October 2010
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"3 Startup Lessons I Learned the Hard Way" →
Excellent post by David Cancel
Over the past decade, I’ve spent most of my professional life building startup businesses. In thinking about what I’ve learned, I realized that the most valuable lessons can be boiled down to three simple lessons:
The middle sucks.
Your idea doesn’t matter.
There is no secret to startup success.
Read the rest of the article.
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Netflix Instant Accounts For 20% of Peak U.S.... →
I’m glad to see the death of “TV”. Since subscribing to Netflix I rarely turn on broadcast television, and it’s been almost a decade since we last subscribed to cable.
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"Who The Hell Are You Anyways?" →
Paul Boag put together a great posts on the importance of “about us” pages. People want to know are you financially stable, who’s behind the company, what’s the culture, etc.
This post is a good reminder that I have a pretty lousy about page on this site and the about pages for New Ezra and Style Hatch are non-existant. Time to work on three new sites!
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“We have a natural tendency to romanticize breakthrough innovations, imagining...”
– Steven Johnson, author of the new book Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation. Read the full context of the quote in the article The Genius of the Tinker.
Check out the illustrated trailer for the book that I posted last month. I’m looking forward to reading this book...
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Maki - Pixel Perfect Design to Build Tool →
Overlay your design comp on the HTML and CSS build to make sure your site is pixel perfect.
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Nova 1.1 - HD Layout & Infinite Scrolling Demo →
Yesterday Nova 1.1 finally went live which adds infinite scrolling, a way to insert sidebar boxes for ads or other content, Flickr thumbnail feed, new social icons, and hours of polish improving the theme—see a list of all the changes. Install the theme for $49. Shoot me an email if you have any questions about the theme or need support - nova@stylehatch.co Also, follow us on Twitter...
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“People think that design is styling. Design is not style. It’s not about giving...”
– Paola Antonelli
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Watchprojeqt \ how great stories are told
TBWA, mega agency with 12,000 employees in 77 countries, jumps into the mass-market, online product game with the launch of their creative work sharing platform projeqt. To help announce projeqt the agency relaunched TBWA.com using the platform.
Only time will tell if the platform really takes off, but for now my money is on the smaller and agile teams...
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How much does it cost to develop an iPhone... →
Great discussion on the time that goes into development, design and most importantly polish when developing iPhone apps. This reminds me of many discussions I’ve had with clients over the years educating them on the cost that goes into creating sites and campaigns.
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Where do you go when you need to get work done?
Jason Fried recently asked this question on signal vs. noise and the responses were quite interesting.
For me when I’m in a creative mode I need a lot of people around to help me really focus in. I always feel far more productive when I’m in a busy public place, like a coffee shop, with a good pair of noise canceling headphones. Somehow the active act of ignoring all the busyness moving...
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“In most people’s vocabularies, design means veneer. It’s interior...”
– Steve Jobs
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Signalnoise Source: 10 PSDs, $75 →
I always love seeing how other designers approach their work, and this chance to see how James White, Signalnoise, creates his complex and beautiful artwork is fascinating. I’ll be buying this one later today to dig in.
For those of you who have been around digital for quite some time it might remind you of when Joshua Davis sold his Praystation hard drive. I still have mine sitting...
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WatchJohn Maeda: Looking for Superman
How do you lead a creative enterprise through crisis while trying to stay true to your core as an artist and a designer?
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“Unusual talent and/or unusual intellect doesn’t always amount to unusual...”
– Dave Ramsey
Via @jeremycowart
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Ultimate CSS Gradient Generator →
Fantastic! Bookmark this tool.
Reblogged from Jacob
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WatchBuck 2010 Showreel
Specializing in design-driven creative, Buck’s directors and artists use animation, visual effects and live action to collaborate with clients, from concept to delivery, producing work that is visceral, innovative, and diverse.
See more of their work at buck.tv
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