December 2011
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Facebook’s “talking about this” →
So I was sitting in a presentation from a Facebook rep today, a guy who did his best to slaughter everyone in the room by first lulling us all to sleep. He was recapping their recent…
September 2011
4 posts
The Economic Hitmen – How it is done →
This is a book that has been on my “To read” list for far too long.
Funny because it’s true. →
Thanks Sally.
Listen up →
My friend Sally just sent me this. It’s incredible.
The original speech is taken from a Charlie Chaplin film, The Great Dictator, released in 1940. It was his…
This bird had flown →
Cover of Norwegian Wood
When I was going to university a good decade ago now, I was a book worm. I was obsessed and constantly reading anything I could get my hands on. These days…
April 2011
11 posts
The Curse of the Expert →
I’ve written a new piece for Uncluttered White Spaces, it’s called “The Curse of the Expert“. In it, I outline the challenges we face as we become increasingly better at something, how we…
The Curse of the Expert →
I’ve written a new piece for Uncluttered White Spaces, it’s called “The Curse of the Expert“. In it, I outline the challenges we face as we become increasingly better at something, how we…
Foxtel: 100 Days of Summer →
A great case study of Soap Creative’s 100 Days of Summer campaign for Foxtel.
Top 10 financial hacks « Start Up Blog →
Words to live by.
Greenpeace - A New Warrior →
Stunning execution from Greenpeace asking for donations to help construct a new Rainbow Warrior ship.
Almost impossible not to donate.
How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success →
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Me against the music
I have an iPod I rarely use since getting an iPhone. I used to carry two devices with me always, an iPod always playing, a phone I sometimes answered when I felt like it. Now I’m not given a choice - in more ways than one.
Aside from the music stopping if the phone rings, that iPod, all 80 gigs of it, had more music on it than I could ever really hope to listen to. But it also meant not...
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March 2011
6 posts
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(How to Write Epic Shit) Lesson #1: Fear Makes You... →
Again, trying to be a better writer.
(You’ll notice a theme here…)
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“The idea behind the Slow Company movement is that instead of trying to be the...”
– Lucius Kwok (via jkleske)
Timing. Paying the folks at SoundCloud a visit today, can’t wait.
Thanks to kiel for the link.
Gameification vs. Gameplay – G4tv.com →
Jesse Schell and Brian Reynolds debate the rise of gamification and the broader trend towards better design in everything we do.
Recording | Tight Mix Blog Archive | Tight Mix... →
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Foursquare 3.0 and thank God for Instagram
So a new version of Foursquare’s app for iPhone and Android dropped today, some interesting features along with it, which plenty of other people will cover.
What I’ve been thinking a lot about over the past few days is Instagram, and how it has driven me to continue checking in when Foursquare was actually the last thing on my mind.
Instagram gives me a relatively hassle-free way...
February 2011
13 posts
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Animals in advertising | #208 « From up North →
Desperately cute collection of some thoroughly disarming advertising featuring a variety of creatures big and small.
D9C (1168×1810) →
The anatomy of an AT-AT (Star Wars)
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MTV, Harmonix and why media businesses can't help...
So I’m the last person to write about this, but I’ve been thinking about it for a while. Just prior to Christmas MTV’s parent company Viacom announced that it was selling Harmonix, creators of Guitar Hero and Rock Band to an investment firm. This doesn’t surprise me. What does surprise me is Viacom thought it was a good idea to get into this business in the first place.
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Atlassian's Big Experiment with Performance... →
The details behind Atlassian’s attempts to change performance reviews for the better.
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Isotope →
A simple plugin for creating dynamic layouts. Have the developer in your life take a look; they’ll be surprised.
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How is an ebook like a bookshelf?
Good question.
Maybe I’m a sucker for nostalgia. Wait, let me start again - I’m a sucker for nostalgia, but maybe that is beside the point. I was visiting your friend and mine Scott not long after my Kindle arrived. Scott has the kind of bookshelf you figure Nicholas Nassim Taleb must be referring to when he writes about visiting Umberto Eco at the beginning of The Black Swan. In both...
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How to Find a Technical Co-Founder | Jet Cooper →
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Words to live by from rugby coach Robbie Deans
“Teams need to stand for something beyond a win or a loss”
“I want to create a leadership of many culture where everyone is prepared to lead”
“I work within a KASH philosophy ( Knowledge, Attitude, Skills ,Habits) – I value Attitude and Habits above all”
“My coaching is about focusing on what’s important right now’
“Any decision is a good decision…no decision is a bad decision”
“At the...
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January 2011
16 posts
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3 simple ideas that will change your life | Life.... →
This isn’t about your job, it’s about the important stuff.
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WatchReally interesting interview from AllThingsD which was done with Twitter CEO Dick Costolo at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. It’s only 17 minutes long, I suggest you watch (it will make you sound S-M-R-T!).
A friend was asking me where I saw Twitter going, and some of what Dick talks about is along those lines (some of it is also things I just didn’t think...
“Twitter introduced a new feature last month without telling anyone about it, and...”
– Twitter’s Response to WikiLeaks Subpoena Should Be the Industry Standard | Threat Level | Wired.com (via johnbattelle)
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Email spam apparently declining
The below chart from the BBC (found by way of GOOD) shows email spam having had a precipitous drop off over the past few months.
Given marco’s thoughts form a few days ago on how spam is infiltrating Google’s search results, either spam creators are just taking a break for the holidays when people are less likely to be on their computers, or they’re finding they’re able...
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The rise of systems under the guise of games
Occasionally, in fact far less frequently than I said I would, I write for Uncluttered White Spaces, an endeavour put on by your friend and mine Ben Rennie, a man with a heart the size of a Texan (who are apparently bigger in Texas).
I had been thinking about what is being termed the “gamification” of the world around us, which is really the design of a thousand tiny reward systems...
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Marco.org: Google's decreasingly useful,... →
marco:
One solution may be for Google to radically change their algorithms and policies for web search to de-emphasize phrase-matching and more strongly prioritize inbound links and credibility. And, in what’s probably a huge departure for them, have human employees use their opinions of site quality to manually adjust the relevance of domains.
Something which Calcanis and his team at Mahalo...
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The "AA" Meeting
Well, everything just changed. Again. Amazon announced on their blog today their own Android app store, at least the plans for it. The “AA” Meeting is, of course, Android and Amazon.
Developers can now sign up and begin adding apps to Amazon’s store. Amazon will take care of all payment, removing some of the hardships of selling internationally as pointed out by All Things...
Deconstructing Your Social Business Plan For 2011... →