January 2010
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“Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It’s the person who...”
– Nolan Bushnell
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The Way I Work: Jason Fried of 37Signals →
We don’t have big, long-term plans, because they’re scary — and they’re usually wrong. Making massive decisions keeps people up at night — I don’t like to make those. The closer you can get to understanding what that next moment might be, the less worried you are. Most of the decisions we make are in the moment, on the fly, as we go.
I just can’t have enough of the Inc.com The Way I Work...
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Loosely organized initial thoughts on the iPad →
I always like how Marco takes the time to cover almost every angles in his reflection.
Yes, the iPad is only a giant iPod Touch. And almost 3 years later we take for granted the OS, hardware and overall user experience of the iPhone and expect always more and better from Apple. The reality is that the iPhone was and is the greatest revolution Apple did since the introduction of the personal...
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The Way I Work, Paul English of Kayak.com →
This article is so inspiring that if I had to find quote in it, I would have to quote the entire article! If you run a business of any type, you need to read this article. It is a must, a holy grail must.
Ok enough selling it. Go read it.
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WatchSophie Madeleine - Take Your Love With Me
Just love it. Buy her album on bandcamp
(via Jarred)
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Thoughts about the iPad →
A good post of the Apple iPad by Jim.
I don’t see the use of the iPad in my arsenal of screens either. My iPhone and laptop are all I need right now. Maybe if I had the money (too much) I would use the iPad as a home table computer. One thought I had is if maybe my mother, who doesn’t own a computer, would like to have one, I would suggest her the iPad. And here’s a post from...
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Web Agency Listing →
Plenty, and I’m sure this is not even the 1/10th of it.
(thx Pat)
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“Apple could announce the second-coming of Jesus today and people would go home...”
– Kyle Meyer - Yes that’s about it! But some will argue the second-coming was already on stage. ;-)
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The 5 Reasons You're Failing In Social Media
David Armano:
1. You really don’t want to engage directly with customers, employees, etc.—you just want them to hear what you have to say.
2. You’re not ready to create new roles, update process, re-distribute resources and budgets, re-train people, and revise old policies.
3. Social media actually threatens how you make money—but you pay lip service out of fear.
4. Politics.
5....
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“1. The Experience belongs to the user.
2. Technology serves humans.
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– Joshua Porter - Five Principles to Design
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“Apple, at the core, its core value, is that we believe that people with passion...”
– Steve Jobs on YouTube
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Hiring & The Sixth Sense of Expertise →
I’ve recently noticed that many startups hire junior programmers and designers immediately after they receive funding, and then hire up the ladder, filling the most senior positions last. When you’re building a new team inside a company with lots of money, this is almost always a bad idea. By the time a senior employee is hired, his team has already been built entirely without his input. This is...
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“It’s simple until you make it complicated.”
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TOU.TV - The Canadian Hulu →
Very nice to finally have an online TV in Canada. All the series are not present, but the competition (TVA) should arrive with their online service soon.
The industry needs to understand that no one of the current and new generation is sitting anymore in front of their TV. It’s when you want where you want or scrap it.
The two screens will merge. They will…
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Apple's Tablet: The Ultimate Red Herring
benjaminstein:
Apple is often compared to and seen as competing with Microsoft and Google, but it’s not a great comparison. While there’s obvious overlap, these three companies are diverging in major ways.
Microsoft is going to continue to rule the corporate environment and will do quite well at it. We use Google Apps at work and from personal experience, it has a shockingly long way to go to...
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“Never undervalue your time.”
– Jason - Here’s a good reason not to waste the most important thing in your life.
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Daft Punk - Live Mix 2007
The electro Gods in...
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“Now is not about looking for answers because we don’t yet know their meaning....”
– Amber Rae - From semi-comfortable in SF to living it up in NYC: My story
About living your passions, and stop finding excuses for all of them. Truly inspiring.
“Feeling uncomfortable, I think, is one of the greatest pleasures in life. it embodies the length at which you’re willing to push...
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Earthquake Survivor Calls iPhone a Life Saver →
Woolley used the light from his iPhone to show him his injuries and diagnosed it properly as a broken foot. Then, he used the instructions from the a medical app to treat the excessive bleeding from cuts on his legs and the back of his head.
Wow!
Ustream Launches Pay-Per-View Live Video Platform →
I’m telling you… The two screens will merge, it is only a matter of two things: time and babyboomer execs dieing.
“We can’t just have people running around doing the right thing.”
– HP Exec
And this is why I don’t want to work for large corporations.
(via John Baku)
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WatchDavid Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 min.
What an amazing journey from the magician David Blaine to always go further and do the impossible. He is the human proof, that with perseverance you can achieve anything, even the impossible.
“Magic is practice, training and experimenting, while pushing through the pain to be the best that I can be”
David Blaine’s profile on...
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Styleboost →
Design showcase. If you need some inspiration.
Here are some other design inspiration sites: Site Inspire, WebCreme and the Drawar
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Jarred Bishop →
I have discovered Jarred a while ago, and for an unknown reason I just like him. I was not following him until recently, but I kept and kept bouncing on him from different sources.
Jarred is the do it all guy, the Jack of all trades and I guess this is why I like him. Always full of projects and the capacity of doing them all by his own.
Why the hell I’m not multi-talented? Too lazy and...
“It is at this point you need to ask yourself if you are enjoying what you are...”
– Sam Brown - The importance of teaching your clients and being the boss
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“Life’s too short for bad software. Most applications have too many...”
– Balsamiq Studios - Nothing, but really nothing, will ever beat good copy. It’s the basic of a good experience design.
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“Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like…...”
– Steve Jobs - The Guts of a New Machine, New York Time (via Jim Cloudman)