April 2012
18 posts
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“Networks are fundamentally changing the landscape that designers design in, so...”
– Say that three times fast…
via: Claro Partners: Transforming Understanding into Value
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American Express « Ephemeral New York →
Founded in 1850 as just a shipping company, American Express had its headquarters as well as a warehouse with stables (for the horses that actually lugged the packages around, of course) on lower Hudson Street in the late 19th century.
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“The new breed of “user experience” designers - part sketch artist,...”
– In Silicon Valley, designers emerge as rock stars
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The Dangers of the Minimal Viable Product →
Think beyond the product to the full offering and business model. Competitive advantage comes from innovative ways of creating, capturing, and delivering value. Success requires fine-tuning more than features and functions.
Great advice… This is the difference between Interaction Design and Product Design
Beer makes men smarter: study →
ethnicomm:
Beer makes men smarter. So say researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago. They found that men with a couple beers under their belts were actually better at solving brain-teasers than their sober counterparts.
I knew it!
“FIGHT THROUGH WRITER’S BLOCK
The blank white page. El Diablo Blanco. El Pollo...”
– - The Ulitmate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
Love the whole article, but particularly the part about “el blanco diablo” - the blank page. (via shoutsandmumbles)
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Why is making healthcare easy so hard? :: →
jayparkinsonmd:
Well, the simple answer is there are too many players and partnerships between them are next to impossible to broker. In order to fix the healthcare experience we all hate, the partners must have a singular vision for a better experience, and then broker the deal so we all benefit.
There are a…
He makes a great point. Employers need to step up… It’s...
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