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Inspiring People

A Happy, Flourishing City With No Advertising

Billboards and signage advertising are way out of control and getting away with murder. Cities bend over backwards to allow this environmental junkyard, effectively making us live in visually chaotic spaces which lead to more stressful lives. Estimates say some Americans now look at upwards of 4,000 ads per

Dear designers, please stand your ground by listening. OK?

Mike Monteiro: Your role is to be a problem-solver, not a people pleaser. The entire short article is pure gold. ∞

The Design of the iPhone 5

Watch the video on how they made the iPhone 5. It's just amazing. It truly shows the lengths a team and company will go to for excellence. All in, is there another piece of technology that even comes close to this thing? Thanks for showing us a little

The Most Important Thing You Can Do

Ira Glass on Storytelling I have never experienced someone who can be so succinct, where every word they've strung together into one cohesive thought rolls off the top of their head so easily, and seemingly unrehearsed like Ira Glass. He is a true professional, and is giving some

Rands In Repose: You're Not Listening

Mr. Lopp: If they don’t trust you, they aren’t going to say shit. File this one under Getting Better. Once again I am reminded about the difference between leaders and managers. Leaders listen and inspire. Managers mostly worry about themselves and are trying to figure out how to

Jack White on Inspiration

Spoiler alert: it's all about constraints. This is the honest truth. I love how he talks about the idea of constriction to force himself to create. “” ∞

Neil Armstrong, First Man on Moon, Dies at 82

This is saddening news. I was just gazing at the moon tonight actually. To be that man and risk everything. Neil Armstrong, who made the “giant leap for mankind” as the first human to set foot on the moon, died on Saturday. He was 82. “And when Neil stepped foot