August 2011
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Transmedia Design for 3 Screens - Make That 5 |... →
I am a screen-size bigot: bigger screens deliver hugely higher user productivity. Anyone who’s experienced a 30-inch monitor cringes at the idea of doing a major project on anything smaller. I’m astounded that PC makers don’t offer even bigger screens. (I’d be first in line for a 40-inch screen with 300 dpi crispness.)
Uncle Jakob is talking nonsense here. A 40-inch...
Steve Jobs →
benjohncock:
“Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works. The design of the Mac wasn’t what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it….
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“The book is alive and well. Social media is liberating millions all over the...”
– Write for Your Life
I’m so sick of reading about all the doom and gloom that appears to hover permanently over the publishing industry.
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Win a signed, first edition hardback copy of A... →
Awesome sponsor on Write for Your Life this week. Rather awesome prize too.
You should definitely enter.
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“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with...”
– Roald Dahl (via msmarthareads)
“Being crippled by envy is a real threat to a happy life of writing – it’s very...”
– Tony Parsons, that airport job was mine | Jean Hannah Edelstein | Comment is Free (via jeanhannah)
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“I believe that you should always aim to write the best book that you possibly...”
– Can you really write a book in seven weeks? | Write for Your Life
I did a bit of a controlled rant.