(via the kids should see this)
- Pinokio is that Pixar Intro lamp come to live. (thanks Akbar)
- Patakk: Most artsy animated gif collection I have seen to date.
- You’re connected to everyone else on the web via 19 clicks or less.
- William Channer of Dorm Room Tycoon interviewed me for his lovely podcast series. You can listen to it here.
- The Benefits of Optimism are real, by Emily Esfahani Smith
- Smart: Virb teamed up with Etsy to help you create beautiful websites with a fully integrated shop.
- A short interview with yours truly over on Johnson Banks.
- An experiment by web designer Marko Dugonjić has taken the concept of responsive typography to a new level: using face detection, Dugonjić calculates the proximity a user is from his or her screen, and then adjusts font size accordingly. (via)
- The Future of Customer Service: These Companies Are Getting it Right
- Student solves Rubix Cube while juggling. (via Jad Abumrad)
- Moving NYTimes Article: 40 Years After an Acid Attack, a Life Well
- How to win a climate change argument, in one chart.
- What the smartest people do on the weekend is is what everyone else will do during the week in ten years. Interesting read by Chris Dixon.
- Twitter is hiring Designers. One of their perks: 24/7 Bacon. Oh my!!!
- Mid-Century Modern recipes. Consider me intrigued.
- Every recorded meteorite strike on Earth mapped. (via John Maeda)
- Love this minimal, ready to assemble stool by James McBennett.
- Panic Button Pacifier. Made me laugh.
- The Coolest Experience I Had as an Apple Store Employee
- Why teens are tiring of Facebook
- Useful: 50 All-Time Favorite New Uses for Old Things (ugh so much advertising. and boo to slideshows)_
- Very impressive fire fighter drill.
- Model Mothers Slideshow over on the New York Times. (via Joanna)
- Paris in Motion, Timelapse and Stopmotion Photography
- All kinds of nerdy and charming video about how meeting people is complicated: Closer.
- This Baby Beryl just won my heart. And I am not even a kid.