Jul 5, 2008
Yes! Now it’s manly to carry around an umbrella - The Umbuster from Birkiland.
I wouldn’t even open the umbrella, I’d just punch the rain! Right in the face!
-Dan

Yes! Now it’s manly to carry around an umbrella - The Umbuster from Birkiland.

I wouldn’t even open the umbrella, I’d just punch the rain! Right in the face!

-Dan

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Jul 4, 2008
Psychotactics: Why Customers Buy (And Why They Don't)

There’s a lot of fluff on this site, but also some good tips. Worth poking around.
- James

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22 percent of companies ban social networking sites

Makes sense, if you don’t want your employees connecting and building relationships with the outside world (customers, vendors, contractors, etc.).
— James

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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Supremely sweet cover of Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven.  This is by Rodrigo Y Gabriela. Props go out to Heather Herr for this find.

-Sunny

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"The real world, when done right, kicks the virtual worlds ass. I mean, it’s not even close."

Scott Berkun in The Pleasures of Turning Things Off

This is why it’s so important to understand context in the real world when building websites and applications and understand how they can make someone’s non-virtual world better… And to get out every once in a while!

-Dan

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“But in these twenty-six years we have earned over $200 million, which we’ve given to countless charities. How to account for this massive success? Pure luck? Transcendental meditation? Machiavellian manipulation? Aerodynamics? High colonics? We haven’t the slightest idea.” -PL and AE
He also wrote one of the best business-slash-cool-story-book combos of all time. Shameless Exploitation - You should read it!!!
-Dan

“But in these twenty-six years we have earned over $200 million, which we’ve given to countless charities. How to account for this massive success? Pure luck? Transcendental meditation? Machiavellian manipulation? Aerodynamics? High colonics? We haven’t the slightest idea.” -PL and AE

He also wrote one of the best business-slash-cool-story-book combos of all time. Shameless Exploitation - You should read it!!!

-Dan

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Jul 3, 2008


Micro-interactions in a 2.0 World by David Armano

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Govit: Vote on Legislation, Contact Congress by email, and Compare your Voting Record with your Representatives

“A non-partisan site built by a regular citizen to help you interact with the government and each other.”

While I hope to see more sites like this, I do think its a funny that a site to help Americans connect with their government was outsourced to India :)

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Jul 2, 2008
Transparent Canoe
This is so sickhouse!  Props to April Holle for finding the link.
-Sunny

Transparent Canoe

This is so sickhouse!  Props to April Holle for finding the link.

-Sunny

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