From the Microsoft corporate education vault. Click the image for more hilarity. Can't. Stop. LAUGHING.

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This could possibly be better than a Super Soaker. Possibly. Oh btw, Happy 30th Birthday Post-Its! You've made my life complete

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Long name. Neat widget. Mesmerized with this real-time updating counter. To see the sources of where the data is being pulled, click on the link. Thanks, Nick! (@allnick) -- awesome find.

"10. We're not cool, and we don't care. There was a time when it was cool to be on Facebook. That time has passed. Facebook now has 150 million members, and its fastest-growing demographic is 30 and up. At this point, it's way cooler not to be on Facebook. We've ruined it for good, just like we ruined Twilight and skateboarding. So git! And while you're at it, you damn kids better get off our lawn too.

Funny because it's true. Click this for 1-9.

The Senate permanent subcommitte on investigations published eight pages of internal GS emails, that the FT now published... On the fence ethically and morally -- it's juicy, yes, but what will the public learn and what will be accomplished by this doing?

Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

Permanently filed under: TRUTH. haha LOVE TremendousNews! Following him on Twitter here: @tremendousnews

...he likes Fruit Roll-Ups. And I'm secretly in love with this man. ;)

Permanently file this one under: epic. Seriously.

Just downloaded and reading -- can't believe this is free. What a steal. Thanks, Jeremiah and THANK YOU, INTERNET. Love my industry and I love the Internet!

"The lesson here is that “meaning” and “information” are distinct concepts. Meaning is something which can’t be quantified, whereas information can. Meaning is subjective, information is objective. So how do you quantify information? In bits.

[...]

Efficiency doesn’t let you know how fast an interface is, or how often people will make mistakes, or how hard your interface is to learn. Efficiency doesn’t quantify beauty (although is something of a proxy to elegance). The humaneness of an interface simply cannot be reduced to a single number: sometimes highly efficient interfaces can be entirely inhumane. But even a full battery of GOMs modeling, focus groups, and user testing can only show you the mistakes of your current design.

Efficiency can tell you when you need a new inspiration."

(in response to this.)

Update: Finished product. BEHOLD!

Courtesy of the masterful @danuyemura #1UpDan