“The younger Puentes now records as Alex Cuba. In his music, you can hear how he’s blended his father’s musical influence — and stories from the Cuban countryside — with a touch of ’70s soul.”

“Do you know what is the most profitable retail store in the world, based on dollar per square footage? That’s right, Apple. It’s a great testament to design in general that a store as beautiful and sparse as this can generate so much profit versus the Circuit City / Best Buy big box retailers. Apple continues to outdo itself in store design. Their newest NYC outpost is on the Upper West Side. (1981 Broadway at West 67th Street). Grand opening is this Sat the 14th.”

“In general, most people think they’re building an everyday app, but they’re not. When the actual use patterns are discovered, most apps will be used every few days or less. Designers have to ask themselves a very hard question: “How often are people really going to use our web application?”. The answer is important…it will even help drive design decisions.”

One great feature beats a dozen half-assed ones any day of the week.

The perfect Twitter would show you only the stuff you care about—relevant, timely, local, funny, whatever you’re most interested in—even if you don’t follow the person who wrote it.

“Add a line of code to your pages and choose from hundreds of fonts. Simple, bulletproof, standards compliant, accessible, and totally legal.”

“FACT. Julia Galdo is one of my heroes. Before I ever considered myself a photographer, I looked at her work in awe. I was humbled by her photos.”