Interesting article in USA Weekend about using online channels to “make your life better.” For the most part the sites mentioned are already well-known, but there are some other social networks tailored for specific interests and needs that are worth checking out. The tweet life: Using social media to make your life better | USA [...]

    A logo is often the most important part of a company’s identity — and sometimes the most difficult to design. Traditionally, the idea is to capture the company’s “personality” at a glance, and it’s up to the designer to use just the right fonts, shapes and colours to get this right.     [...]

    “Just build something that you’d want to use today, not something you think people could use somehow.” – Paul Graham via Startup Quote

I can’t really think of a billionaire corporate CEO who’s perceived by legions of fans as a rock star other than Steve Jobs. To say he’s been inspirational and one of the most influential men of the last half-century is an understatement. A mosaic portrait for the Los Angeles Times > Flickr via tsevis

Glad, in a way, to see I’m not the only one. Seems like the big media outlets and professional journalists latched on to and completely took over the independent publishing platform so that the blog, as it exists today, is only a semi-transparent medium for bursts of editorial. From the piece: Former bloggers said they [...]

So clever. And the thing is, I understand everything he’s talking about.

Most of my young life is recorded on Kodachrome film. My dad, thankfully, captured most of his kids’ lives on one of several cameras (like me, he was a gadget guy, too) but, regrettably, not on video. Having the moments of the last several years digitally captured and stored is great — for now. In [...]