October 2010
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Bobby Knight on drafting Michael Jordan
Great story. In 1984, Coach Bobby Knight was coming off a gold-medal Olympic run with Michael Jordan. Knight was friends with then Portland Trailblazer GM, Stu Inman, and called to sell him on Jordan as their first pick in the upcoming NBA draft. With Clyde Drexler already on the team, Inman had other plans.
Inman: We need a center.
Bobby Knight: Then draft Jordan, and play him at center.
Oct 1st
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Gettin' Money With a Mouse and a Wacom Pen (Fuck... →
This is funny
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Google's Design Challenge: Relevant, Not...
This is the problem you run into when engineers do design. In the case of Google Instant, you get a terrible user experience. I like the idea, but the execution is not great. The shift is too jarring for my eyes. Quote from Douglas Bowman, now Creative Director of Twitter, former designer at Google. I had a recent debate over whether a border should be 3, 4 or 5 pixels wide, and was asked to...
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