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What I am reading today
- Samsung: victim of its own DNA. Former Apple/NeXT marketing guy Ken Segall weighs in on South Korean company’s flawed advertising & marketing strategy.
- Sonos vs Airplay: Khoi Vinh writes about his musical choices.
- Solving problems for the real world, using design: Nicole Perlroth goes to Stanford’ Design School to figure out what they are working on.
- How Jenna Lyons transformed J.Crew into a cult brand. Daniella Sacks profiles Mickey Drexler’s Jony Ive. I wish there was more details on how Lyons works her creative muscles and her process. Maybe they should do a follow up!
- Pixar’s 22 rules of story, analyzed as a PDF eBook. It is worth the download.
- The old Mac vs PC debate, reinvented for the 21st century.
- The true cost of quality.
- Tyler Cowen reviews: Her, the new movie by Spike Jonze.
- It’s not just Google: the many feuds of Rap Genius. Timothy B. Lee makes a list of their beefs. Fun read.
- For 2014, Tweet less, read more, says Frank Bruni.
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Thanks for sharing this list of articles. I thought the “For 2014, Tweet Less, Read More” was particularly interesting, specifically the idea that reading forces us to pause and take time in a fast-paced, media-driven world.
“It doesn’t just yank you outside of yourself, making you consider other viewpoints without allowing for the incessant interjection and exaltation of your own. It slackens the pace. Forces a pause.”
Thanks for sharing this list of articles. I thought the “For 2014, Tweet Less, Read More” was particularly interesting, specifically the idea that reading forces us to pause and take time in a fast-paced, media-driven world.
“It doesn’t just yank you outside of yourself, making you consider other viewpoints without allowing for the incessant interjection and exaltation of your own. It slackens the pace. Forces a pause.”