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  • Posters by Emil Ruder

    Recently I found this great set of minimalist posters by Emil Ruder, Swiss typographer and graphic designer. Ruder (1914-1970) played an important role in the development and dissemination of the Swiss Style.

    “Typography has one plain duty before 
it and that is to convey information 
in writing.” – Emil Ruder

    He has helped, together with Armin Hofmann, to found the Schule für Gestaltung, Basel (Basel School of Design), and was known for encouraging his students to be more concerned with precision, proportions and the role of legibility and communication with type.

    Emil Ruder
    Emil Ruder
    Emil Ruder
    Emil Ruder
    Emil Ruder
    Emil Ruder
    Emil Ruder
    Emil Ruder
    Emil Ruder
    Emil Ruder
    Emil Ruder

  • Patrick Rhone’s iPad Life | The Brooks Review

    Patrick Rhone’s iPad Life | The Brooks Review:

    Wanna see how I’m using my iPad?

    Of course you do…

  • "No one really knows The nature of birth Nor the true dwelling place. We return to the..."

    “No one really knows

    The nature of birth

    Nor the true dwelling place.

    We return to the source

    And turn to dust.”

    - Ikkyū Sōjun (1394-1481) via (via sharanam) (via peterreyes)





  • "All traces of human activity have been erased and everything lies ahead, still to be done. A great..."

    “All traces of human activity have been erased and everything lies ahead, still to be done. A great tremor shakes me; there are so many corners I want to explore.”

    - Maxime Turgeon, “A Simple Line,” Alpinist 30

  • via Tiny Island



    via Tiny Island



  • weloveapple: (via gotmefuckedup) (via nu-era)



    weloveapple:

    (via gotmefuckedup)

    (via nu-era)



  • Essential apps for the iPad

    roads2roam asked if I can recommend the essential apps for the iPad.

    While what’s essential for me might not be essential for others I’ll post what’s on my iPad. Please take into account that I work with computers and a developer and a security consultant and I use the iPad for work. So, knowing this, here’s the list:

    • Simplenote: used for pretty much everything, from note take to brain dumps.
    • Instapaper: read the news, interesting articles and pretty much anything that I don’t have time to read at a particular moment.
    • 37Signals Draft: used to sketch ideas, web pages, app UI, etc.
    • 1Password: keep my passwords and other sensitive information here.
    • Dropbox: access some of my documents online.
    • Night Stand: the iPad comes with no alarm clock. This one is awesome.
    • WeatherStation: for weather reports.
    • PlainText (recent download): I am using it for writing the first draft of reports. I’m using its Dropbox sync feature to sync the documents with my desktop. I used to use Pages for this but synchronizing the documents was hellish.
    • Pandora: for music
    • Jumbo: the iPad comes without a calculator, this one is simple and minimal.
    • Twitter: no explanation
    • Netflix: to watch movies.
    • Dragon Dictation: if for some reason I need to take notes via my voice, this one does a very decent job in converting my words into text
    • Giant Timer: a simple timer
    • Skype
    • NowDoThis: for task management

    That’s it. That’s all I have on my iPad.

  • Information security consulting

    I am going to use my blog as a marketing tool. Sorry for that.

    Last week I began offering my services as a freelance computer security consultant.

    I provide services in the following fields:

    • Technical risk and exposure analysis on networks, including penetration testing of both the physical and logical perimeters and vulnerability analysis with custom security tools development.
    • Design of the overall architecture and settings of intrusion detection solutions and defense systems tuning.
    • Security infrastructure design.
    • Security hardening of UNIX, Linux, Mac OS and Windows servers.
    • Computer security training.
    • Development of proprietary information security testing tools.
    • Perform forensic analysis on UNIX, Linux and Windows systems.
    • Conduct industrial espionage analysis and counter operations.
    • Provide advice on cyberterrorism to government or private organizations.

    A little bit about my background:

    I’m an information security analyst with over 20 years experience in the fields of information security, software development and security design, network and perimeter security and computer forensics. I posses in depth knowledge of the inner workings of OS’s, security exploits, system penetration technologies and cryptanalysis.

    Specialties:

    Expertise in industrial espionage, cyberterrorism and computer forensics, including training Red Teams.
    System and user level software development from the design and architecture phase to the final deliverables.

    If you need services in any of these fields (or other security related items) or you need a quote about how much the services cost, you can contact me via email: mnmal.tumblr@gmail.com

    Please put on the subject of the email the word security.

    I provide a free initial assessment of your network/system. Please be aware that on location projects are currently accepted only in Massachusetts, US.

    Thank you.

  • Not about minimalism, but it’s a great picture of one of...



    Not about minimalism, but it’s a great picture of one of the greatest bands.

    (via Wikipedia)



  • kenoshaaikikai: Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba demonstrates Ushiro...

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    kenoshaaikikai:

    Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba demonstrates Ushiro Ryotetori Shiho Nage during the seminar in Montreal, Canada



  • In this post I mentioned that I wanted to simplify my iPhone...


    Home Screen


    Second Screen

    In this post I mentioned that I wanted to simplify my iPhone since it was getting a bit cluttered. Check the pictures in that post.

    Several readers suggested that I place the apps I use the most on the Home Screen and the rest neatly organized on the second screen. I did something like that and in the process I deleted some of the apps that I wasn’t using.

    So now I am down to two screens. The home screen is pretty much the same, except 1Password was moved to the Productivity folder on the second screen since it was being used but not every day. The second screen contains the rest of the apps I use, not every day but enough, so I didn’t delete them. The few games left were moved here as well.

    The only app worth mentioning that I deleted was ShoveBox. I used it a lot when I stopped using Evernote. But now, since I am keeping all my notes, bits of data and pretty much everything in plaintext using Simplenote and Notational Velocity (on my desktop) I deleted Shovebox as well.

    One new app that I am trying is PlainText with Dropbox, recommended by a reader.

    This is just the beginning. I’m planning another shrinking session soon.

     Thoughts?

    (Note: Someone suggested that I jailbreak the phone… Hmmmm no. I pass)







  • Layering for winter

    packlite:

    Following the previous question, here you have some links on how to layer for different conditions in winter.

  • "Think different, think big, think global, think simple."

    “Think different, think big, think global, think simple.”

    - (via onminimalism)

  • "Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible."

    “Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.”

    - Alan Kay

  • ailovejapan: でぐち (by Jeff Laitila)



    ailovejapan:

    でぐち (by Jeff Laitila)



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