music:
We’ve teamed up with Mr GIF, Bobby Finger, and John Akin to live-GIF the 2013 Billboard Music Awards. Tune into ABC this Sunday, May 19th, at 8/7c PM. During the show, track the #BBMA tag to see these awesome artists preserve one of the biggest nights in music.
Smart. Good choices on the artists.
(Source: billboard)
Leon Eisenberg, “The Father/Inventor Of ADHD”, on his deathbed (via ronenreblogs)
Too many people tell me that they suffer from ADHD when, to me, they suffer from the consequence of bad design. Are you familiar with the Social construct theory of ADHD:
ADHD as a social construct [edit]
Psychiatrists Peter Breggin and Sami Timimi oppose pathologizing the symptoms of ADHD. Sami Timimi, who is an NHS child and adolescent psychiatrist, explains ADHD as a social construct rather than an objective ‘disorder’.[5] Timimi argues that western society creates stress on families which in turn suggests environmental causes for children expressing the symptoms of ADHD.[6] They also believe that parents who feel they have failed in their parenting responsibilities can use the ADHD label to absolve guilt and self-blame. A common argument against the medical model of ADHD asserts that while the traits that define ADHD exist and may be measurable, they lie within the spectrum of normal healthy human behaviour and are not dysfunctional. However, by definition, in order to diagnose with a mental disorder, symptoms must be interpreted as causing a person distress / espec. maladaptive. In America, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) requires that “some impairment from the symptoms is present in two or more settings” and that “there must be clear evidence of significant impairment in social, school, or work functioning” for a diagnosis of ADHD to be made.
(via kenyatta)
(via kenyatta)
thisistheverge:
Google says ‘there’s a real opportunity for Glass to be mainstream’
Will Glass create information heroes or new-wave Bluetooth dorks?
here’s the thing guys - the current google glass is a v.1. yes, the dudes using it right now look like tools.
so did the guys with bag phones and the big bricks (except, yes, Zack Morris).
5 years or less, you’ll be able to add the “glass option” to your specs from warby parker for a $75 upcharge.