February 2010
5 posts
WatchI wish for everyone to help create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity.
Jamie Oliver 2010 TED
Volvo Chasing
A quote from A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller:
If you watched a movie about a guy who wanted a Volvo and worked for years to get it, you wouldn’t cry at the end when he drove off the lot, testing the windshield wipers. You wouldn’t tell your friends you saw a beautiful movie or go home and put a record on to think about the story you’d seen. The truth is,...
10 Usability Heuristics
Rehashing the 10 heuristics guidelines for whatever that “something” that you’ll be building for other to use.
Visibility of system status
The system should always keep users informed about what is going on, through appropriate feedback within reasonable time.
Match between system and the real world
The system should speak the users’ language, with words, phrases and...
Purge to free yourself →
“More and more I heard the words: ‘Stop what you are doing now – all this luxury and consumerism – and start your real life’,” he said. “I had the feeling I was working as a slave for things that I did not wish for or need.
“Go off the path, it’s interesting what one finds.”
– Mo