Tomorrow sees me traveling to Pittsburgh to offer a workshop at one of my campuses, which is very exciting. However, the real excitement for the day will come after class when I swing by Bill Gray Volvo before heading back home for the evening. The reason for my stop will be to order what you see above you: a 2012 Volvo S60 T5 in Vibrant Copper. I am excited to see how the ordering process goes with Volvo as compared to Audi back in 2009 – and, of course, to start driving the new leased ride!
Might look familiar to you if you are a Mac user, as it is – and has been for years – the Command key icon. Did you know what it actually represents?
A castle as seen from above. It was apparently widely used to mark points of interest in Swedish campgrounds.
You can learn more fun facts like the one above by reading Steve Silberman’s article on the icons Susan Kare designed for the Mac nearly three decades ago. It even includes some fun original sketches as she was brainstorming the visual language of the revolutionary little computer.
I might just consider buying one of the lithographs from the 1969 illustrated Alice in Wonderland to which Salvador Dalí lent his talents, as pointed out by io9. Because, you see, they look like this:
In looking up the price of a copy of the actual book (not found), I also turned up a video or three about the project:
With Xmas time just around the corner, feel free to take this post into account when considering how best to splurge on me…
Engadgetasks the question that makes up the post title as it regards product names in the gadget world and comes up with a four prong answer. They categorize things into the columns of good, safe, meaningless or bad – examples, being Kindle, iPhone 4, Nokia N9 or Epic, in that order. The reasoning is pretty spot on and I especially like the acknowledgement that with enough time and consistency, even a meaningless naming scheme carried forward by a strong brand can produce recognizable monikers like BMW 328i. Or maybe I just like the fact that crossing over into automotive territory was necessary to make the point?
At the suggestion of both Dave and Hannah at work, I finally got around to watching PressPausePlay – and I must say that I’m duly impressed. I actually just stopped the film moments ago to look up more about Japanese visual artist Takafumi Tsuchiya. You can see his amazing 2011 show reel below:
