January 2010
28 posts
Jan 31st
“Men don’t like appliances. We want things that can do lots of different things,...”
– Ultimi Barbarorum on the iPad
Jan 31st
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Sniff
Jan 31st
“Any Service organization has got to get over the idea that a great service is...”
– Tim Brown, of IDEO
Jan 31st
“Real innovation in technology involves a leap ahead, anticipating needs that no...”
– Steve Jobs and the Economics of Elitism - NYTimes.com
Jan 31st
“Great products, according to Mr. Jobs, are triumphs of “taste.” And taste, he...”
– Steve Jobs and the Economics of Elitism - NYTimes.com
Jan 31st
Jan 31st
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man...”
– Theodore Roosevelt
Jan 29th
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Fireside chat with Spotify CEO and Founder Daniel Ek «  en-music
Jan 28th
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Humans As API - PSFK
Jan 28th
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Riddles for linchpins on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Jan 28th
Jan 27th
Live Now - Meaningful Moments →
Jan 27th
Ethical Design: Are Most Social Games Just Virtual... →
Jan 27th
Jan 27th
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Haque, Director of Haque Design + Research and co-founder of Pachube, talks about his theories of connectedness.
Jan 23rd
Jan 21st
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Audio Podcast: Unlearn Your MBA by David Heinemeier Hansson of 37 signals
Jan 21st
“This was one of those freaky moments when the future sneaks up and smacks...”
– Chris Anderson put it recently
Jan 20th
“We have a lot of debates about that [when a computer is expected to pass the...”
– Sergey Brin, Wired interview, August 2009
Jan 20th
Jan 20th
“Before the Internet, most professional occupations required a large body of...”
– David Dalrymple of MIT
Jan 20th
Jan 17th
Asch paradigm
Experiments run by Solomon Asch in the 1950s. According to Wikipedia: In the basic Asch paradigm, the participants — the real subject and the confederates — were all seated in a classroom. They were asked a variety of questions about the lines (which line was longer than the other, which lines were the same length, etc.) The group was told to announce their answers to each question out loud and...
Jan 17th
Jan 17th
Stop Deciding, Start Designing by IDEO →
Jan 15th
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Designing For Social Traction
Jan 15th
Things startups do and don't need
cdixon: Things startups do need Sunny office Windows that open Democratically controlled music system Two forms of internet access Beer on fridays EVDO cards Video game system Good coffee maker Proximity to public transportation Proximity to park Heating that goes all night Health care plans for everyone Mac laptops with second monitors Plants Lots of in-person interaction Gmail...
Jan 15th
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