"I hound Adobe because I care. Adobe is the greatest design software company there’s ever been. They’ve lost their way and we need them to find their way back."

—John Nack: Adobe Isn’t in the Flash Business : Daring Fireball Linked List

Skynet Symphonic (via @julianbrown )

"Here is a hint. If you want to see more jobs created by Small Businesses and entrepreneurs REDUCE the amount of paperwork required. Dramatically simplify the tax code. In other words, if you REDUCE THE OVERHEAD of small business, you effectively create capital for them through reduced costs. Not only do you improve their financial position, but you reduce that great big time suck known as dealing with your accountants and lawyers."

—The Simplicity Test: A Simple Policy Guide for Job Growth « blog maverick (via @jasonfried)

"Design for yourself fast. You shouldn’t need to think about what you want, you are what you want. It just comes out of you, and it will be good. But sometimes, you have this feeling that you have to think about it like you would for some detached client project where they sell gutters; your stuff ain’t like that, you know it by heart… so design it by heart. Fast. Don’t get trapped."

—Alana Twelmeyer on designing for yourself. (via esbueno)

"Is a stick shift better than an automatic? No. Is an automatic better than a stick? No. This misses the point. A better question: Is a road full of drivers not distracted by the arcane inner workings of their vehicle safer? It’s likely. And that has a value."

—stevenf.com - I need to talk to you about computers

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—Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via @hf_j)

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Compared to my laptop, the iPad lacks a keyboard, software development tools, writers’ tools, photographers’ tools, a Web server, a camera, a useful row of connectors for different sorts of wires, and the ability to run whatever software I choose.

Compared to my Android phone, it lacks a phone, a camera, pocketability, and the ability to run whatever software I choose.

Compared to the iPad, my phone lacks book-reading capability, performance, and screen real-estate.

Compared to the iPad, my computer lacks a touch interface and suffers from excessive weight and bulk.

—ongoing by Tim Bray · Nothing Creative

"There’s an inherent benefit to only doing one thing at a time: the load of worrying about other tasks is lifted. Knowing that there isn’t anything else competing for your attention is quite liberating."

—furbo.org · iPad liberation

H2oil - Animations (via bulldogger)

This is why the iPad doesn’t make phone calls

"Prod­uct and process go together, and the process that works on the web is iter­a­tion. A live site beats a beau­ti­ful mockup, and in the time it takes Time Inc. to actu­ally imple­ment any­thing approach­ing the con­cept they’ve laid out in that video, Pic­tory will be learn­ing… grow­ing… improving."

—Two visions alike in dignity « Snarkmarket

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Even if they don’t choose to get in bed with Apple, video game publishers will be stuck with the 99-cent economics that Apple has established for casual gaming. Economics that will give Apple the lion’s share of the profits, much the way it has in the music industry. Have you checked EA’s stock price lately? They can’t even win with Scrabble these days.

The iPhone is already leveling the gaming business. Apple has redefined the price structure for the masses, lowering the price point for most casual games to 99-cents (or free). Sure there are still blockbusters and consoles. But unless you are a hardcore gamer, the economics of these purchases look really steep—especially when there is a platform that allows you to load games on the fly for a buck that can be manipulated through multi-touch and motion sensing.

—Why the Apple Tablet Is a Games Changer | Design 4 Impact | Fast Company