I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds.I do not make any of my own clothing.I speak a language I did not invent or refine.I did not discover the mathematics I use.I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive of or legislate, and do not enforce or adjudicate.I am moved by music I did not create myself.When I needed medical attention, I was helpless to help myself survive.I did not invent the transistor, the microprocessor, object oriented programming, or most of the technology I work with.I love and admire my species, living and dead, and am totally dependent on them for my life and well being.Sent from my iPad
It’s always nice to see the designer and the design.
You see the context to their creation, intentions, inspirations, the way they use their design.
I’ll never get bored of the Ikepod, Apple Watch comparison. Marc Newson is a great designer.
via HODINKEE
This new design hasn’t changed since the betas.
‘Contents’ is a slider and a button, with text, percentage, and an icon.
When changing text size:
Don’t worry if the sample text doesn’t match the book. It’s close enough. Aa for Eefort as they say.
Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam by Michael Tilson Thomas & San Francisco Symphony
The diminuendo at the end as it fades out with dissonance, to then resolve right at the last second gets me every time.
The last line on the website — love & fury — increases and weight as you scroll past it.
Nice touch.
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I think I’ve used Typeracer before, but I’ve never used Monkeytype.
I got 94 wpm for 30 seconds of typing; very middle-of-the-road.
Learning to type properly could help.
Becky got 86.
Once I was at the library looking for a book. It ended up being on display but I couldn’t find it, so I asked a librarian to help. They typed correctly as they searched the catalogue. But they typed so slowly, I couldn’t believe how long it took.
Proper typing form doesn’t matter too much.
I knew about the NASA Graphics Standards Manual.
I knew about the New York Subway Map Debate from Gary Hustwit.
But I had no idea there was a publishing company doing all this!
via Standards Manual
Index on the left, exhibit on the right.
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I was looking into ISO 8601, a date standard: YYYY-MM-DD
ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization.
ISO is also the name for film sensitivity or speed and the setting on camera sensors: ISO 400
The ISO, made ISO!
I feel slightly silly for not knowing about this.
The ISO standardised: - Film speed - Disk images, or ‘.ISO’ - The camera flash hot shoe - And many others.
Then there’s the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission).
If IEC sounds familiar, it’s the name of a power cable or jug cord(C14/C14). The same standard is used for large Apple power bricks (C7/C8) and many others.
The IEC, made the IEC!
Then the ISO, together with the IEC, made a joint committee (JTC 1) called the Joint Photographic Experts Group, or JPEG. They also made the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG).
The JPEG, made the JPEG, PNG, and many others.
The MPEG, made the MPEG, H.264 (MP4), and H.265 (HEIC, HEVC) and many others.
You can go deeper. The world is crazy.