January 2012
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“I truly believe that when men and women think about parking, their mental...”
– Donald Shoup, Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA
From “Between the Lines,” Los Angeles Magazine, 1 December 2011.
Initials B.B.: An editor's advice to young... →
basemboshra:
I’ve been thinking a lot about young journalists lately. Maybe it’s simply because I’ve been invited to speak to some journalism classes in the past few months and have been impressed by how many bright, intelligent and ambitious young people still want to be part of an industry that few seem…
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“A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention”
– Herbert Simon 1978 Nobel Prize winner in Economics. I love this quote. In our world of information overload, this quote explains the reason to have a clear message and good visual hierarchy in any product design today. (via gregmelander)
Watcheasahrvatska: Berlin Block Tetris by SERGEJ HEIN “The idea is based on a kind of parody of the former Socialist building style. They used to build whole cities where each house was designed identically to create cheap housing for workers. These ‘blocks’ were so similar that in Soviet times, you could easily wake up at a friends place in another city and still feel like you are in your flat. Even...
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English prononciation and what it reveals →
Someone with way too much time on their hands wrote a poem highlighting the complexity of English pronunciation. According to Kathy Benjamin, we can determine the following four things from it:
Everyone who has ever contributed to the development of the English language is a dick. We’re looking at you, Shakespeare.
The fact that so many foreigners have learned this crazy stuff is a...
