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From Bloomberg Marketwatch, August 28:

Since the $1.05 billion verdict Friday — which found that Samsung infringed on six Apple AAPL -0.05% patents — customers of Samsung have been dumping their Android products on at least one major resale site. Gazelle.com reports a 50% increase in Samsung smartphones over the past three days, which has led to a 10% drop in prices for those devices. “Consumers seem to be jumping ship,” says Anthony Scarsella, chief gadget officer at Gazelle.com. “We expect this trend to continue, especially with this latest verdict.”

Then from Forbes, also on August 28:

On Friday, a California jury ruled in favor of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and ordered Samsung to pay just over $1 billion for infringing on the iPhone maker’s patents. Many critics have been quick to analyze the verdict, but there appears to be an interesting side effect that no one saw coming: increased sales of the Galaxy S III.

So Apple’s court victory is both hurting and helping Samsung smartphone sales.
Or something.

It’s hard to imagine anyone other than Jeff Bridges as The Dude from The Big Lebowski. But it turns out that dude was based on a real life dude – and he most certainly abides.

When you’re involved in a visual design critique (or any critique for that matter) it’s not enough to say “I don’t like this” or “I don’t think this is working.” You have to explain why you don’t like a design or your critique is useless.
While I won’t go as far as saying it’s a requirement, it’s also good to get into the habit of making suggestions to what you think would work. Don’t just complain.
Be part of the solution, not the problem.

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I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work… progress happens when all the factors that make for it are ready and then it is inevitable.

—Henry Ford

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“There will be no banner ads on the Google homepage or web search results pages. There will not be crazy, flashy, graphical doodads flying and popping up all over the Google site. Ever.”

—Marissa Mayer, December 2005, Official Google Blog

Times change.
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It’s easy to eat stuff. Pizza. Coffee with cream and sugar. Donuts. Beer. Cocktails. Those insanely awesome opera slices I used to get at Balthazar on Spring Street in SoHo (while you’re in the area, go over a few blocks to CeciCela for one of their ham and cheese croissants).
What’s hard is burning off all that food to get fit. It takes more than a few hours in the gym. It takes consistent effort over a extended period of time.
Artistic creation is the same.
It’s easy for me to consume online media. To read my Twitter feed, and my RSS feed and the links people send me over IM and the backlog of longreads I have in my Instapaper account.
What’s hard is creating my own content. It can be hard writing posts for this site. It’s also hard coming up with new t-shirt and poster designs for Stay Vigilant. Creating new blog posts and designs takes consistent effort over an extended period of time.
I need to eat less and create more.

Via GigaOm:

The Federal Aviation Administration is asking for opinions on the use of portable electronic devices on flights — including during an airplane’s take off and landing. The agency released a document today asking the public and other interested parties to comment on the use of devices that might include iPads, Kindles (a amzn) and other gadgets — a topic that has become more pressing as more people rely on such devices while traveling.

They want my opinion? They got it.

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