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January 20, 2011
Idea to Market in 5 Months: Making the Glif
Dan Provost's detailed account of the wildly successful Kickstarter project, the Glif, of which I'm a proud owner. The piece concludes with encouragement to make your ideas a reality:
The world is changing in a pretty incredible way, driving the financial risk for a project like the Glif basically down to zero. There is no excuse to not get your idea out there and see what happens. You never know.
Why Can't We Walk Straight?
Narrated by NPR's Robert Krulwich, animated by Benjamin Arthur. Fascinating, in large part due to Benjamin's wonderful style.
/via Swissmiss
January 18, 2011
:toggle
A lovely toggle button demo by simurai using only HTML5 and CSS3. All it needs now is a badge.
/via CSS3 Watch
Frank Chimero on the 13" MacBook Air
Frank gave up his 27" iMac in favor of the 13" Air and no external display. Here's his reasoning:
A person only flails around in regards to their rig when they don't have a clear idea of what constitutes their work. Suitability and fit is paramount, and one is never going to find what they're looking for if they don't know what they need. So, I looked at my work, I watched how I used my computer for a day, and found out all I do is draw vector shapes, surf the web, listen to music, and bash words out in plain text. That's hardly the type of activity that requires computational brute force, though I understand there are some of you out there that require just that. Not me though. Nope.
That's pretty sound reasoning, if you ask me. Personally, I'll continue to stick with my 27" iMac for work and my 11" Air for the personal, as I do enough with processor-intense software such as Final Cut Express and iShowU to warrant the giant paperweight sitting on my desk. But I know from the tweets I've read that many of you would survive — and are surviving — just fine with an Air as your primary computer.
Badge of Shame
Jeremy Keith's thoughts on the W3C HTML5 logo unveiling:
What we have here is a deliberate attempt to further blur the lines between separate technologies that have already become intertwingled in media reports.
Don't get me wrong; I don't mind if marketers and journalists use HTML5 to mean everything under the sun, but I expect working web developers to be able to keep specs separate in their mind.
W3C Introduces HTML5 Logo
Wait, is it April 1? Is this for real? Apparently so. Here's the official word from W3C and the design notes from Ocupop.
/via @H_FJ
January 14, 2011
On Not Hiring
As the owner of a job board, it might seem a little wonky linking to an article that argues against hiring. On the contrary, Gabriel Weinberg's article doesn't advocate a no-hire strategy, but instead suggests hiring for the right reasons and at the right time:
One approach I like that some of my portfolio companies are taking is to tie hiring decision points to traction milestones, e.g. once we hit $xK/month in revenue we'll do our next hire.
The nice things about this approach are that it allows you to a) manage the burn rate issue and b) take a long time to plan your hire. The latter allows you to make sure you're getting the right person in the right position and that they will have a positive impact on the startup.
Early on it is not entirely clear what that right position will turn out to be. You have a lot of short term needs, but that doesn't mean they should turn into full time positions.
January 13, 2011
Interview with The Satorialist's Scott Schuman
Scott Schuman (The Satorialist) really shines in this piece, coming across as a really down-to-earth guy who stumbled onto fame. It's a promotional video for Intel, but thankfully it's light on marketing noise. And no details about the equipment used are listed, but I would be willing to bet it was shot with a 5D or 7D. Update: Close. It was 1D Mark IV in the hands of Joe Aguirre (thanks Fabian Sasson).
/via Jon Heslop
DesignScene for iPad
I've got an advance copy of this app, and I think it's terrific. Similar to TweetMag or Reeder, but exclusively for designers. It comes pre-stocked with selected feeds from design-related sites, including this one. (Currently you can't add your own feeds.)
Look for it in the App Store next week.
Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine
At last one can find only the most coveted of the Calvin & Hobbies comic strips: the snowmen chronicles.
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