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A.Mazing. Love!!

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HAUTE!

pinklmaonade:

This is a cinemagraph I made for Elin Kling over at Style by Kling

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AMEN

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erikagalan:

laser-cut is an art.

Nicholas Kirkwood laser cut shoe bootie available at Barneys New York via StyleList

Art on my feet. Um, YES!

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I have always liked Nike tennis shoes. I absolutely LOVE these!

On September 15, 1985, Nike introduced the Air Jordans. They turned out to be, to say the least, quite popular.

Sneaker culture exploded out of the post-war era, when American consumers were confronted with extraordinary new hours of leisure time and realized they needed to wear special shoes to take part in the activities this new free time afforded. The key shoe in these early years was the Adidas Superstar, the first to spread from the feet of NBA stars to those of kids on the street.

But the arrival of the Michael Jordan-endorsed Nike Air Jordans in 1985 changed everything. Featuring a bold-for-the-time red and black color scheme, the shoes were banned by the NBA for being too outrageous (only white shoes were considered acceptable.) Jordan, the best basketball player in the world, was fined $5,000 by the NBA every time he stepped onto the court in them — a fine Nike happily paid.

The ban turned sneakers from just something people wore on their feet to something illicit, something dangerous — a status symbol. From there, stores would sell out of limited-edition shoes instantly, rappers would make tracks dedicated to their kicks, pundits would spin stories of children being shot for their sneakers, and designers would make shoes into haute couture. But it all started with these Air Jordans.

There will never be another. Not Kobe. Not LeBron. Not anyone.

(discovered on 25th Anniversary of Air Jordans! - Devious Media | News)

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LOVE.

At this point, a mobile experience shouldn’t be an afterthought

bijan:

It wasn’t long ago that mobile phones had weak browsers and 3g was a network that the carriers built but without the “killer app”.

Smartphones with amazing browsers changed all of that. The web is the killer app. The browser on iPhone and Android are incredible and only getting better.

So if you are building a consumer web service these days, I highly encourage you to think of the mobile experience right away. Don’t think of mobile as something you’ll get around to doing one day. It has to be a high priority.

That doesn’t mean you have to build a native Android or iPhone app. It really depends on the service. I can’t imagine an app like Bump working without a native app while Techmeme mobile web site is amazing. It often comes down to whether your app requires access to local iphone resources (camera, address book, etc) or not.

At the very least your application/service should be optimized for mobile browsing experience and has an open API.

That’s the minimum these days.