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Great insight into the new Firefox 4 user interface update for Windows. - Nathan Borror

>"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - Nathan Borror

Further reading. - Nathan Borror

Pretty remarkable. - Nathan Borror

It all makes perfect sense now. - Nathan Borror

>"The goal of this digital initiative is fourfold, to create: a highly featured common reading application capable of rendering the distinctive look and feel of each publication; a robust publishing platform optimized for multiple devices, operating systems and screen sizes; a consumer storefront offering an extensive selection of reading options; and a rich array of innovative advertising opportunities." Wow, that sounds a lot like THE INTERNET. - Nathan Borror

>"Be passionate, be obessed, but don’t let it be an excuse for consuming your life." - Nathan Borror

>"Designers should be arbiters of the truth: They should be the kind of people who stand up and tell it like it is, and that usually calls for courage. Fixing a bad customer experience requires the courage to admit that something’s wrong, and it only comes from a willingness to be transparent, to be open and honest, to communicate, and to be accountable. Good design is all that, and good designers are as transparent as they can be, even if it hurts them." - Nathan Borror

>"We need design courses to be taught by web designers. It’s as simple as that. So we need to remove these courses from the auspices of other departments and give them the room they need to breath. Much like architecture or product design, It’s a multi-disciplinary subject that needs to be taught my multi-disciplinary teams; interaction designer, front end developers and usability specialists." I hope to do my part starting next year :) - Nathan Borror

>"No is for wimps. No is for pussies. No is to live small and embittered, cherishing the opportunities you missed because they might have sent the wrong message." - Nathan Borror

Brilliant. - Nathan Borror

I always forget how to do this. - Nathan Borror

>"This section describes the motivations, assumptions, and directions behind Chromium OS's user interface design. Its goal is to explain the current design in a way that further work can be developed in-style, and so that our assumptions can be challenged, changed, and improved." - Nathan Borror

Really wish I was in New York for this. - Nathan Borror

>"Philps Design worked with the dutch bank ABN AMRO to develop the rationalizer, an emotion sensing system for investment traders. The design is intended to give serious at home traders an emotional mirror which reflects their feelings. The concept is intended to combat research which shows home investors are influenced by emotions which can compromise their ability to trade objectively." - Nathan Borror

>"What if the magazine article of the future, the album of the future, and the novel of the future are all the same thing? And what if they’re all events?" This could get interesting :) - Nathan Borror

Another great example of design imitating nature. - Nathan Borror

Great insight into Pentagram's design process. >"Litl is an innovative new web computer, or webbook, that marries the communication functions of a laptop and TV. Small, portable, and equally at home on a kitchen countertop or a living-room coffee table, the webbook is designed for families with multiple users who like to keep in touch and socialize." - Nathan Borror

Capitalism 1, Communism 0 - Nathan Borror

I love design that serves two useful purposes and incorporates Faraday's law of induction. - Nathan Borror

>"Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. Not the kind you'll find in this book, anyway. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think." - Nathan Borror

So much to learn and take away from this beautiful TED talk. - Nathan Borror

If you had a single piece of advice to offer young journalists, what would it be? >The issue is not writing. It's what you write about. One of my favorite columnists is Jonathan Weil, who writes for Bloomberg. He broke the Enron story, and he broke it because he's one of the very few mainstream journalists in America who really knows how to read a balance sheet. That means Jonathan Weil will always have a job, and will always be read, and will always have something interesting to say. He's unique. Most accountants don't write articles, and most journalists don't know anything about accounting. Aspiring journalists should stop going to journalism programs and go to some other kind of grad school. If I was studying today, I would go get a master's in statistics, and maybe do a bunch of accounting courses and then write from that perspective. I think that's the way to survive. The role of the generalist is diminishing. Journalism has to get smarter. - Nathan Borror

I kinda like the columned out content types for creative/exploration activities. Doesn't really compete with the easily scannable Google SERP for everyday use. - Nathan Borror

This could really lower the barrier to entry for people who want to accept payments. It could also give new meaning to the phrase "nickel and dimed." - Nathan Borror

This could really lower the barrier to entry for people who want to accept payments. It could also give new meaning to the phrase "nickel and dimed." - Nathan Borror

Runs arbitratry commands upon detection of file modifications. It's nice to see Travis gracing us with some code :) - Nathan Borror

Beautiful use of landscape and structures. Still can't believe I used to live right across the street from Populous, formerly HOK. - Nathan Borror

"Production-as-performance," I like that. Another [good one](http://www.youtube.com/watch...) if you dig it. - Nathan Borror

Aside from feeling like a desktop version of the Palm Pre's OS I think they've got an interesting proposition for desktop touch interfaces. I honestly think the tablet form factor is going to win over a lot of traditional desktop computer capital. I doubt we see much a departure from the mouse on the desktop. - Nathan Borror

>"So busy is Mr Moore imagining such shenanigans and resorting to class-struggle theatrics, and so hectoring his tone, that he risks leaving even his fans unmoved. Tellingly, the film’s first-weekend box office take was well below expectations. His biggest failure, however, is his inability to articulate a plausible alternative to the system he loathes." - Nathan Borror