Hint: all of them played Jules in Pulp Fiction.

Wil Shipley on differences in the build to last and build to flip approaches to software development, coming out strongly in favour of the farming approach.

It’s hard to disagree with it; working hard with the modest goal of sustaining yourself is just intuitively a more likeable approach to software development, and to life in general.

A new Google technique to speed up the delivery of AdSense.

The announcement in and on itself is fine — speed is always good. What I really like about the announcement, though, is the signature: ‘Michael Kleber, Ads Latency Team’. Google apparently have an entire team devoted to ads latency. That’s serious shit.

Marco Arment on how Apple moved away from the productivity apps on the iPad 2, and instead focussed on the creativity apps.

Marco has an amazing ability to see these sorts of trends, this time with the transitory connection dongles.

Whenever one introduces some sort of piracy prevention, one makes it a little bit more difficult for people who are willing to buy whatever one is trying to sell. It also makes it more difficult for people who are trying to obtain illegal copies, but those who insist on doing this will often have the tenacity to soldier through it.

It’s a battle that can’t be won, and so one might as well make it easier for the honest ones.

Sid Lowe’s most excellent Guardian interview with one of the most important footballers of his generation, Xavi Hernandez.

Mandy Brown on the debatable merit of the word ‘forever’, and how we can all work to make sure the things we love for, live forever.

Fascinating study on the actual benefits of usability. It’s not that usability isn’t of any use; it’s that sometimes, in order to get a person immersed in the task the application facilitates, he or she needs some stumbling blocks.

asdf Adam Lisagor ‘s newest ad.

I especially like his Hitchcock-style appearance halfway through.

Print this out and hang it somewhere.