YakShaving

Yak•Shaving (noun) Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing you to overcome intermediate difficulties, allows you to solve a larger problem

Tag: economic

Stultifying Student Loans hamper economic recovery

Also blogged at the BetterAt blog. Much has been written about the education bubble in the past few years. I whipped up this chart based on the New York Federal Reserve Data (inspired by this article/chart from Atlantic Monthly) that demonstrates the magnitude of the situation a little better. Student loan debt has increased more [...]

Why “A bit more design” is clearly warranted if you don’t want to be toast

Dan Hill, noted author of City of Sound wrote about this Breville Toaster and applauded the design of the “a bit more” button. The post was commented on hacker news quite a bit and I’ve thought about its design in general a bit more. Breville Toaster, flickr: Dan Hill Dan says, regarding the “Bit More [...]