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kareem: hiten: thisisjessemejia: stefantueshaus: theslyestfox...

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:55:39 -0700

hiten:

thisisjessemejia:

stefantueshaus:

theslyestfox:

My thoughts were so loud, I couldn’t hear my mouth

"Get ramen profitable. “Ramen profitable” means a startup makes just enough to pay the..."

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:40:33 -0800

““Get ramen profitable. “Ramen profitable” means a startup makes just enough to pay the founders’ living expenses. It’s not rapid prototyping for business models (though it can be), but more a way of hacking the investment process. Once you cross over into ramen profitable, it completely changes your relationship with investors. It’s also great for morale.””

- Startups in 13 Sentences

I love this video, how quickly we take things for granted, you...

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:38:19 -0800

I love this video, how quickly we take things for granted, you have to love the hedonic treadmill

Mr. President (You’re The Man) by Brother Ali Amazing...

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:53:26 -0800

Mr. President (You’re The Man) by Brother Ali

Amazing track on the new The Rope A Dope Brother Ali mix tape

Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:08:34 -0700

Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy:

“So if you want to improve your chances, you should think far more about who you can recruit as a cofounder than the state of the economy. And if you’re worried about threats to the survival of your company, don’t look for them in the news. Look in the mirror.”

Seth's Blog: Is effort a myth?

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:58:52 -0700

Seth's Blog: Is effort a myth?:

“And that’s the key to the paradox of effort: While luck may be more appealing than effort, you don’t get to choose luck. Effort, on the other hand, is totally available, all the time.”

“Still” Ad, the thought of a president who...

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:34:43 -0700

“Still” Ad, the thought of a president who can’t use a computer is scary

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:28:16 -0700

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending:

Article from 1999

How Wall Street Lied to Its Computers

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:54:14 -0700

How Wall Street Lied to Its Computers:

“Lying to your risk-management computer is like lying to your doctor. You just aren’t going to get the help you really need.”

iTunes 8: How to Remove Genre from Browser View in OS X

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:38:08 -0700

iTunes 8: How to Remove Genre from Browser View in OS X:

WTF? I just had to fire up terminal to remove the annoying genre browser in itunes 8

Abraham Maslow’s 8 Ways to Self-Actualize

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:57:23 -0700

Abraham Maslow’s 8 Ways to Self-Actualize:

“Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth): Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.”

Cargo Cult Management

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:56:45 -0700

Cargo Cult Management:

“Hit the BUSINESS section of your local bookstore for insights into why cargo cult management runs so rampant — it’s hard to find authors who understand the difference between causation and correlation.”

This is why I hate RimuHosting. This is the fifth time something...

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:01:47 -0700

This is why I hate RimuHosting. This is the fifth time something like this has happened in the last six weeks.

I appreciate the honesty. Why can’t anyone make a dent in...

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:50:21 -0700

I appreciate the honesty.

Why can’t anyone make a dent in ticketmaster’s customer hostile monopoly?

Horrible error message when I tried to book a flight on Virgin...

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:18:48 -0700

Horrible error message when I tried to book a flight on Virgin America. A great example of the desperate need for better copywriting on the web.

It turns out that Regan’s name didn’t match the frequent flier number I entered. Why didn’t they validate that three screens ago when I entered it? And why didn’t they provide a clear way to edit the frequent flier number I entered?

Reinventing news on the web

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:00:40 -0700

Reinventing news on the web:

“While the water cooler variety of news has dominated the past, there is an opportunity to deliver a different sort of news — news which helps consumers make better decisions. Massive volumes of publicly available data, cheap compute cycles and storage, and ontologies like the social graph have lowered the cost for reinventing the news market.”

Are Users Dumb?

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:46:26 -0700

Are Users Dumb?:

“Are users dumb? User interface design is not about dumbing things down for the poor stupid user.

We software developers, understanding the software as we do, find it easy to look down upon those who lack our understanding.

This is wrong.

Users aren’t dumb. They just have better things to do with their lives than memorizing the internal data model of our screwy software.

When software is hard to use, don’t make excuses for it. Improve it.

When a user makes a mistake, don’t blame the user. Ask how the software misled them. Then fix it.

The user’s time is more valuable than ours. Respect it.

Good UI design is humble.”

Free shipping for a $28 t-shirt, lame.

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:13:22 -0700

Free shipping for a $28 t-shirt, lame.

"Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die."

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:37:34 -0700

“Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.”

- Malachy McCourt (via gregnews)

As E-bay is to auctions, E-Lottery would be to lotteries

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:06:56 -0700

As E-bay is to auctions, E-Lottery would be to lotteries:

Love the idea, I wonder how nasty the legal issues would be.