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Holy. Shit. Yes. - × × ×

“Managing the volume of possessions is such a crushing problem in many homes that it elevates levels of stress hormones for mothers. Even families who invested in outdoor décor and improvements were too busy to go outside and enjoy their new decks. Most families rely heavily on convenience foods even though all those frozen stir-frys and pot stickers saved them only about 11 minutes per meal. A refrigerator door cluttered with magnets, calendars, family photos, phone numbers, and sports schedules generally indicates the rest of the home will be in a similarly chaotic state.” - × × ×

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“So, as I often do in these situations, I asked my friend Tyler for advice. Not only did he figure out the origin of the numbers almost immediately, he proposed an idea: show something to whoever tries one of those numbers. Make them squirm. Make them know I’m on to them.” • #ящик_кейсов - × × ×

«Как вдохновить людей и вовлечь их в жизнь города, в котором они живут? Ответ прост: если система не работает, не ждите пока кто-то решит все за вас – сделайте сами! Воркшоп «Городской квест» даст возможность участникам создавать и улучшать общественные пространства города. Будьте готовы перейти от простого городского наблюдателя к городскому хактивисту! Городской хактивизм значит играть с концепцией общественного пространства в более веселой и свободной форме. Он не требует огромных инвестиций, главное – идея.» - × × ×

“Editor’s note: I’ve been addicted to the tile-based board game Crows since I first played it back in early 2011, and the business of creating and selling board games is an interesting topic. I invited Tyler Sigman, the designer of Crows, to a write a guest post to talk about how he creates, and ultimately sells, board games. It’s a fascinating process and I’m going to vouch for the quality of Crows. Enjoy!” • #проигры - × × ×

“Reviews have been positive, but the game is still very much unknown. Just as with video games, there much competition each year, and even having a good game is never a guarantee that something will get noticed and sell well. Thankfully, boardgames have a longer shelf life than most video games, but I’m not holding out hope that Crows will replace Carcassonne any time soon. However, someone did affectionately call the game “Crowcassonne,” which I take as flattery. And yes, the little wooden crows are “creeples,” a pun on Carcassonne’s beloved “meeples.” - × × ×

В копилку прекрасных dataviz-роликов (via Russell Davies http://russelldavies.typepad.com/plannin...) • #визуализация - × × ×

"I usually say that my backpack weighs 50 pounds. I'm not sure but I have to carry it every step through airports. I'm sure that I'm shorter now than before and I don't walk as fast. Everything has its place in my backpack." - × × ×

"prism glasses for watching movies in bed" -дадада - nazer

"After nearly five years of development and plenty of major changes along the way, it's safe to say that Polytron's Fez has quite a storied history. It all began with a very small team -- just one designer and one programmer -- but eventually became one of the most anticipated indie games of all time." • #проигры - × × ×

“China has found a backdoor to access 80 percent of the “world’s communications” to include information passed through the internet and sensitive infrastructure databases, writes a former senior security analyst for the Pentagon. F. Michael Maloof, who now writes for WND, cites Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd and ZTE Corporation as the companies the Chinese government and People Liberation Army can use to gain access to this information via commercial networks installed by each Chinese electronic manufacturer. “The two companies give the Chinese remote electronic “backdoor” access through the equipment they have installed in telecommunications networks in 140 countries. The Chinese companies service 45 of the world’s 50 largest telecom operators,” Maloof writes. He goes further to say the Chinese are working to access the remaining 20 percent. Individuals and companies who communicate over their “virtual private networks” or VPNs are especially susceptible. Sources have told Maloof those networks are leaking like a “sieve” to Chinese data collectors, especially those that connect to companies based in places like Mexico.” - × × ×

"One of world’s leaders on leadership died today at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, was 79. The book, published in 1989, achieved such success that the words “seven habits” alone are almost synonymous with it." - × × ×

RIP - nazer

“The appointment of Ms. Mayer, who was employee No. 20 at Google and was one of the few public faces of the company, is considered a surprising coup for Yahoo, which has struggled in recent years to attract top flight talent in its battle with competitors like Google and Facebook. ¶ Ms. Mayer, 37, had for years been responsible for the look and feel of Google’s most popular products: the famously unadorned white search homepage, Gmail, Google News and Google Images. More recently, Ms. Mayer, an engineer by training whose first job at Google included computer programming, was put in charge of the company’s location and local services, including Google Maps, overseeing more than 1,000 product managers. She also sat on Google’s operating committee, part of a small circle of senior executives who had the ear of Google’s co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.” - × × ×

С одной стороны — тектонический сдвиг. С другой очень напоминает подарок троянцам того эпического коня. - × × ×

Придумаем потом, как это превратить из блога в нормальную базу данных с цитатами-контекстом, а пока пусть будет пополняющийся в прошлое архив, который мы собираем по вечерам в свободные две минуты. Сначала американский, потом английский. - × × ×

номер вайред справа волшебный -- самодельные требушет и ховеркрафт - за мной не занимать

Это, кстати, уже третий или четвёртый заход на «суперобложку» для какого-то самостоятельного издания, и каждый раз становится понятнее немного больше. Бесит то, что на это «немного больше» уходит какое-то нереальное количество времени и сил, стыдно за низкую эффективность всего. • #processed_book - × × ×

File > New - Иван

"Before beginning the tour, users can check out a preconfigured phone or download the app on their own phone. When visitors explore the exhibit they are presented with stamps at various stations. By pressing the stamp on their phone, they record an image in their logbook and unlock information they can reference immediately and in the future." - × × ×

“Our prototype setup consists of a wooden stamp that can be recognized by our iPhone app. On the hardware-side, we drilled a hole through the stamp, attached five soft conductive pads to the bottom and connected them to a wire that ends at the top of the stamp. As the stamp touches the screen of the iPhone, it recognizes a pattern of touch points that relates to the specific stamp. As we can vary the distance, as well as the number of touch points, the assortment of possible stamps is endless. For a final production, we imagine using 3D printed rubber stamps that would have individual designs on the bottom with integrated conductive markers. The important part is to make sure that the hand is touching conductive material that connects to the markers.” - × × ×

Очень круто. #артефакты - × × ×

Findings очень круто работают с цитатами, кажется пока, что лучше всех. Очень, очень. Выход на другие книги, сеть по пользователям-авторам, экспериментальный http://labs.findings.com/ Молодцы. - × × ×

Да-да, у меня похожий маршрут был: я сначала нашёл у кого-то анонс их экспериментального labs, потом как раз попал на Клэя Ширки, и затем уже зарегистрировался и проникся. ) - × × ×