​An interview with Susan Kare ​, the woman who helped create Apple's graphic interface. By (HELEN TSENG) Advertisement - Continue Reading Below If you happen to be reading this on a Mac, take a look at the command key — it was designed by Susan Kare back in the '80s, a time when computer screens…

Architecture by August 10, 2016 Spanish studio PYO Arquitectos undertook the renovation of a disintegrating house and stable in Parrés, Spain. Located on a steep south-facing mountain slope, the house’s facade was redone in local stone and white concrete. Its staggered interiors were preserved, and…

Pick any social enterprise, and it’s almost always a reaction to the past. After a natural disaster or a new refugee crisis, designers build new shelters and experiment with new aid delivery systems. After the public school system had already failed children, social entrepreneurs started building…

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For a long time, I didn’t use voice search. I wanted Siri to search my apps and photos, but it didn’t (and still doesn’t), and typing a Google search feels more natural than talking to my browser. For most people, Siri is that thing that gets in the way of seeing the clock when you accidentally hold…

Share 418 Share 692 Vote 4 Reddit 5 A few months back, we discussed Uber’s decision to abandon its monolithic codebase in favor of a modular, flexible microservice architecture . Since then, we’ve devoted many thousands of engineering hours to expanding this ecosystem of Uber microservices (several…

In the Tesla post , we established what would need to happen for us to get to a totally sustainable future world: 1) We need almost everything we use to be running on electricity. 2) We need almost all of our electricity to be produced from sustainable sources. We’ve talked about #1 a lot already in…

Was muss man von einem erwarten, der die Menschheit vor der Machtübernahme superintelligenter Maschinen warnen will? Wird er über Terminatoren, Roboterarmeen und Schwärme von Killermaschinen sprechen? Nein, was der große Mann mit schlaksigen Armen, schütterem Haar und runder Brille auf der Bühne der…

Click the photo to listen to audio. As Aristotle famously said, we are what we do repeatedly. Success and happiness are largely the result of practicing good habits. The most important habits are keystone habits; habits which have positive cascading effects throughout your life. Here are twenty of…

Humans might not be the only creatures that care about the welfare of other animals. Scientists are beginning to recognize a pattern in humpback whale behavior around the world, a seemingly intentional effort to rescue animals that are being hunted by killer whales. Marine ecologist Robert Pitman…

Every day, innovative companies promise to make the world a better place. Are they succeeding? Here is just a sampling of the products, apps and services that have come across my radar in the last few weeks: A service that sends someone to fill your car with gas. A service that sends a valet on a…

Manche sagen der Sharing Economy das Potenzial voraus, unsere Welt von Grund auf umzukrempeln und eine dritte industrielle Revolution auszulösen: nach Eisenbahn und Dampfmaschine und nach dem Computer. So ist zum Beispiel der amerikanische Vorzeigesoziologe Jeremy Rifkin , der auch die EU-Kommission…

About The Author Jai Pandya is a full stack web applications developer and specializes in creating scalable platforms. He was an early engineer at SlideShare and later worked at … More about Jai … June 17, 2016 Shortcuts And Tips For Improving Your Productivity With Sublime Text Upgrade your inbox…

Someone asked what I remember as the best times of my life. They're almost all times when I was being the most productive - when I was creating the most. Turning my ideas into reality is what I want the most out of life. So that's what gives me the deepest happiness.

Figuring out what people will like has become a big business. Illustration by Javier Jaén The subject of Tom Vanderbilt’s “You May Also Like” (Knopf) is taste, the term he uses for whatever it is that guides our preference for chocolate over vanilla, taupe over beige, “The Bourne Supremacy ” over…

I t is winter in upstate New York, on a morning so cold the ground squeaks loudly underfoot as sharp-finned ice crystals rub together. The trees look like gloved hands, fingers frozen open. Something lurches from side to side up the trunk of an old sycamore—a nut-hatch climbing in zigzags, on the…

“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.” –Rachel Carson I recently realized that we have been living and working on our farm for just over a year now. Fourteen months, thereabouts. And as I look back on this past year, I find that I have…

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Share 4K Share 2K Vote 8 Reddit 363 Update: This article discusses the lower half of the stack. For the rest, see Part II: The Edge and Beyond . Uber Engineering Uber’s mission is transportation as reliable as running water, everywhere, for everyone. To make that possible, we create and work with…

Editor’s Note: Guest contributor Justin Rosenstein is the co-founder of Asana . We have a greater capacity to change the world today than the kings and presidents of just 50 years ago. Whether you’re a programming prodigy or the office manager holding it all together, technology empowers small…

Whenever I see a link called Web Design Trends for this year I click it happily only to be disappointed within minutes. It’s always, without fail, trends from last year, or non-trends like: illustrations. Like, did you know that animations apparently is a big trend? Seriously, if you write a trend…

There seems to be a general consensus in the world of startups that you should build an MVP (minimum viable product) without caring too much about technical scalability. I’ve heard many times that the only priority is to just get the product out there. As long as your business model would work at…

Hanoi, Vietnam. I am very curious about habits of successful people and its effects on success. For years, I have been experimenting with my work and lifestyle to find that perfect fit for a happy, productive, purpose and passion-driven routine. The experimentation has led me to discover and acquire…

Esging mir nicht gut in den letzten Jahren, einige meiner Freundewissen das. Ich war ohne Halt, mein Körper und mein Geist driftetenauseinander, trieben wie im Ozean, wohin die Strömung sie trug. Einunheimliches Gefühl. Und ich wusste genau, woher es kam. Meine Liebefür die Welt der Technik ist…

Apple engineer Jordyn Castor has never been one for limitations. She was born 15 weeks early, weighing just under two pounds. Her grandfather could hold her in the palm of his hand, and could even slide his wedding ring along her arm and over her shoulder. Doctors said she had a slim chance of…

T he message arrived at night and consisted of three words: “Good evening sir!” The sender was a hacker who had written a series of provocative memos at the National Security Agency. His secret memos had explained — with an earthy use of slang and emojis that was unusual for an operative of the…

Among the many things New Yorkers pride ourselves on is food: making it, selling it and consuming only the best, from single-slice pizza to four-star sushi. We have fish markets, Shake Shacks and, as of this year, 74 Michelin-starred restaurants. Yet most everything we eat is fraudulent. In his new…

by Michael Horton | UX/UI Designer at SWARM in NYC UPDATE: Check out my HOT new newsletter for mobile UX/UI inspiration. I’m always looking for examples of great mobile UX/UI or what’s “hot” in design so I decided to share my findings. Click the image above to sign up! Thanks -Michael Now on to the…

The Internet of Shit is a column about all the shitty things we try to connect to the internet, and what can be done about it. It’s from the anonymous creator of the Internet of Shit Twitter account. If you pay any attention at all to technology news right now, you might be led to believe that…

Paul Childs/Reuters Some scholars believe that bordeom is a modern condition — a byproduct of the standardized "clock time" ushered in by industrial capitalism, starting in the 18th century. Paradoxically, time-use studies in recent decades find increased boredom in leisure activities, a finding…

Getty Images A few weeks ago, I bought a new CD. Weird, right? It certainly wasn’t something I’d planned on doing: For one thing, when you consider the steadily eroding sales of compact discs (which are so bad, New York City can barely keep its record stores alive ), the fact that I was even able to…

Inside Satya Nadella’s plan to outsmart Google Satya Nadella bounded into the conference room, eager to talk about intelligence. I was at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, WA, and the company’s CEO was touting the company's progress in building more intelligent apps and services. Each morning, he…

A paper in The British Medical Journal in December reported that cognitive behavioral therapy — a means of coaxing people into changing the way they think — is as effective as Prozac or Zoloft in treating major depression . In ways no one understands, talk therapy reaches down into the biological…

Souverän ist, so der Staatsrechtler Carl Schmitt , wer über den Ausnahmezustand verfügt. Einige Jahre später revidierte er diesen berühmten Satz: "Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, angesichts meines Todes, sage ich jetzt: Souverän ist, wer über die Wellen des Raumes verfügt." Carl Schmitt soll zeitlebens…

Here at Google, we don’t have a secret formula for innovation. But that doesn’t mean Googlers’ best ideas are ineffable mysteries. On the contrary, we’ve found they can be systematically coaxed into being and steadily improved upon. And so can yours. Just about everyone can learn to brainstorm…

SAN FRANCISCO — In a major shift for online commerce, Amazon is quietly changing how it entices people to buy. The retailer built a reputation and hit $100 billion in annual revenue by offering deals. The first thing a potential customer saw was a bargain: how much an item was reduced from its list…

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