January 2010
83 posts
“I asked what I could help with and went to work. One by one, as each and every...”
– The Venture Advantage Revealed « the cornice
Team work is when everyone helps everyone at everything. It is not when you pass things around to have the “appropriate person” do it.
Portfolio-Theorie mal anders →
Cooles Fotoportfolio vom Kai →
Flash scheint ja wirklich zu nerven auf Apple →
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iPad und so – ich muss halt was dazu schreiben →
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent...”
– Bertrand Russell. Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia (via giantrobotlasers) (via amyofau) (via davidgillespie)
Watchdouster - Prince Zimboo - Santa Flaws
Sad i missed this for the holidays. My man Douster keeps dropping mad skills, he’s on tour to LA and Down Under, so check him out. If you’re there.
“It’s not like CEOs and billionaires (and billionaire CEOs) need any more...”
– Looking for contrition in Davos
“It’s probably pretty clear to regular DF readers that I don’t care for Flash,...”
– Google Reader (120)
“If an interface is confusing, was it made that way intentionally or are the...”
– The Clear War by Kevin Mattice (Mr. X) | Dustin Curtis
learn quite a lot by reading Curtis’ blog. He is an interface Designer - check out how EVERY SINGLE ONE of his posts has a totally different design.
“Joel Coen: Absolut. Und deshalb weisen wir Vorschläge, die vom Studio kommen,...”
– Filmemacher Joel und Ethan Coen: “Einer muss auf der Strecke bleiben” - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Pures Gold.
“Ethan Joel: Ja, vielleicht suggeriert die Geschichte wirklich, dass es mehr...”
– Filmemacher Joel und Ethan Coen: “Einer muss auf der Strecke bleiben” - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Genau so fühlt sich der Film (a serious man) nämlich eigentlich an.
“Das Vorgehen von Google folgt – so weit von außen erkennbar – einer rationalen...”
– Google-Bashing: Zur politischen Ökonomie einer Suchmaschine — CARTA
SEHR guter Artikel zur Situation und Einschätzung von Google’s Geschäftsgebahren.
“It’s as if Germany doesn’t want the internet at all.”
– German Publishers Go After Google; Apparently Very Confused About How The Internet Works | Techdirt
Reading this article just made me stomp my feet.
(via david-noel)
Yay for publishing comps.
“Ein Nokia-Telefon ist ein Gerät. Das iPhone und iTunes sind ein System.
Nexus...”
– Google Nexus One: It’s the search, stupid
“As Apple did with the original iPods, Lala realized that any music solution must...”
– Apple’s Secret Cloud Strategy And Why Lala Is Critical
“Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until...”
– Mike Myers
via littlemiss via davidgillespie
“Want to have your mind blown, slightly? Try this:
• Open any YouTube video
•...”
– The Easiest, Cleverest Way to Download Any YouTube Video - YouTube - Gizmodo
“Mit den Ergebnissen sind wir aber bisher alles andere als zufrieden. Leider...”
– Serienproduktion mit Schwierigkeiten : blog.txtr.com
Schade. Hoffe, dass das noch was wird.
“We need colleges and universities just as we need teachers and people who are...”
– Autodidactic Profiles - AUTODIDACTIC PRESS - lifelong learning advocate (via neunetz)
ENHANCE!
clientsfromhell:
Client: “I’ve sent the image. I can’t wait to see the final product.”
Me: “This image is 115px x 148px at 72dpi. Typically we need images around 1000px and higher with around 150+dpi.”
Client: “Can’t you just Enhance the images like they do in CSI.”
Some thoughts on company names
dixtens:
The decision on how to call a company is often at the descretion of the entrepreneur, i.e. the founder. Even though the choice of the company name can be arbitrary, companies follow some pattern, depending on the industry, when it comes to choosing a name. I want to discuss some of these.
First, there are the XYZ’s, ABC’s, LOL’z and ROFL’s. These companies are often large companies and...
“I like chaos. It’s good for markets. America has been licking some Chinese nuts...”
– Howard Lindzon » Blog Archive » China…Shmina
HL is hilarious.
“If it is true that almost all intelligent species go extinct before they master...”
– http://www.nickbostrom.com/extraterrestrial.pdf
Why we should hope that no intelligent life form is to be found on Mars or any other planet.
tl; dr: If most life forms go bust before reaching our level of development, we have made it so far that we might survive (because we crossed the...
“Europe is often held up as a cautionary tale, a demonstration that if you try to...”
– Paul Krugman Learning From Europe - NYTimes.com
“A rule of thumb that has worked well for me is that if I’m excited to play...”
– Pinboard is a smart bookmarking site. Just to say it again.
Idea #3
oneideaaday:
Create a SNCF Laboratory with some of the best physicists of the world to work on a single issue : teleportation. (and communicate about it)
Yes please.
“Fallon also had a couple apps (this is Linux remember) that he’d compiled...”
– When Is Your Bank Not Your Bank?
Watchjoeconyers:
hiten:
Mint.com Pre-Launch Pitch Deck (5-months before launch)
And anyone wonders about how they pulled it off?
Clear value proposition (for customers and partners, no less) - check.
Market share metrics - check.
Awesome advisors - check.
User Acquisition slide with a Pokemon - check.
Having the ultimate buyer on the exit slide - wow.
Watch(via frischmilch)
So, i open my dashboard, look at today’s posts… when suddely out of nowhere this awesome music appears. I rock in my chair, making squeaking noises to match the beat… looking for the source of music… It took my literally 5 minutes to get where it was coming from. It’ll probably be running in the background all night. Thanks for that!
“Because while it’s actually pretty easy to write a web 2.0 friendly...”
– Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own Consumer Internet Dogfood - Master of 500 Hats
Nachtrag Verlage und iPhone Apps →