Patricia Barber, Danny Meyer, art and you (8)
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The other night I went to see Patricia Barber perform at the Jazz Standard. It was a tremendous experience. For over an hour, Patricia went to a new place and brought us with her. She used her voice and her piano to make art, right then, right there. No one in the room said, "she's just trying to sell albums," or felt like she was phoning it in. She was present and she demanded that ...
Looking For Ugly (7)
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Preventing errors within extremely complicated technological systems is often elusive. The more complex the system, the more complex the pattern of error. But a curious thing happens in systems that are kept relatively error free: as major errors are prevented, it gets more difficult to forecast future major errors -- because so few happen! In these kind of mission-critical systems the genesis profile of a major failure may be unknown because major failures are so ...
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Andrey Petrov said:
Also a good preemptive approach in imperfect software systems. I'm distracted by ugly code, so the first thing I do when I need to debug someone else's code is clean up the relevant parts. The bug usually reveals itself within minutes.
The Digital Office Part 1: Hardware & Gadgets (43)
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If you had a 'clean sheet' opportunity to create the ideal digital office environment for you and/or your business, what would you buy? What hardware and software would give you a productivity advantage, while being fun and affordable? Here is what we did in our London based marketing agency. This is Part 1 of a 5-part series in ReadWriteWeb's Enterprise Channel. Part 1 covers everything from a physical perspective. What, ideally, you need to have ...
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Zee M said:
probably the greatest post every written.
The Pirate Bay: Heksejakten fortsetter (3)
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Hvordan skaper man fornuftige antagelser om fremtiden basert på analyser av dagens situasjon? Det er ekstremt vanskelig i et marked som endrer seg fort og hvor nye og fullstendig omveltende teknologier dukker opp jevnlig. Heksebrenningstesten Det krever en kombinasjon av historisk kunnskap og en evne til å tenke veldig utradisjonelt. Et av mine verktøy er noe jeg herved kaller “heksebrenningstesten”. Ser man tilbake i historien har menneskeheten gjort en del ting som i dagens kontekst ...
The power of lists (12)
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The web loves lists almost as much as it loves video. Consider this list from Chris Brogan. Or take a look at this PDF (exclusively published here) from Ed (with editing help from the triiibe). I'd give you a list of lists, but there are already plenty of those. Your turn to add a list to the list.
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Nino said:
Brogan list is about 50 things for your blog
Listening to the loud people (39)
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Of course you should listen to your customers. But which ones? Should you listen to the loud ones, the ones who call the sports radio stations to complain about the pitching, the ones who post websites about your lousy service, the ones who organize nationwide boycotts? Should you listen to the angry ones, the ones with a limited vocabulary (heavy on profanity, short on spelling) who know how to use email and aren't afraid to ...
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SusanVillasLewis said:
excellent point on the listening mistakes. Too easy to pay to much attention to the loud ones. And all that does is reinforce their strategy. Boo.
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Jay said:
Also note, don't just ignore when somebody is loud. Think what has made them loud. I have worked with many customers who have been loud thinking that, only when loud people hear. But after they see/feel your kinda service (one which is heart-warming and satisfying - which fulfills their goal), they will be surprised to get such a service where they didn't expect it. Thus becoming one of the most loyal advocates of you and your team.
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J.Wo said:
Biggest Mistake: Believing that loud customers speak for all customers.
Self-Trackers (1)
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Originally posted in The Quantified Self A quick overview of the emerging culture of self-tracking ran in the Washington Post the other day. Called "Bytes of Life: For Every Move, Mood and Bodily Function, There's a Web Site to Help You Keep Track." The subtitle is a gross exaggeration, although in time it will be true. Right now there are a handful of sites that assist individuals in their efforts to monitor their lives. Functions ...
Seth's Blog: Reaching the right people (94)
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Here's a great idea. What if your new rock group appeals to fans of the B52s? Or if your new book is just perfect for people who like Brad Meltzer? If you have a CD or a book or an idea that will appeal to a certain psychographic, it might not be so easy to reach just those people. Dave came up with a super idea: go buy a bunch of B52s CDs. Then list ...
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Andy Yates said:
could this work for TW? I guess there's the studios/services cross-over, but are there other angles? giving a bunch of consulting hours to OSS contributors, for instance ... what else?
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chrisbrogan.com said:
This is actually pretty clever.
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Lorraine said:
One more way to make Fee Sell!
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matthew hunt said:
great tip!
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Richard said:
Interesting
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Carl Fyffe said:
It amazes me how many kickass ideas this guy comes up with. Extra amazing is that most are actionable.
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Mark Dykeman said:
as the saying goes: this is so crazy that it just might work.
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glongman said:
smart.
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Jon of SMA said:
Amazing some great ideas like this one are so simple and easy to do, but we don't see them as we look to do the same things the same way we have always done the. Great idea Seth.
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Aditi said:
very nice idea.. i think i will implement this to create waves for launching some singer some day :D
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Alen3000 said:
psychgraphic
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Laurent Courtines said:
MUST figure out how to use this idea.
The TV dividend (35)
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Where did Wikipedia come from? All those hours, all that work. Where did the time and effort come from? Clay Shirky points out that it comes from the TV we're not watching. Take a look at Netroidcomics, courtesy of Bert. Sure, some of these folks were at work, goofing off, but the real influx of time and energy we're seeing online comes from TV. Three, four or even six hours a day not spent doing ...
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Martin said:
A message to all moms :)
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SusanVillasLewis said:
I find myself watching TV while I'm working on the laptop. But all that means is that the TV is sucking electricity and making background noise while I work. I'm not actually watching it that closely. Internet pursuits definitely take up most of my time these days.
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Andy Yates said:
Since returning to the UK, I've been binging on TV - it makes me wonder about the converse - what was I doing with all my time in China? well - surfing the internet a lot more ... but was that the creative influx that Seth and Clay are talking about ... I don't think so - more like a different way to goof off ... time to get creative ...
PostRank Filters Your Info Overload for Popularity (2)
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AideRSS, the marvelous service that filters items in any RSS feed for popularity with readers, has spun out its core technology PostRank as an Application Programing Interface (API) for integration into any other application. We love a good API here at RWW and hope to see some really interesting uses of this one. PostRank looks at every item that comes through an RSS feed and scores it on a scale of 1 through 10 based ...
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Rick said:
with a google reader plugin!
It's All Too Much (7)
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I moved to California hauling a lot of boxes still unopened from at least two previous purges of epic proportions. Sound at all familiar? It's All Too Much is a terrific book that inverts the typical approach to dealing with existential kipple. Rather than helping you find new places and novel ways to "organize" all your crap, author Peter Walsh encourages you to explore why you ever kept all that junk in the first place. ...
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Matt said:
The space limitations I have in my apartment mean that I pay a serious price for things that I don't regularly use. The snowboards take up tons of space, even though they get used every year. So I think tonight I'm going to put my skim board on craigslist.
Ekstremsport og ekstreme effekter (1)
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Redaksjonens ekstremsportfantast er for tiden naturlig nok plassert bak et kamera på Voss. Men Marius Arnesen rakk å gi oss link til en usedvanlig flott video før han dro. Vi snakker om villskap på brett med en diger drage som fremdrift. Eller kiting som det heter på godt norsk. Selv med mine usle timer under en kite på Hardangervidden kan jeg se at dette er formidable greier. Men jeg blir vel så imponert over effektene. ...
Self-Publish Your Own Magazine With MagCloud (5)
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Have you every wanted to run your own magazine, but never had enough money or a large enough audience to make it worthwhile? Well, if there's one thing that the self-publishing industry can cater to, it's the long tail. Now, thanks to a startup called MagCloud, even the smallest of ventures can produce their own, professional, full-color magazine and without the costs normally associated with hiring traditional publishing companies. About MagCloud MagCloud is another project ...
Bored With Web 2.0? Demand Change (3)
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In April, Umair Haque posted a manifesto on his blog on the Harvard Business Publishing web site where he called for today's investors and start-ups to start building applications to "change the world" instead of just making apps that make money. He challenged Silicon Valley to find a problem to fix that will change the world for the better and then pledged that he would help by providing free consulting. Recently, he revisited this topic ...
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Artoong said:
Un'acuta riflessione sulla scarsa efficacia attuale del web 2.0 a migliorare effettivamente le condizioni economiche globali
The cure (1)
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That's what everyone wants. Not a process or an approach. Not a treatment or an attempt. Not a best effort or a thoughtful response. They want their problems cured. Doctors, of course, can rarely provide a cure. Neither can accountants or marketing consultants. But that's what gets sold, cause that's what people want to buy. We fool ourselves constantly. We know, deep down (or not even so deep) that there's no real cure out there, ...
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Geir said:
I think this post is mostly about the importance of being honest to yourself.
Writing Responsive Code in Javascript (1)
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So, in the beginning all the things you’ve done in Javascript runs quick as the rabbit and your application feels very snappy. But after a while as your code is getting more complex and growing in size, you’ll probably experience that the application is not as responsive as you wish. Here’s a technique to help you out, which was a bit of an eye opener for me. Consider the following example: <a id="mylink" href="#">Click me, ...
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