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- January 28, 2014
Product Management
1. Your job is to deeply understand the problem that your product aims to solve then chase the moving goal of solving every nuance of that problem. 2. Being a product manager is about making compromises between what your team can accomplish within a given period of time and what your customers absolutely need. 3. […]
- January 27, 2014
Failure(s)
In a world where 99% of startups end in failure, there’s a wealth to be learned from this deadpool. It’s prolly a hard truth to swallow, but most people who fail don’t succeed in the end And failure is only ‘marketable’ for a very small number of times. Your big break is your first movie, […]
- January 26, 2014
Twitter, in short
It feels as if we’re all trying to be a cheeky guest on a late-night show, a reality show contestant or a toddler with a tiara on Twitter — delivering the performance of a lifetime, via a hot, rapid-fire string of commentary, GIFs or responses that help us stand out from the crowd. We’re sold […]
- January 24, 2014
From Fixed to Fluid Information
“What if the real attraction of the internet is not its cutting-edge bells and whistles, its jazzy interface, or any of the advanced technology that underlies its pipes and wires? What if, instead, the attraction is an atavistic throwback to the prehistoric human fascination with telling tales?” – The Cluetrain Manifesto Not having a paper […]
- January 23, 2014
Medium
Just wanted to say one for the record: I freaking love the design of Medium‘s website. And they have just outdone themselves with this latest series of visual storytelling. They talk about the best strategies for visual stories and the content is pretty solid. Read up. An example of a fictional photo story: The Visitor […]
- January 22, 2014
Coca-Cola Small World Machine
Nevermind it is from a corporation that I am indifferent to, this ad campaign is pretty cool. “[Coca Cola] connected two vending machines to each other—one in India and one in Pakistan. These machines allowed people to talk, “touch” hands, trace drawings together, and dance with each other. That Coca-Cola had the audacity to connect […]
- January 22, 2014
Maths for Love
This story is yet another example of the power of data. How a Math Genius Hacked OkCupid to Find True Love. “I think that what I did is just a slightly more algorithmic, large-scale, and machine-learning-based version of what everyone does on the site,” McKinlay says. Everyone tries to create an optimal profile—he just had […]
- January 20, 2014
Wearable Tech
It’s predicted to be the next big thing. With Google’s insulin-predicting contact lenses, the game seems to have taken a pivotal turn. “Wearable tech is going to become primarily a sensor and software game, and wearable hardwear is going to trend toward invisibility. […] we’ll start wearing tiny sensors—which will be pleasant to wear and […]
- January 18, 2014
Open Source Thermostat
Connected devices/Internet of Things/M2M (Machine to Machine)/Industrial Internet is a certified big deal, and Google’s Nest acquisition proves it. Source: Building an Open Source Nest
- January 15, 2014
The Future of Business
99 Facts on the Future of Business Some interesting excerpts: Over 40% of the companies that were at the top of Furtune 500 in 2000 were no longer there in 2010 The half-life of a piece of content shared on top social networks Twitter and Facebook is 3 hours. (Half-life is the amount of time […]
- January 15, 2014
Astronaut Chris Hadfield
I can’t believe it took me so long to discover Chris Hadfield. During his time at the International Space Station, Commander Hadfield went from being an obscure space commander to an orbiting rockstar, thanks to his hundreds of inter-galactic updates on social media channels like Twitter and Facebook, which generated a lot of attention and […]
- January 11, 2014
Things I Learn from the Internet – 2
Note: Things I Learn from the Internet is a series of post containing snippets of wisdom collected from stuff I read on the WWW which do not warrant a post in itself. What the Fuck is my Social Media Strategy? (refresh for new ‘strategy’) Hilarious and who knows might come in handy some day 😉 […]