Saila's Miscellany

Can Tumblr infect Yahoo with start-up spirit?

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:48:20 -0400

That’s the argument Dana Blankenhorn makes:

Mayer now has a team that works the way she wants to work, the way she knows Yahoo! has to work. And she can demonstrate that work style to the men and women who will decide whether Yahoo!’s media ambitions, and its advertising ambitions, have traction.

Tumblr employs 177 people; Yahoo, more than 14,000.

ilovecharts: Bob Dylan made beautiful words as well as...

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:36:31 -0400

ilovecharts:

Bob Dylan made beautiful words as well as melodies. In his opinion, “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”

Treat every day as a space for doing what you love. Eg. Trolling the internet for charts! I know reddit can be a scary place, but I do recommend exploring the depths of r/Charts, r/DataIsBeautiful, r/Infographics, and of course r/QuotesPorn!

Happy 72nd, Mr. Zimmerman.

"If a school board deems Toronto Mayor Rob Ford unfit to lead young men as a football coach, it seems..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:24:00 -0400

“If a school board deems Toronto Mayor Rob Ford unfit to lead young men as a football coach, it seems odd that he should be considered fit to lead the city – in the absence of a serious explanation about the drug allegations hanging over his head.”

- Yesterday’s Rob Ford editorial from The Globe and Mail is exactly right (worth nothing the editorial board also slyly compared Ford’s behaviour to North Korea the day before)

fotojournalismus: A cloud of ash belches out of Mexico’s...

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:12:17 -0400

fotojournalismus:

A cloud of ash belches out of Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano as seen from Paso de Cortes, in the Mexican central state of Puebla on May 20, 2013.

[Credit : Arturo Andrade/AFP/Getty Images]

The opposite of everything Bob Ross did. But just as amazing.

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:48:08 -0400

The opposite of everything Bob Ross did. But just as amazing.

What is that cup of coffee really doing to you? twitter.com/SciencePorn/st… — SciencePorn...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:36:07 -0400

What is that cup of coffee really doing to you? twitter.com/SciencePorn/st…
— SciencePorn (@SciencePorn) May 21, 2013

natgeofound: A “drugstore cowboy” preparing to deliver orders...

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:24:07 -0400

natgeofound:

A “drugstore cowboy” preparing to deliver orders on his bicycle in Texas, 1938.
Photograph by Luis Marden, National Geographic

fuckyeahtoronto: Its time for CHANGE. I’m convinced...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:12:12 -0400

fuckyeahtoronto:

Its time for CHANGE.

I’m convinced Roseanne Barr’s role as Portland’s temp mayor was a tip of the hat to Toronto and its experiences with Rob Ford:

She’s perplexed by how many people ride bikes. And there are so many boutiques. ”Where are the malls, and the big box stores?”

"Prancing Parchesi has invaded the realm of sport of Toronto’s smart set. Formerly bridge was the..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:25 -0400

“Prancing Parchesi has invaded the realm of sport of Toronto’s smart set. Formerly bridge was the only recognized method of coaxing money out of one pocket into another. Now Mississippi Marbles play the role of the great kale transferer. Galloping Dominoes have at last come into their own in the high life. In short, Toronto society is shooting craps.”

- Ernest Hemingway, writing in the Toronto Star 93 years ago today.

3 things Toronto needs to do fix itself

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:48:22 -0400

The following is from Richard Florida’s column he wrote on the “Rob Ford embarrassment” and a “broken Toronto”

Most of all, we must acknowledge that Mr. Ford is a symptom of a set of much deeper maladies. Before Toronto can put itself back together, three key issues must be addressed:

First is the fact of a weak, dare I say, powerless mayor’s office. …

Second, we need to become a more unified city. …

Third, the city and the region need grown-up leadership. …

Not sure I agree with the first point, though. Had the former mayor, David Miller, pushed for strong mayor powers, Rob Ford could have done more damaged to Toronto than Godzilla does to Toyko.

"The Xbox One can be controlled simply through voice commands and body gestures. The Apple remote..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:36:21 -0400

“The Xbox One can be controlled simply through voice commands and body gestures. The Apple remote still has six buttons.”

- David Yanofsky, Microsoft’s new Xbox One is an Apple killer, in the living room

You’ve heard of responsive web design? Now meet responsive...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:22:55 -0400

You’ve heard of responsive web design? Now meet responsive logo design

Procter & Gamble’s new logo inspired Emblemetric to look at...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:24:00 -0400

Procter & Gamble’s new logo inspired Emblemetric to look at how many others share the design elements (ht Brand New)

Four Torontonians talk about the best and worst of parts of...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:12:18 -0400

Four Torontonians talk about the best and worst of parts of commuting by bike in the city. (via A bicyclist’s guide to Toronto: Where to go and what to avoid)

May Two-Four, On Fire, Harmacy

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:03:00 -0400

May Two-Four, On Fire, Harmacy

Exclamation: Yahoo! Takes Over Times Square

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:49:32 -0400

Exclamation: Yahoo! Takes Over Times Square:

yahoo:

By Jackie Reses, Chief Development Officer

I am so pleased to share that our New York City-based Yahoo! team will soon move into an incredible, four-story space just around the corner from Times Square. It’s thrilling for us – and really an important sign of the new direction of Yahoo! –…

The times, they done changed.

life: We like his glasses. What about you? On this day in LIFE...

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:36:10 -0400

life:

We like his glasses. What about you?

On this day in LIFE — May 17, 1968: The Generation Gap

Those danged twenty-somethings, again

"The name of the game for most publishers is, churn out as much content as possible, at as low a cost..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:24:12 -0400

“The name of the game for most publishers is, churn out as much content as possible, at as low a cost as possible, in order to amass huge quantities of ad impressions that are sold at bulk.
Pitchfork’s position is: That’s wrong. It’s an old-fashioned argument that lasting media brands are built by establishing a deep tie with a passionate audience.”

- Jack Marshall, Pitchfork Opts Out of the Pageview Rat Race

Toronto’s alleged crack-smoking mayor Rob Ford caught on...

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:01:11 -0400

Toronto’s alleged crack-smoking mayor Rob Ford caught on tape! And the NMA World Edition offers what may be the most honest take on it yet!

arts-crafts: Hayden interviews The National’s Matt Berninger |...

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:36:36 -0400

arts-crafts:

Hayden interviews The National’s Matt Berninger | The Grid TO