Month: September 2012
September 30, 2012
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Exploring the Problem Space Through Prototyping
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Why Great Ideas Get Rejected :: Articles :: 99U
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The Story of Ziggy Stardust: How David Bowie Created the Character that Made Him Famous | Open Culture
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Creationists and dinosaurs: Answers in Genesis teams with dissident scientists to deny feathered dino fossil record -…
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Is the GOP Still a National Party? | The American Conservative
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Paradox of Hoaxes: How Errors Persist, Even When Corrected | Wired Science |
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Is It About to Get Much Harder to Own a Domain Name?
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The Flat Design Era — LayerVault Blog
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The Dangerous Seduction of the Lifetime Value (LTV) Formula – Forbes
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Social Media’s Small, Positive Role in Human Relationships – Technology – The Atlantic
It’s just one factor in modern life that can increase connection in a world divided by the vagaries of capitalism, the disengagement of television, and the isolation of suburban sprawl. YouTube/Prometheus6812 A few years ago I had an interview for a job at one of the leading academic departments in…
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Romney and Obama on American Inventions : The New Yorker
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September 29, 2012
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Well, since it looks like I’m DJing Twitter this evening, here’s some cheesy teenage dream for you:
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While I’m all about catchy pop tunes tonight I should mention the new Dragonette album is SOLID!
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K Pop also does boy bands better than the US right now:
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Visually many K Pop videos leave your average Top 40 vid in the dust:
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Another amazing K Pop video:
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K Pop songs almost always come with dance steps (and crazy fashion).
My new fave:
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Gangnam Style more is a foreign language novelty like Da, Da, Da, No Speak Americano, Danke Schön, Numa Numa or La Bamba.
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The Macarena was a novelty dance hit, like The Twist, The Lambada, Achy Breaky Heart, The Chicken Dance, or The Locomotion.
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“Rock Me Amadeus” RT @neilio The more I think about it the more I am convinced: Gangnam Style = The Macarena, Asian version.
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Surprisingly, “Die Hard 4 Live Free Or Die Hard” isn’t very realistic.
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What Now: Freemium or Paid? // Peter Levine
What Now: Freemium or Paid? Your company, SpiderNet, is in the final stages of defining the go-to-market model and pricing for the product. The company has spent a great deal of time debating the benefits of doing a freemium model versus paid. The product has the capability to be split along a…
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Abandoned video stores:
http://www.flavorwire.com/325194/a-brief-photo-survey-of-abandoned-video-stores?all=1
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New iPhones = “Tall Boys”
Old iPhones = “Stubbies”
September 28, 2012
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Nobody told me “Barney’s Version” was “The Notebook” for middle-aged guys. I’m all weepy over here now.
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Growth Hacker is the new VP Marketing | Andrew Chen (@andrewchen)
The rise of the Growth Hacker The new job title of “ Growth Hacker ” is integrating itself into Silicon Valley’s culture, emphasizing that coding and technical chops are now an essential part of being a great marketer. Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder, one who looks at the…
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How Great Leaders Reduce Managerial Blind Spots | Yammer Blog
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September 27, 2012
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Data mine your body with biometric devices – The Globe and Mail
It takes 2,886 steps to get from my house to the offices of The Globe and Mail, a trip I make in 26 minutes and 41 seconds, in the process burning 185 calories. Pretty much everything you do, from the type of breakfast cereal you buy to your decision to read this article, generates data. As such,…
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It’s like you’re a DJ in my brain.
RT @brundle_fly just a small town girl…
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I think @rdio should buy it. $10 million. RT @adamrides music .com is for sale. What do you think it’s worth?
One of The Best Domains In The World Goes Up For Sale: Music.com