A collection of writings, links and other miscellaneous finds from around the internet.Tumblr (3.0; @cynion)http://blog.cynion.com/“Why do we assume that simple is good? Because with physical products, we have to feel we can dominate them. As you bring order to complexity, you find a way to make the product defer to you. Simplicity isn’t just a visual style. It’s not just minimalism or the absence of clutter. It involves digging through the depth of the complexity. To be truly simple, you have to go really deep. For example, to have no screws on something, you can end up having a product that is so convoluted and so complex. The better way is to go deeper with the simplicity, to understand everything about it and how it’s manufactured. You have to deeply understand the essence of a product in order to be able to get rid of the parts that are not essential.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Jony Ive (From <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1451648537/?tag=cynion-21" target="_blank">Steve Jobs</a>, by Walter Isaacson)</p> <p>(via <a href="http://minimalmac.com/post/15549379076/" target="_blank">Minimal Mac</a>)</p></em>http://blog.cynion.com/post/15579181059http://blog.cynion.com/post/15579181059Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:42:00 +0000<p><p style="text-align: left">That was quick… ;)</p></p>http://blog.cynion.com/post/15258678281http://blog.cynion.com/post/15258678281Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:10:58 +0000“Go without a coat when it’s cold; find out what cold is. Go hungry; keep your existence lean. Wear away the fat, get down to the lean tissue and see what it’s all about. The only time you define your character is when you go without. In times of hardship, you find out what you’re made of and what you’re capable of. If you’re never tested, you’ll never define your character.”<br/><br/> - <em>Henry Rollins</em>http://blog.cynion.com/post/12558465291http://blog.cynion.com/post/12558465291Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:07:00 +0000quotes<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltzlqqb2mx1qzjb7co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://minimalmac.com/post/12197532492/plugbug-by-twelvesouth-i-want-to-know-how-it-is" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">minimalmac</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.twelvesouth.com/products/plugbug/" target="_blank">PlugBug by TwelveSouth</a></p> <p>I want to know how it is that the folks at TwelveSouth keep turning out such amazing “well-duh-I-should-have-though-of-that” stuff.</p></blockquote>http://blog.cynion.com/post/12209193413http://blog.cynion.com/post/12209193413Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:08:57 +0000<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GnGI76__sSA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://magentalabs.tumblr.com/post/11961243389/tribute-to-steve-jobs-by-apples-chief-designer" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">magentalabs</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Tribute To Steve Jobs By Apple’s Chief Designer Jonathan Ive.</p></blockquote>http://blog.cynion.com/post/12209012313http://blog.cynion.com/post/12209012313Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:04:54 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsn3tsUtBR1qz56qto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Steve Jobs, 1955-2011</p>http://blog.cynion.com/post/11096773554http://blog.cynion.com/post/11096773554Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:29:00 +0100applevisionarysteve jobsinspiration“Happiness does not come from having much, but from being attached to little.”<br/><br/> - <em>Cheng Yen</em>http://blog.cynion.com/post/6668991833http://blog.cynion.com/post/6668991833Sat, 18 Jun 2011 23:57:52 +0100“This spending of the best part of one’s life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it reminds me of the Englishman who went to India to make a fortune first, in order that he might return to England and live the life of a poet.”<br/><br/> - <em>Henry David Thoreau</em>http://blog.cynion.com/post/6218971406http://blog.cynion.com/post/6218971406Sun, 05 Jun 2011 19:03:00 +0100<p>Testing the awesome that is MarkdownMail</p>http://blog.cynion.com/post/1249570391http://blog.cynion.com/post/1249570391Sun, 29 May 2011 13:17:47 +0100softwareios<a href="http://www.lakercompendium.com/">Create HTML5 Digital Publications with Laker</a>: <p><em>Laker</em> is a compendium of files, frameworks, styles and tips for designing digital publications in HTML5.</p>http://blog.cynion.com/post/5066266715http://blog.cynion.com/post/5066266715Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:13:04 +0100html5<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8awyydEOT1qz56qto1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>In case you were wondering (like I was) if iTunes 10 was a bit of a rush job…</p>http://blog.cynion.com/post/1072618957http://blog.cynion.com/post/1072618957Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:18:00 +0100uidesignitunes<a href="http://everytimezone.com/">Every Time Zone</a>: <p>Never warp your brain with time zone math again.</p>http://blog.cynion.com/post/849166189http://blog.cynion.com/post/849166189Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:18:50 +0100<a href="http://keynotekungfu.com/">Keynote Wireframe Toolkit</a>: <p>Wireframing with Keynote is a reasonable pitch — it’s affordable, rapid, and uploading to iWork.com makes annotating and collaboration easy.</p>http://blog.cynion.com/post/845501491http://blog.cynion.com/post/845501491Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:40:00 +0100designuxtoolskeynote<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/A6-wA-7QIeE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Dieter Rams video interview</strong></p> <p>The legendary Braun designer talks about his craft.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://kottke.org/10/07/dieter-rams-video-interview" target="_blank">kottke.org</a>)</p>http://blog.cynion.com/post/835822096http://blog.cynion.com/post/835822096Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:52:00 +0100<span id="video_player_831634017">[<a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" target="_blank">Flash 10</a> is required to watch video.]</span><script type="text/javascript">renderVideo("video_player_831634017",'http://blog.cynion.com/video_file/831634017/tumblr_l5sx8ucIu51qz56qt',400,225,'poster=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_l5sx8ucIu51qz56qt_r1_frame1.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_l5sx8ucIu51qz56qt_r1_frame2.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_l5sx8ucIu51qz56qt_r1_frame3.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_l5sx8ucIu51qz56qt_r1_frame4.jpg,http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_l5sx8ucIu51qz56qt_r1_frame5.jpg')</script><br/><br/><p>Feeding Time</p>http://blog.cynion.com/post/831634017http://blog.cynion.com/post/831634017Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:00:30 +0100<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5rirjwxKq1qz56qto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Enjoying the sun outside my window.</p>http://blog.cynion.com/post/828304086http://blog.cynion.com/post/828304086Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:50:07 +0100<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MH8ObibNCoo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Grateful Dead sing the National Anthem at a ‘93 Giants game.</p> <p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/erikmal/status/18051622192" target="_blank">Erik Malinowski’s Twitter</a>)</p>http://blog.cynion.com/post/786082073http://blog.cynion.com/post/786082073Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:37:00 +0100<a href="http://neography.com/experiment/circles/solarsystem/">CSS3 Solar System</a>: <p>A beautiful animation of the solar system created entirely in CSS3.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://kottke.org/10/06/css3-solar-system" target="_blank">kottke.org</a>)</p>http://blog.cynion.com/post/764988542http://blog.cynion.com/post/764988542Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:35:00 +0100css3“You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them.”<br/><br/> - <em>Gandhi</em>http://blog.cynion.com/post/760841023http://blog.cynion.com/post/760841023Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:05:00 +0100wisdom“Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”<br/><br/> - <em>Proverb</em>http://blog.cynion.com/post/673527306http://blog.cynion.com/post/673527306Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:44:58 +0100wisdom