February 2012
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“The bad news is that state funding for California libraries has been completely...”
– Goodbye, state funding for California libraries | KALW Well shit.
Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
“Pinterest already is driving buyers to some websites. In the last six months,...”
– How Pinterest Is Becoming the Next Big Thing in Social Media for Business — Entrepreneur.com (via courtenaybird) Hey @dpstyles - which cat photos are quintupling sales again? BAM
Feb 9th
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Our First Principles | Contents Magazine →
Have only read a third of this, and digested far less, but I already want to bookmark it to come back to.  Thanks for the link @timoni!
Feb 8th
February SIlent Reading Party Announcement
sfsilentreadingparty: We’re returning to The Palace Hotel on Thursday evening, 7pm.  We enjoyed the quiet space and classy vibe last time, so we’re back again, enjoying each other[s company and a few good books.  Can’t wait to see everyone there.
Feb 7th
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Feb 2nd
“The first hour of the Social Network is about making a CRUD app seem like sexy,...”
– Don’t Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice | Kalzumeus Software LOL (h/t @timoni)
Feb 2nd
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“After being a liaison between these two worlds long enough, you end up knowing...”
– The Front Line truth
Feb 1st
January 2012
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A List Apart: Articles: Pricing Strategy for... →
I don’t consider myself a creative, and think this article works far beyond that category.
Jan 31st
The Savvy Startup: Copywriting as Scalable... →
Great tips. Sometimes practicality wins over confusing elegance.
Jan 31st
Letters of Note: I am a lousy copywriter →
Amen.
Jan 31st
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Jan 26th
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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
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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
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Dec 8th
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
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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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