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How Buildings Learn (9)
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Originally posted in True Films What happens after buildings are built? Why do some buildings get better over time and others get demolished? Stewart Brand says architecture is a prediction, and all predictions are wrong, so the more monumental the architecture, the more wrong the building is. The buildings that thrive are those that can adapt to how people actually use them. The worst buildings for inhabitants are usually statement architecture -- buildings that look ...Shared by adamkcarson (19) andreas (5) Bill Keaggy (16) Juan Freire (34) Mark Whiting (20) Thomas Reimer S (1) Tibor (20) tig (41) Vegard (3)- Mark Whiting said: Yossi you will probably like this.
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Does your iphone take FOREVER to sync/backup? (2)
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Mine was too.. i searched around the web and found this.. worked like a charm! Enjoy :)http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/showthread.php?p=340389"Extraordinary long backups are caused by an error when an app (or apps) was installed or updated, particularly if you have ever installed or updated using the App Store on the device itself rather than iTunes. Even if you were never aware that there was a problem, they can arise and will cause problems with the backup process. Maybe ...Shared by andreas (5) Woosung (26)Contribute comment -
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Here’s the thing about Tapulous. Their apps are good, and their popularity is well-deserved. But they’ve struck me all along as the iPhone development shop that most resembles the dot-coms from a decade ago. Venture-funded teams that give everything away for free make it hard for smaller indie shops which are trying to turn an honest profit by charging for their software. But they also inevitably wind up being run by business guys, not product ...Shared by andreas (5) Clint Ecker (126) Dan (42) Geoffrey Wiseman (23) Josh Bancroft (31) Kim (22) Linkletter (20) Reinier (12) Rusty Mitchell (20) Vincent van Wylick (30)Contribute comment -
Presentation Zen: Learning slide design from an IKEA billboard (66)
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Above: A short (1:52) intro about this topic made in Keynote (link to video on bliptv). Can you learn how to make better slides by looking at a few signs around your local IKEA store? This may sound absurd, yet the lessons are all around you, and you can indeed learn a lot from a well-designed billboard, including those used created by IKEA. On page 140 of Nancy Duarte's Slide:ology, Nancy says that good slides ...Shared by Alec McNayr (18) Alf Kåre (19) andreas (5) Andrew Nesbitt (6) Anol (14) Anton Johansson (53) April Dunford (14) Aya Kamikawa (0) Bill Kinnon (19) brice (17) Chandoo (38) Chris (26) Christian (5) Christopher (61) Daniel (23) DavidAndrew (10) DC (18) eco2oh (29) fesja (21) FrankFerter (8) Gareth Murran (20) gocrawford (7) Goldie Katsu (19) Graham English (83) Henrik Torstensson (16) iAlja (71) Ivan Žužak (22) Jake McKee (18) Jean-Baptiste (14) Jeremy (14) Jon of SMA (18) Julius (20) Lech Ambrzykowski (3) Len Damico (2) Lorin Rivers (3) MAlbano (24) Malcolm Lanham (13) mariano (20) Mark Crossler (0) Masssimo (0) Matthew Bischoff (20) Matthew Homann (18) Michael (30) Michael Nolan (7) Mike (23) Nancy Sagar (11) Net (11) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (50) Panos (31) Pete Williams (5) Rob Clark (7) Robb Boyd (3) RomanT (13) S Anand (20) Saravanan (13) Scott (20) Scott (14) smackaysmith (17) small (32) SPE825 (2) Stefan T (20) Steve (4) Thomas Reimer S (1) Xdroot (88) Yagermeister (0) Zhasper (68)Explore read five notes- eco2oh said: Improve your next presentation by looking at billboards.
- Panos said: Great lessons from the master
- Jon of SMA said: Good points for designing presentations. Who would have thought that IKEA would be the model designer?
- Graham English said: Damn good advice.
- small said: Great article... more importantly, how did he cool that cool video effect for the intro?!
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How To Launch Software (88)
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37signals recommends that software developers pursue what they call the Hollywood Launch. They don't give any argument for this method, except perhaps the title (as if Hollywood was a business you should try to imitate?) -- I guess the idea is that you're supposed to do it since 37signals says to. The basic idea behind the Hollywood Launch is simple: you release a few hints about your product to build buzz, slowly revealing more and ...Shared by .LAG (4) 2ni (21) andreas (5) Andrew Cohen (2) Andrew Whitehouse (17) Andrey (6) arty (25) Arul N S (9) Bijou (23) Bradley (21) Bryon Thomas (14) C.K. (121) CannonGod (240) Cast42 (28) Chris K (60) Christopher (29) Clint Ecker (126) Colby Palmer (19) colladude (28) cori schlegel (18) dani (0) Daniel (20) Dave (11) Dedalus (30) Devlin D (28) Duk (10) Eivind Uggedal (8) ephes (24) Eric (4) Eugene (44) folkert (8) Fuzzyman (20) GaryK (21) Gene (9) Greg Bryant (1) hober (30) HUNG (125) Jasdeep (3) Jawad Shuaib (27) Jeremy Zawodny (12) Jon (20) Josh (38) Josh Puetz (0) JP Dela Torre (3) Jude Venn (0) Juha Autero (0) kebernet (62) Kevin Lawver (2) Kevin Marks (24) krug (0) Leon (19) Magnus J (9) Marcel Levy (5) Marie Casas (0) Mark Lancaster (32) Martin (4) Matt McAlister (8) Matthew McClintock (3) mca (40) msimoens (8) Nick Sieger (17) Niv (25) olifante (21) pablo (22) Pierce Hickey (21) poorbird (29) rabble (7) rachna (20) Richard (18) rochoa (7) Ryan (7) Ryan Boucher (4) Ryan King (28) Sam (30) Sandra (21) Sean (13) Shannon Prickett (62) shawnmor (29) Siva (9) Svitlana (24) Takatsugu Shigeta (16) tig (41) turker (17) Vinny Carpenter (38) walterra (17) willpate (1) xantha (21) Yasuhisa (6)- colladude said: software programming launch
- cori schlegel said: Similar in some respects to the newsgang.net "launch". I especially like the last line of the comments.
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Is Our Addiction to Saving Money Destroying the Real America? (36)
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Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Paul Michael, Senior Writer for Wise Bread. As a young boy growing up in a gray, rainy seaside town in England, I had a fascination for America; maybe even a love affair. America was the land of opportunity, sure. But it was also vastly different and eccentric (in a good way) from state to state. So when I came to the U.S. around seven years ago, I ...Shared by Aashay (23) ambuj (9) andreas (5) atul (156) bddemir (20) BIGODE (30) Brett Stewart (5) Cassie Wallender (22) Charo (11) Chris (35) Corvida (15) Deege (15) Dereck (193) Devin Reams (14) Doug (31) Flint (20) Frawst (21) Gauravonomics (24) Glen (18) Hugh (7) J. Phil (66) Jisan A (3) krisnelson (10) Lara (15) Mike F (723) Mitch Wagner (29) Mithrill (11) nbr (69) Peter Du (6) Richard (18) richhand (38) rmg7344 (6) Rob (3) Rob (8) Thomas Hochmann (0) Wyn Lim (18)- Brett Stewart said: What is more American than nostalgia? America has changed, but that doesn’t automatically mean it is bad.America’s economy has evolved along with technology. Wishing for those happy times when most stores were Mom and Pop is also wishing for a time when most people could afford one car only, when long distance phone calls were a luxury, and when foreign grown foods, like pineapple, were almost unattainable. Technology has given us great gains in efficiency. Big chain stores allow traditionally poor people to have products that were impossible to afford in the Mom and Pop days. Take away the chain stores, and you take away some family’s means to buy furniture and supplies for their home. But maybe they would be better living on a farm, growing their own food (just don’t use pesticides!), and unable to afford those Mom and Pop hotels this post so desperately romanticizes.It amazes me to see how many people want those old days back, but don’t realize that the culture they want was only for a small middle class. Today, the middle class is huge, and for some reason it thinks it can have it both ways. A large middle class cannot support a Mom and Pop store economy, because Mom and Pop prices are too high. Take away chains and you take away the middle class that wouldn’t afford it.I think Mom and Pop stores are great, but only if they can make the extra money worth it. I’ll pay for personal service when I need it, but when I am buying a coke at the corner, do I really need to worry about whether or not it’s from a chain? I don’t think so.Think about this. Walmart is actually the biggest Mom and Pop store around. The Walton family still more or less runs the business, after it was started in a little town in Arkansas. If you want Mom and Pop, there is it.
- bddemir said: My lonely but beautiful country, Turkey suffers from the same loss of taste as time goes by slowly. Surrounded by (mainly foreign) corporate owned businesses, nothing is like as it was used to be. Giving up on local and family owned equates to giving up on our souls...
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VeriSign's OpenID Provider Gets an Upgrade (1)
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Pretty cool to see VeriSign's OpenID Provider continue to get new features and a new look. From TechCrunch it sounds like one of the big features is password management for websites that don't yet support OpenID. Cool! Glad to see the team there continue to push the PIP forward.One click login for a bunch of sites:Shared by andreas (5)Contribute comment - Garbled Transmissions: "The most depraved human being is the man without a purpose" (1)
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What Makes for a Good Blog? (213)
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My friends at Six Apart recently asked me to make a list of blogs that I enjoy. I think they’re planning to use it for their new Blogs.com project. Unfortunately, I’m late getting it to them (typical), but if it’s still useful, I’ll post it here in a day or four. As I think about the blogs I’ve returned to over the years — and the increasingly few new ones that really grab my attention ...Shared by !&# (103) Aaron (2) Aaron (6) Aaron Uhrmacher (14) Adam Javůrek (5) Adam Morris (2) Alec Peden (24) Allan (28) Allison Kipta (30) Andreas (23) andreas (5) Andrew Ruess (152) Andy (10) anitsirk (38) Anna (20) Anne Ward (3) Anthony (37) Anton Johansson (53) April (20) arty (25) Atomic Bombshell (14) Barry Frost (3) Barry Wynn (23) bbebop (38) Blogbarger (5) Brandon J. Mendelson (176) Brent (15) Brent Ozar (13) brian (8) Brian E. Young (4) Bryan Strawser (0) Bryan Thatcher (0) Caspar (20) Charlie Gilkey (28) Chris K (60) Christian Nunciato (0) Christopher Harley (24) cwmurphy (11) Damien (4) Daniel Bergey (2) danliebke (52) darussol (23) Dave C. (31) David (15) davidconnell (17) Dawn Foster (8) deb (6) Denver (19) djspark (70) Do You KNOW Clarence? (1) Doug (31) Doug Whitehead (1) Duane (54) Eliacin (45) emersunn (27) Eric Yap (1) Erik Stattin (33) Erkan Saka (0) Esther (27) Eugene (44) Folletto Malefico (2) Foomandoonian (50) Fredrik Carlsson (22) Gauravonomics (24) gavoweb (21) genieyclo (17) girlie (5) grandin (20) Grant Shellen (10) Greg (3) GregEh (12) gregoryheller (1) Guillermo Esteves (45) Guru Panguji (2) Gyuri (19) hallie (15) Henrik Torstensson (16) Hisham (37) Inetgate Writer (28) Inky (20) Izzy (15) Jacob (19) James F (24) janequigley (24) Janyne (21) Jason (22) Jason (21) Jay (38) jbrauer (5) Jeff Rivers (6) Jeffrey Priebe (0) Jeremy Harrington (11) jim (13) Jim Duncan (5) Jodi (1) Joel Franusic (0) John (22) John D. Lemke (4) John Massaglia (25) Jorge Quinteros (3) jproffitt (18) JR Boyens (4) Juergen Eichholz (4) Julian Gruber (32) Just Mohit (20) Justin Yost (138) jwmosley (15) Kasey Sistrunk Anderson (1) kaw (3) Kevin (34) kevin (11) kfc (13) Krishna (16) Laughing Squid (29) Leo K (20) lewis (19) Lons (4) Maggie Wolfe Riley (6) Magnus (4) Maksim Berjoza (24) Mari (5) Marianne (28) marianne richmond (1) Mario Sundar (42) Mark Spieglan (3) marshall (36) Martin Gordon (27) marya (20) MASTERMIND (66) mathewi (40) Matt (32) Matthew Bischoff (20) Meromo (11) mgalpert (20) Mihalcea Razvan (239) Mike (14) Mike F (723) mike3k (87) Mohiul (22) Monsur (20) Nancy White (2) Neil Williams (18) Nice Fish Films (57) Nick Humphries (23) nicolas.boullosa (62) NikitaScene (2) nilegomez (19) Nino (15) Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica (50) paperback writer (17) Paul (17) Paul Helmick (37) Paul Jonas (0) pearl (73) Phil Smirnov (11) pilgrimjohn (21) Plin (5) Qing (9) Radu (20) Rahul Das (23) Ran Yaniv (10) ric johnson (14) Richard Fahey (21) Rick (5) Rick (26) Rick Turoczy (264) Rob (12) Robb Irrgang (0) Robert Cortez (21) Robin (21) Roopesh (23) Rozz (8) Sakib (21) Saravanan (13) Scribeoflight (83) Selena (33) Shane (16) Shawn (0) Shrike (3) Spiro Bolos (7) Stephen Baugh (2) steve (8) Steve Kinney (23) Steve Olson (16) Stevo (47) susi_oneill (9) symtym (22) Tac (23) Taylor (18) Therese Hansen (5) Thiago Pedrosa (10) Tibi Puiu (76) Tiff Chow (12) timbevil (15) Timothy (17) Todd (20) Todd Mundt (40) Todor Christov (46) Tom (19) Umang Saini (16) V C (59) Veken (16) Vincent van Wylick (30) vkoser (24) Wayne Sutton (87) wcaw (78) web (23) Wes (24) Will Norris (0) Will WM (21) yigalc (15) Yves Luther (1) ziqbalbh (20)Explore read 12 notes- Umang Saini said: Like point no. 4 - "Good blog posts are made of paragraphs. Blog posts are written, not defecated."
- pilgrimjohn said: Good advice considering my recent existential woes.
- Ozgur Alaz, Marketallica said: bana not: iyi blog nedir?
- Sakib said: awesome tips for blogger
- Denver said: Merlin Mann makes me want to blog. (I still hate alliteration though)
- Esther said: I like lists like these because inevitably, you can never get enough opinion to bounce your own blog off of
- Shane said: Sometimes I swear Merlin is reading my mind.
- Allan said: yeah, you're right, he DID just totally describe MY blog
- James F said: These seem like good ideas.
- Barry Wynn said: Good blogs try. I’ve come to believe that creative life in the first-world comes down to those who try just a little bit harder. Then, there’s the other 98%. They’re still eating the free continental breakfast over at FriendFeed. A good blog is written by a blogger who thinks longer, works harder, and obsesses more. Ultimately, a good blogger tries. That’s why “good” is getting rare.
- davidconnell said: Good piece on good blogs. It's nice to read one of these that isn't, "This is how your blog can make money!"
- Mari said: Another Merlin Mann post - hits the nail on the head... Now if only I could put this advice into practice - for all my blogging activities, both work and personal... Blugh.
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onHere's a creative example of adding the visual to the verbal to amplify the narrative. I Met The Walrus is an amazing six-minute film which earned an Academy Award nomination for best animated short early this year. This is the story: In 1969 14-year-old Jerry Levitan "armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced ...Shared by andreas (5) brice (17) Danielle Fong (0) g9yuayon (22) grant (15) Mark (10) Mike B (14) Olya (3) Thomas Stromberg (20) Ville (16) xorgnz (11)Contribute comment
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The term “indie” has a somewhat amorphous meaning. Once applied strictly to underground music and films that were not made or financed by large corporations, the label can now be applied to a whole culture. Still, it’s hard to pin down exactly what it means. So I turn to that great and reliable resource, Wikipedia: “The most general definition of the word is to be independent from the mainstream. The word has become most often ...Shared by andreas (5) Brett (5) Brett McKay (57) Brian (25) Chris Metcalf (18) codemac (8) David (52) Dimitar D (22) foolarch (98) Gil (79) Hank Green (32) JASon (11) Jason Nazar (5) Jeff (295) Jennifer Mannion (39) Joel (9) Jon Phillips (73) Jonathan Sterling (32) Kristen (18) Lance Hill (13) marshall (4) MattJhsn (30) Moshe (20) P.F. Hawkins (18) Roadkillkid (22) sinclair (29) Tac (23) Terrence (6) Trent (26)- Terrence said: Well said.
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