February 2012
23 posts
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“Among idealists and visionaries, there is no shortage of good intent, but...”
– Scott Belsky, Behance
Feb 29th
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“Burnout is not caused by working hard. Burnout is caused by not shipping.”
– Mike Lee
Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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Why We Speak Freely on Social Networks →
Social networking sites give us portals into another person’s (user’s) mind, so far as that person (user) makes public their thoughts, ideas, feelings and desires. At times, we are perhaps more honest online, and especially on social networks, than we are in real life. I am pretty certain that we can all think of a few people where there seems to be a contradiction from their...
Feb 22nd
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Feb 17th
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“Culture, like brand, is misunderstood and often discounted as a touchy-feely...”
– Culture Eats Strategy For Lunch
Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
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Tumblr Architecture - 15 Billion Page Views A... →
One of the common patterns across successful startups is the perilous chasm crossing from startup to wildly successful startup. Finding people, evolving infrastructures, servicing old infrastructures, while handling huge month over month increases in traffic, all with only four engineers, means you have to make difficult choices about what to work on. This was Tumblr’s situation. Now with twenty...
Feb 13th
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Feb 10th
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Design to Inspire Confidence →
Inspire confidence with instructions that help users make the jump from one service to another. These need to be rooted in the user’s current knowledge of the system, not their future behavior. The key well received design will always come from a perspective of empathy for the viewer, user, client or culture.  More on the topic of design and empathy: Empathy is the Root of Creativity A...
Feb 10th
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“Don’t ignore your fear. Acknowledge it. As soon as you know you’re...”
– Peter Bergman, from his article How to Start the Big Project You’ve Been Putting Off
Feb 10th
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Feb 8th
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“Moving fast enables us to build more things and learn faster. However, as most...”
– from Mark Zuckerberg’s founder letter in Facebook’s S-1 to IPO
Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 4th
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Feb 3rd
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Feb 2nd
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Feb 2nd
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