November 2008
69 posts
“The more specific a design idea is, the greater its appeal is likely to be....”
– 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School (via danw) (via slantback)
October 2008
97 posts
Gmail Adds SMS Chat →
Once the option is turned on, start typing a phone number into Chat’s search box and you’ll see the option to send an SMS.
If you already have your friend’s phone number stored in your Google account’s contacts, try searching for them by name. When your friend’s name appears in the drop-down list of contacts, you’ll see an option to send them an SMS. You can also hover over or click on anyone in...
netflix for books →
apollosraven:
paperbackgirl:
my brain is exploding right now. this is amazing.
this is really awesome.
Know, think, choose, do.
“You kill your brand when you treat prospects like objects or victims. You kill...”
– SpearTalks: Seth Godin - Josh Spear, Trendspotting
“When we interviewed folks for the TechCrunch50 show this year, we asked them how...”
– Good News for People who Hate Bad News
“Game mechanics are rule based systems / simulations that facilitate and...”
– Lost Garden: What are game mechanics?
“SEO is using deodorant instead of washing. SEO is masking bad coffee with sugar....”
– Contrast | The Blog | SEO is bullshit
“It wasn’t so long ago that saying your new startup was monetized by ads...”
– Technical Revenue: The Young Man’s Business Model
Just asked each of my three roommates if they knew what Twitter was. None of them did. Important to step out of the echo-chamber once in a while…
Terrorist 'tweets'? US Army warns of Twitter... →
this article is astoundingly illogical. I’m honestly impressed.
“Second, Friending has subsumed the ol’ Rolodex. Granted, it’s often...”
– Scott Brown on Facebook Friendonomics
UI vs UX
bijan:
There is a big difference between a great user interface (UI) and a great user experience (UX).
Every week I see new product demos. Most of them are early in development so often the founders are just trying to show me the core functionality of their product.
But the next step is a hard one. And it’s not just about finding a great designer to make pretty pictures. A beautiful design is...
Watchahahahah
“What the fuck men. It’s about 10:00. I probably be in back (Pasta?) for about 10...”
– Voicemail transcription from my cousin Brock (via wreckandsalvage)
“A month ago we announced our new subscription model, inspired, in part, by...”
– Radiohead Did It And So Did We (An Update)
“Thinking about launching your own blog? Here’s some friendly advice:...”
– Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004
I could not disagree more with this post.
“I enjoy dealing with [Facebook] alot more than Google. Because they are really...”
– Scott Rafer, from Facebook Developer Garage ‘08 in Berlin, Germany. Here (via betaworks) (via datainsightsideas)
“Bakerfield added that Adams would soon progress from the...”
– Area Boy Enters Jumping-And-Touching-Tops-Of-Doorways Phase | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
“The company earned a reputation as one of the more “serious” online video...”
– Online Video Site Blip.tv Secures Second Round | paidContent.org (via mikehudack)
Watchahahahah. very very funny.
davidhoffman:
soxiam:
I Hate Nature on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
“this animal is bullshit”. - sir attenborough.
“In the past five years, trends have justified that optimism and helped fuel...”
– Advertising Age (via mikehudack)
“Focus on what doesn’t change. This is actually the best bit of business...”
– Jason Fried. This bit was really spot on.
Watchdatainsightsideas:
Jason Fried of 37Signals talks about ideas in implementing successful and powerful code.
Markov: 1, English Assignment: 0
One of my upper-division English professors gave us an assignment this week where she asked us to write a paper imitating the style/form of Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (if this sounds like high school to you, believe me, I’m right there with you).
I finally sat down to begin writing the paper tonight and after twenty mind-numbingly-time-wastingly frustrating minutes of trying to mimic the...
“I lived through this during the dotcom bubble. There are some VCs and bankers...”
– Brad Feld (via gregnews) (via msg)
“The cautionary tale here is that Joost’s first mover advantage wasn’t really any...”
– gbattle (via kortina) (via mikehudack)
“There is a logic of language and a logic of mathematics. The former is supple...”
– Thomas Merton (via thebronzemedal) (via radarchive)
“If mobile’s inability to foster music discovery continues, we will be left with...”
– eMusic: Wait, Long Tail Not Dead. Sort Of. (via mikehudack) (via artistspaid)
“But the Harvard economist [Dani Rodrik] finds the blog — short for Web log —...”
– Via Tyler Cowen (via pegobry)
“What I have learned about the hedge fund business is that I hate it.” I...”
– Hedge Fund Manager: Goodbye and F—— You - News Blog - Daily Brief - Portfolio.com
BitTorrent's Bram Cohen Isn't Limited by... →
very interesting.
Lomography Documentary →
cubicle17:
Thanks in large part to CameraBag, I have found myself myself ever-so-slightly obsessed with the atmosphere produced by CameraBag’s fake lomo filter, “Lolo”. After a few “rolls” of these fake lomo photographs, I remembered seeing this documentary on YouTube on the history of lomography.
Due to YouTube’s length restrictions, the documentary has been broken into 7 parts, but I think...
Watchfred-wilson:
my friend Andy sent this to me, it’s a great description of creative commons. everything i write is licensed broadly under creative commons.
“Today’s stock market crash is nothing. I was there for the Great Stock Market...”
– Tim Siedell, the best lay-Twitterer in re:TGSMCo’08. (The best pro-Twitterer is Planet Money.) (via yourmonkeycalled)
“VCs aren’t ‘giving’ you money. They’re buying your stock. Don’t tolerate them...”
– Chris Sacca (via entrepreneurwisdom) (via mikehudack) (via betaworks) (via datainsightsideas)