January 2012
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Solitude and Leadership →
Multitasking, in short, is not only not thinking, it impairs your ability to think.Thinking means concentrating on one thing long enough to develop an idea about it. Not learning other people’s ideas, or memorizing a body of information…
Takes a little while to get going, but overall a great article about the virtues of seeking solitude from distractions in order to develop your own...
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Watch“I think you’ve got a pretty good imagination, despicability-wise!”
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10 New Year’s resolutions for designers →
Do you think Chelsea Clinton asks herself if her mom would understand something complex? No. Because her mom is a badass.
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How Doctors Die →
If there is a state of the art of end-of-life care, it is this: death with dignity.
This is the most concise, easily understood article on the perils of end-of-like care in the United States I’ve ever read. It is a must-read, and frankly, a must-heed, in my opinion. (via kottke)
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Lost Type Co-op | Browse Fonts →
A nice collection of pay-what-you-will typefaces from Tyler Galpin and Riley Cran.
December 2011
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How to interview a designer with the perfect... →
These sorts of tests are common for engineering hires, but it’s nice to see an example of a good design-oriented one.
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Jessica Hische's Lovely Blog →
Embarrassed I had never seen this until today. Lovely work all around. (via drawar)
November 2011
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View.js — A simple, lightweight, jQuery photo... →
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BuiltWith: Web Technology Usage Statistics →
Sometimes when you are deciding on technologies to use on a new site (e.g. jQuery vs. YUI or MS SQL vs. MySQL) it’s instructive to examine what everyone else is doing. BuiltWith has an incredible amount of trending data to help you out in that regard. Very, very cool.
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A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design →
Lots of good thinking here. No solutions, but a nice reminder that two-dimensional touch interfaces are transitional, not permanent.
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October 2011
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Tech Luminary Trading Cards →
Someone really needs to release a printed set of these. So great. (via kottke)
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The Platform Tidal Wave →
The more I think about this accidentally leaked memo from Google engineer Steve Yegge, the more I think it’s Google equivalent to Bill Gates’ famous “Internet Tidal Wave” memo… or at least it can be, if the company heeds it. There is so much good stuff in here, including a thorough explanation of how and why Amazon got into web services in the first place. Very well...
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Osama Bin Laden, Stockpickr, and Everything I know... →
A nice post from James Altucher about general negotiation strategy and tactics with a focus on how it plays into the sale of a company.
September 2011
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ifttt: "If This, Then That". An awesome new... →
I plan to use this extensively, just not sure how yet. It allows you to create all sorts of triggers based on RSS feeds, tweets, mails, and tons of other things, and then create actions based on them. (via @paulsmith)
August 2011
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Misadventures in VC Funding →
Rand Fishkin’s gripping tale of his company’s $24 million venture financing round that just fell through. With incredibly transparent details throughout, this story is a must-read for anyone who ever thinks they may raise venture financing. It’s also just a very interesting story for general audiences. Rand is one of Seattle’s best and he’ll be fine, but this story...
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An image-free javascript-based spinner. →
I am a little embarrassed at how awesome I think this is.
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Nosh 404: Behind the Scenes →
An inside look at how the Nosh.me crew created their amazing 404 page. Techcrunch’s normally astute Alexia Tsotsis thinks it’s an unfunny waste of the startup’s energy but fails to recognize that this is exactly the sort of marketing that breaks through the clutter, gets Nosh.me on all of our radars, and makes us root for them to succeed. Priceless, and genius. (via...
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WatchFowl Wind: “You’re like the serial killer who’s mad at the drunk driver.”
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WatchThe Forecloser: Hard to believe this is even real, but The Daily Show has the scoop on a couple who was mistakenly foreclosed on by Bank of America. The couple then sued B of A, won the case, and when B of A wouldn’t pay, they called their local sheriff and began seizing assets from their local branch. Amazing.
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A state lottery you can actually win, if you're... →
Fascinating. A specific Massachusetts state lottery game has had a quirk in their rules for years which allows smart people, several times a year, to buy over $100,000 in tickets and practically guarantee themselves victory. Also fascinating is this ridiculous quote from one of the regular “winners”:
Mark Fettig of Tennessee, one of the top 10 winners during the May rolldown week,...
July 2011
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Gojee: An Enjoyable Recipe Experience →
“Tell us what you’re craving and what you have in your kitchen and we’ll spoon feed your eyes something dreamy.” Simple concept. Nice execution of the user experience. (via cameronmoll)
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June 2011
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Revisiting Zork: What We Lost in the Transition to... →
I count the loss of text-only video games as right up there with the loss of longform journalism. Worse, in many ways, actually. Text-only games like Zork taught little kids like me that building your vocabulary, your reading skills, and your problem solving skills can be extraordinarily fun. Modern games seem to be more interested in teaching thumb-eye coordination, which seems of limited use in...
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WatchVideo: Jon Stewart Eviscerates Fox News On Fox News
“It’s not exactly masterpiece theatre you’re working for.”
“You’re damn right!”
(via gruber)
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Subconscious Information Processing →
Good advice from Fred Wilson’s dad (via Fred Wilson) about the wisdom of starting projects the moment they are assigned to you. I tend to do my best work when under tight time constraints (e.g. cramming!) so I’m not sure how well it suits my style, but the advice is logically sound. Must try.
May 2011
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Textify →
Convert any image into HTML text! Pretty awesome. (via cameronmoll)
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The People vs. Goldman Sachs →
Can we please forgive Eliot Spitzer now? This stuff is beyond appalling and the U.S. needs someone in charge with the ambition to prosecute it.
To recap: Goldman, to get $1.2 billion in crap off its books, dumps a huge lot of deadly mortgages on its clients, lies about where that crap came from and claims it believes in the product even as it’s betting $2 billion against it. When its...
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WatchTiger Mothering - The Daily Show
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Watch“Harnessing the power of social networks is more challenging when you’re killing your followers.” — Aasif Mandvi, The Daily Show
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Web font services - An Overview →
A comprehensive comparison of what each web font embedding service offers.
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Over or Under? The Science of Toilet Paper... →
(via cameronmoll)
April 2011
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Khaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!! →
A mindblowing array of over 2100 free, educational videos, teaching everything from Algebra to the French Revolution. The Khan Academy is pretty incredible. See this TED talk from founder Salman Khan explaining it all. (via cameron)
March 2011
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Clément Beauvais: Solidarités International →
cameronmoll:
A campaign spot of this caliber, created by agency BDDP on behalf of Solidarités International and World Water Day, is bound to have nothing but superlatives describing it. Absolutely fantastic.
Clément Beauvais — a young director, illustrator, musician and photographer — created the drawings and directed the spot for BDDP. That’s some serious talent.
/via @olivierbon
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The Dawn of "The Creator Economy" →
Via Khoi comes this two year old article outlining how we’ve moved from a producer economy in the early 20th century, to a consumer economy in late 20th century, and now onto a “creator economy” where value is best derived from the tiny, seemingly-free actions individuals take. Good stuff. Possibly the best thing to come out of McKinsey since Dan Mucha.