"If I were zippy and worked hard all the time, what I’d create would be of little value; I’d make too many mistakes. I don’t mind admitting that I’m lazy because laziness is, for me, an attribute."
— John Chamberlain, 1982
"You know what I hate? People who still use the word ‘hipster.’ Just stop. When you say ‘hipster,’ you really just mean ‘asshole,’ so say that instead."
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Sarah Brown, circa 2005.
If only the world would have listened to her and obeyed. I personally relish any opportunity to use the word “asshole.”
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If you’re a tumblr-er and you have a moment, please recommend my site for the “photographers” category.
Thanks!
Helsinki Design Lab →
I am really happy to announce the launch of Helsinki Design Lab, a site XOXCO had the pleasure of partnering with Bryan Boyer of SITRA to build. HDL’s mission, in part:
We assist decision-makers to view challenges from a big-picture perspective, and provide guidance toward more complete solutions that consider all aspects of a problem. Our mission is to advance this way of working - we call it strategic design.
Helsinki Design Lab features three case studies that epitomize the field of strategic design and they’re currently accepting case study applications to be featured on the site and at the conference later this year.
Andy Pressman, of Rumors Studio, did some beautiful work on the visual design. And I’m really proud of our implementation of the details, including:
- Subtle animation effects in the case study and around the site highlight portions of the content.
- Case studies that “come to life” as they are created using the submission tool thanks to tons of fancy CSS and jQuery magic.
- Each time the page is loaded a randomized version of the logo appears!
- “Exquisite” PDFs are generated through a custom javascript-based pagination function.
- Behind the scenes, all of the editorial tools feature autosave!
A big thanks to Bryan, Andy and Ben for their hard work on this.
Are you following Thomas Lennon on Twitter? His scary “sleep tight” toots are the best. As a bonus, he occasionally links to photos of his baby boy, who has already mastered the use of his eyebrows.
| Nurse: | Did you pee? |
| Elderly Patient: | ... |
| Nurse: | Did you PEE? Have you PEED yet? |
| Elderly Patient: | Yes, I had some at lunch. |
| Nurse: | Not tea, PEE! Have you PEED yet?! |
| Elderly Patient: | Hah, yes. I peed earlier. |
"Plots we would not do on 30 Rock? Let me put the Internet at ease: Liz and Jack will never be together. Not even if we go fifteen seasons. Okay, if we get to season fifteen, they’ll do it."
The New York Times discovers breakfast tacos →
When I was still in school at UT I literally lived around the corner, just a few steps away from the Tamale House. Every weekend I would stumble over there to get the cure for my hangover: a potato, egg and cheese taco. Or two. These days I live within spitting distance of two Torchy’s Tacos locations. Their migas taco has everything you could ask for: eggs, pico, avocado.
When I lived in San Francisco, breakfast tacos (really tacos in general - it’s a burrito town if ever one existed) were one of the things I was truly homesick for. Luckily for past me, they were easy enough to replicate in the comfort of my own kitchen.
Programming note
Though I signed up for an account with Fotomoto almost three months ago, I have finally added their code to my site. Now you can purchase prints of the photos I post here. If you’re reading this on your Tumblr dashboard, you’ll have to visit Your New Favorite directly to see the “buy print” link underneath each image.
If you’ve always wanted to plaster your walls with pictures of my dogs, today is your lucky day!
