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October 2011
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We went into Sean’s bedroom – and there was a kid there setting up an Apple...
– From Andy Warhol’s Tuesday, 9 October 1984 diary entry. It was Sean Lennon’s 9th birthday party. (via edp)
I love all the incredibly wonderful Steve Jobs stories that are coming out of the woodwork.
(via minimalmac)
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September 2011
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Why Paid Service Rules
I was thinking about this when I read pinboard’s blog about The Cost of Bookmarking and when Ben Brooks reiterated it and linked his post to Nick Sabato:
Make something cool, charge people for it, take their money, keep making cool stuff. Sadly, an awful lot of people don’t practice it.
When Silicon Valley started most of the business model is based upon the notion of “If we build...
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August 2011
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Why I Returned My iPad -Peter Bregman - Harvard... →
The title of the article sure sounds like a link bait and you can easily change it to “Why I deactivated my Facebook/WOW/Twitter but two paragraphs caught my eye and made this article worthy of attention:
Being bored is a precious thing, a state of mind we should pursue. Once boredom sets in, our minds begin to wander, looking for something exciting, something interesting to land on. And...
July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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Cicada Princess is a short film based on a children’s book by the same title, both written and produced by Mauricio Baiocchi (Mauchi) with illustrations and character designs by Steve Ferrera.
Through miniatures and puppets, we follow the lives of the Cicadas emerging from the ground where they have been waiting as grubs for sixteen years. The Cicadas gather for the grand ball at the...
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April 2011
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2011: The Year the Check-in Died →
In 2011, a service that’s just about check-ins is going to struggle (best case) or die (worst case). Those that succeed need to find a stronger motivation than badges and self-branding to thrive. That might come in the form of coupons and discounts, but that will run into trouble with the likes of Groupon and Facebook, both of which have far larger distribution. It might also come in the...
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March 2011
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February 2011
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January 2011
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