LeBron James has gone about NBA free agency all wrong - Michael Rosenberg - SI.com
NOTE: I’ve become disenchanted with Jordan since the Hall of Fame speech, but I think he is still a scary competitor.
Be on guard for people that like to use the term “win-win”.
97.4% of people that use it are trying desperately to convince you of something that isn’t truly … “win-win”. Trying to hide the fact that the something is good for them and o.k. for you doesn’t change the ‘something’, it just shows how patently obvious it isn’t.
Dad-isms: Things I’ve Learned So Far
Be on the lookout for anyone that uses any phrase so far away from its original context.
“The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.”
Presidents Obama and Medvedev hailing a cab (I think).
source: President of Russia
So You Need a Typeface?
A nice infographics that can actually help you select a typeface for your design work. You may want to search for the path to Comic Sans. (via Smashing Magazine)
Student work by Julian Hansen
Viral Ad of the Day: For their latest stair-based “fun” viral (previously), VW installed a Fast Lane (i.e. a slide) next to the long staircase leading down to Berlin’s Alexanderplatz U-Bahn station.
Copy: “Which way would you go?”
[myvolkswagen.]
Ad for a Dish Detergent Becomes Part of a Story - NYTimes.com »
But Dawn does have its fans in the scientific community, including the International Bird Rescue Research Center.
The center was founded after two oil tankers collided in San Francisco Bay in 1971 and 7,000 birds were covered in oil. Volunteers tried cleaning them with a combination of mineral oil and corn meal. All but 300 birds died.
Over the years, founders of the organization looked for a better solution. They tested nail-polish removers, paint solvents and other compounds before settling on Dawn in 1978 as the best product for the job.
