I don’t know that this actually explains what it says on the tin, but How QuarkXPress became a mere afterthought in publishing goes through some of the history of design workflows and outlines the differences between Quark and early versions of InDesign. As usual, MetaFilter comments do a better job of explaining things.
My belief is is much simpler: craft inhabits whatever medium or tool you work with, if you let it.
via Photography, hello — by Craig Mod.
Between 1897 and 1930, Henry Chapman Mercer, a gentleman anthropologist, set out to collect the handmade tools of everyday American life, just as industrialization was making these tools obsolete. In 1913, Mercer began work on a six-story poured-in-place concrete castle to house them near his home in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
I so want to check this place out.
The rise of A.D.H.D. diagnoses and prescriptions for stimulants over the years coincided with a remarkably successful two-decade campaign by pharmaceutical companies to publicize the syndrome and promote the pills to doctors, educators and parents. With the children’s market booming, the industry is now employing similar marketing techniques as it focuses on adult A.D.H.D., which could become even more profitable.
Today’s fun Tumblr: zombies en el ghetto. Historic photos of punk, new wave, ska, and glam musicians.
I spent several weekends manually trying to migrate a very complex WordPress install, which provided disappointing results. By changing one word in a Google search, I stumbled upon WP Clone, which did everything in about five minutes.
Via This Isn’t Happiness: Brenda Cablayan, a painter in Honolulu.
I’ve had my MacBook Pro for almost 4 years and up until last night never realized the slot in the side is made to read SD cards. (This could be because it’s only been until recently that I’ve had a camera that uses SD cards).
If I was the kind of guy who had thousands to blow on lifestyle accessories, the Nikon Df would be a tempting purchase. It’s essentially a D4 packaged in a throwback F-body; silver metal and leatherette are the design cues. Add a bespoke brown leather case and I’d be ready for the GQ photoshoot.
Just the other day, as I was playing with the company’s GoPro for the first time, I was wondering what the company’s story was. 60 Minutes provided the answer.