Karl the Fog is the best fictive character ever.

This right here, this is the job. What kind of work were you expecting?

What if we changed [the focus from the manned space program] from picking a destination to building multi-purpose spacecraft that, like maritime research and exploratory vessels, can travel anywhere.

Apple just launched their updated design resources. A lot has changed in iOS 7, and it might be a good idea to read up on the details.

Update: 9to5Mac just posted a whole gallery filled with iOS 7 screenshots for those who want to take a closer look at the actual pixels.

The talented people from Visual Supply Co launched a completely rebuild version of my favorite mobile photo editing tool. It’s really good.

This is the future of wearables. Meanwhile, Google Glass is trying to figure out how to make the life of rich people easier.

[…] if you pursue originality too vigorously, you’ll never reach it.

Worth your time.

Michael Jurewitz:

As software engineers and designers, it’s easy to lose sight of the very human impact of the bugs we ship.

Josh Williams recaps the history of Gowalla, and what he learned from the whole experience:

Listen to your users more than the press. Don’t get sucked into the gravity hole between you and your competition. Ruthlessly run your own path, not someone else’s.

Year after year, my “best” students — the ones who are happiest and successful in their lives — are the students who were allowed to fail, held responsible for missteps, and challenged to be the best people they could be in the face of their mistakes.

James Duncan Davidson reviews the fabulous Sony RX1

Unlike any other compact out available, the RX1 doesn’t ask you to compromise on image quality. It doesn’t ask you to put up with its growing pains. It simply makes photographs that are every bit as nice as you could want and does so quietly and competently. It’s not just minimalistic and unobtrusive. It’s just amazingly capable.

I agree with every word. The photos it captures have soul, it reminds me a lot of my (brief) experience with the Fujifilm X100. I replaced my entire DSLR kit with an RX1, and haven’t regretted that decision for a single second.

I started watching House of Cards last night, and had to force myself to go to bed after watching 4 episodes back to back. Really looking forward what other shows Netflix has up its sleeves.

Beautiful Disney short.

I didn’t know Aaron Swartz, but from reading all the articles in the wake of his suicide, it seems pretty clear that he was one of the good guys.

If you watch little kids, they are intensely curious, always exploring and trying to figure out how things work. The problem is that school drives all that curiosity out. Instead of letting you explore things for yourself, it tells you that you have to read these particular books and answer these particular questions. And if you try to do something else instead, you’ll get in trouble. Very few people’s curiosity can survive that.