January 2012
7 posts
Android phones aren’t as simple to use as the iPhone, but they’re not that much...
– Steve Wozniak
Woz often diverged from Jobs. He wanted Macs to be easily upgradable, Jobs didn’t. Same reason he likes Android.
One of the things that drove Jobs nuts was how he thought Google stabbed him in the back with Android, he felt they stole a lot of the iPhone technology from him and...
Seven UX Best Practices of Community Design | UX... →
to read.
December 2011
21 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Ryan Adams (22)
James Blake (17)
Barenaked Ladies (17)
Guster (16)
Adele (11)
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We call it the ‘product launch’ when you put the product in front of customers —...
– Eric Reis
this is good advice
Why you shouldn’t launch your startup in the press — Tech News and Analysis
(via fred-wilson)
Hellman said he came to view money “like manure. If you spread it around, good...
– The Billionaire Who Loved Bluegrass - The Bay Citizen
The four fallacies of metrics
There are, it turns out, four different ways to do metrics wrong. You can: Measure the right things badly.
Measure the wrong things, either well or badly.
Neglect to measure something important.
Extend measures to individual employees.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
The Bad Plus (21)
Tycho (17)
Midwest Product (16)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (12)
Say Hi (11)
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When we give IE7 the boot > Blog > SiteCrafting,... →
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Start just outside Epcot® and make your way toward Cinderella Castle inside...
– Disney’s Princess Half Marathon Weekend | runDisney | Amateur Sports | ESPN Wide World of Sports
Just under 3 months away, up to 5 mile weekend runs…
Advertising Anonymous →
jbooyah:
Hi I’m Jason. (Hi Jason). I’ve been a copywriter for over fours years now.
You know, at first it was fun. I got to “make stuff up” for a living. I kept chasing the new brief. It was about the idea. The work, man. More feedback? Just more chance to push the work. Late nights? It’s all good: we’re in this together. Bring it on.
And on it came. But slowly too came the darkness. A shadow...
There’s something about writing, and then you look up, and even if...
– Ryan Adams Live at KCRW on Morning Becomes Eclectic 12.02.11
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
Chris Bathgate (59)
Zomby (31)
Dirty Projectors (27)
Florence + The Machine (16)
The Muppets (15)
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November 2011
25 posts
Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things...
– The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (via dailymurakami)
training your brain to think this way is hard but worth it.
(via msg)
Conversations in the one General conference focused on The Well - what it should...
– http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.05/ff_well_pr.html
This is one of the most important steps to take in community building.
Today, Cheng Chen at the University of Victoria in Canada and a few pals...
– Undercover Researchers Expose Chinese Internet Water Army - Technology Review
Funny, I just finished Jennifer Egan’s Goon Squad book where she outlines a whole paid-to-promote society, but it’s years in the future
(via tedr)
Sidebar: That book is so great!
This is an ongoing struggle with...
Community Managers are Human Experience (HX)... →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13) →
The Beets (20)
R.E.M. (14)
Lindsey Buckingham (13)
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Liminal Phase (11)
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8:00 a.m. I have a gay breakfast of cereal with milk, and a good, strong, gay...
– Domenick Scudera: My Gay Lifestyle
Stats, data, and answers, as to why there are so... →
I thought I’d posted this but maybe not. I couldn’t find it when searching for STEM. Also, http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/helen-lewis-hasteley/2011/11/comments-rape-abuse-women
Just for reference.
Jailbreak the Patriarchy genderswaps the world for you. When it’s installed,...
– Danielle Sucher › Jailbreak the Patriarchy: my first Chrome extension
1% of Nothing: Introducing 1% of Nothing →
1percentof:
Earlier this year, Shervin Pishevar and I (Matt Galligan) were at an event called Summit at Sea, on a cruise ship, sailing to the Caribbean with a thousand like-minded entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, entertainers and more. Among the many sessions that we were able to attend one was…
I love this idea.
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Justice (20)
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2. Encourage the less involved to post. Less involved customers tend to be more...
– What Influences Customers’ Online Comments
Would prefer this to be expanded with techniques.
When Genevieve finished her talk and John Battelle thanked her she wagged her...
– How to Meet Other Women at Tech Conferences - Forbes