May 2012
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97 Games APIs: SecondLife, Internet Video Archive... →
from ProgrammableWeb
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10 Secrets of Successful Crowdfunding - From Scott... →
from ReadWriteWeb
chilly: Facebook's Cognitive Dissonance with... →
billychasen:
Two philosophies
One of Facebook’s core philosophies is that a user’s privacy is paramount. Part of that privacy is the data you create by browsing Facebook is never shown to other users. You’ll never see a newsfeed story that says, “Joe viewed your profile 1,024 times.” It’s that most basic…
“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)
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“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... 