Bill Murray in an interview with Esquire:

If you keep saying yes, they’ll stop asking you, too. […] You want to say no at the right time and you want to say yes more sparingly.

Brutal, honest, entertaining, but most importantly enriching talk.

From Adam Savage’s talk at Maker Fair:

It doesn’t matter what you make and it doesn’t matter why. The importance is that we’re making something.

I just launched a little side project I’ve been wanting to do for a while now. Introducing @2x (how’s that for a Twitter username), a collection of useful links for mobile designers (I promise I’ll try to have some Android content as well), brought to you by someone who cares.

In Focus has a great collection of photos of the Hindenburg, still one of the most beautiful airships ever created.

I’m intrigued by this cardboard camera made by IKEA. In these days where our mobile phones have point-and-shoot quality cameras, the simplicity of the KNÄPPA is a nice change.

Ralf Herrmann writes about the research he did to design Wayfinding Sans Pro.

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One of the most inspiring talks I’ve ever seen. Bret Victor is in a league of his own. He has a way of taking a step back and questioning the norm I can only dream of.

Whoa. The new dark interface, the reworked icons and buttons, and a bunch of really useful new features. The app also feels a lot more stable, although that might be a bit too early to tell.

Now if they could just fix the ridiculous pricing…

Probably the biggest new thing from Apple’s presentation today. Also the reason I’ll be buying a 64 GB “New iPad” instead of 16. iTunes link (not yet live at the time of writing)

Great TED talk by Andrew Stanton about storytelling.

Square really is on a roll lately. The hardware and software for their new Taxi system (called “Checker”) looks amazing as always. I really liked this bit:

[…] the new system addresses a major complaint from taxi drivers about the televisions in the back of cabs — the noise from the loop of audio on repeat throughout the day. The Checker system is silent.

Televisions in the back of a taxi are highly annoying. Glad Square opted for a more enjoyable experience.

Diary of Shaun Inman’s adventures during the building of his excellent retro game The Last Rocket. A unique look behind the scenes.

Today Canon finally announced the successor of their most affordable full-frame camera. It’s been a long time coming, and I can’t help being intrigued by it. You can preorder it on Amazon.com for a mild $3,499.

It’s really, in my opinion, the government of the United States protecting an outdated monopolist business model that doesn’t work anymore in the age of the internet.

Availability > legality.

Absolute must-read for everyone designing mobile sites or apps. The device landscape out there is getting quite hectic at the moment, but I feel we’re well on our way to defining new standards to keep in mind when designing for mobile, and DIP’s are the first step you should master.