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- Hate The iTunes 10 Icon? Think You Can Do Better?
- Craigslist Censored: Adult Section Comes Down
- Fast Trains to Connect US Cities, Alleviate Highway Congestion
| Hate The iTunes 10 Icon? Think You Can Do Better? | Top |
| Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ obsessive focus on design detail is at least partially responsible for why the tech sphere and the design sphere are so intertwined at the moment. Which makes the ire that he’s received for the current iTunes 10 logo (not to mention the foibles of Ping ) particularly poignant. The universal hatred for this thing has spawned an @BPGlobalPR-esque Twitter account , some pretty impressive suggestions of alternate logos over on design collaboration site Dribbble , and an email to Jobs himself. ValuLeads designer Joshua Kopac : Enjoyed the presentation today. But … this new iTunes logo really sucks. You're taking 10+ years of instant product recognition and replacing it with an unknown. Let's both cross our fingers on this…. Steve Jobs to designer Joshua Kopac: We disagree. Sent from my iPhone Attention Joshua Kopac, Steve Jobs has been reinventing the design landscape since before you were using Mac Paint. HE TOOK A FONT CLASS AT REED FOR CHRISSAKES. But yeah, people love to backseat graphic design among other things, so I’ll tell you what, anyone who thinks that they can do a better job at logo design than Jobs, Jony Ive and team is welcome to have at it — Just send your submissions to tips@techcrunch , with subject line: “I am better than Steve Jobs” or something more clever and I’ll post the best ones here. Because I for one find the “Metal” iTunes 10 logo kind of cool and I’m sure our readers, nerds that they are, could do way better. Side note: How much do you think sending that “Sent from my iPhone” notification pleases Steve Jobs? I’m willing to bet a heckuva a lot. I’m almost surprised he doesn’t include a * after the “my” as in *”I designed it, bitch.” | |
| Craigslist Censored: Adult Section Comes Down | Top |
| Bad news for Craigslist users who like to peruse the Erotic Services Adult Services section of their site. It’s gone, replaced by a large black and white “censored” logo. I’ve reached out to Craigslist for comment and await their reply. But the choice of words is significant – the section wasn’t simply removed, the censored word was used. The site has been embattled as old press and state attorneys general use any excuse to blame sex crimes on the site. From South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster’s failed crusade against them to a variety of press stories about sex and other crimes. If it’s just a sex crime it isn’t a story. But if a listing on Craigslist was involved, it’s a big story . Craigslist has fought back using little more than their blog and logic . And they’re right. Having prostitution up front and regulated, as Craigslist does, means less crime is associated with it. It’s not like prostitution, sometimes called the world’s oldest profession, was invented on the site. The fact that eBay and others do exactly the same thing , but without human review and moderation, doesn’t seem to matter. Craigslist Sex is what scares the general population, and it’s what the press and the politicians will continue to use to get their hits and votes. So the Craigslist Adult Section was removed. Is the world now a safer place? Update: This only appears to affect U.S. sites, so if you’re looking for a happy ending in Saskatoon or the West Bank, have at it. CrunchBase Information Craigslist Information provided by CrunchBase | |
| Fast Trains to Connect US Cities, Alleviate Highway Congestion | Top |
| The Obama administration back in January promised $8 billion in funding for cities and states to build high-speed, intercity rail projects . This week, the Department of Transporation issued its specifications for the manufacture of new fast trains, namely double-decker coach, dining, baggage, and business class passenger rail cars that can travel between 79 MPH and up to 220 MPH. Bi-level rail cars not typical in the US today, would accommodate more passengers, and hopefully alleviate congested roads and some resulting air pollution. According to the American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO) 95 percent of passenger travel in America is made by car, motorcycle and truck on our highways now. Expanding highway capacity and overhauling busted roads with more durable and sustainable materials can prevent some traffic jams. But even highway professionals advocate building efficient, intercity, high speed trains and upgrading our freight rail systems. Wireless companies like Groundlink and D-Link could win business rigging new high speed trains with internet service and related equipment. Cities that recently won government funding for their high speed passenger rail projects include: Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio , and Battle Creek, Michigan among others along the Detroit to Chicago route. Feds promised the biggest piece of the budget in their national high speed rail transit program earlier this year to large-scale efforts in Florida and California that would connect Tampa and Orlando with 168 MPH trains, and Los Angeles and San Francisco with trains running up to 200 MPH. CrunchBase Information GroundLink Information provided by CrunchBase CrunchBase Information D-Link Information provided by CrunchBase | |
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