February 2012
29 posts
“Never half-ass two things. Whole ass one thing.”
– There’s a strong Product lesson in here from Ron Swanson
“Remember, you’re not selling out,” Jonah Peretti, a co-founder of...”
– Love this quote. (via Rap music business lessons)
Hollywood's Next Great Business Model: Praying... →
parislemon:
When asked why The Bodyguard was pulled from Netflix streaming following Whitney Houston’s death, Dan McDermott got the following response from a Netflix rep:
I just went and talked to my main supervisor as to why the movie had been pulled and the reason it was pulled was the production company pulled the streaming rights from us because all the publicity after Whitney Houston’s...
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Coffee break for Feb 9th – Feb 18th
Behind the App: Repeat Timer Pro – Concept, Design, Marketing Strategy and it’s Results Fantastic breakdown of how someone took their vision for a simple iOS app and made it happen.
The Best Automatic Coffee Machine Bookmarking this one for latah.
Latin Text Generator for Mac OS X – LittleIpsum Clever and sexy looking too.
Chipotle is Apple: How the burrito chain is revolutionizing fast food....
“I feel like no one else is saying this, and since I’ve not ever been one to hold...”
– …from the Boy Genius Report’s review of the Galaxy Note: Samsung’s Galaxy Note is the most useless phone I’ve used
“If you want better UX, stop looking at your design team and whichever new sexy...”
– Why most UX is shite (via disambiguity)
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Coffee break for Feb 1st – Feb 9th
Everything you need to know about buying a camera | The Verge
Skip College, Work at a Startup With Enstitute It might not be *this* idea but I feel like something like this becoming a legit option is going to happen.
Original Foursquare Investor Pitch Deck 2009 Awesome to see this today.
The Spoon and Trowel :: An Accidental Radical Great piece on how little changes in your life can turn into...
“Four is hardly a trend but it is interesting that the death and biography of the...”
– Great job by Kottke weaving a thread through a few recent posts about work, life and perspective.
Top five regrets of the dying
jayparkinsonmd:
nevver:
I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
I wish that I had let myself be happier.
more
Also, read The Life Reports.
Sounds a lot simpler when you read it like that, right?
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January 2012
38 posts
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Coffee break for Jan 9th – Jan 30th
New iOS Design Pattern: Slide-out Navigation – Ken Yarmosh I find the slide out really undermines discovery but appreciate how it keeps things super clean.
Why are software development task estimations regularly off by a factor of 2-3? – Quora Amazing answer.
The Next Chapter: All Eyes on the Future (err, the past) at Back of the Envelope | Jonathan Wegener’s Technology/Marketing Blog So happy...
“When it comes to introducing ideas, the years have a way of boxing you in.”
– Great piece from Jason Fried on when starting over is the only way to move your product forward.
Noah Stokes | Es Bueno: Thirty Five →
esbueno:
The smartest thing you can do is to surround yourself with people smarter than you.
If you were to drop off the face of the earth tomorrow, the people who call looking…
We’re all chasing the same thing (love), whether you know it or not.
Some great (and funny) lessons in this list of 35…
“It’s not going to happen overnight, but only a fool would predict that in the...”
– Great piece from @fromedome on Apple iBooks and the consumerization of textbooks.
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