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by thesash 14y ago
As long as the content is authentic and high quality it seems like a win for marketers, publishers, and consumers. However, if the videos end up just being straight up commercials that the user has to sit through it's going super annoying.
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A rare glimpse into what successful design means at a company where designers don't have decision making power: guerrilla warfare. The incredible thing is that the team behind "M" or "Metro"(or whatever Microsoft plans on calling it tomorro
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by thesash 14y ago
I can't believe the comments on that blog post are real. Apparently sarcasm isn't a language everybody speaks.
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by thesash 14y ago
Learning tools like this would have saved my teachers a lot of headaches if they were available 10 years ago. As opposed to the classroom model of: [lecture -> assign work -> grade & return with static feedback], students can ac
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Samsung didn't know user experience until Apple slapped them in the face with it(thesash.me)
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by thesash 14y ago
Consulting, training, and support currently represents the vast majority of revenues generated by the Health IT industry. In 2010 the top 25 HIT companies grossed over $26.7 billion, but on average, only 22% of revenue for each came from so
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by thesash 14y ago
The EHR incentive program is "working" in the sense that adoption rates among physicians are way up, but it's only because they're being forced, not because the software is any good. Every encounter I've ever had with EHR systems, whether d
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by thesash 14y ago
The initial discussion about the hugeness and strangeness of AI reminded me of the godlike AIs in Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos, which are so incredibly advanced as to be pretty much beyond understanding in their native forms. The friendly o
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Why The Freemium Model Doesn't Work(mashable.com)
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13 Strategies to Get Buy-In for Your Great Ideas(jasonshen.com)
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The Silicon Beach Boom?(forbes.com)
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by thesash 15y ago
As an entrepreneur, what you really have to ask yourself is: are you pursuing your idea because you think you'll get rich, or because you want to change the world? Are you chasing money, or building value? Valuations may be high right now,
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by thesash 15y ago
I think this is a positive direction for G+, with some nice, friendly, emotionally engaging UI touches that will help differentiate it from Facebook. However, I think there is one serious usability issue here, and that is the left alignment
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Preview of Insanely Simple: The Obsession that Drives Apple's Success(thenextweb.com)
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Tug of Store: real time game featuring data from svpply API(tugofstore.com)
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by thesash 15y ago
This makes a lot of sense to me. Back in college, Facebook was a place for communication with friends. Wall posts back and forth had an intimate feel, and no one worried about privacy when it was a closed network. Somewhere along the way
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The Future Of Mobile [DECK](businessinsider.com)
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To solve a problem, you need to talk to customers(lukew.com)
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by thesash 15y ago
Agreed -- I use the news:yc app, but if you add voting/commenting, this would totally replace that as my go-to.
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by thesash 15y ago
This is fascinating -- I'm Reading Imagine: How Creativity Works [1] by Jonah Lehrer right now, and it's about the science behind this exact principle. Essentially, Lehrer explores the conditions leading up to and surrounding insights, an
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User Experience vs. User Interface Infographic as Cereal(usabilitycounts.com)
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Greatest job posting ever(wealthfront.com)
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by thesash 15y ago
And, they've previously raised ~17M in funding.
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by thesash 15y ago
Add OMGPOP and the recent "overnight" success of Draw Something to the list. All the articles touting it as the fastest growing game of all time ever painted the story as an overnight success, and failed to mention the backstory of the comp
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Goldman Sachs Loses $2.15 Billion in One Day After Scathing Op-Ed(alternet.org)
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The LA Tech Scene Finally Moves Out of its Parents’ Basement(pandodaily.com)
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by thesash 15y ago
One thing to add to the list: Alltuition (Mint for Financial Aid) has enormous disruptive potential and a very polished UI. https://www.alltuition.com/
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by thesash 15y ago
In order to truly compete with Dropbox, they'd have to crack the (extremely tough) frictionless syncing as elegantly as Dropbox has. Anyone know if that's something their software does, or are we just using Dropbox Competitor as a blanket s
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How much actual money is there in the world?(money.howstuffworks.com)
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Scoot Networks: the Zipcar for electric scooters(gigaom.com)
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