Trevor Filter's Blog

at San Francisco, CA

at The Mission District

at Pier 34

Featuring the best coffee at every subway station in Manhattan, from Butterfruit Labs.

“If a Time Traveller Saw a Smartphone” at The New Yorker

Shi Da Night Market—home to the best pork belly buns on Planet Earth (at 藍家割包)

LGA via Brooklyn Bridge (at Brooklyn Bridge)

at High Line

at High Line

at High Line

Best yet #betteroutthanin

(via Bowery Boogie)

Correction notice on Slate’s Carlos Danger Name Generator.

This is an amazing ad—not for production value, nor because of the mindblowing fact quoted at the end, but because it shows exactly what Apple’s customers are doing with their iPhones. Even though this ad may star actors, it’s a documentary.

This is internet produsage at its finest—users unlocking their own “stories” from a vast library of open content originally intended for a far more practical application. Jon Lax has a nice post on how the project came together.

Although it seems like Cloud Atlas’s Tom Hanks narrates most of the dramatic clips, the end result is uniquely sentimental... I'm starting to look forward to this every year.