Blog of Zoltán Hosszú

The story behind GAget, a small Google Analytics widget for OS X, and my struggled to learn a new programming.

We knew early on that establishing the look and feel of the island - its flag, name, etc. - would be a really important part of the joke. We had to take it really seriously and build it into its own silly municipality for it to feel as crazy as it was.

Offices around the world

Ryman Eco, the world's most beautiful sustainable font

Just a photo I took

Fish is a short essay by Robin Sloan about the difference between liking something and loving something on the internet.

The Gap by Ira Glass

This is water by David Foster Wallace

Wunderlist 3 – The most beautiful product launch video ever

It's pretty crazy to think about what Ethan Siegel describes. Only a small percentage of the visible Universe would be still reachable by travelling at the speed of light. Even though 3% is still mind-bogglingly huge, we need that wormhole tech right now! ;)

What Amazon looks like on the inside

Google's Material design

Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical sketches

As I’ve grown a little older, I’ve realised how misguided I was. The truth is that the importance of something you create doesn’t even exist yet while you’re making it, and you start at zero when it reaches other people. The most important, and most life-changing lesson I’ve learned is that everything is about people’s reactions.

Look up

How many of these characters can you name?

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Alyssa Milano 28 years apart