October 2009
76 posts
“There are now sub-movements like slow travel, slow parenting, slow art, slow...”
– A VC
brilliant parallel.
“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
– Albert Einstein
“I have learned to quit speeding through life, always trying to do too many...”
– -Olive Ann Burns
(via gracekboyle)
“I think that we are necessarily moving toward a geek culture. The health of our...”
– Moving Toward a Geek Culture - PSFK
40 Amazing Female Role Models for Web Designers →
It’s no secret that there’s a large difference in the ratio of males to females in the web design industry, but that’s not to say there isn’t any amazingly talented female designers out there. This post rounds up 40 of the most notable and prominent female designers, who can be seen as perfect role models for anyone currently working their way up in their web design career. Watch out, here come...
“Great cities attract ambitious people. You can sense it when you walk around...”
– Cities and Ambition
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“The first version of Gmail was literally written in a day.”
– Paul Buchheit
Venture Hacks
Frankie Says Relax
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Written for our company’s blog, here are a few of my, Matthew and Jeanette’s thoughts on our generation and some of the press we’ve been reading recently.
So apparently, somewhere between Oregon Trail in computer class, our Nick shows in the ‘90s, finding our identity via super rad screen names on AIM, middle school, high school and college… something went...
10 examples of minimum viable products - Venture... →
“If Apple can launch a smartphone without Find or Cut-and-Paste, what can you cut out of your product requirements?” – Sramana Mitra
USV-backed foursquare uses Google Docs to collect customer feedback. No code, no maintenance.
Fliggo sells it before they build it.
Grockit puts up a notify-me-when-you-release form on steroids.
Auto e-commerce site uses manualation and flintstoning for their...
“Serendipity is becoming more and more important. You have to be able to find...”
– John Hagel, a well-known author and co-chairman of Deloitte & Touche USA’s Silicon Valley-based research center.
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“Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really....”
– Tom Watson, the founder of IBM - How Successful CEOs Respond to Failure - David Silverman - HarvardBusiness.org (via hiten) (via msg)
Pop Life, Art in a Material World, at Tate Modern,... →
“As Andy Warhol famously declared, “Good business is the best art.” Taking that maxim as its point of departure, Pop Life: Art in a Material World presents a selection of artists who have followed in Warhol’s footsteps. Organized by London’s Tate Modern and co-curated by Artforum editor-at-large Jack Bankowsky, François Pinault Collection curator Alison Gingeras, and...
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awesome. bob marley/daft punk.
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‘Best Camera’ iPhone App by Chase Jarvis - PSFK →
Effective PR/digital strategy to drive sales. As a camera lover who isn’t thrilled with the camera functionality of the iPhone, I just paid $2.99 without question for this app… testing out the app soon…
Kind Snacks Campaign to Encourage Good Deeds -... →
Interesting value-add viral campaign
Running as a metaphor for life →
I used to hate running. Why? I didn’t think I was good at it.
I can still remember how I felt in middle school when the mile run came around. I dreaded it and looked for strategic ways to…
“The results suggest that searching online may be a simple form of brain exercise...”
– UCLA STUDY: Search the Internet, Activate Your Brain
“Being certain about how someone else feels or what motivates them is foolish....”
– Seth’s Blog: Empathy
“We need to touch and feel a service to get our heads around it, understand who...”
– Just Try It Out (Fred Wilson)
“People will pay for content if it is necessary, irreplaceable, and unshareable....”
– McKinsey: What Matters: Will people pay for content online?
Two sentences that demonstrate how much more Clay Shirky knows about the news industry than the news industry.
(via neekolas)
“Blogs are more like interpersonal communication than mass.”
– Noah Brier dot Com
“There are different species of laziness: Eastern and Western. The Eastern style...”
– Sogyal Rinpoche, via Caterina: Being Lazy by doing too much (via zachklein) (via fascinated) (via justinbaum)
“Focus on moments, more than goals, plans or dreams. Certain moments in your life...”
– Marcus Buckingham: What The Happiest And Most Successful Women Do Differently
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YSL makes a foray into the digital realm... will...
YSL Helps Women Find Their Inner Parisienne - PSFK
Experience Parisienne - a campaign and interactive site designed to celebrate YSL’s new fragrance, Parisienne… will it be successful?
A few initial thoughts / criticisms:
Assuming the end goals are to generate contest entries, increase online conversations and drive sales, I think… The contest landing form has too many fields,...
love + fear →
We’re born to love.
To love life, career, family, friends, music, books, a special someone…
Fear is learned.
Fear for the uncertain. Fear we’ll fail, get hurt, feel out…
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“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will...”
– Thoreau
“Can Apple redefine print media to save the publishing industry? It probably has...”
– In-App Sales and iTablet: The Killer Combo to Save Publishing? | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
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WatchThe Worst Job Ever Video - hahahahahaha.
“A company’s outcome should drive VC returns. When VC’s required...”
– Why VC Performance Has Fallen Off A Cliff
“Teaching is all about good karma. You’re paying it forward. You’re...”
– Getting Real: Feature Food (by 37signals)
“Today 17% of all time spent online is on social networks. The spoils will belong...”
– Exploit a Little Facebook and Twitter Arbitrage - Advertising Age - DigitalNext (via tylerhwillis)
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“Things and conditions can give you pleasure but they cannot give you joy—joy...”
– Eckhart Tolle