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The origins of abc | I love typography, the typography and fonts blog
A very interesting article relaying some of the history of the written alphabet, the reversal of trends as various things went into vogue had a long lasting impact that I certainly did not expect.
alphabet  history  writing  blog  article  typography  letterforms  typeface  from instapaper
march 2011 by amdavidson
notes on "how to clone delicious in 48 hours"
A quick write-up on how difficult it is to clone a service such as del.icio.us.
design  programming  webdev  blog  article  development  delicious  yahoo  services  security 
december 2010 by amdavidson
The Shadow Scholar - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
An interesting expose into the life of a ghost writer. A writer for hire who composes essays for incompetent undergrad and graduate students.
article  academia  cheating  college  education  essay  essays  interesting  jobs  writing  academic  plagiarism  teaching  from delicious
november 2010 by amdavidson
Modern art was CIA 'weapon' - World, News - The Independent
An interesting article by The Independent that describes the ways in which the CIA covertly funded the American Modern Art movement as a propaganda tactic to espouse the artistic and intellectual freedoms of the US as opposed to the overt propagandizing of the art of the Soviet Union.
america  art  article  culture  government  history  interesting  politics  reference  russia  war  abstract  cia  coldwar  communism  propaganda  usa  from delicious
november 2010 by amdavidson
WONDER-TONIC - Gentrification Ruined SimCity
An amusing article about the perennial hipster claim that gentrification "ruins" certain regions of a city.
humor  funny  fun  article  gentrification  city  hipster  games  urban  simcity  wondertonic  computers  from delicious
september 2010 by amdavidson
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: The Only Thing That Can Stop This Asteroid is Your Liberal Arts Degree. FAQ
An amusing jab at the capabilities of liberal arts graduates in the event of an impending earth-asteroid collision.
article  college  education  fun  funny  humor  liberal  mcsweeneys  science  writing  academia  arts  degree  liberalarts  mcsweeney's  parody  satire  from delicious
september 2010 by amdavidson
Pat Dollard's War on Hollywood | Politics | Vanity Fair
Pat Dollard went to Iraq and is now on a penchant to become a conservative voice in documentary media. This article gives a lot of insight into one man's slide into chaos dealing with the terrors that he saw overseas.
dollard  pat  patdollard  war  hollywood  liberalism  conservatism  liberal  conservative  republican  democrat  waronterror  iraq  iraqwar  movies  documentary  article  vanity  fair  vanityfair  from delicious
september 2010 by amdavidson
Hospice medical care for dying patients : The New Yorker
A depressing yet fascinating article on the way that patients in America approach death, and how a revised look at end-of-life care could lead to longer life spans, lower costs, and better quality of life towards the end.
doctors  aging  article  culture  death  economics  health  psychology  politics  philosophy  newyorker  life  interesting  society  cancer  dying  family  healthcare  hospice  medicine  from delicious
september 2010 by amdavidson
Self-Employment, 12 Months Later
An interesting introspection into an entrepreneur and designer's first year of self-employment.
essay  article  blog  employment  selfemployment  introspection  retrospective  business  tips  grading  from delicious
september 2010 by amdavidson
With a Little Help From His Friends | Culture | Vanity Fair
A biography of Sean Parker, co founder of Napster, Founding President of Facebook and internet entrepreneur extraordinaire.
seanparker  article  business  socialmedia  technology  entrepreneurs  vanityfair  entrepreneurship  facebook  napster  startup  from delicious
september 2010 by amdavidson
Joel Klein vs. New York City teachers : The New Yorker
An exposé of Joel Klein's battle with the New York public school system and its heavily entrenched unions. Especially the rubber rooms that allow teachers to not work and remain on payroll.
article  economics  teachers  newyorker  education  performance  politics  joelklein  public  schools  publicschools  investigation  journalism  rubber  room  from delicious
september 2010 by amdavidson
A Boy's Life - Magazine - The Atlantic
The story of a boy who was raised as a girl after her parents gave up and had no other ideas for how to deal with his gender identity issues.
sociology  article  articles  children  culture  parenting  gay  philosophy  transgender  sexuality  religion  homosexuality  gender  faith  from delicious
september 2010 by amdavidson
David Foster Wallace The String Theory - David Foster Wallace on Tennis - Esquire
article  articles  essays  sports  life  story  writing  davidfosterwallace  journalism  performance  tennis  from delicious
september 2010 by amdavidson
Hard Times: Observatory: Design Observer
A story about one man's collection of signs of homeless people and other pan handlers that he has bought over the years.
article  photos  sign  city  design  typography  diy  urban  images  marketing  message  money  signs  poverty  persuasion  homeless  from delicious
september 2010 by amdavidson
What Is It About 20-Somethings? - NYTimes.com
A fascinating article on a new phase of life we are seeing in first world post-adolescents, a sort of 'emerging adulthood'.
aging  article  generation  life  articles  psychology  children  culture  sociology  development  fun  future  adulthood  demographics  career  education  nytimes  society  youth  from delicious
september 2010 by amdavidson
Core77 speaks with Jonathan Ive on the design of the iPhone 4: Material Matters - Core77
Interesting article that really brings to light what I'm doing for Apple and how it enables the beautiful products that we produce.
apple  article  design  development  interview  iphone  materials  process  core77  industrial  industrialdesign  iphone4  jonathan_ive  hardware  jonyive  ive  jony  from delicious
june 2010 by amdavidson
Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories: Busy Being Born
a photographic history of the development of the Lisa interface... the first GUI based computer.
apple  article  design  history  interesting  mac  interface  macintosh  gui  ui  lisa  from delicious
june 2010 by amdavidson
Derek Powazek - They Don’t Complain and They Die Quietly
Wonderful post about the therapeutic effects of gardening on one man and his father.
gardening  plants  life  article  introspective  quiet  blogging  garden  from delicious
june 2010 by amdavidson
Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency: I'm Comic Sans, Asshole.
Awesome essay written from the perspective of Comic Sans.
article  awesome  blog  comedy  design  font  fonts  typography  type  comic-sans  comicsans  font_  fonts_  helvetica  humour  from delicious
june 2010 by amdavidson
How a Book Publisher Failed to Get J.D. Salinger's Final Book 'Hapworth 16, 1924' Into Print -- New York Magazine
a fascinating story of how Saligner's last published work almost was published by a small virginia agency and how it all went wrong
amazon  article  salinger  jdsalinger  books  printing  licensing  recluse  from delicious
april 2010 by amdavidson
Warning: Your reality is out of date - The Boston Globe
An interesting article about a class of facts the author terms "mesofacts" or facts that change slowly over time, such that you may quote them for years and eventually find yourself wildly inaccurate.
science  information  knowledge  learning  mesofacts  facts  reality  article  culture  from delicious
march 2010 by amdavidson
Roger Ebert Cancer Battle - Roger Ebert Interview - Esquire
A fantastic portrait of Roger Ebert and his life after having a large portion of his jaw remove and subsequently losing his ability to speak, eat, and drink suddenly taken from him.
film  ebert  movies  interview  rogerebert  article  biography  portrait  from delicious
march 2010 by amdavidson
A Reporter at Large: The Interpreter : The New Yorker
A fascinating article on the universality of language and the possibility that Chomsky's universal grammar theories may not apply to all languages.
article  amazon  tribal  language  linguistics  anthropology  culture  chomsky  grammar  brazil  indigenous  people  humanity  universality  from delicious
january 2010 by amdavidson
Energy Tribune- Understanding E = mc2
Interesting explanation of green energy's limitations as it relates to Einstein's famous E = mc2 equation.
einstein  green  energy  nuclear  article  hydroelectricity  dam  sierra  club  wind  windmill  solar  wave  surge  power  generation  plant  pinboard 
october 2009 by amdavidson
Rare Important Instantaneous Photograph
Interesting story about the development of fast exposure film and a demo done using a mule and some dynamite
mule  donkey  cruelty  dynamite  explosion  photography  film  history  article  photo  scientific  american  charles  bennett 
september 2009 by amdavidson
The Word of Mouth KFC challenge | Life and style | guardian.co.uk
Reverse engineering KFC. Fried chicken recipes that I need to try out.
fried  cooking  recipe  chicken  kfc  food  recipes  blog  article  secret  colonel  sanders  meat  dinner  reverse  engineering  ingredients  MSG  monosodium  glutamate 
august 2009 by amdavidson
Self-Portrait Friday :: Photocritic photography blog
An amusing blog post that has some decent (if not a bit obvious) guidelines for self portrait taking.
howto  tips  photography  article  self-portrait  self  portrait  flickr  examples  photo  camera  taking  pictures 
august 2009 by amdavidson
Palin's Resignation: The Edited Version | vanityfair.com
A funny look at Sarah Palin's resignation speech after passing through Vanity Fair's fact checking, editing, and copy departments. Quite a "colorful result"
funny  humor  internet  politics  editing  writing  copywriting  palin  sarahpalin  language  editor  copy  fact  check  checking  vanity  fair  magazine  article  twitter 
july 2009 by amdavidson
Tips You Are Looking For Studio Lighting Techniques
Interesting article about the various ways studio lighting is setup for photo shoots
photography  howto  photographer  tips  lighting  studio  portrait  shot  addict  article  key  light  fill 
july 2009 by amdavidson
Hyperleggera – An Event Horizon of the Automotive Variety
An awesome article on the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2007... I wish I could see a sight like that.
cars  vintage  ferrari  article  scaglietti  historic  show  concorso  italy 
april 2009 by amdavidson

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