Ray Hu

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  • "i love partying all the time"
    on: Beijing Design Week 2014
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    on: The Winston Workstation: A Tabletop Approach to Standing Desks
  • "Hi Rich, Thank you for your comment. For the record, I was aware that Below the Boat merely distributes an existing product and I didn't mean to imply that they actually came up with the idea, only that they sell them online (which I euphemistically phrased as "offers" and "bring... to the masses"). However, for all my love of language, I misstated that the company "combines" digital fabrication and maps. This is not the case. To be perfectly clear: The maps are originally from Woodchart.com, and Below the Boat is simply an online storefront for those products. (Founders Robbie and Kara Johnson note that they are "humble shopkeepers who're pleased-as-punch to be able to bring these charts to you.") As for the due diligence that was sorely lacking in the original post, Woodchart.com / Michael Enterprises, Inc., is a family-owned company based in Traverse City, MI. Although it is a for-profit business, they donate a portion of each sale to a local environmental group from the region depicted in the map. The company also regulates retail prices so that pricing is consistent between all resellers of the products, including Below the Boat. (Also for the record: I'm aware that the "laser cut in" is a grammatically unsound anagram for "lacustrine," and that the latter is an adjective, which makes the whole linguistic endeavor somewhat moot. "Cut in laser" might be a passable alterative, though it absurdly implies the laser itself has been cut. Suffice it to say that I devoted at least as much time thinking about this title as I did on my lazy journalism.) Best, Ray"
    on: Below the Boat Puts the 'Laser Cut' in 'Lacustrine'
  • "Hi Csaba, At risk of feeding the trolls, I commend you for thoroughly deconstructing my (wrongfully) presumed authority with a consummate ad hominem / 'poisoning-the-well' argument. But in the interest of clarification for more forgiving (or less incisive) readers, this post was not intended to skewer other writers but to explore the folk etymology of a term that describes a contemporary phenomenon in design. I was referring to the misspelling 'skeumorph' as a common error-- one that I've made myself-- not its usage in a specific writer/article, which simply happened to be the occasion for my musings (and for the record, it was misspelled in four places in that article, as seen in the blurred screengrab-- hence, "vowels"). Unfortunately, my hubris may have overshadowed my argument, and I make no excuses for the supercilious tone of the piece. I fully admit to hiding behind hedges (so to speak) as a rhetorical defense mechanism, but I'm not so conceited to deny that, one way or another, I've made an ass of myself. Yours truly, Ray P.S.: It's not at all relevant in my case, since I *am* paid to write-- correctly, as it were-- but English isn't my first language either. Frankly, I think your comment is thoughtful and articulate (albeit a bit snarky, but I guess I was asking for it), and I respect the fact that your argument mirrors my 'pet peeve' stance in order to discredit and disarm me, and the preemptive postscript feels a little defensive. N.B.: Movable Type doesn't allow for special characters or formatting in comments, hence the ad hoc em-dashes and emphasis styling."
    on: Non Sequitur: On the Proper Spelling of 'Skeuomorphism'
  • "Hi Simon, Thanks for your comment. My understanding of the phrase "can't help but" is that it is a standard idiom, or that which intrinsically defies grammatical convention, and is widely accepted in common parlance. But again, considering that I am an editor for a living, I couldn't help but look into the matter further, and multiple sources confirm my intuition: http://motivatedgrammar.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/cant-help-but-be-right/ Even one of your fellow contrarians tends to agree: http://www.creators.com/lifestylefeatures/words-and-trivia/rob-kyff-word-guy/brother-can-you-spare-an-idiom.html (and for what it's worth, we generally defer to NYTimes style guide, in which the "can't help but" construction is acceptable) Thanks, Ray"
    on: Non Sequitur: On the Proper Spelling of 'Skeuomorphism'
  • "Hi Bicycle Joe, As you note and as I mentioned in P4 of the write-up, they are indeed racing on fixed-gear track bicycles (apologies if that essential detail was buried in the text). However, although many of the bikes are indeed spec'd for the velodrome, I know for a fact that several riders were racing custom bicycles for the criterium, with even less BB drop than usual. The field is comprised of seasoned messengers and professional road and track cyclists, and they know exactly what they're getting into. And in defense to the promoters, I have utmost confidence in David Trimble and his team, who have pioneered this format of fixed-gear criterium. Unfortunately, this was the first time the race was held at this location, and the course was perhaps a bit, shall we say, ambitious for the first go-around. Hope this helps, Ray"
    on: Capturing a Nighttime Bicycle Race with the Nokia Lumia 928: The Red Hook Crit Championship Series Continues at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • "Justin, No problem, glad to start a dialogue. In fact, I was interested to learn that you worked at Target briefly, because I considered drawing an analogy about Wallplates being Target's answer to Jake's Urban Outfitters design. And we've actually been meaning to get that contributors page fixed for some time now... Anyway, keep up the good work, I look forward to seeing what you have in the pipeline. -Ray"
    on: "Magnetic Switch Cover" by Jake Frey Is an Attractive Design Indeed
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