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At least do the food justice

“Chef David Bouley often ushers people he sees snapping his plates back into the kitchen so they can get a picture on a marble background with proper lighting. He’s even working on a system that will allow users to choose from an array of digital images of his dishes that they can send to their friends before they even get their meals.” – Jessica Roy

“The life expectancy of a phone or a pad is 18 months.” – Doc Searls

First World Problems Suck

A century ago, Suck.com defined good writing on the web: short sentences, self-deprecating humor via self-referential links, and the biting humor of a playful wolf pup.

Thankfully someone’s brought that to 2012:

Need a first-world problem solved?

How are apps like the 1990’s CD-ROM-based software?

Skeu.it continues to document the UI tragedies.