Date: October 2013
What it all boils down to is this: 'free speech' doesn't mean what many people think it means. But what's worse is when those who are very aware of that use the situation to their own selfish advantage. Those people are entitled little shits. #link
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Very little purple in The Color Purple, I note. #link
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Tagging this with #newaesthetic [c/o The Verge] #link
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Anil Dash makes some good points here regarding how we consume the flow of information today. But I think there's still a place for stuff to be filtered by the publisher. I would rather, for instance, that the Guardian's excellent mobile site gave me access to the sections of the paper as they're printed, like the weekend supplements, rather than the just the broader categories the individual articles slot into. I don't want to have to work to get that comfortable experience. #link
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Choire Sicha decries the fly-by-nighters who claim the city as their own as if they live and breathe it. At least tourists admit they're tourists; and speaking from the perspective of having been one, they probably have a greater appreciation for the city despite their fleeting exposure. [c/o Kottke.org] #link
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"Nutter Butter cookies are unreal. They're absolutely fantastic cookies. You give me a pot of coffee and a family pack of Nutter Butters and that family pack is doomed." An engrossing conversation with an always interesting fellow. Who likes his biscuits, apparently. #link
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If you've read Our Band Could Be Your Life but haven't read Enter Naomi, you should fix that pronto. #link
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He's a surprisingly generous interviewee. Some good insights here, too. #link
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These are brilliant for digital publishing. But! They're simply not suitable for print production. Not yet anyway. I can only wish. #link
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Does exactly what it says in the link. See also: Walking Tokyo from Mount Takao to the megacity #link
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So 'jaywalking' was basically invented by the car industry lobby to take the streets away from the people. #link
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