October 2011
31 posts
Where Are All the Ed-Ex Designers? →
Khoi Vinh:
I would guess that there are less than a few dozen people in the world who can create superb software for editorial products, who can combine the holistic, systems-level thinking of UX with the incisive storytelling instincts of editorial design. […] I’m talking about the kind of person who can build a great digital product out of great editorial content, a difficult enough...
Lasting Loyalty and Loyalty Lost: A Customer... →
Black Pixel acquires Versions and Kaleidoscope →
“I don’t want to sound too loosey-goosey about it, because I think the more time...”
– Vince Gilligan on whether his planned ending to Breaking Bad could radically change at any moment. Reminded me of Leah Buley’s talk below.
Leah Buley on Being a UX Team Of One →
I’m very late to this talk and found it incredibly inspiring - especially where she talks about conceptual frameworks for brainstorming.
“The authority of big data must come from somewhere else. Authority isn’t the...”
– Tom Ewing. Read the rest.
Secret panel can put Americans on 'kill list' →
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Jobs: What all I do all day is meet with teams of people and work on ideas and solve problems, to make new products, to make new marketing programs, whatever it is.
Mossberg: And are people willing to tell you you're wrong?
Jobs: Yeah.
Mossberg: Other than, you know, snarky journalists.
Jobs: Oh yeah. No, we have wonderful arguments.
Mossberg: And do you win them all?
Jobs: Oh no, I wish I did. No, see, you can't! If you want to hire great people and have them stay working for you, you have to let them make a lot of decisions and you have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. The best ideas have to win. Otherwise good people don't stay.
Mossberg: But you must be more than a facilitator who runs meetings. You obviously contribute your own ideas.
Jobs: I contribute ideas, sure. Why would I be there if I didn't?
“Great things are happening around you. Some of them funny. And some of them just...”
– Oh, you know, just gawking at the increasingly bizarre marketing copy for the iPod touch.
Adobe buys PhoneGap and TypeKit →
This is why we can’t have nice things, because Adobe will acquire and eventually ruin them. Very depressing - Typekit was such a great service, and I’ve heard good things about PhoneGap as well.
Adobe’s basically the RealNetworks of this decade.
Arrested Development announces 4th season and... →
nontv:
Can’t believe I just typed that.
“User: One who uses. Like, you know, a junkie.”
– Derek Powazek, 2006 