November 2010
21 posts
WatchDepthJS: Kinect + Computer Vision + Javascript DepthJS (by Fluid Interfaces)
“I’m starting to think a unifying vision for all apps should start with the...”
– A VC: Mobile First Web Second (continued)
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Morgan Stanley analyst Mary Meeker’s slides for her “Ten Questions Internet Execs Should Ask And Answer” presentation.
1. Globality — Do you know which players in which countries do what you do better (or at least differently) than you do? Do you study / implement it?
2. Mobile — Ramping faster than any ‘new new thing’ – is your business leading or lagging?
3. Social Ecosystems — Would...
Watch‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. USB flash drives are embedded into walls, buildings and curbs accessable to anybody in public space. Everyone is invited to drop or find files on a dead drop. Plug your laptop to a wall, house or pole to share your favorite files and data. Each dead drop is installed empty except a readme.txt file explaining...
WatchAntiVJ - ENGHIEN (by AntiVJ / Joanie)
WatchCreating Start-Up Success: If architects conceived and constructed buildings the way we do start-ups there wouldn’t be much standing. I’m deeply convinced we can change that and substantially increase the odds.
WatchStockhome — a gorgeous view little documentary on StockholmStockhome (by Riccardo Tagliabue)
“If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a...”
– David Thoreau
“Startups do to the relationship between the founders what a dog does to a sock:...”
– What We Look for in Founders
“No matter what you do, from what I can see, it’s really long hours…You might as...”
– BBC News - How Awfully Chocolate’s founder went from connoisseur to entrepreneur
Risk Reduction Strategies on Facebook →
Sometimes, when I’m in the field, I find teens who have strategies for managing their online presence that are odd at first blush but make complete sense when you understand the context in which they operate. These teens use innovative approaches to leverage the technology to meet personal goals. Let me explain two that caught my attention this week.
Mikalah uses Facebook but when she goes to...
“Adrià says he doesn’t listen to customers, yet his customers are some of the...”
– HBS Cases: Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu — HBS Working Knowledge
Super Better - or how to turn recovery into a... →
I’m either going to kill myself, or I’m going to turn this into a game. After the four most miserable weeks of my life, those seemed like the only two options left.
Watch48 hours customer development
“You can’t get mad at weather because weather’s not about you. Apply that lesson...”
– Douglas Coupland
WatchJane McGonigal takes to our pulpit to challenge our assumptions about games as ways to “pass” or “waste” our time - and argues instead that we are never more productive than when we are immersed in a good game.
Jane McGonigal - On Productivity (by The School of Life)
WatchGoogle’s Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen debate the global reach of technology and the implications on countries such as China and Iran.
The Digital Disruption (Video) - Council on Foreign Relations
“Explosion in communication technology today not necessarily produces a better...”
– Eric Schmidt
“We basically postulate that all human beings, regardless of culture and...”
– Richard Ryan on the Many Applications of Self-Determination Theory
