Combative, often crass and willfully sophomoric, Shkreli has reveled in being described as the “drug industry’s villain
Read More 8 Top Office Design Trends For 2016
Experts say it’s time to move in these design directions to keep workers engaged and get the most out of your office space.
You might think that the reams of analysis done on office space would have by now turned every workplace into a humming hive of engagement and productivity. Earlier this year, we even got an advance look at a research paper that outlined alternative design strategies to make workers happier.
How The Founder of Hollaback! Made a Career Out of Fighting Street Harassment
From countless rejections to creating a worldwide movement, and the lessons learned along the way. Including last year’s viral video.
Every time a new rejection letter appeared in Emily May’s mailbox, she tried her hardest not to take it personally. She’d been convinced the cause she was rallying for—fighting street harassment—was sure to get support. Of the eight foundations and two fellowships she’d applied to, something would come through. But it didn’t. And more rejection only followed.
Pay Your Parking Tickets By Donating Food
Parking tickets just got a little friendlier in Lexington, Kentucky.
Lexington, Kentucky may have figured out the impossible: how to make someone feel good about getting a parking ticket. For five weeks over the holidays, the city is letting anyone with a ticket pay it off by donating food to a local food bank.
Why It’s Better To Give Experiences, Not Things
You still have time to rethink your holiday gift plans.
If you’re trying to buy happiness, science has some clear advice: it’s better to spend money on an experience rather than the latest iPhone. New research suggests the same is true for gifts. If the goal is to make the recipient happy, you’ll have better luck with an experience. So why do most presents fit in boxes?
5 Great Free Apps For When You Need To Be In Two Places At Once
Hold video calls, access your files, provide tech support, and more.
Unless you know something we don’t, it’ll probably be a while before you’re able to clone yourself. While you’re waiting, here are a handful of apps you can use to make the most of only being able to physically be in one place at a time.
The Sheltersuit Is A Wearable Homeless Shelter Made From Sleeping Bags
For people sleeping rough on the streets, the suit can offer some extra protection. And if you’re going to be outside, you might be able to get one, too.
The Sheltersuit is a home that you wear. Designed in the Netherlands for use by homeless people, the suit is a water-resistant, insulated jacket and sleeping bag, which zip together to keep the wearer warm and dry when they sleep on the street.
How Do You Design A UX For Infinity?
For the guy who turned Jorge Luis Borges’s “Library of Babel” into a web app, this isn’t an idle question.
Somewhere in the universe, there is a shelf of neatly organized books with titles made of nonsense. One of these books contains 410 pages of uncapitalized English words strung together in no intelligible order. On page 26 of this particular book, about halfway down, bookended between “holons” and “linkman“, is a 26-word couplet that my 4-year-old daughter will attempt to recite in her preschool’s Christmas pageant. Somewhere else, on a different shelf, is another book: this one contains a precise transcription, down to the syllable, of how my daughter will adorably mangle those 26 words onstage when her cue arrives.
To Really Beat Box-Office Records, “Star Wars” Will Need To Top These Numbers
A fair comparison of how movies have fared financially must include an inflation adjustment, which yields quite a few surprises.
This weekend, the newest Star Wars movie will start playing in cinemas throughout the world. Pundits in places like Forbes and the International Business Times are already predicting it will be the “biggest movie of all time.”
Designers: Stop Asking Copywriters To “Punch Up” Your Work
And let the word nerds do the word nerding. Here are practical tips for both writers and designers
Words shape design. Real words, not lorem ipsem, should form the ground-up basis for product design. This thought has been paraphrased on this site multiple times, by numerous contributors. Increasingly, the design community seemingly takes this truth to heart and has heartily paid lip service to the importance of “content” (words, the copy). I’ve read several articles written by designers who give sound advice on how to write good UI copy. Many of these pieces, like John Zeratsky’s piece on good interface writing, provide insightful tips on how to write better product copy.
