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  • The Neil Kulkarni guide to being a record-reviewer / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
    "Accept that everything you say will be forgotten and ignored but write as if you and your words are immortal. Don’t just describe but justify – make sure the reader knows WHY the record exists whether the reasons are righteous or rascally. And always remember you’re not here to give consumer advice or help with people’s filing. You’re here to set people’s heads on fire."
    (tags: writing criticism reviewing journalism advice tips )
  • Rands In Repose: The Words You Wear
    "In business, words are like fashion. You try a word on because important people around you are saying it and getting results, but you may not actually know what it means." Rands helps you discover what the words actually mean. As usual, he is right.
    (tags: business management language jargon communication buzzwords )
  • Intuition Games » Gray
    A game about protest, conflict, and shades of gray. Worth playing through to the 'end'; certainly made me think, and unlike any game I've played in a while. Not sure how this passed me bay.
    (tags: games flash protest riot conflict )
  • The Buzzwords of 2008 – NYTimes.com
    "Picking out political buzzwords from 2008 is like shooting moose in a pigpen. The fundamentals were so dizzyingly strong, it could be tough to keep them all straight." Good selection, though, both political and non.
    (tags: society language type nyt jargon words slang buzzwords )
  • sakurakoshimizu: 20071201
    "Waveform Series is the laser-cut shapes of the waveform of the sound in sound editing software environment. I used some human sound such as yawn, atchoum, giggle, wow, and the sound of church bell." Utterly, utterly gorgeous.
    (tags: design beautiful sound audio silver jewelry lasercutting waves )
  • HTTP Client – Mac Developer Tool for HTTP Debugging
    "A Mac OS X Leopard developer tool for debugging HTTP services by graphically creating & inspecting complex HTTP messages." Oh, that could come in handy.
    (tags: development web http debugging )
  • Pages Generator — GitHub
    Lovely way to generate pages for your github projects – and to do so as a branch of said project. Clever.
    (tags: opensource git versioncontrol sourcecontrol github )
  • Really, Really Big Bad Exploit found in Eve Online… after 4 years – PlayNoEvil Game Security News & Analysis
    "CCP Games has uncovered an exploit in Eve Online that survived in the game for 4 years and may have had a massive impact on the game and game economy." Read the links for more details; suffice to say, EVE is going through a major economic upheaval right now; exploits that have lasted for four years are no longer viable, and everything's getting very expensive. Sound familiar?
    (tags: games mmo mmorpg economy eve eveonline recession )
  • Hurt like HELvetica | Typophile
    "Semi-jestfully I would talk with my friends about how stupid it would be to get an I <3 Helvetica tattoo… an even stupider idea would be to get it as a tramp stamp. Well, I got good reviews from my posse and impulsively I got it last night…" Oh boy.
    (tags: typography tattoo uhoh )

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