May 2012
“It’s worth contemplating one of the primary factors that drove Facebook’s...”
– - Christopher Mims, How Facebook Saved Us from Suburbia via Technology Review
(via courtenaybird)
Future Work Skills 2020
futurist-foresight:
The Institute for the Future released a report on future work skills that will be needed by 2020. They are:
Sense-making.
Social intelligence.
Novel and adaptive thinking.
Cross-cultural competency.
Computational thinking.
New-media literacy.
Transdisciplinarity.
Design mind-set.
Cognitive load management.
Virtual collaboration.
(Gigaom gives a quick breakdown)
...
“What is important is providing the conditions through which people can achieve...”
– L. Hunter Lovins, Reframing The Global Economy To Include Happiness via Co.Exist
“Companies are moving here.
They’re drawn by a thriving ecosystem fed by money...”
– Tech startups moving to NYC: Wave of digital companies from across U.S. sees Big Apple as base for next-stage growth (Crain’s New York Business)
“Companies die from not being eaten by their competitors, but from self-inflicted...”
– Drew Houston, Dropbox (via sequoiacapital)
I put this quote on a slide at today’s foursquare company meeting. This is the last thing any startup founder wants to be associated with. And I feel that being self-aware, honest and transparent as a company, with everyone in the company - and letting...
April 2012
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Gamification And UX: Where Users Win Or Lose →
from Smashing Magazine Feed
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RWW Recommends: The Startup Toolkit →
from ReadWriteWeb
Everything We Think We Know About People Is Wrong... →
stoweboyd:
The result of a great deal of cognitive science research demonstrates that people don’t really understand how we think, how we influence each other, and the degree to which we are connected. We also lack an understanding of water, which is the most common liquid on Earth:
Everything We Think We Know About People Is Wrong - Stowe Boyd via Nexalogy blog:
[…] It turns out that people...
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The Ultimate Digital Customer Service Guide →
from Mashable!
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Blade Games World brings 3D game creation to... →
from VentureBeat
[thoughts/IOS] PhoneGap vs. Native: Some Thoughts... →
A confession. →
arainert:
A great post from Jason at RunKeeper about them correcting a loss in product focus.
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People Are Upset Because We Left Them Off A List... →
from SAI
Supreme Court to Revisit 'First-Sale' Copyright... →
Mavericks Invent Future Internet Where Cisco Is... →
Valve Software's usual approach to building a... →
Latest CryEngine Demo Reveals the Future of Gaming... →
Battle for the internet http://t.co/anOstLhm... →
“In many ways, the enterprise software shift mirrors that of the media and cable...”
– - Aaron Levie, The Post-PC Enterprise via TechCrunch
I have to start watching Ellis Hamburger’s (@hamburger) work more closely, because the comparison of enterprise software to the shifting world of New TV is one I made for the first time last week. And Levie is asking great questions (take a look...
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Import contacts from Google by entering your email... →
from Hacker News
When it comes to user experience, IT needs to Get... →
Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns... →
"if you build something good, the money will take... →
The Future Retail Wasteland - Businessweek... →
http://t.co/4uiS5r6s: It’s not about the money -... →
It’s not about the #money http://t.co/aeTijzDh... →
Apple under fire for backing off IPv6 support... →
PAUSE: Artist creates minimalist homage to famous... →
Spokesman at #Nokia tells how you can get a free... →
What we can learn from a young boy’s cardboard... →
Molyneux: This is my last chance | Game... →
Bypassing the banks – Milo Yiannopoulos – The... →
Everything you need to know about today’s e-book... →
