Preview of portfolio - the inside cover/table of contents

New blogs and website links

Here are a few of the new website and blogs that I’m following. You can also find them now in the sidebar!


If anyone has any others they highly recommend – I’m always interested.


Enjoy!




An exploration of what makes old cities work and how we can apply that to the cities of today.

http://oldurbanist.blogspot.com/

The intersection of capitalism and urbanism.

http://marketurbanism.com/

A look at the policies and ‘best practices’ guiding the development of modern cities.

http://www.urbanophile.com/

Environmental news, sustainable home-ec, DIY projects, and a dash of politics.

http://www.thegoodhuman.com/

Steve Jobs quotes

I have discovered a few interesting quotes from Mr. Jobs over the past few days, and some great writing about his influence on things such as leadership, design, innovation, and consumerism. I'll continue to add to this post as I find them.


Enjoy -

"I read a study that measured the efficiency of locomotion for various species on the planet. The condor used the least energy to move a kilometer. Humans came in with a rather unimpressive showing about a third of the way down the list....That didn't look so good, but then someone at Scientific American had the insight to test the efficiency of lomotion for a man on a bicycle and a man on a bicycle blew the condor away.

That's what a computer is to me: the computer is the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds."

-Steve Jobs
-- Interview for the documentary "Memory and Imagination," 1990

Thanks: Huffington Post

“We don’t have good language to talk about this kind of thing,” Mr. Jobs replied. “In most people’s vocabularies, design means veneer. It’s interior decorating. It’s the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service. The iMac is not just the color or translucence or the shape of the shell. The essence of the iMac is to be the finest possible consumer computer in which each element plays together. ... That is the furthest thing from veneer. It was at the core of the product the day we started. This is what customers pay us for — to sweat all these details so it’s easy and pleasant for them to use our computers. We’re supposed to be really good at this. That doesn’t mean we don’t listen to customers, but it’s hard for them to tell you what they want when they’ve never seen anything remotely like it.”

- Steve Jobs

-- Quoted from The New York Times, Oct. 7, 2011 

"Stay hungy, stay foolish"

- Steve Jobs

-- Numerous sources


...damn straight, Steve. RIP.