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Julia Pott on Etsy (1)
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The Etsy blog has posted this insightful video profile of animator/illustrator Julia Pott. I wrote about Julia’s student film, the Creature Comforts-esque My First Crush last year, and it’s interesting to see her talk about her (admittedly rather girly) creative influences and to watch her work. Julia’s website Julia’s profile on EtsyShared by Brent (0)Contribute comment -
Photosynth goes live! (5)
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Remember Blaise Aguera y Arcas' dazzling demo of Photosynth (one of the Top 10 TEDTalks of all time)? The software has been released this week by Microsoft Live Labs, and it's as much fun to play with as it was to watch. If you run Windows, go play with Photosynth >>- mgrigni said: Looks like fun!
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Video: How Sheldon is created (6)
onCheck out cartoonist Dave Kellet’s video walk-through for his webcomic, Sheldon. Whoa. Watch out for Dave’s electric eraser-blowdryer at 11:00 in the video. What is that thing? Also of interest: How to Make webcomicsShared by ArtLung (4) Brent (0) Jeroen van Meerendonk (0) shandiz (86) stealingsand (13) voidfiles (11)Contribute comment
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The practice: What’s wrong with spec work? (2)
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by Julia PtasznikNote: This article was written for and originally published in the Fall 2000 edition of Exchange, the semi-annual journal of the Toronto, Canada-based Design Exchange.Something magical happens when a designer and client begin to work together. It’s like the bond that develops between director and actor, composer and lyricist or psychoanalyst and patient. In the design business, this creative chemistry should lead to breakthrough thinking around the design opportunity and ultimately to the ...Shared by Brent (0) silverlunace (2)Contribute comment -
How to Change the World: The Art of Visual Thinking (96)
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In the venture capital business, many people think that a short pitch is thirty slides and a short business plan is fifty pages. My how they are mistaken. The more slides and pages that you need to explain your business, the less likely you will succeed. Truly, the best pitches and plans require nothing more than one page or a picture to explain them. Do you recognize this picture? It's how Southwest Airlines was pitched. ...Shared by _original (41) Adam (8) Alberto (198) Alex Badalic (20) Ananya Walia (590) Aneel (16) AP (1) atul (71) barry (0) Bill Gaffney (3) Bob (13) Brent (0) Brent the Closet Geek (12) Brian (2) Cedric (1) Chris (17) Christie Landtroop (13) Christopher J Dudman (3) cmm324 (6) Dan (2) Daniel (7) David (0) David Daniels (6) david miron (129) Dechsiri Ulit (0) DermDoc (Jeff) (44) doransky (22) Eban_C (2) Elroy (21) elsterama (31) fabio (40) Fred Schechter (53) Gauravonomics (39) GeniusBoyWonder (27) Greg Raiz (0) Hargurnaz (0) Henry McBride (0) Hooman (2) howardweaver (4) Ido (4) Inthenameofmine (379) iskandr (6) J.D. Rucker (326) Javed (62) Joakim (6) John (12) Joseph (0) Joy O'Hare (99) JSB (16) Kathy Berman (15) Katie Konrath (0) kicha (0) LaptopHeaven (5) Logan (1) Mark Payton (3) Mark Whiting (12) Matt (1) Matthew Bennett (4) mattw (0) Micah (0) Mich D (158) microrahsheen (21) noel (16) Oren (13) Pedro Bachiega (0) pericles (619) Petar (2) Peter (1) Philipp (0) PractiProj (5) rachna (1) rightantler (13) ritesh (10) Rob (116) roedward (27) Ryan Coleman (1) Sadashiv (9) Sam (13) schauba (28) Seth G (34) Shamir (1) Simone (10) SMC (204) Steven Correy (13) Stuart (59) Sumek (18) tharris (16) Tim (27) Tim C. (2) tweez (31) unclespeedo (16) Vicky (1) Victor (0) Vincent Wright (5) xdamman (0) Yanting (0)- tharris said: From this point forward, I want to make all my slides look like these illustrations. :)
- David said: Another great post by Guy ...
- Katie Konrath said: Great article about why it's important to tell people about ideas simply! Inspired post on getFreshMinds.com
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Ponoko: Marketplace for Things (2)
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If this post's headline seems awkward, it's because I can't quite find the right words to describe the service."What happens to the music bits today will happen to the chair bits tomorrow when you are able to download the arm-rests from Ikea and the upholstery from Crate & Barrel, mix them up and print them out."This sounded a bit too sci-fi even to me when I posted it a couple of years ago. Today, I ...Shared by Brent (0) Juan Pablo (4)Contribute comment -
The big corportation designs the stop sign. (1)
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This type of spoof just never gets old. This one is particularly painful. In a truth telling way, that is. Thanks to marktd.Shared by Brent (0)Contribute comment -
Offline Experience and Online Marketing Should Play Nice Together (1)
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Looking for ways to boost online word of mouth? Why not take a look at the offline experiences that your customers are already talking about? This article from ClickZ delves into how to identify those offline touch points that are ripe opportunities for word of mouth and gives some tips for how to score your product or service based upon those points of contact in a way that will ultimately boost online buzz.Shared by Brent (0)Contribute comment -
The Other Second Life: Off-Label Uses of Brand Products (1)
onA page on Bounce from Joey Green's book Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose"A sufficiently thick stack of Bounce will actually stop a bullet!" (source)Adweek has an excellent article today by Andrew Adam Newman about marketers slowly acknowledging and at times embracing secondary and often unintended uses of their products:"For several years, a list that details quirky uses for Bounce dryer sheets [AdLab - probably this one] -- including tying them to belt loops as ...Shared by Brent (0)Contribute comment
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Saving Strategy From the Strategists (10)
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Apologies - today, I'm going to make you grind through a boring intro to get to the good stuff. The macro crisis is entering it’s next to last – and perhaps climactic – phase: the true costs of business as usual must slowly be grappled with. As Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac melt down, it is taxpayers who are bailing out shareholders - the Treasury is now reduced to intervening directly in the financial markets: ...Shared by Brent (0) Brian Oberkirch (0) David (14) Gauravonomics (39) Gautam (14) jproffitt (1) Nicole (19) Roland Tanglao (33) Sam (13) Saurier Duval (1)- Brian Oberkirch said: Perhaps the meaning of competitive advantage, when all the games have been played and the gears of the economic machine have finally stopped moving, is this: privatize benefits and socialize costs.That might have been sustainable in a disconnected, asset-heavy industrial economy. But it cannot hold in a hyperconnected edgeconomy. When all of us can trade ten billion times a day, if everyone’s simply trying to claim benefits from everyone else, while shifting costs and risks to everyone else, the result is economic implosion.
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Walking the Line When You Work from Home _A List Apart (25)
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Working from home as a freelance contractor or remote employee can be a great thing, particularly if you live alone. But what if you have a spouse and/or children at home with you while you work? Every work environment offers distractions, but those who work from home with their families face a unique set of issues—and need equally unique ways of dealing with them. Hide Your Shame: The A List Apart Store and T-Shirt Emporium ...Shared by Adam Fuhrer (53) al (8) ani625 (67) ayn (6) Brent (0) Chris C (1) Daniel Pietzsch (14) Dillon (0) Fred Medlin (0) Geoff (4) Gregor (0) IanZ (3) Jeff Rivers (0) Joe Paravisini (6) Mark (21) Michael Surtees (19) mindzei (0) Natalie (0) Raoul (29) Ron (3) Ron (9) SalehCoder (0) Satya (7) slmnhq (7) Tyler MacLeod (0)Contribute comment -
The Future of Retail: Instant Price Match (12)
onThe obvious future of in-store experience: you find something you like, reach into your pocket for a small device, scan the barcode, and the device tells you whether and were the same product is available for a lower price. Brick-and-mortar stores become little more than showrooms for merchandise bought elsewhere.This future just got one step closer today with the release of an iPhone app Checkout SmartShop, "a shopping assistant meant to help you fine online ...Shared by Alberto (13) Armando Alves (24) Brad Garland (6) brennan moore (15) Brent (0) Eric (7) Gonzalo Jimenez (3) Marcin Talarek (0) Philippe (1) Sami (4) Sebastian (0) youdots (6)
- Philippe said: that's it ! this the future of retail
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Coming to Love Classical Music (1)
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Katie Chatfield shares this great presentation at TED by Benjamin Zander. It takes 20 minutes to play, and at its completion, you will come to love classical music. Six minutes in, Benjamin positions this transformation beautifully -- in terms of leadership. As he says, "one of the characteristics of a leader ... [is] that he not doubt for one moment the capacity of the people he is leading to realise whatever he's dreaming". But then, ...Shared by Brent (0)Contribute comment -
Sprint Encourages Amateur Product Placement (2)
onTwo cool things about the Samsung Instinct campaign site that encourages people to drop an image of the phone into their home videos: the refreshing honesty and this direct YouTube uploader that connects the users directly to their already uploaded videos. ---------------- Useful: a wireless mouse that doubles as a PowerPoint remote control.Shared by Brent (0) Marcin Talarek (0)Contribute comment
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How To:: How to Create an Online Video: Step-by-Step Guide to Make It Easy on You (and Your Budget) (1)
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Shooting an online video is on many marketers' to-do lists. But the difficulties of the process, along with the high costs, impede many novices. Fear not. You can make a quality video on a tiny budget. Follow the steps in this guide to select the proper equipment, write a script, set up your shoot and shout, “Lights, camera, action!”Shared by Brent (0)Contribute comment -
Gen Y to CUs: 'I like you, but I'm not looking for a relationship right now' (1)
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Christopher Danvers, 30 Under 30 member, Delta Community Credit Union There’s an essential societal change that we should be paying attention to, and that’s the exit of Baby Boomers from the credit driven market segment and the rise of Gen Y to take their place. The Credit Union movement has come along way from the mid 1800’s when famine from crop failure helped form the first cooperatives based on the philosophy of ‘people helping people’. ...Shared by Brent (0)Contribute comment -
“Gorilla” Usability Testing (8)
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So, what exactly is Silverback? It’s “spontaneous, unobtrusive usability testing software for website designers.” It gracefully records the on-screen action, including mouse clicks, as well as video and audio of the subject so you can create a library of usability testing videos to share or review later. The Genesis of the Idea Great software is the usually the result of people “scratching their own itch,” and Silverback is a perfect example. Clearleft has been doing ...Shared by Alex (6) Andrea (5) Anol (2) Ben (6) Brent (0) Matthew Bischoff (29) Siffring (0) zemote (0)Contribute comment -
How to Promote Your Music on Last.fm by Fiona McLaren (1)
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Fiona McLaren is a Label Liaison with Last.FM and based in LondonPromoting your music online these days is meant to be easy - but due to the sheer number of sites out there it might not always seem that way. This is a brief guide to why Last.fm should be one of the main sites you use to promote yourself, and how to get the most out of it with minimal effort.The Last.fm music databaseFirst ...Shared by Brent (0)Contribute comment -
How To Build A Web App in Four Days For $10,000 (Say Hello To Matt) (52)
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In this post, guest author Ryan Carson goes through some of the lessons learned from building a Web app in four days. Carson is the co-founder of Carsonified, a web shop in Bath, UK. They’ve built four web apps, created ThinkVitamin.com and run events like Future of Web Apps. If you’re bored you can follow Ryan on Twitter. The time it takes to design, build and deploy web applications has been steadily shrinking, especially with ...Shared by Alemsah (25) Andy (0) aqeeliz (13) Beau Mac (0) bigstrings (17) Bill (2) blake borgeson (0) Brent (0) chrissr (3) Colin (9) Cris Pearson (2) Damon (13) Davide (19) Gabriel Oyarzabal (1) Grodzik (5) Jamie (0) Jardenberg (9) Jeff Smith (16) Jeremy (1) Jim Vrckovski (2) Jonathan (1) jrodgers (9) K (19) Kolby Kallweit (5) Len Xu (12) Luke (0) matpol (16) mwesten (3) Nathan (0) Nicolas (0) PabloC (4) Pheelmore (0) Phil (5) Philippe (0) Rafael (0) rhymes (2) Robert (0) Roger Zhong (0) Romain (0) Roman Nurik (0) sadegazoz (1) Scott (2) Shane (1) Sidnei da Silva (0) Siffring (0) Stanton (2) Stephen Sullivan (0) stewsnooze (0) WebFlint (1) williamsdb (0) xdamman (0) Yishuai (0)Explore read six notes- Len Xu said: 参考其人员组成、系统构架、工作方式,,,
- Jardenberg said: Ryan Carson (FOWA, bland annat) skriver om en modern utveckling, med moderna verktyg. Lite som hack the news, men kortare, billigare och *mycket enklare* ;)
- Cris Pearson said: Doozla was born out of a Weekend design and hackathon. It took a lot longer than that to get it to market however. I agree rapid projects are a great team builder/morale builder.
- blake borgeson said: great advice on building a simple startup really fast. and some nice videos of the development.
- Kolby Kallweit said: I need to use this whenever I release my brilliant web idea!
- Stanton said: Absolutely incredible...
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