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What if it were possible, he thought, to make a pair of glasses which, instead of requiring an optician, could be “tuned” by the wearer to correct his or her own vision? Might it be possible to bring affordable spectacles to millions who would never otherwise have them?
The wearer adjusts a dial on the syringe to add or reduce amount of fluid in the membrane, thus changing the power of the lens.
in Britain there is one optometrist for every 4,500 people, in sub-Saharan Africa the ratio is 1:1,000,000.
“The reaction is universal,” says Major Kevin White, formerly of the US military’s humanitarian programme, who organised the distribution of thousands of pairs around the world after discovering Silver’s glasses on Google. “People put them on, and smile. They all say, ‘Look, I can read those tiny little letters.’”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/dec/22/diy-adjustable-glasses-josh-silver
“ Since 1735 there has never been a quartz Blancpain watch. And there never will be.” It turned out to be an industry-changing move.
Face value: Salesman of the irrational | The Economist
“ People want exclusivity, so you must always keep the customer hungry and frustrated.
Face value: Salesman of the irrational | The Economist
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“ One way to establish that peace-preserving threat of mutual assured destruction is to commit yourself beforehand, which helps explain why so many retailers promise to match any competitor’s advertised price. Consumers view these guarantees as conducive to lower prices. But in fact offering a price-matching guarantee should make it less likely that competitors will slash prices
The Amazon Wal-Mart price war : The New Yorker
The many sliders of Photoshop CS4
Preferences > Memory Usage
Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast
Filters
Blur (note the rendering of the thumb arrow)
Layer Blending
Layer Style
Threshold
Color BalanceThings to keep in mind:
- These can be found in just Photoshop; I can’t imagine what I’d find elsewhere in the suite. Actually, fine, here’s the first one I found in Illustrator CS5:
- The most common out of all these seems to be second one, Brightness Adjustment.
- They’re all ugly. The only near-acceptable one is the Layer Style slider.
- None of these looks like the standard OS X slider:
“ There’s no other company in technology that’s started with a strong core business and developed another very strong one.
“ What do you want the stores to say to people when they walk in?” He didn’t tell us what it would be, but he told us it was necessary that we have one.
8 stars speak out on Steve Jobs - Bob Iger (5) - FORTUNE
“ it compiles from JavaScript to better JavaScript
Closure Compiler - Google Code
