Matt Hogan.

So The Flaming Lips wrote a song for the Oklahoma City Thunder....

Sun, 27 May 2012 13:39:49 -0400

So The Flaming Lips wrote a song for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Just another example that the OKC Thunder are the hippest team in the league, and we have the best fans ever.

brycedotvc: This. Is good design. It has nothing to do with how...

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:54:20 -0400

brycedotvc:

This. Is good design. It has nothing to do with how pretty the app looks.

Video

Tue, 01 May 2012 01:30:00 -0400

A nice run down of various touch interfaces.

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:52:29 -0400

A nice run down of various touch interfaces.

John's Tumblr: "Because that's where the money is."

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:34:36 -0400

John's Tumblr: "Because that's where the money is.":

lilly:

I’m pretty obsessed with mobile & tablet these days. It feels like we’re reinventing so much of the world, so quickly — it’s just an amazing time of transformation.

And I’ve finally come around to what Steve Jobs said a couple of years ago at D: computers as we know them — with keyboards &…

Fez is a game that you should really play. A lot of the puzzles...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:19:39 -0400

Fez is a game that you should really play. A lot of the puzzles can be super frustrating, but something about it is satisfying in a weird way.

Also the art direction is amazing.

“And I should talk about, I always forget, something I did...

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:46:00 -0400

“And I should talk about, I always forget, something I did or something I should not have said. When I think we’re good, it happens again…”

One of my favorite albums this year. Nothing really groundbreaking out of Good Old War, but a solid album all the way through.

Stream on Rdio or download on iTunes.

I made her laugh, I made a pass, I showed her my half-dollar...

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:32:00 -0400

I made her laugh, I made a pass, I showed her my half-dollar ring. She said “That’s pretty cool, but classy girls don’t kiss in bars, you fool.”

The Lumineers’ self titled album came out last week, and it’s been a really great listen. Stream it on Rdio or Buy it on iTunes

sebastiansdrawings: Cheat sheets for drawing with 53’s Paper...

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:12:17 -0400

Cheat sheet #1

Cheat sheet #2

Cheat sheet #3

Cheat sheet #4

Cheat sheet #5

sebastiansdrawings:

Cheat sheets for drawing with 53’s Paper app

Good to know.

georgp: Lotus Plaza just released their latest album “Spooky...

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:18:30 -0400

georgp:

Lotus Plaza just released their latest album “Spooky action at a distance”. It’s a solo project from Lockett Pundt from Deerhunter. We used their track “Come Back” in our Paper video. Read the rave review on Pitchfork.

Rough sketch of our home screen for Cook, an...

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:55:00 -0400

Rough sketch of our home screen for Cook, an grocery/recipe/cooking app I’m creating.

Made with Paper

Aaron Schaap: Why you don't need a programmer

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:29:19 -0400

Aaron Schaap: Why you don't need a programmer:

At this point when I’m talking with the soon to be entrepreneur about this “simple” production requirement in their ever passionate vision of the future, I have just one thing to say: “You don’t need a programmer - you need a technical co-founder”.

I say this for a variety of reasons that I may write about later but the main one is that you shouldn’t outsource your core competency - that being your app. There are so many different things that go into developing a product, that simply leaving that in the hands of someone that has no vested interest or long term-commitment to the health and well being of it is not just risky, it’s unintelligent.

Yes. When my friend and I were brought on to work on our first startup, we demanded that we be founders. If the core of a product is software, there better be people who know the ins and outs of development in positions to make decisions that only they would know how to make.

Is that blogging?: Why Coding is Not The New Literacy

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:21:09 -0400

Is that blogging?: Why Coding is Not The New Literacy:

The ability to code does not confer the ability to communicate directly, but rather to newly organise pre-existing modes of communication such as language, images and sound. While new hardware and software will ultimately offer potential to interact in new and exciting ways (video telephones, brainwave sensing, etc), the programming of these innovations are not the communication that these innovations offer. Your grandmother does not need to know how to code a thought-transfer device in order to use the thought-transfer device that coders will ultimately help develop.

Sure, coding may not be direct communication between people, but is direct communication between a person and a machine. In today’s society, it’s certainly not necessary for everyone to know, but the need to communicate directly to machines is only becoming more common. It’s not hard to say literacy doesn’t encompass coding now, but in fifty, one-hundred years? We’ll see.

Pixel Artists were unreal at making their grid disappear back in...

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:13:23 -0400

Pixel Artists were unreal at making their grid disappear back in the SNES era.

“Long before you were born you were always to be a dagger...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:08:00 -0400

“Long before you were born you were always to be a dagger floating straight to their hearts.”

Really digging the new Shins album.

Rule #7 of gameboy Zeldas: use your shovel EVERYWHERE.

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:24:32 -0400

Rule #7 of gameboy Zeldas: use your shovel EVERYWHERE.

Guys piracy takes away a lot of money from the economy and...

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:55:31 -0400

Guys piracy takes away a lot of money from the economy and destroys so many jobs.

Me: It's ok reading is bad for you anyways.

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:26:17 -0400

Me: It's ok reading is bad for you anyways.
Wes: I know, right. So much time consumed. Tv's 40 min. So much healthier.
Me: Right?! I 100% agree. When people argue that video games are bad, it's really because they're too much like books.
Wes: Hahaha
Me: Sad but true.
Wes: Yeah. That's what I don't get: "video games are bad, kids ought go pick up a book." Same thing, asshole. Yeah, one requires a tiny bit more wit and imagination. But you're gonna knock a kid for 3 hours on Mario Kart instead of 4 hours in what, Hardy Boys? Hank the Cowdog? Piss off.

“I want you to wander silent past my outstretched arms. I...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:53:00 -0400

“I want you to wander silent past my outstretched arms. I want you to hide yourself from all I see. And though my heart will fight until its dying breath, you’re not for me.”

Do I really need to describe how awesome Delta Spirit is? Their third album came out yesterday, so do yourself a favor and go buy it/stream it. However you have to hear this album, do that.

My mom called to tell me that she didn’t want to finish Mockingjay, so she skipped to the end...

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:23:00 -0400

My mom called to tell me that she didn’t want to finish Mockingjay, so she skipped to the end and found out who Katniss loved. After seeing that is was the boy she liked, she went back and read the whole book.