“ In 5-billion yrs the Sun will expand & engulf our orbit as the charred ember that was once Earth vaporizes. Have a nice day. ”
astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on Twitter five minutes ago. (via washingtonpoststyle)
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“ We believe strongly that the company is going to be reflected in the product and vice-versa,” Mr. Dorsey said. “The internal matches the external and the external matches the internal, and if we can’t provide a clean, simple, well-designed experience in here, it’s not going to be reflected in our identity. It’s in our DNA ”
Design Sets Tone at Square, a Mobile Payments Start-Up - NYTimes.com (via bijan)
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Microsoft, Defying Image, Has a Design Gem in Windows Phone
I’m not going to lie (and I can’t believe I’m publicly saying this), but the Windows Phone is actually pretty hot. The design looks great and I really like how they are trying to think outside the box when it comes to the typography, user experience, and navigation. It will be interesting to see how sales perform in 2012.
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If you look at the data, New York is - today - the center of the media universe. Headquarters for 29 of global media companies - New York is 2.4x larger than the next ‘HQ’ city (Paris with 12 HQ’s).
NYC has the largest share of US media jobs. NY has 20.4% of magazine publisher employment, 15.4% of book publishing jobs, 11.5% of motion picture jobs, and 11.2% of advertising jobs (19.6% of ad agency employment).
But the nature of media is changing fast, and the future of both media itself and New York’s role in it was the question asked as a 2 year study and exploration was conducted.
”“NYC’s Digital Future: A Projection” by Steve Rosenbaum, NYC Entrepreneur at Large (Huffington Post)
(Source: nycedc, via nycdigital)
The geography of American brand value – New York tops the list with $333 billion, more than 10% of total worldwide brand value
“ studies show that encountering an obstacle in one task can elicit a more global, Gestalt-like processing style that automatically carries over to unrelated tasks, leading people to broaden their perception, open up mental categories, and improve at integrating seemingly unrelated concepts. ”
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“ In a world of spreadable media, there’s a deeper ethical obligation to be attentive to the truth value of information. ”
USC’s Henry Jenkins, at the Futures of Entertainment 5 summit, on the changing responsibilities of journalists and information purveyors (via curiositycounts)
“ Brands don’t create communities, brands court communities. ”
USC’s Henry Jenkins at MIT’s Futures of Entertainment 5 summit (via curiositycounts)
“ U.C. San Diego scientists in 2009 estimated the “average” American consumes 34 gigabytes of media a day. ”
Ethan Zuckerman wants you to eat your (news) vegetables — or at least have better information » Nieman Journalism Lab (via tigs)
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