Hi, my name is David.

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10 notes 23 Jan 2012
We are looking for the best infrastructure engineers, data scientists, data visualization experts and developers to join our team on our journey to bring data to the music industry. If this sounds like you, or someone you know, please visit our jobs page and get in touch: nextbigsound.com/jobs.
Next Big Sound
2 notes 10 Jan 2012
The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living. The assumption is that somewhere, hidden, is a better way of doing things.
Harry Bertoia (via kevintwohy)
11 notes 4 Jan 2012

bottle shattering backwards.

4 Jan 2012

10 internet things I use daily

Social

Work

Running Things

Thinking

The internet is great. When else in history could I build a custom combination of amazing, always improving tools? They improve my life across various dimensions, each solving their own problem exceptionally well.

The first three are what I consume, the next four help me do my job everyday, the next two run shit, and the last is my daily brain dump.

The hardest and most important part is knowing when to ignore them all. 

7 notes 3 Jan 2012
Sky Series Selected Works 2011 | Eric Cahan All of these!

Sky Series Selected Works 2011 | Eric Cahan

All of these!

3 notes 31 Dec 2011

Frontiers through the Ages

dbreunig:

  • Water, 1400
  • Land, 1840
  • Gold, 1850
  • Wire, 1880
  • Air, 1900
  • Celluloid, 1920
  • Plastic, 1950
  • Space, 1960
  • Silicon, 1980
  • Networks, 1990
  • Data, 2000

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1 note 28 Dec 2011

dream personal site = me holding a kiddie pool sized clear bowl of cereal above my head. the different pieces of cereal would be different projects/info. if you clicked anywhere i’m ticklish the bowl would spill it’s contents. i promise it wouldn’t be as creepy as it sounds.  

2 notes 26 Dec 2011
To critique requires you to have your own point-of-view, to be able to articulate it and to be able to debate the merits of your point-of-view relative to the the other persons.
Why I’d Rather Err on the Side of Direct Feedback Than Pleasantries
25 Dec 2011
This is data’s great challenge. Becoming something more than just an unread email. Becoming useful at the point it’s most needed.
Your Health Data Might Be Just Another Unread Inbox
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19 Dec 2011
Software options proliferate extremely easily, too easily in fact, because too many options create tools that can’t ever be used intuitively. Intuitive actions confine the detail work to a dedicated part of the brain, leaving the rest of one’s mind free to respond with attention and sensitivity to the changing texture of the moment. With tools, we crave intimacy. This appetite for emotional resonance explains why users - when given a choice - prefer deep rapport over endless options. You can’t have a relationship with a device whose limits are unknown to you, because without limits it keeps becoming something else.

Wired 7.01: The Revenge of the Intuitive (via ninakix)

This! This! This!

(via ninakix)

30 notes 18 Dec 2011
The biggest cost to a startup is time, not money. Most start-ups fail not because the technology doesn’t work, but because they are creating the wrong product for the wrong market.
Head of Product is More Valuable than 5 Engineers | Michael Karnjanaprakorn
17 Dec 2011