January 2011
46 posts
Little Things Matter | Teehan+Lax →
tehdik:
Definitely worth reading if you often think about simple ways to improve user experience.
Watchsiminoff:
The History of Oakley
I think that the coolest thing about companies like Oakley is seeing that they came from some tiny business. Imagine getting the business plan for Oakley saying it was going to do grips for BMX bikes, how big is that market, $1-$5 million per year? Yet using the thin blade of the wedge they were able to leverage success in grips to being a giant company. Just...
“My philosophy is that everything starts with a great product. So, you know, I...”
– Insight into Steve Jobs’ Product-Centric Approach in 1985 Interview (via hiten)
Getting Real: It Shouldn't be a Chore (by... →
apeckham:
If your app doesn’t excite you, something’s wrong. If you’re only working on it in order to cash out, it will show. Likewise, if you feel passionately about your app, it will come through in the final product. People can read between the lines.
Enthusiasm manifests itself readily of course, but indifference is equally indelible. If your commitment doesn’t encompass a genuine passion...
The Pheromone Party
caterpillarcowboy:
Scent is a strange sense, it can take you on journeys and conjure up memories that are astonishingly powerful. Scent can remind you of hideous things, pleasant memories, or be deeply arousing. It’s possible that I’ve fetishized scent since getting into Baudelaire in college (Le Voyage is what did it for me, if you’re curious). So it was with great amazement that I listened to...
The things you find while googling yourself...
I had forgotten about this article and the excitement that followed (Amdahl sponsored us to have P.R. training, Wired sent Po Bronson to interview me, the guy that ran 2600.com sent me some sweet T-Shirts, and my fav: my AP CS teacher finally believed I actually did know something, despite not exactly being on top of my homework for that class).
BTW, Sinux was actually a flavor of linux for...
“Benefits, not features.”
– Babak Nivi
“A friend points out in IM that all of this makes Yahoo mothballing Delicious, a...”
– Curation is the New Search is the New Curation
Rafer sez: Yahoo! SOP.
The Gong Show: Google Spam and Machine Learning →
Much has been written lately about spam on Google. I’m very late to this criticism party, but I am genuinely baffled by Google’s inability to solve an issue so squarely in their wheelhouse… I can’t help but join in.
In short, spam blogs (splogs) are ripping off successful content from other blogs, Q&A sites, and Wikipedia, and then passing off the result as novel content littered with...
Caterpillar Cowboy: Can we pause for a moment and... →
caterpillarcowboy:
First of all, I want to congratulate all the companies that raise money. As an entrepreneur, I definitely think you should take money when you can get it, if the price is right. My beef is with investors.
Foodspotting raises $3M from a VC no one’s ever heard of, despite Instagram and Foursquare with photos crushing them.
Klout raises $8.5M from Kleiner Perkins and...
“Mr. Cheney’s heart will never beat at full strength again, doctors say. His new...”
– LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, HELENE COOPER and MICHAEL D. SHEAR
No pulse? That’s freaky.
(via soupsoup)
I think we already knew this about him.
(via mikehudack)
