Studies show it doesn’t matter whether you ask people for their realistic best guess or a hoped-for best case scenario. Either way, they give you the best case scenario. It’s true on a big scale and it’s true on a small scale too. We just aren’t good at being realistic. We envision everything going exactly as planned. We never factor in unexpected illnesses, hard drive failures, or other Murphy’s Law-type stuff.
When did Texas become gay?…. “Over 450,000 Texans voted for the new license plate design, shown above, which features the new 7-character numbering system. The digitally-produced, full color plate depicts the Davis Mountains, Texas’ most extensive mountain range, and will be available as soon as the Travis County tax assessor’s office exhausts its supply of the current 6-character plates.” (via Say Hello to the New Texas License Plate - Austinist)
Tony Hsieh persona always amazes me, I could listen to him speak a hundred times and still not lose interest, throwing Rackspace chairman Graham Weston isn’t too bad I guess… (via The Zappos core value isn’t just about Twittering)
What is a browser? was the question we (Google) asked over 50 passersby of different ages and backgrounds in the Times Square in New York. Watch the many responses people came up with. (via Please Enjoy - The Work of Ji Lee )
As a principal and founding partner of a consulting firm that eventually grew to 600 employees, I interviewed, hired, and worked alongside hundreds of business-school graduates, and the impression I formed of the M.B.A. experience was that it involved taking two years out of your life and going deeply into debt, all for the sake of learning how to keep a straight face while using phrases like “out-of-the-box thinking,” “win-win situation,” and “core competencies.
A “slug” is also the term used in newsrooms to refer to the short filename of a story or a photo. Slugs, assigned by the copy desk, might be something like “Bush Speech” or “Va Shooting.” Slugs are “insider” labels for stories that appear in the paper with much longer headlines and captions. With the advent of the web, slugs are no longer “insider” information.
—I always wondered why I referred to url friendly strings as slugs, now I know… Writer Way: Slugs on the web
Quickly sketch out iPhone UI prototypes. Brainstorm your application ideas using our precision cut stainless steel stencil and mechanical pencil. Limited edition of 100. (via iPhone Stencil Kit | Design Commission)
