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“If the kitchen are being slow the absolute worst thing you can do is refuse to make eye contact with the people who have been waiting an hour. Offer them more drinks, make them laugh, apologize for the chefs.”
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One thing I love about Gina’s features is that they’re less “look, this is cool” and more “I’ve been using this, formed an opinion and now am gonna share it with you”
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Fantastic advice from Jeff Veen on improving your design portfolio.
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“Zanzibar, the spice island that has become a tropical tourist paradise, has banned plastic bags in an attempt to save its threatened ecology.”
A brave, bold move. I admire them
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Cathy Sierra talks about and shares tips and techniques for creating those brilliant graphics and charts she includes in most of her entries. I love that I can get from the graphic whether I am really interested in the article or not
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“But given the hysteria around the film I really thought someone ought to stand up and say that this particular emperor is probably walking around at best half-clad.”
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“The citizen of the future will have some of their personal fuzziness removed as the sharp data edges of their lives are captured and tracked for personal use. And I’m not sure what I think about it. Except that it’s fascinating.”
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One of the very few redesigns where I’ve just opened the page and gone “Wow, that’s beautiful”. Go Matt!
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“South Africa’s parliament has voted in favour of plans to legalise same-sex weddings - the first African country to approve such unions.”