Excuse me, sir, but nothing is almost as good as Real Genius. There is only the set of things that *wish* they were almost as good as Real Genius. - Roger Benningfield
I'm with felix. Rushmore is a damn fine film. I've watched it dozens of times and it hasn't gotten old. Bill Murray gives an amazing performance. - Kevin D. White
I've seen it twice and it's never clicked for me the way The Royal Tannenbaums did. I figure I'll keep trying it until it takes; I'm sure it will eventually because it feels like it's supposed to. - Akiva Moskovitz
yes, bill murray should have been nominated for an oscar. i love this movie. - edythe
While we're all here talking about the love :) I'll post my top three Wes movies are Rushmore, Darjeeling Ltd and then Bottle Rocket. Liked but didn't love the other two. How about y'alls? - felix
Of the three I've seen, I like them descendingly: Royal Tannenbaums, Rushmore, Life Aquatic. - Akiva Moskovitz
I loved this movie, esp the music. Oh Yoko! - Dave Winer
Good shout Dave the usage of music in Rushmore made it an instant classic. - Toby Graham
oh, so true -- not only is the film a small masterpiece but so is the soundtrack - edythe
Life Aquatic is my fave - I seem to be in the minority - Brian Newman
Playing Ooh La La at the end of the film? Perfect. This is Wes Anderson's tour de force. - Mark Wilson
I have watched this movie so many times, it's a little scary. It's amazing to see how young Jason Schwartzman was in this movie. Finest Wes Anderson movie in my opinion: he doesn't "try" as hard as some of his other films (RT) and it shows. "So, this is where it all happens." "Where what happens?" "I wouldn't know." - Jennie Lin
to me, this is still wa's best. although i really do love Bottle Rocket. Then perhaps Life Aquatic. It isn't so much that Life Aquatic is a fantastic movie, but I think it suffers less from "cuteness." I prefer Darjeeling Limited to Tenenbaums. Tenenbaums is last for me, i think. - edythe
@edythe And yet they're all great films - Kevin D. White
Great film. The DVD package on the Criterion Collection is not to be missed. I am still so in love with Olivia Williams who played the character of Rosemary Cross. - James
From the article: "The man dressed a little flashy for a rare-book guy. British accent. He picked Monday, June 16, to go to the library -- the Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill. No warning, no appointment. Out of his bag, he pulled an old book. Flimsy, no binding, big pages. Said he wanted the Folger book detectives to check it out." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet
"ANNA PIAGGI, the eccentrically painted and plumed editor at Italian Vogue, opened her red parasol at the Chanel haute couture show and sat under it. This was, technically, inviting bad luck, for she was indoors, under the glass dome of the Grand Palais. The sun beat down." - edythe via Bookmarklet
Do they have a new album out?? I had their first album on constant rotation for a few months in 2006. They put on a rousing live show. - Jennie Lin via fftogo
Really great news, though I really hope that McCain, who is in Colombia, doesn't somehow take credit.... "Colombia's military announced Wednesday it rescued French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans who were held hostage for years" - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
I even put ???? on my tweet, because it was like I nearly didn't believe it! Oh, such good news! - Erin Kotecki Vest
And sure enough, official government news agency (for now) Fox News gave McCain credit.... - Chris Reed
McCain link: http://thinkprogress.org/2008/... In other news, Fox claimed they would be more than willing to give Obama credit if his name had one less 'a' in it, noting that "nearly every letter in Obama's name comes from the name 'Colombia'. If not for the extra 'a' it would be clear that he played a pivotal role in Betancourt's rescue. So close." - Kevin Fox
With some exception this is true. Sad, but taking a feature away from even the small subset of users who use it is like taking candy from a baby (which doesn't mean it's easy, but rather that it involves a lot of kicking, screaming, and crying. If they're older they'll also tell you they hate you and never want to see you again). - Kevin Fox
taking cupcakes from a toddler is even more difficult - peter
Agree with Kevin. Not sure about Peter. This is why remote controls have 57 buttons. - Chris White
Wwwwwwwwwhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! - Robert Scoble
Yup! Yahoo experimented with a new interface and got the "New Coke" effect. People wanted the old interface, and Yahoo switched back. Some VCs recommend that only building your user base to 2,000-5,000 users while are experimenting with interfaces. It's too painful to switch with larger user bases. - Mitchell Tsai
Mitchell, this isn't exactly the same thing. I would describe the feature problem as "feature creep." The other problem is just resistance to change. Inside a company, there is actually lots of pressure to change the user experience, but little lobbying for removing features. This is a big problem for a product designer that wants to provide an elegantly simple interface. - Chris White
A large part of the cause of feature creep is resistance to change. You can argue that adding new features is also change, but adding a new feature has a relatively small marginal cost for existing users. Most can ignore the new feature, or learn how to use it when they are ready. Removing a feature has a very large impact on every single user that uses that feature, however, as they are forced to adapt. - Laurence Gonsalves
My point is that feature creep is started before users ever get involved. There are lots of forces on the inside of a company to produce new features and to keep them in a product. It's very difficult as a product designer to defend one of the most important features of any product: simplicity of use. - Chris White
For example, product marketing often uses other products for comparison. If they find competitors have features you don't , they often want them added regardless of the effect on product simplicity. You need a strong leader to prevent this effect over time. - Chris White
Quick! Robert is already crying some of the missing feature in the iPhone version! :) - directeur via NoiseRiver
Engineering is often about tradeoffs. Good product design is often about feature tradeoffs. Swiss army knives don't make great meat cleavers. - Chris White
+1 for Chris's army knives & meat cleavers - Mitchell Tsai
Yeah, I agree that feature creep isn't only due to users, and can start before users even see the product. I guess these are really two sides of the same coin. On one side you've got the people building the product adding features that maybe shouldn't exist, and on the other you've got the users and their resistance to change making it difficult to remove features once the builders realize their earlier mistakes. - Laurence Gonsalves
This song was a big revealation for me in high school. Now that you've mentioned it, I've already started humming it in my head; I suspect it may be there all day. Thanks ;) - Jennie Lin via fftogo
"$40 a year? That ain’t shit. You pay more for a phone call. So to be part of a chess community and to know that we’re giving 20 percent of the proceeds and giving that shit to charity to help kids in communities learn chess and build up their mental powers — that’s a small price to pay. That’s not even the price of a good meal, yo." - Roshan Vyas
Am I the only person who is a little weirded out by the Google campus resemblance to a pre-school? - Jason Wehmhoener
Will be in NYC next month... curious to see how this all looks in real life! - Jennie Lin
@Jason I'm glad that there are bits of fun elements in our offices. Work doesn't have to be stuffy. I think adults get freaked out by that stuff because we're trained to think that being an adult is not fun. I, for one, still enjoy doodling on walls (whenever I buy a home, my office will be done in chalkboard paint) and I still enjoy the occasional ride on a slide. - Erica Baker
What Erica said! We do take lots of stuff seriously (datacenters, privacy, search quality, etc.) but I love the oft-playful feel of our campuses. Dogs, colorful shiny things, etc. I think it makes coming to work more fun, and with that, I'm also smiling more and more productive as a Googler. - Adam Lasnik
Wait, there's chalkboard paint? Why, so there is. Is it as good as slate? - ⓞnor
“These are my awards, mother. From army. The seal is for marksmanship, and the gorilla is for sand racing! Now if you'll excuse me, they're putting me in something called Hero Squad!”
Playing tomorrow/sunday at Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto, CA - Atul Arora
@ginger: you haven't heard of this movie?? Audrey's outfits in this are one of the pleasures of classic cinema. They remade it a few years ago as "The Truth About Charlie" w Mark Wahlberg and Thandie Newton - not nearly as good (though Thandie is pretty.) - Jennie Lin
Cary Grant is my all time favourite actor, anything with him in it is just wonderful. Add a Hepburn (Audrey or Kate) and its sheer movie magic. - Patricia Hanrahan
Defintely worth seeing - much better than the ridiculous remake "The Truth About Charlie". Only oddity for me is Grant is pretty old to be paired with Hepburn - similar to Bogart and Hepburn in Sabrina. And roman holiday is the absolute best - if you haven't seen it, rent it ASAP! - Jason Kaneshiro
Are there any plans to get polyvore added as a FriendFeed service? Seems like since you guys work in the same building there should be support. - Benjamin Golub
Since my old college roomie and cose buddy works at Polyvore, I HAVE to like this :) - Deepak
do one on superhero based stuff next (Hulk is being released so it's pertinent)! Then highlight my Iron Man set. http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/se... 8^D Which reminds me, now to make a Hulk set. - Chieze Okoye
Jess, whowhatweardaily.com does a bunch of these collages frequently (see http://whowhatweardaily.com/we...) . Do you guys work with them at all? I can imagine a bunch of fashion-oriented properties that would love polyvore.com ... - Jennie Lin
“"I have a nephew named Anfrony, and i know how upset he gets when i call him Anthony -almost as upset as i get when i think about the fact that my sister named him Anfrony"”
I think it's funny when Chinese people name their kids Jonathan or Anthony because there isn't a "th" sound in Chinese so lifelong speakers will invariably butcher the pronunciation of their own kids' name - Anfrony! Jonatan! - Jennie Lin
Haha, I know what you're talking about! Sadness for the kid... The quote is from Tim Meadows in Mean Girls, his lines in that movie are great. - Roshan Vyas
