November 2011
Book: A Futurist's Manifesto - O'Reilly Media →
The shape of our future book →
The goal of iPad magazines is to Tame the unfiltered data streams and Produce quiet data.
Yelp Release Notes go Political →
I always make it a habit to read the release notes of apps when they push updates to see what’s new. Usually it’s pretty dry stuff, what’s fixed, what’s new. Yelp is always good for a few laughs…
Jack Dorsey the Zen Master →
I had a great day yesterday at the GigaOM Roadmap conference. The agenda had a number of great speakers including Brian Cheskey of AirBnB and Tony Fadell of Nest, the red hot company that…
Digital Cartography →
Eric Fischer takes large datasets and turns them into art. His flickr stream is a collection of fascinating time-series maps plotting data over time to draw out shapes which take on a greater…
October 2011
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised →
There’s the 10 o’clock news and then there’s the sound of helicopters over my house as they fly back and forth to the airport so they can refuel and go back and watch.
It’s now past…
Chris Poole on Identity →
Chris Poole (4chan, canv.as) spoke about identity at the Web 2.0 Summit going on right now in San Francisco. Many point to his talk as the most impactful and thought-provoking.
Guardian Shorts ebooks: Paying for curation, not... →
blog post outlines some of the thinking behind The Guardian’s ebooks which sell on Amazon and iTunes.
September 2011
Bacon Ipsum | A Meatier Lorem Ipsum Generator →
Does your lorem ipsum text long for something a little meatier?
4 Areas To A/B Test For E-Commerce Websites →
Misadventures in VC Funding: The $24 Million Moz... →
Heart-wrenching story about a round of fundraising which went sour.
August 2011
How Google+ will succeed and why you'll use it... →
MySpace’s Tom Anderson argues that the eventual success of Google+ will be because of that black bar and red notification box.
Steve Jobs, Master of Delivery →
Watching Steve Jobs introduce new technology is a wonder to behold. He doesn’t bash you over the head with hyperbole nor run circles around you with facts and figures. Instead he walks on stage in…
July 2011
Wordnik: All the Words →
Community for Word Lovers
June 2011
Inside Google+ — How the Search Giant Plans to Go... →
Historical background on Google’s latest social products.
I Spent A Coin (And I Liked It) — How I Bought... →
proving that cash is just a shared illusion of trust
How to Actually Make Text Look Interesting:... →
The Rise and Inglorious Fall of Myspace -... →