She looked up from her phone and glanced at me from the side, “I’m sending Ted out.”
Taking a sip of my afternoon’s Negroni, I repeated the statement as a question to confirm, “You’re sending Ted out?”
“Yes,” she said
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A current list of BBSes accessible via Telnet.
I had a hunch bulletin board systems were still around. So is Usenet by the way, but newsgroups didn’t have the same feel as a closed system—too much noise. Telnet is great, but I miss the heyday of customized First
What is Design Fiction?
In short, it is “stories about possible worlds that are told through designed artifacts.” Think of it like designing a plausible but just out of reach future with a little reverse archeology thrown in.
A good example is the tricorder
Lego brings back the Galaxy Explorer.
From the product description: “This anniversary collectible edition of the Classic 497 Lego Galaxy Explorer model retains all the joy of the 1979 set but on a bigger scale.”
I never had this kit, but I looked at it
“I just didn’t feel up to it.”
Ethan Marcotte writes,
I just haven’t really felt much like, I dunno, being online. I’ve mostly stepped away from my public Twitter account because — well, it’s like the horse said. On top of that, I haven’t felt like writing,
Thibaut Sailly on a better way to create color variations.
This is required reading for anyone who considers themselves a designer. I only provide this quote as a means to entice everyone to click through and read—no, see—the post which includes images that will sell Sailly’s approach.
Before presenting it,
The incredible lack of empathy and poor aim from a cold and callous COVID patient.
I held out my hand, making the universal sign for “hey, toss that thing to me, and I’ll catch it.” The gesture is not only a signal but a reference point, a target made by the intended recipient to the
The Cafe That Helps Beat Writer’s Block—by Fining You $22.
This is interesting: A cafe/co-working space optimized for a specific type of work to be done combined with paid accountability.
The cafe’s co-owner, Takuya Kawai, directs his customers to set a goal for the day and, if requested, prods them
Behind the scenes of the making of the annual ‘New York Issue’ cover of The New York Times Magazine.
The cover portrays elements of a used moving box. The team produced 40 iterations which, thankfully, you can see a few of in the post. Print is far from dead.
