It’s the color of blue jeans, blueberries, and the sky at dusk. Pantone’s Color of the Year 2020 is Classic Blue. It’s what the color forecasters at Pantone have deemed to be a comforting, timeless color for a time of change. [Photo: Pantone] “Many of us looked at 2020 […]
Four years ago, a group of nonprofits launched the Science Based Targets Initiative , a project designed to convince corporations to set targets to cut emissions in line with the goals of the Paris climate agreement. Nine companies had targets approved by the end of the first year after […]
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are over (whew), and for all of those who didn’t shop the “deals” and didn’t bust any doors, we got news: you didn’t miss out. Although these two massive shopping days do boast some of the most impressive and (frankly) tempting discounts you’ll see […]
The Pepto Bismol pink eraser is an icon, and for good reason. Early erasers were made in part of pumice , a ruddy, Italian volcanic ash that helped the eraser wipe away pigment. So an eraser’s pink color was a byproduct of its function. Yet in the modern era, […]
It’s no secret that mistrust of tech is at a crisis level right now. Whether it’s Facebook serving its users misinformation, Twitter enabling targeted harassment campaigns, or just the general exploitation of data that are leaked by sketchy sites across the web, many people are taking a hard look […]
Fort Smith—the second-largest city in Arkansas—lies on the border of Oklahoma and boasts a modest 88,000 residents. The city, named for its 19th-century military outpost for the western frontier, is known for landmarks like its Riverfront Amphitheater and Belle Grove Historic District, a 22-block stretch of 25 restored, historic […]
I know, I know, you were going to get those holiday cards out yesterday. So was I. But here we are, in the prime-time greeting card season between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, and we haven’t sent any well wishes out to our loved ones, with nary an envelope […]
This article is about creating limits and rules to follow throughout the entire design process. There is an unlimited number of ways in which you can combine elements in a user interface — and so you’ll need to set some rules and boundaries, or else the design workflow might […]
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5G wireless may not change everything, as a lot of the hype around this technology loves to promise. But a new report from wireless-infrastrcture provider Ericsson suggests it’s going to make our smartphones even more of a streaming-media time suck, with better video and new temptations such as VR […]
Among the many questions to emerge from Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s dramatic and at times farcical testimony during Congress’s impeachment hearings is one so glaring that it’s almost hard to see: How did Sondland, a moderately successful hotelier in Portland, become the U.S. ambassador to the European Union in the […]
