DESIGN
- Trapped By The Web — But For How Long? Take the Kelberman Challenge : Krulwich Wonders…Art project that plays off our tendency to get trapped when we surf the internet.
- ‘A Lovely Feeling’: Celebrating Older Women With Fabulous Style. Lovely indeed. (photos: Ari Seth Cohen)
- The Unbelievable Photos Taken by the Crazy Russians Who Illegally Climbed Egypt’s Great Pyramid. So cool! I’m glad they got away with it. I think the underdog needs to get away with more stuff nowadays.
- The 15th-Century Equivalent of Your Cat Walking on Your Keyboard – Rebecca J. Rosen. Awww.
- Why ‘Intuitive’ Interface Is A Myth. Both interesting and “duh.”
- Ur Mom: Correcting The Grammar Of Graffiti. SUCH a neat design/English project. Love it.
- Ford’s Apology Tour: What am I missing? For shame. Ford design agency creates extremely inappropriate and sexist posters for an internal project.
SOCIAL
- Fruit, Not Fries: Lunchroom Makeovers Nudge Kids Toward Better Choices : The Salt. Article about how presentation of food could encourage more students to eat healthier. Because, you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink it over soda.
- North Korea Caught Photoshopping … Again (Do We Care?) : The Picture Show. Had to read the photoshop cameo.
- The Internet ‘Narcissism Epidemic’. Definitely. Kids and their phones/computers/ipads #selfie
- Supreme Court justices conflicted on gay marriage case. You know it!
SCIENCE
- Hagfish slime: The clothing of the future? Oh, you know, engineering hagfish slime into a commercially viable natural fiber, like silk.
- What Does 2,000 Calories Look Like? (above)
MEDIA
- How the Trust Hormone Drives Business Performance. This is a bit of a misnomer, it’s an article about how to create meaningful rewards that for your employees. Research for a client.
- Attention Students: ‘Just Being Yourself’ Isn’t a Skill That Should Earn You Admission to College. Response article to this absolutely horrible op-ed a brat posted about getting rejected from college. You have no idea how much angry reading her article made me. It’s unbelievable how removed this girl is from reality. Might have to write more on this later.
- Police: NH Woman Called 911 To Get Help Ordering Chinese Food. Oh nooooooo! Society!
- 20 WTF Headlines You Won’t Believe Are Real. I’m not immune to trashy reads. You know I’m not.
- Hadouken Meme Strikes Internet Like Lighting. Oh man, I’m excited to know this pop culture reference when it comes up! I’m going to be all like: “Man, I’m so tired fo that”
Did i really agree to do this every week? Holy smokes.