Product trend: reminders and hints

Google Now is definitely picking up a UI trend — the hint or helping hand. Note that link below. It isn’t an alert subscription, except it is. Also: Amazon: Users who viewed this page bought… LinkedIn: You might also know

Product trend: reminders and hints

Google Now is definitely picking up a UI trend — the hint or helping hand. Note that link below. It isn’t an alert subscription, except it is. Also: Amazon: Users who viewed this page bought… LinkedIn: You might also know

Changing culture

It’s a battle. There are antibodies and there are advocates. Here’s a depressing story about it: https://www.usenix.org/blog/my-daughters-high-school-programming-teacher One lazy person who doesn’t meet the challenge can harm  everyone. And here is an awesome story: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/education/harvard-case-study-gender-equity.html?src=me&ref=general Tackle all the whiners and opponents

Changing culture

It’s a battle. There are antibodies and there are advocates. Here’s a depressing story about it: https://www.usenix.org/blog/my-daughters-high-school-programming-teacher One lazy person who doesn’t meet the challenge can harm  everyone. And here is an awesome story: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/education/harvard-case-study-gender-equity.html?src=me&ref=general Tackle all the whiners and opponents

Products I hate: Streak

Streak CRM or variously just Streak is a plugin to Gmail (a Chrome Extension actually) Reason: it’s just ridiculously complicated.

Products I hate: Streak

Streak CRM or variously just Streak is a plugin to Gmail (a Chrome Extension actually) Reason: it’s just ridiculously complicated.

The cool hands on CEO vs the Typodoucherists

New Yahoo logo. CEO and a few people and an intern design it in a weekend. Rules broken, font people upset, etc. Suggests one should buy shares in this company. Yahoo Logo (2013) – Fonts In Use http://fontsinuse.com/uses/4713/yahoo-logo-2013

The cool hands on CEO vs the Typodoucherists

New Yahoo logo. CEO and a few people and an intern design it in a weekend. Rules broken, font people upset, etc. Suggests one should buy shares in this company. Yahoo Logo (2013) – Fonts In Use http://fontsinuse.com/uses/4713/yahoo-logo-2013

How to use Elance

Freelancers are super annoying, flakey, self-interested, lazy, deceptive and so forth. That’s how they see their clients. They are right. But if you can use these pools of on-demand workers effectively you can get so much stuff done it’s insane.

How to use Elance

Freelancers are super annoying, flakey, self-interested, lazy, deceptive and so forth. That’s how they see their clients. They are right. But if you can use these pools of on-demand workers effectively you can get so much stuff done it’s insane.

Nginx web server

I’m not so technical so I finally found out about Nginx. Wow! It uses so much less memory than Apache! I have this Dreamhost webhost that I pay money to use every month, and lately it has been ballooning in

Nginx web server

I’m not so technical so I finally found out about Nginx. Wow! It uses so much less memory than Apache! I have this Dreamhost webhost that I pay money to use every month, and lately it has been ballooning in

37 PR tips stolen from Jack Dorsey

– have a list of messages (3-5) that backbone every conversation and blog post and thing you do ever – really. Ignore the questions and speak your messages. – not really. Be charming and responsive but on message. – make

37 PR tips stolen from Jack Dorsey

– have a list of messages (3-5) that backbone every conversation and blog post and thing you do ever – really. Ignore the questions and speak your messages. – not really. Be charming and responsive but on message. – make

Lead gen vs liquid supply

Uber is liquid supply. You never need the same driver and you are usually not in the same place. Uber finds you somebody who can do the gig now. HomeAdvisor, which is less glamorous but a big business also, gets

Lead gen vs liquid supply

Uber is liquid supply. You never need the same driver and you are usually not in the same place. Uber finds you somebody who can do the gig now. HomeAdvisor, which is less glamorous but a big business also, gets

Paying for access

You can pay for access to super elite folks.   Go to the conferences.   Meet someone, make friends, and now they are your friend. The super elite folks are pretty normal — they have friends. Some are hyper well

Paying for access

You can pay for access to super elite folks.   Go to the conferences.   Meet someone, make friends, and now they are your friend. The super elite folks are pretty normal — they have friends. Some are hyper well

Movements that drive VC

There is a thing you probably don’t know about: venture investors who strictly join rounds. Not “lead them”. Lead basically means they write the first check and sign up for the risk that they also write the second check. In

Movements that drive VC

There is a thing you probably don’t know about: venture investors who strictly join rounds. Not “lead them”. Lead basically means they write the first check and sign up for the risk that they also write the second check. In