May 2012
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April 2012
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March 2012
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We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.
– Benjamin Franklin
There are very few people who have the privilege of getting to invent things...
– David Karp - Tumblr Founder
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It is so important to be light on your feet, inquisitive and interested in being...
– Jonathan Ive
via London Evening Standard
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February 2012
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You’ve Won a Badge (and Now We Know All About You) →
Is gamification over saturating the market? As discussed in this NYTimes Article we are quickly approaching a time when tangible rewards are being overshadowed by those that return no value to the individual.
“There is probably a backlash coming,” Ms. Robertson says. Pretty soon, she predicts, companies may differentiate themselves with anti-gamification promotions like “No points. No annoying...
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January 2012
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Find the users who see your vision and talk to them. Find out why they love the...
– Dave Morin, CEO of Path
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Meaningful Transitions →
The purpose of Meaningful Transitions is to illustrate the process of the interaction and the structure of the user interface. They focus on specific events, or clarifying the user’s interaction by animation
An amazing resource to examine the use of motion graphics in the user interface.
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December 2011
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Focus on building 10x teams, not on hiring 10x...
Avichal Garg CEO of Spool
Software development, however, is more like rowing. It’s a team sport that requires skill and synchronization. This applies at all scales. On a three-person boat, one person out of sync will stall your boat. As you get bigger, no single developer can impact your team’s performance, so again synchronization is key.
Making your team as efficient as possible is what...
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November 2011
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Soup: Open Letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi →
soupsoup:
18 November 2011
Linda P.B. Katehi,
I am a junior faculty member at UC Davis. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, and I teach in the Program in Critical Theory and in Science & Technology Studies. I have a strong record of research, teaching, and service. I am currently…
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October 2011
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Starting a company is like starting a fire—harder than it sounds, and you have...
– Ev Williams
Start with Kindling
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The Steve Jobs I Knew →
Great reflection on some of the more intimate interactions with Steve Jobs that Walt Mossberg was privy to during his coverage of Apple over the years
All Things D
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September 2011
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