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Don't Save http://www.dont-save.com … posterous.com Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:17:00 -0700 Remembering Steve Jobs http://www.dont-save.com/remembering-steve-jobs http://www.dont-save.com/remembering-steve-jobs

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”Power and sex!” Those were the words with which Steve Jobs introduced the first Powerbook made out of titanium in 2001. That was just the beginning of his second coming. Before that he had already rolled out Macintosh, NeXT and Pixar.

Jobs was a controversial personality, but one thing is certain – by instilling his charisma to make his products sexy, he reclaimed technology from the hands of technocrats.

Also, despite being neither designer nor engineer, Jobs excelled as the ”ultimate end-user”. Henry Ford once claimed “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Steve Jobs never asked for faster horses, or cars for that matter – he demanded his personal jetpack.

In his last outing as Apple's CEO he attributed the company's success to the polygamous marriage of technology, liberal arts, and humanities. No mention of business, growth or profits there, yet this oblique approach yielded massive success.

One more thing… What really ought to resonate within the design and tech community left behind is Jobs's ability to articulate advanced concepts in a very inclusive way. One of the best examples of this was when he said ”Computer is the equivalent of bicycle for our minds”. And this was inspired by a scientific article on energy-efficiency of condors, humans and humans on bicycles. Thinking different is a polygamous affair indeed.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087684/vimeo_mug.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZtpCnGNk4pj Mika Meskanen Mesq Mika Meskanen Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:43:00 -0700 The circle is now complete http://www.dont-save.com/the-circle-is-now-complete http://www.dont-save.com/the-circle-is-now-complete

Mtbju

From 1.0 To Windows 8, How Far Microsoft Has Come… [Humor]

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087684/vimeo_mug.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZtpCnGNk4pj Mika Meskanen Mesq Mika Meskanen Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:22:00 -0700 Disruptive typographic artwork http://www.dont-save.com/disruptive-typographic-artwork http://www.dont-save.com/disruptive-typographic-artwork

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Accompanying the iPad edition of "Composition No. 1" by Marc Saporta – a book that can be read in any order.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipodes

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

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Don't care what you want – this is what you need. ($)

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]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:42:00 -0700 Visions fade http://www.dont-save.com/visions-fade http://www.dont-save.com/visions-fade

2010_02

Picture above is from the film '2010', so it's not HAL – but…

On the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight I finally have an excuse to point out to the excellent blogpost on Kosmograd: Why 2010 wont be like '2010'

Whereas HAL looked out into our world, today we look into the world created within the computer. […] Our ambition seems to have shrunk to the size of a touchscreen tablet. Expect a monolith of a very different kind.

Good night song: Miljoonasade – Fly on Juri Gagarin

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Antigone

the Greek word for error or failure, used by Aristotle in his Poetics (4th century BCE) to designate the false step that leads the protagonist in a tragedy to his or her downfall. The term has often been translated as ‘tragic flaw’, but this misleadingly confines the cause of the reversal of fortunes to some personal defect of character, whereas Aristotle's emphasis was rather upon the protagonist's action, which could be brought about by misjudgement, ignorance, or some other cause.

Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms via Answers.com

Picture by Chris O'Connor, choipaint.com

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087684/vimeo_mug.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZtpCnGNk4pj Mika Meskanen Mesq Mika Meskanen Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:04:00 -0700 What to do today http://www.dont-save.com/what-to-do-today http://www.dont-save.com/what-to-do-today

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… from Benjamin Franklin's majestic daily plan. If you need just a break, have a look at James Bond's rehab routine.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087684/vimeo_mug.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZtpCnGNk4pj Mika Meskanen Mesq Mika Meskanen Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:25:00 -0700 Finnendämmerung http://www.dont-save.com/finnendammerung http://www.dont-save.com/finnendammerung

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Bedrock: Sell storage space for nuclear waste?
Security: Join NATO?
Startup: Sell it to Google, Microsoft or Swedes?
Project Expertise: Always hire reserve officers to run the show?
Go (???): See Travel Freedom?
Russia: Finland makes a great flyover state for gas pipelines?
NokiaSoft: See #3

Image source: Tivi.fi via Google Translate

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087684/vimeo_mug.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZtpCnGNk4pj Mika Meskanen Mesq Mika Meskanen Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:08:00 -0700 Fever http://www.dont-save.com/fever http://www.dont-save.com/fever

Fever

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087684/vimeo_mug.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZtpCnGNk4pj Mika Meskanen Mesq Mika Meskanen Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:17:00 -0800 Ladies on velocipedes http://www.dont-save.com/vive-la-france http://www.dont-save.com/vive-la-france

The Gentleman Cyclist writes:

But there is something more to this obsession than just unadulterated lust involved here…..something about the sort of woman who cycles. Such a woman must at the very least have a high degree of self possession to adopt such a liberating and physically demanding form of transportation. The real attraction for me lies somewhere in the allure of a female who understands the joy and fulfilment that physical engagement in the moment can bring to human beings.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087684/vimeo_mug.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZtpCnGNk4pj Mika Meskanen Mesq Mika Meskanen Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:59:00 -0800 Gantt chart from hell http://www.dont-save.com/gantt-chart-from-hell http://www.dont-save.com/gantt-chart-from-hell

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Project plan on NASA astronaut assignments 1961-73

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087684/vimeo_mug.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZtpCnGNk4pj Mika Meskanen Mesq Mika Meskanen Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:19:00 -0800 David Beckham to the rescue http://www.dont-save.com/david-beckham-to-the-rescue http://www.dont-save.com/david-beckham-to-the-rescue

A father-of-two has said he was in "absolute awe" after David Beckham stopped and helped when his car broke down on a Hertfordshire roundabout.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-12408687

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Angry-bird-himpskatti

http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/02/03/win-an-angry-birds-plush-toy/

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Smashing Cartoon #37

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Finnishpassportvisafree

Henley Visa Restrictions Index - Global Ranking 2010

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1087684/vimeo_mug.jpg http://posterous.com/users/ZtpCnGNk4pj Mika Meskanen Mesq Mika Meskanen Sat, 25 Dec 2010 06:35:00 -0800 Merry X of your choosing! http://www.dont-save.com/merry-x-of-your-choosing http://www.dont-save.com/merry-x-of-your-choosing

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With greetings from Heathrow Terminal 5.

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As seen on A Design A Day.

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