January 2012
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“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...
Jan 15th
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Seven UX Best Practices of Community Design | UX... →
to read.
Jan 6th
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December 2011
21 posts
Dec 27th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Ryan Adams (22) James Blake (17) Barenaked Ladies (17) Guster (16) Adele (11) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 26th
Dec 22nd
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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)
Dec 21st
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Dec 19th
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“Hellman said he came to view money “like manure. If you spread it around, good...”
– The Billionaire Who Loved Bluegrass - The Bay Citizen
Dec 19th
Dec 17th
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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.
Dec 16th
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) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 15th
Dec 15th
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Dec 8th
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When we give IE7 the boot > Blog > SiteCrafting,... →
Dec 6th
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Dec 5th
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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…
Dec 5th
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...
Dec 4th
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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“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
Dec 2nd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
Chris Bathgate (59) Zomby (31) Dirty Projectors (27) Florence + The Machine (16) The Muppets (15) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 1st
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)
Nov 29th
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Nov 25th
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Nov 24th
“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.
Nov 24th
“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...
Nov 24th
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Nov 22nd
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Community Managers are Human Experience (HX)... →
Nov 22nd
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Nov 21st
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Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13) →
The Beets (20) R.E.M. (14) Lindsey Buckingham (13) Chris Bathgate (11) Liminal Phase (11) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 16th
“8:00 a.m. I have a gay breakfast of cereal with milk, and a good, strong, gay...”
– Domenick Scudera: My Gay Lifestyle
Nov 15th
Nov 15th
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. 
Nov 13th
“Jailbreak the Patriarchy genderswaps the world for you. When it’s installed,...”
– Danielle Sucher › Jailbreak the Patriarchy: my first Chrome extension
Nov 12th
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.
Nov 11th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-6) →
Dabrye (57) Active Child (30) Chris Bathgate (29) Justice (20) M83 (19) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 9th
“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.
Nov 7th
Nov 7th
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“When Genevieve finished her talk and John Battelle thanked her she wagged her...”
– How to Meet Other Women at Tech Conferences - Forbes
Nov 6th
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