Phillips Design

Lemony Snicket, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events, has weighed in brilliantly on Occupy Wall Street.

Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance

I especially like this one:

11. Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with an unhappy ending.

Read the whole list here.

I have this sudden craving for a piece of cake. Don’t know why… Just do.

Read this from The New York Times magazine.

One of the most interesting, enlightening articles I’ve read in a long time. Read it all – you’ll thank me, after the magnitude of what they’re talking about fully sinks in.

Decision fatigue helps explain why ordinarily sensible people get angry at colleagues and families, splurge on clothes, buy junk food at the supermarket and can’t resist the dealer’s offer to rustproof their new car. No matter how rational and high-minded you try to be, you can’t make decision after decision without paying a biological price. It’s different from ordinary physical fatigue — you’re not consciously aware of being tired — but you’re low on mental energy. The more choices you make throughout the day, the harder each one becomes for your brain, and eventually it looks for shortcuts, usually in either of two very different ways.

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Race Walkers are funny looking. But that doesn’t mean they’re not bad-ass athletes. Read more…

Form design. Who knew it could be so hard to fill out a form? Read more…

A designer buddy of mine was going on a much needed vacation and he asked if I would fill in for him on a couple of projects. He had no idea what they were – I would be on my own – and he didn’t care. Just do ‘em.

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And amazingly, still in use – after all these years.
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