Living with Complexity: How Apple Reinvented Music Distribution
iTunes’ dominant position atop the digital music market is not happenstance. Donald A. Norman discusses how, through the integration of its products, design and service, Apple became a media distribution juggernaut. Many services are both social and complex systems. Many are provided by large organizations, with components in very different geographic locations. Quite often the…
Chinese Scientists Invent Electro-Abs For Women’s Chests’
In yet another example of China being on the cutting edge of technology, witness the Top Charming Breast Stimulator. It’s Electro-Abs for your chest, for all you ladies out there that have always wanted those chiseled, 6-pack boobs. (via The Daily What)
Open a Champagne Bottle with a Saber
There are multiple ways to pop New Year’s champagne: the Super Bowl air-spray, the casual Diddy pour-on-the-floor, or, if you’re feeling awesomely Napoleonic, you can slice the damn thing open with a sword (or good kitchen knife). Here’s how. 1. Choose your weapon and gather your gear. If you’ve purchased a pricey ornamental champagne saber,…
The Best Shooting Challenges of the Year
This was a phenomenal year of Shooting Challenges. Your submissions were as beautiful as they were plentiful. Check out some of the best user-submitted images of 2010. 1. 30 Impossible Scenes That Actually Happened The photos that follow are impossible. But they actually happened. The entries for this week’s Shooting Challenge are composites, stacking subjects…
