Linked List: March 18, 2013

Monday, 18 March 2013

Typographica: Our Favorite Typefaces of 2012 

Great picks, including a couple I’ve noted here on DF, like Idlewild and Pitch.

Google’s Penetration of Android 

Benedict Evans:

It was interesting, though not terribly surprising, ​that Samsung found room in its announcement of the Galaxy S4 for a tap-dancing child and a live orchestra but not Google, and mentioned Android only once, in passing. It has been clear for a while that Samsung wants the Galaxy brand to replace the Android brand.

And Apple’s recent push — the Schiller interviews, this new “There’s iPhone. And then there’s everything else.” campaign — is about pushing the opposite notion, that a Samsung phone is just another Android phone.

I’m From Philly, and I Actually Am Angry 

Ben and Jerry’s ripped off a t-shirt by my pals at Mule Design.

Samsung’s Game Controller Looks Familiar 

A coincidence, I’m sure.

Simple Bracket 

I just linked this app up as one of the sponsors of this week’s The Talk Show, but if you’re a college basketball fan, you’re doing yourself a disservice if you don’t check it out. Useful, beautiful, and really well-designed and well-made.

‘I Don’t Want to Put Down My Drink’ 

New episode of my podcast, The Talk Show, featuring special guest star MG Siegler. We discuss a week jam-packed with news: Phil Schiller’s Android-trashing interviews; Samsung’s bizarre introduction of the interesting Galaxy S4; Andy Rubin stepping aside (or, as seems more likely, being pushed aside) as Google’s executive in charge of Android; and Google’s decision to pull the plug on Google Reader.

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  • Things — Elegant task management for Mac and iOS with cloud syncing.
  • Pixelmator — Amazingly powerful and beautiful image editing app for the Mac.
  • Simple Bracket — New iPhone app from Studio Neat for filling in March Madness brackets.
‘The World Has No Room for Cowards’ 

Harrowing tale by Brian Krebs:

It’s not often that one has the opportunity to be the target of a cyber and kinetic attack at the same time. But that is exactly what’s happened to me and my Web site over the past 24 hours. On Thursday afternoon, my site was the target of a fairly massive denial of service attack. That attack was punctuated by a visit from a heavily armed local police unit that was tricked into responding to a 911 call spoofed to look like it came from my home.