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"Never half-ass two things. Whole ass one thing."

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:05:47 -0500

“Never half-ass two things. Whole ass one thing.”

- There’s a strong Product lesson in here from Ron Swanson

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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:36:36 -0500

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"Remember, you’re not selling out,” Jonah Peretti, a co-founder of the Huffington Post,..."

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:36:59 -0500

““Remember, you’re not selling out,” Jonah Peretti, a co-founder of the Huffington Post, told Denton. “You’re blowing up. Think in terms of hip-hop, not indie rock.””

- Love this quote. (via Rap music business lessons)

Delightfully whimsical video of an amusement park re-imagined in...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:01:54 -0500

Delightfully whimsical video of an amusement park re-imagined in Buenos Aires. (via Amusement Park Buenos Aires — The Pop-Up City)

Hollywood's Next Great Business Model: Praying That Stars Die

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:11:03 -0500

Hollywood's Next Great Business Model: Praying That Stars Die:

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 passing there was an opportunity to make really a very large amount of money on the DVD sales of her movies. So they’re going to pull all the streaming titles we have of Whitney Houston so they can make more money off the DVD sales of her movies.

What fucking scumbags. Not Netflix, which sadly has no control over situations like this, but the movie studio.

It seems like Hollywood is eyeing two business models in order to preserve their precious DVD sales (which are tanking more each day):

1) Make it basically impossible to rent a film. It used to be that you could rent a movie the day it came out for sale on DVD. Then it was 30 days later. Now it’s 56 days later. And you can’t even think about renting the films for 28 days.

As a reminder, torrents currently have no such window.

2) Hope and pray that big time stars die to temporarily boost sales. And instead of doing everything in you power to ensure that fans have easy access to remember the stars they cherished, pull all access except for the most expensive and limited variety in order to maximize profits.

Today’s sunset reminds me a bit of a @tycho album cover....

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:56:32 -0500

Today’s sunset reminds me a bit of a @tycho album cover. (Taken with Instagram at foursquare HQ)

Love dipping into this map view every once in a while…...

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:08:45 -0500

Love dipping into this map view every once in a while… (Taken with instagram)

Coffee break for Feb 9th – Feb 18th

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:13:33 -0500

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. – Slate Magazine
Great piece > “In many ways, the Chipotle burrito is very similar to the iPhone.” Also, they sous-vide their meats!
Coding Horror: Farewell Stack Exchange
A great piece from Jeff Atwood on work/life balance and perspective.
The Cult of Amazon Prime

Nike+ FuelBand - Day in the Life (by nike) Fantastic spot.

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:27:57 -0500

Nike+ FuelBand - Day in the Life (by nike)

Fantastic spot.

I needed a little beauty this morning and this certainly fit the...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:55:54 -0500

I needed a little beauty this morning and this certainly fit the bill…a snowboarder covered in LED lights shreds in the dark.

(via Snowboarding in an LED suit)

"I feel like no one else is saying this, and since I’ve not ever been one to hold back what’s on my..."

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:39:00 -0500

“I feel like no one else is saying this, and since I’ve not ever been one to hold back what’s on my mind I absolutely will — enough is enough. I’ve had it with incremental updates to Android smartphones every two weeks, I’ve had it with the super-sized ridiculousness, and I’ve had it with all of these marketing gimmicks. Just focus on a quality product, and you won’t have to release eight “flagship” models a year.”

- …from the Boy Genius Report’s review of the Galaxy Note: Samsung’s Galaxy Note is the most useless phone I’ve used

Check out what I scored in my super shady street exchange....

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:55:21 -0500

Check out what I scored in my super shady street exchange. Thanks @dminkin! (Taken with Instagram at Soho)

This iOS Alarm app’s design is total sexy-time. See what I...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:13:00 -0500

This iOS Alarm app’s design is total sexy-time. See what I did there? (via ALARM TALK iPhone iOS app Alarm Talk iPhone app - Boing Boing)

Excellent gift from my boo courtesy of @loveandvictory (Taken...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:09:25 -0500

Excellent gift from my boo courtesy of @loveandvictory (Taken with Instagram at The Robot Farm)

Downtown hustling (Taken with Instagram at Soho)

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:42:40 -0500

Downtown hustling (Taken with Instagram at Soho)

"If you want better UX, stop looking at your design team and whichever new sexy UI you’ve seen this..."

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:33:41 -0500

“If you want better UX, stop looking at your design team and whichever new sexy UI you’ve seen this week, take a long hard look at your organisation and whether it caring about UX is part of its cultural make up and what evidence there is, beneath the interface, of this being true.”

- Why most UX is shite (via disambiguity)

Video

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:42:21 -0500

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Coffee break for Feb 1st – Feb 9th

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:16:48 -0500

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 a new direction, in this case, relating to one’s eating habits.
Coding Horror: Listen to Your Community, But Don’t Let Them Tell You What to Do
Swole.me – The automatic diet planner
Unique take on a diet app.

My little girl loves her Pumped Up Kicks and her @sonos (Taken...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:38:00 -0500

My little girl loves her Pumped Up Kicks and her @sonos (Taken with Instagram at The Robot Farm)

christenduong: We’ve just launched a new version of Explore on...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:13:23 -0500

New Explore

location picker

recommendations

filters

map

place details

christenduong:

We’ve just launched a new version of Explore on iPhone and Android (and coming soon to Blackberry). It’s simpler, cleaner, and has a few nice new options that piggyback off our recent Explore web work. You can now change your location (so you can search for stuff in nearby neighborhoods, or daydream about where to go when you’re in London next month). You can also set filters to match your mood - new for when you’re feeling adventure, places you’ve been for old favorites, where your friends have been when you want to be socially in the know.

You can find more deets on the foursquare blog here.

Congrats to the whole Explore team on making this sexy and getting it out there.