Jason sent me this new-favorite-webcomic. Thought it was worth posting. (It’s old, I know).

iPad Application Design » Matt Legend Gemmell →

Another great essay, also via daringfireball, about iPad application design. If you’re into that kind of stuff, it’s great.

Books in the Age of the iPad — Craig Mod →

This is a great essay on printing and why it can last and digital media and everything I love talking and thinking about.

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This is cool. I don’t know what it is or where it’s from, but it’s cool.

(via nehahaha)

bethlehems:

(via shaneguiter): Essay - I Was a Teenage Illiterate - NYTimes.com

This was an awesome essay.

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This is a chandelier made of Gummi bears. So cool. (via Racked)

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Tim Burton retrospective at the MoMA. So great and worth going to.

Reporters Hole Up With Just Facebook, Twitter : NPR →

shaneguiter:

Earlier this month, five French-speaking journalists spent a week in a house in the French countryside. No cell phones, no TV. They could use only Twitter and Facebook in their reporting. Host Liane Hansen speaks to Janic Tremblay of Radio Canada to find out how the experiment turned out.

Yup, I had that problem too. Target black flats or endless.com — I’ve had good luck with those, and they’re cheap enough that when they fall apart after a year, its worth it.

shaneguiter:

The BBC’s “wall of shame”

The BBC printed out all their old websites and tacked them on the wall before starting on their new visual language. My favorite visual thinking activity: lay it all out where you can look at it.