November 2010
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October 2010
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“Separate the zeal of entre-preneurship from the blind- ness of hubris.”
– Brant Cooper & Patrick Vlaskovits - The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development - 2010
Turns out I was right. →
September 2010
2 posts
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“And that is the secret of happiness and virtue - liking what you’ve got to...”
– Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
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Hacking at MIT →
The safety of yourself, of others, and of property should have highest priority. Safety is more important than pulling off a hack or getting through a door.
Be subtle; leave no evidence that you were there.
Brute force is the last resort of the incompetent.
Leave things as you found them or better. Cause no permanent damage during hacks and while hacking. If you find something broken, call...
August 2010
16 posts
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“I was thinking of using Perl 6 to write Ruby 2.0”
– comp.lang.ruby
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“Printing [or web page design] demands a humility of mind, for the lack of which...”
– Beatrice Ward, The crystal goblet
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Russia 100 years ago →
Absolutely gorgeous
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My _whyday →
Me, I worked on my crazy idea.
Thanks for all the fish brother.
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Startups fear their idea →
Not much more to say.
If you can’t stick with your vision, you’re a dead man walking indeed.
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Fajne Chlopaki portfolio →
Design of unbelievable beauty.
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The house inside a Hill →
Unbelievable.
Wouldn’t live there though.
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Post mortem →
Wonderful, honest and insightful article about the death of a startup.
The concept of viral loop is especially important, I agree 100%.
I know a bunch of guys who should learn from this.
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Endeca Patterns Library
Endeca patterns is a fantastic resource that lists some of the most consolidated patterns used today in UI design.
Information architects, usability experts and web designers should definitely take a look.
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“I’d rather have a hundred people willing to pay for my website — and know that,...”
– Ian Coyle, 2010, 8faces #1
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“Most technology companies eventually get taken over by suits and middle...”
– Paul Graham, 2010, What happened to Yahoo
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Designing for the mind →
There’s still some people who thinks design is only some kind of creative / artistic thingy.
I’m truly sorry for you.
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“Leadership = CEO, Stewardship = COO, Resource Management = CFO, Technology =...”
– Bill Buxton, 2007, ‘Sketching User Experiences’
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8faces
I just bought out of curiosity the 1st issue of 8faces, a magazine about typography.
The content is of very high quality, but what surprised me the most is how good the magazine looks.
Amazing piece of work (and love, I dare to say).
Everyone with some kind of distant interest in design and especially typography should definitely own a copy.
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Unbounce smart homepage design →
Supersmart way to have more content on page without putting a lot of crap in your design. SEOs kind of like, too.
Interaction is not so good though, the menu should have been put upside.
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I promise I will never use Hobo Comic Sans or...
http://www.luredesigninc.com/pledge/
Hilarious.
Feels very good to even know where you’re going to hang it.