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"I broke something and realized I should break something once a week to remind me how fragile life is."
—Andy Warhol, New York Diaries (via nevver)
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Randy Lubin: Listing of Free Online Stanford Courses (Winter 2012)
This fall, Stanford opened three of its courses to free online enrollment: Machine Learning, Databases, and Artificial Intelligence. Over 100,000 people signed up.
This winter they’ve expanded to 16 courses. I didn’t see a directory anywhere so here is the complete listing:
Starting in January
Probabilistic Graphical Models
Design and Analysis of Algorithms I
Starting in February
Software as a Service (from Berkeley)
Starting in March
If you’re not sure you want to dive in, sign-up anyway… it’s free option value and sign-ups close once the course starts.
I’ll be taking (or at least starting) Human Computer Interaction, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, and Model Theory in January. I took Machine Learning in the fall and Ng was a great teacher.
If you want to try Stanford courses independent at your own pace, check out Stanford Engineering Everywhere. I first learned to code through 106A and highly recommend it. I’ll be attempting the iPhone course this winter.
"What features your customers ask for is never as interesting as why they want them"
—Cindy Alvarez (via uxaday)
I knew Pentagram was a powerhouse when it came to identity design. What I didn’t know was how many identities I encounter on a regular basis are actually Pentagram designed or redesigned. I came to this realization after going through Pentagram Marks. Some of more popular ones such as Citi’s redesigned logo I was aware of as Michael Beruit mentions it in his talks.
Some notable ones include: Ideo, Cnet, Getty Images, Guitar Hero, Norton, Penguin Books, Design Within Reach, Phaidon Publishing, Revlon, IZOD, L.L. Bean, New York Magazine, Nissan, Amnesty International, The Atlantic, Bausch + Lomb, Citi Group, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Estee Lauder, Princeton University, Tiffany & Co., Walgreens, World Economic Forum, and countless others.
When you take a look at these you might think they are simple enough. It takes great care and skill to have a simple and effective identity while still expressing the essence of the brand. This is also extremely when redesigning an existing mark as legacy is an important factor.
As the examples show Pentagram designers are great at creating iconic identities. None of the marks do too much. They do one thing and one thing only. None are complex. This simplicity is what allows the marks endure and not look dated with the passage of time.
"today’s flow of creative expression, riding a tide of billions of instantly accessible digital images and clips, is rapidly becoming so free and recycling so reflexive that it is hard to imagine it being slowed, much less stanched, whatever happens in court"
—Richard Prince Lawsuit Focuses on Limits of Appropriation - NYTimes.com (via fred-wilson)
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