April 2011
45 posts
“That is just one of the many differences with gamification vs. using game design...”
– Kathy Sierra via comments on The purpose of gamification - O’Reilly Radar
She’s on fire. I miss her blog, miss her on Twitter.
“Is there any way to make…ebonics show up [in] Google Translate? I’m curious to...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
The opportunity is here
If you’re looking for ‘how’, if you’re looking for a map, for a way to industrialize the new era, you’ve totally missed the point and you will end up disappointed. The nature of the last era was that repetition and management of results increased profits. The nature of this one is the opposite: if someone can tell you precisely what to do, it’s too late. Art and...
X-Ray: Peeps!
Happy Easter!
thedailyfeed:
This time, our musical mathematician, @Discographies, gets his hands on those highlighter yellow treats to figure out what they’re made of (sort of).
Gangsta Lorem Ipsum dummy text generator →
hallakol: hilmartj
Techstars NYC Killed It →
ceonyc:
Let’s be clear, New York City is a big, tough place. It’s crowded and there are a lot of distractions. People are busy here and it takes a lot for them to stop and notice something. Hell, some poor shlub jumped in front of a subway train the other day and people on Twitter blew up about how it made them late for work. When the ground explodes and 500 pound manhole covers...
Designer's Poison →
Thank you, Frank! I’ve met many folks who labelled themselves as designers who shrug off #2, 4-10. And other designers who have re-cast themselves as “UX”, have done so because of #1-5. I’d love to help fix this.
viafrank:
A lack of definition for design. Isn’t it a bit ironic that a group of communicators can’t summon a definition for their practice? I won’t pretend...
@noahkagan's Original Mint.com Marketing Proposal
putorti:
Aaron didn’t want to hire Noah at first, and told him no, so he put this together and got him to yes. I’m very happy he did.
“A tsunami that followed a massive earthquake last month may have destroyed some...”
– Japanese citizens turning in cash found in tsunami zone - CNN.com (via tedr)
“The Creative Director’s relationship with the idea is unique. It’s a combination...”
– Pelle Sjoenell, Creative Direction vs. Creative Selection (via 9-bits)
The Mac Inventor's Gift Before Dying: An Immortal... →
CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: TechStars: The final... →
cnnmoneytech:
photo by CNNMoney
In downtown New York, steps away from Union Square, in a building eight floors up, through a set of glass doors, startup founders are talking to themselves.
They’re walking around an open office filled with computers, iPads, and all sorts of tech devices, gesturing their…
So excited!
android vs iphone marketshare
had an interesting talk with the ceo of an iphone/android app today that has had 30 million downloads.
iphone users download apps 5:1 over android users and willingness to buy even higher.
he thinks market share figures from comscore etc are wildly distorted because they track via things like ads and those are all higher on android since people don’t pay for apps there and instead apps...
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