Tag: lists
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10 Design Commandments
The 10 commandments of design , as set forth by Dieter Rams: Good designā¦ is innovative makes a product useful is aesthetic helps a product to be understood is unobtrusive is honest is durable is thorough to the last detail is concerned with the environment is as little design as possible As Jason points out,…
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The Cult of Done
The Cult of Done ManifestoĀ is a compelling list of ‘rules’ for getting things done. I think the premise of The Cult of Done is: to do;Ā to be unconcerned with failure; to learn from outcomes, be they good or bad. I particularly like the Rubix CubeĀ manifestoĀ poster. There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and…
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Periodic Table of Typefaces
The Periodic Table of Typefaces is a fantastic visualisation of 100 of the most popular, influential and notorious typefaces available. Grouped by families and classes of typefaces ((sans-)serif, script, glyphic, grotesque, etc.), each ‘element’ lists the designer, the year designed and a ranking of 1 through 100. Sites used to calculate the ranking: The 100…
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Execution is Everything
With the premise that execution is everything and that without execution ideas are worthless, theĀ participants of Seth Godin’s Alternative MBA program have produced 999 business ideas free for the taking. The majority; worthless. A few; excellent. Although I think we can still state: point proven.
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Website Launch Checklist
Here’sĀ a great checklist for when you’re developing and launching a new website, as produced by Dan Zambonini of Box UK. Topics covered include: Pre-Launch Content and Style Standards and Validation Search Engine Visibility, SEO and Metrics Functional Testing Security/Risk Performance Finishing Touches Post-Launch Marketing Ongoing via @zambonini
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Essential Pantry Items
Mark Bittmanāwriter of The New York Times‘ cooking Column, The Minimalist, and food blogger at Bittenāhas compiledĀ a list of lacklustre pantry items and their antipodes: the ‘essential’ provisions we should stock in their stead. These things take up more space than they’re worth, while others are so much better in their real forms that the…
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What Should Any Educated Person Know?
Tucker Max creates a list of what he believes is the information any educated person should know. By no means a definitive list (far from it), but some good information regardless. English lit: Read lots of novels, especially the classics. There are hundreds of sites out there that purport to list the Western Canon, browse a…
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Rules for My Unborn Son
Like David, I don’t think all of the rules for my unborn son are necessarily ‘good’, but if he followed them all I’d still be happy. 300: Surprise your dad at the office. Trust me, whatever I’m doing is not as important as you. via Link Banana
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List of Eponymous Laws and Adages
We’ve all heard of them: Boyle’s Law, Keynes’ Law, Metcalfe’s and Murphy’s. Wikipedia’s list of eponymous laws is your one-stop resource for those observations and predictions that are named after a person. For others that don’t make the cut, see the ‘adages’ category.
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10 Tips for Achieving Intense Productivity
RSD’s Tyler gives us some tips for achieving periods of intense productivity by avoiding the ‘garbage in, garbage out’ problem (plus some comments): Remove the Internet from your house A bit extreme for me, but limiting its use is undoubtedly a good idea. Remove television from your house I don’t watch ‘broadcast’ TV anyway: it’s…