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simurai: We're in an icon-sharpness limbo

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:29:00 -0400

simurai: We're in an icon-sharpness limbo:

With the rise of Retina displays people are looking for resolution independent alternatives to PNG icons. Some fell in love with font-icons, some are shouting “SVG”. But I’m sorry, if you’re looking for a silver bullet, I’m afraid it doesn’t exist. Let’s take a closer look at our options:

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i loooove this logo because the proportions of the words and...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:28:00 -0500

i *loooove* this logo because the proportions of the words and colors are just perfect for reminding you of grape flavor. and not real grapes since real grapes would be like oblong in shape and the color of the vine would not be so cute and kelly green. ahhh this logo makes me so happy. also check out this performance of miguel on thatgrapejuice.tv :D

mashable: Happy Friday. funnyordie: The 25 Best Ron Swanson...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:21:17 -0500

mashable:

Happy Friday.

funnyordie:

The 25 Best Ron Swanson GIFs on the Internet

Ron Swanson is amazing. On loop. Forever.

Women who will be hurt by entitlement

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:22:15 -0500

wellesleyunderground:

From the day we receive our acceptance letters filled with The List of beekeeper-astronaut-juggler prodigies who are to become our new classmates, to the day we are inducted into the “most powerful women’s network in the world” (yes, they said that) upon graduation, Wellesley students are masterfully instilled with a sense of accomplishment, expectation, and entitlement. We are accomplished because we’ve made it into a community of successful women, which, we are constantly reminded, includes the likes of Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright and Diane Sawyer. By studying hard and taking advantage of the resources that this community has to offer us, we too can expect to be the Clintons, Albrights and Sawyers of the future. That’s how the thinking goes, and it’s a powerful rhetorical strategy—for better or for worse.

At its best, this Women Who Will tactic is empowering. As a feminist, I believe it’s crucial to undo the social conditioning that has taught us as girls that we weren’t very likely to be politicians, or business moguls, or anyone who had very much power at all. Many of us have taken away from Wellesley the benefit of a reconditioning—a demolition of the barriers we had consciously and unconsciously internalized as children. The “Women Who Will” strategy is a significant piece of that reconditioning. It gives us the confidence and security to chase our professional dreams after Wellesley, knowing that we’ll be supported by a network of women who have done it before us.

At its worst, Women Who Will strategy is detrimental to our ability to cope with declining job prospects. When economic times are tough, and entry-level jobs are hard to come by even for those with marketable skills, it’s crushing and disorienting to realize that your hard work at Wellesley does not entitle you to the position of Secretary of State. In fact, it doesn’t even entitle you to your first job. I would even argue that the effect of this disillusionment is more than just depressing—it is debilitating. It requires us to shift our thinking from a job search focused on our own interests to a job search focused on skills acquisition. It requires us to develop a sense of humility. It requires us to abandon our Five-Year Plans for outside-the-box plans—or for no plans at all. I don’t mean to suggest that this sense of disorientation is in itself harmful. In fact, we’re probably all better in the end for it. No,what’s debilitating is the needless emotional fallout of recent graduates realizing just how ill-equipped they are to join the workforce.

At the moment, my fellow Wellesley classmates from 2011 seem to be feeling a mixture of these benefits and drawbacks—simultaneously grateful for the can-do attitude and high-powered networking connections that Wellesley offers, and angry about their unpreparedness for the realities of this economic climate as well as Wellesley’s failure to adjust its message in times of economic hardship. While I don’t believe Wellesley should abandon its message of empowerment, it would do well to supplement that message with a more practical, skills-based approach. This is not to say that Wellesley should stick us all in accounting classes and make us into CPAs just so we can get our first job, but rather to say that Wellesley should recognize and respond to the need for skills acquisition in a time when employers are less likely to invest in training for entry level job candidates.

After all, the purpose of a liberal arts education may not be to get us a job, but the future of Wellesley’s financial strength and position as a leading academic institution certainly requires that more than a few of us do.

—Sarah Turrin, ‘11

fillleap: Paper Trail By graphic artist Ian...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:54:00 -0500

fillleap:

Paper Trail By graphic artist Ian Wright

http://www.mrianwright.co.uk/

since the portrait is large scale, detailed but simple at the same time - this pieces reminds me of chuck close

good: GOOD senior editor Cord Jefferson responds to Forbes’...

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:35:59 -0500

good:

GOOD senior editor Cord Jefferson responds to Forbes’ horrendous piece, “If I Were a Poor Black Kid”:

You find this sort of thing a lot among the white, moneyed, conservative set: “If only blacks and Latinos would work harder, they’d be fine.” I don’t think Marks and people who think like that are malicious, but I’d love to ask them how best to focus on your studies when all you can think about is the very real possibility that your mother is being assaulted in the bedroom where you’re supposed to find sanctuary at night. How best to prioritize learning to read rigorously over scheming to get home and be the man of the house in the stead of the father who left? How best to find joy in school with so much hate and bitterness poisoning the rest of your life?

Read more on GOOD→

really beautiful infographic that portrays truly disheartening,...

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:32:01 -0500

really beautiful infographic that portrays truly disheartening, depressing data about america’s values. i guess there must be more money to make in the prison industrial complex than education… so sad.

newwavefeminism:

kateoplis:

One Year of Prison Costs More Than One Year at Princeton (full chart)

This is really all you need to know about America’s priorities.

"When my confident, curious, adventurous 12-year-old daughter asked if she could go get ice cream by..."

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:15:23 -0400

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When my confident, curious, adventurous 12-year-old daughter asked if she could go get ice cream by herself (we live in a city) the first thing that I thought of was how to prepare her to hear:

“Where’s my smile, baby?”
“Wanna go for a ride?”

What if she is surprised? Looks down? Doesn’t give the guy speaking to her the positive response that he seems to think he’s entitled to? What hurtful, explicit things will he then say to put her in her place?

From now on, she’ll have to be on alert. How many times will she have to go out of her way, take longer routes, not go certain places, alter her clothes? Not forget to hold her keys poking through her fingers? Not take certain buses, and pay for a cab instead of taking a metro? Take her lighthearted moods and tuck them away behind earphones and fake phone conversations?

How will it make my daughter feel? Powerless? Angry? Sad? Scared? It’s stressful and depressing to have to acknowledge the underlying threat of violence, especially in a culture that is dedicated to equality for all, a concept predicated on equal and safe access to public space and free speech. Her loss of innocence will have as much to do with the betrayal of this myth of equality and equal access as with understanding her physical vulnerability.

”

- Soraya Chemaly: Street Harassment is Everywhere; What do We Tell Our Daughters? (via heavenearthandhoratio)

Inspiration for your Monday - Frank Lloyd Wright’s...

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:46:33 -0400

Inspiration for your Monday - Frank Lloyd Wright’s personal stationary via @letterheady

letterheady:

Frank Lloyd Wright, 1946 | Source

A sheet of architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s personal stationery; a much larger version of which is here. His studio letterhead has been featured on Letterheady previously.

Made this e-flyer last night to help get the word about the next...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:14:01 -0400

Made this e-flyer last night to help get the word about the next Stop “Stop & Frisk” [Policy] protest. You might have heard about the first protest on 125th St in Harlem last Friday, where Cornel West and friends were arrested. Get involved, get informed - if you care.

LOL @ the melancholy costume. love love love this drawing....

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:48:00 -0400

LOL @ the melancholy costume. love love love this drawing. anyone watch miss representation tonight?

fuckyeahfeminists:

lotus-eyes:

yes

I call dibs on the Melancholy costume.

tudisrien: by Shadi Ghadirian Like Everyday Series...

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:17:20 -0400

tudisrien:

by Shadi Ghadirian

Like Everyday Series 2000-2001

Ghadirian uses an ordinary kitchen utensil as a readymade pun. Through her simple recontextualisation of a cleaver, she develops a fictional character of hilarious proportions as the old adage of ‘hatchet face’ comes to life as a one eyed shrew. Branded with the knife company’s label – Shogun – she’s not a woman to be reckoned with.

NYCEDC allowed me to design my first infographic. Love this...

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:14:05 -0400

NYCEDC allowed me to design my first infographic. Love this job!

nycedc:

Why choose NYC as the home for your new media enterprise?

With more than $642.2 million in venture capital flooding the New York Metro area in Q2 2011, the City surpassed Boston as the leading location for deals outside Silicon Valley. In fact, a total of 98 companies in the Manhattan area received funding at that time.

Venture capitalists invested $2.2 billion in the New York City metro area last year, up 30% from 2009.

Click the image above to view the full infographic, and discover why the City is the best place to make your entrepreneurial vision a reality.

Photo

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:56:48 -0400

The Daily Beast || A Bleak Day for Rape Victims

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:54:12 -0400

The Daily Beast || A Bleak Day for Rape Victims :

suzyxisntreal:

“Dismissing these charges on the grounds of the woman’s credibility reinforces a status quo that has silenced women for centuries. But it is presumptuous and dangerous. A jury should have decided whether to believe her. Those individuals’ decision would have been affected by a vast landscape of forces that cross borders. Juries’ views reflect those of the societies they live in–the power structures, the status and roles of men and women…

But that world is changing. The culture of silence is ending. There is more information about men and women, power and violence and a growing understanding that, above all, rape is a pervasive and violent crime that devastates women’s lives. In fact, a New York jury may have been ready to say: Enough, we don’t care about the mistakes this woman has made in the past, we care about the evidence of sexual assault. The DSK case might have been a tipping point in the U.S. We will never know.”

THIS is what Slutwalk organizers were there for. To confront a culture in which accusers are straight-up silenced, shamed and re-victimized by the public. And I’m fuckin’ tired of it.

i have definitely not been keeping good records as i ought to...

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:03:59 -0400

i have definitely not been keeping good records as i ought to lately. i recently moved and got a new gig. for the past month or so i have been working like i’m trying to feed a small village and it feels so good to be busy working on what i love.

i love our new place and thought i would share this teaser image. i’ve been getting a lot of inspiration from emily henderson & jonathan adler for the design of the new space - so while the image looks really traditional, the colors and the rest of the space won’t be. EEEE so exciting!

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Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:03:05 -0400

JamNoPeanut: Pelican Bay Hunger Strike, Harlem Speak OUT 7.16.11

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:39:54 -0400

JamNoPeanut: Pelican Bay Hunger Strike, Harlem Speak OUT 7.16.11:

jamnopeanut:

Revolutionary Will

Stan Smith

Greg, of exercisecompassion.blogspot.com

What started as a hunger strike amongst a few prisoners at California’s Pelican Bay Prison has erupted into the largest prison uprising since Attica, some 40 years ago. 6,600 prisoners across 11 state…

NPR is the Sh!t

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:38:06 -0400

NPR is the Sh!t:

Yes yes yes! NPR’s First Listen column is now streaming Little Dragon’s highly anticipated (by me) third album “Ritual Union.” Album comes out July 26th - so that’s when NPR will stop streaming the album. Can’t wait! EEEEE!

Pandora Breaks Addiction From Flash

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:28:42 -0400

Pandora Breaks Addiction From Flash:

Pandora’s got a new sleek design and TechCrunch (also newly redesigned) has a great review / breakdown. The site is built in HTML5 so there are LOTS of updates and improvements to the site.

In case you don’t have time/don’t want to read the entire breakdown on TechCrunch, I’ve listed below the highlights for you:

You can hit the Back Button now - AND your music will keep on playing.
You can navigate throughout the site and your music will play uninterrupted.
Easy to share URLs now - before you had to use their dynamically generated, flash share widget URL.
Commenting is about to blow up on Pandora. In general, the site has integrated more social elements - profiles, integration with Facebook and Twitter, and my favorite addition to the site, Music Feeds to see what your friends are listening to.

My favorite thing about these big breakdown / reviews on TechCrunch - or any bigger online magazine - are the comments. There is always SO much drama between the Flash haters & Flash fans slash Apple Fanboys & Apple haters on tech sites. I’m a Flash hater slash Apple Fanboy since a lot of my work involves SEO and I love design. But I do loves me some nerdy commenting drama!