I PAID SOMEONE $100 TO STAND IN LINE FOR ME, AND THEN I PUBLISHED A BOOK. The two iPhones I purchased on June 29, 2007 Ten years ago today on June 29, 2007, the original iPhone went on sale at...
INSTEAD OF CULTURE, LET’S TALK ABOUT CHEMISTRY IN THE WORKPLACE. Disclaimer: I’m just as guilty of referencing ‘culture’ when describing teams, workplaces, and companies. Recently I’v...
This month marks 11 years of connecting companies & talent through a little thing that started as a blog sidebar. Here’s a brief history. To begin, let’s go back a little further than 11 ye...
Starting today through Friday, August 26, all products are priced 55% off . My new workspace will have less storage space for posters, so it’s time to clear out some inventory. 📦💨 A...
WAIT, WHICH ‘APPS’ ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? Lately there’s been considerable debate about the future of native apps, ranging from the cooling of downloads to the dubious utility of instant ...
Originally published on Medium . Unlike most job ads, Mozilla’s job ad for The Coral Project is one you’ll probably actually read. It’s engaging, concise, and personal—without requirin...
(You can also listen to this post as audio .) “It doesn’t belong on the web.” This assumption has prevailed throughout much of the internet’s history; if your voice isn’t recorded wit...
I’ve been fascinated by Meerkat the past few days. That is, if I’ve been lucky enough when a live stream actually, you know, streamed. Clearly their servers have been hammered by traffic rec...
I’ve shared the Authentic Jobs origin story before, but never like this. At Squares Conference 2015 in Grapevine, Texas, I’ll be offering a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like run...
After not speaking at conferences for nearly all of 2014 (with good reason ), I’m now accepting invitations for 2015. My presentation is titled “Cohesive UX”. In a nutshell, > This...
Brush lettering is hard. Clearly this is why we have full-time typographers. The tl;dr of it all is that we’re running our annual New Year’s 50% off sale over at Authentic Jobs, and I task...
Oh how disease + being busy resonates with me. Every technology or product that pitches “do ______ in less time” inevitably creates more busyness than it eliminates. Clearly the industry of...
Craig Mod, who convincingly argues that app development (and their success) is often completely senseless , drops this astounding wisdom on readers about halfway through the article: > The fi...
Today the world lost one of the most influential designers of our time, Massimo Vignelli. Michael Bierut, who knew him well, offers a fitting tribute : > Massimo died this morning at the�...
Today’s a big day. The Brooklyn Bridge letterpress poster is now (officially) available to the public, and on sale to boot. Additionally, a few supporting resources have been published. SUMME...
Elon Musk, responding to reports about Model S collisions and car fires: > The odds of fire in a Model S, at roughly 1 in 8,000 vehicles, are > five times lower than those�...
Yosemite HD I left me speechless. The second installment is just as remarkable. In contrast to the first, most of the shots in the second were taken during the day: > A 200+ mile backpack...
Mike Monteiro , recalling a trip to the car dealership as a teenager: > There are two things I’ll never forget from the following > interaction. The first was the look of em...
Short answer: It varies. Pretty widely. A close friend asked me to share how I generate ideas for new projects, and I thought it’d be worthwhile to repeat my answer here. Below are few exampl...
Why are there no decent blank tees for comping t-shirt designs? UPDATE: There are. Looks like I wasn’t looking in the right places . Recently I’ve been designing a t-shirt for a friend, ...