January 2010
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“I hope we shall … crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed...”
– Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to George Logan, November 12, 1816
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Corporations as Uber-Citizens →
It is [according to the Supreme Court ruling] a violation of corporations’ civil liberties to limit their influence over the political process. Even though they are artificial entities, with greater access to capital, infinite longevity, and no interest in or connection to humanity, we now guarantee them the right of free speech. […] Freedom of speech was intended a way for human beings to...
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Realism in UI Design →
The goal is not to make your user interface as realistic as possible. The goal is to add those details which help users identify what an element is, and how to interact with it, and to add no more than those details.
Via ignore the code.
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Thanks to friggin' Foursquare
… I am now looking at San Francisco in terms of silent, geeky CONQUEST.
