“Smoked Gouda is the most delicious cheese in the world, so obviously it is the way to go.” —
Wild, unsupportable declamations are my favorite kind of humor.
(from Slate)
“An app which is very clearly part of the new world ultra-simple design movement tied directly to modernism in the getting-things-done department of all hipsters’ lives is “Clear” for iOS.” — Of sentences, is there one - syntactically correct, mind you - that is more jumbled (confused) and difficult (hard) to find the point of, the “main idea,” than this above sentence?
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Sure, just give me ALL the nightmares, Randall.
Google Image search for “Beautiful Places.” The human race has monotonous, oversaturated taste.
“Really since the introduction of the iPhone, but particularly after the advent iPad, this concept of “apps as content” has gained a lot of currency, and now every media company in the world feels compelled to be in the business of developing native software as a distribution channel. Despite the press’s tendency to portray this trend as futuristic, I actually think of it as a bit retrograde—particularly since we’ve actually been evolving an incredibly sophisticated medium for content presentation and distribution for over 15 years now: the web.”—
Buzz Andersen, my pal and Director of Mobile Development at Tumblr
Couldn’t possibly agree more.
(via edp)
I’m of really mixed opinions about mobile apps for presenting publisher content. There are a lot of problems interacting with content using HTML. TCP/IP+HTTP is a fantastic distribution platfom, but HTML5+CSS3 still doesn’t let you do the same sort of things you can do with a native app. On the other hand, asking a business to write/buy/maintain a content storage system + 3/4/5/N presentation platforms is awful.
BTW - have you tried using Tumblr’s mobile app on Android? For viewing, it’s basically a web view, and ALL KINDS of stuff doesn’t work. There are a ton of images that don’t load, a ton of videos I can’t view… it’s one of the strongest arguments in favor of NOT using a mobile web site.
“Well, this is amazing news: Not only is Fiona Apple’s latest album now rumored for a June release, but it has a title, and in the grand tradition of insanely long Fiona Apple album titles, it is twenty-three-words long. Here it is in full: The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do. Granted, that title is 67 words less than the full When the Pawn… poem, but there are so many more nickname possibilities here. Idler Wheel! Driver of the Screw! So dramatic. Welcome back, Fiona, and never, ever change.” —
Fiona Apple’s New Album Title Is As Long and Crazy As You’d Hope — Vulture
First I hear that my favorite sleepover double bill will be playing at BAM, and then this? This is like, the best day ’90s me has had since they released The State on DVD. (I was kinda tired of keeping my VCR just for this.)
(via hystericalparoxysm)
Sun off the back wing. Sometimes you get really lucky with your little point-and-shoot.
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