This lovely image from a recent Erskine Labs blog post reminded me of the charmingly tragic story of the Sinclair C5. Spurred on by his immense success in the computing industry with the ZX80, ZX81 and ZX spectrum, Clive Sinclair … Continue reading
I think we all “get” simplicity these days, but nevertheless this quote from Paul Graham really sums it up: It seems strange to have to emphasize simplicity. You’d think simple would be the default. Ornate is more work. But something … Continue reading
Well, it’s almost 2010, so I’m going to pre-empt the glut of 2009 retrospectives by getting mine out there first. In the past year I’ve written almost 100 posts on 90percentofeverything.com, and received over 400 comments. If there’s one thing … Continue reading
I admit that Google’s new “fade in” feature is pleasant in a bland sort of way, and seems to be a good move from a branding point of view – but what interests me is that they claim their Multivariate … Continue reading