A little Steve Jobs inspiration for you week ahead.
Milton Glaser on Work
Great quote from the article Milton Glaser: We’re Always Looking, But We Never Really See this morning. There’s no such thing as a creative type. As if creativity is a verb, a very time-consuming…
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Kandace and I finally got around to seeing this movie last night. It was an inspiration, but like many stories I’ve read recently, it was also a reminder of the consequences of…
Brand Focus
It is impossible for a brand to be all things to all people. Indeed, the more a brand tries to appeal to everyone, the more a brand loses what makes it distinct;…
Great Art, Mass-Produced
There are plenty of gems in Water Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, but in particular I love the stories from the days when they were making the Macintosh. Andy Hertzfeld and Bud…
A New Color
The Pantone company, which Apple used to specify colors for its plastic, had more than two thousand shades of beige. “None of them were good enough for Steve,” [Mike] Scott marveled. “He…
Julius Irving
Being a professional is doing the things you love to do on the days you don’t feel like doing them.
Sending the Right Message
John Gruber’s piece The Chair sums up the approach Apple took earlier this week with their iPad keynote announcement quite nicely.
Designers Sell Their Work
Dan Benjamin is on a roll with the 5by5 podcasts.
The Simplicity of Dropbox
Excellent post on Quora from the founder of Syncplicity, a Dropbox competitor.
Holli Harris, founder HadleyStilwell
I started working with Needmore two years ago when I started my clothing line…
Haleh Nia, Savoir Flair founder
Working long distance on creating a website from scratch is certainly not an easy job…
We’re Blushing
Thanks! The site is bringing in LOADS of work!
A Blast of Awesomeness
We always love to hear from happy clients!
Cuppin’ Noted
Oregon Live’s Tech Blog on Cuppin.
Interview With the Mate Master
The O’Reilly Mac DevCenter is running an interview with Allan Odgaard, creator of the brilliant Mac text editor TextMate. Learning about Allan’s development style, and how he keeps motivated, is a highlight…
Better Than Yourself
“Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.” -William Faulkner
Andy Warhol on Business
“Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art.”