What People Don't Get About My Job
That is the essence of my job — to protect something precious. The fair opportunity to compete for something very scarce. The win. It is my privilege to share the game with the best players there are.
Read this interesting piece on job/life description submittals to The Atlantic.
The Real Monopoly RT @daringfireball
Take your time. I imagine that 99% of you are at this point exclaiming something along the lines of, "The fuck? Since when was that how you're supposed to play Monopoly?"
Take a deep breath. I know I've just rearranged what seems like one of the fundamental pillars of the world, like the fact that you can't travel faster than light, or the fact that the Wright brothers were the first to achieve powered flight, or the fact that the Swedes do porn and the Dutch do drugs.
But you're just going to have to accept it.
Those are the actual rules of Monopoly. Go and look at the rules in your set if you don't believe me.
I never played with the auction rule. Someone deceived me! Still love Monopoly Deal though...
Own a Shape
Owning a shape isn’t easy – by itself, as demonstrated by Samsung and RIM, a shape is hardly potent. Those who have successfully laid claim to a shape have used it as a building block rather than as window dressing. Use the power of shape to reinforce good design with coherence and identity – and that shape may one day be yours.
ROI Of Experience
Food For Thought
Procreate by @SiPropaganda: GET IT
In my opinion, the best iPad sketch program out there. Nothing can touch the speed.
Awesome People Hanging Out Together
Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein, 1925
(picture taken by Paul Ehrenfest)
My new favorite site.
I've Got A Golden Ticket
Paris Themmen looks pissed.
