April 2010
53 posts
“What’s compelling about the design of Farmville – what makes people obsessed...”
– The strong and weak case for social objects - SxDSalon: A group blog on social interaction design
Beyond social objects. It’s social obligations.
“And so I asked myself why I had stuck my neck out in public for a man who died...”
– On Geeks and Gays
There is also a very “lively” discussion over this topic currently going on at Hacker News.
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hiten:
sebastianwaters:
This is what people you know like on the internet right now. Perfect filterable overview.
Continuations: Facebook and the Net →
As a little historical aside. There is a bit of a personal irony in the huge noise around the Facebook “Like” button. Yahoo could have had this in 2005 following their acquisition of del.icio.us if they had started to promote it to their users and to content sites!
Facebook’s Open Graph, Twitter’s Annotations, bit.ly, Instapaper/Evernote… they all have fundamentals that...
“Stay Close” by Delorean
“N.Y.” by Doves
“Recently we released news stating that Facebook had done 50M downloads on...”
– GetJar CMO, Patrick Mork (via mobilehtml5)
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The National's High Violet Streaming - This Friday...
tntl:
As you may have heard, there is a low quality leak of our new album, High Violet, spreading across the Internet as we speak. We wanted to let you know the New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com - will be streaming the real thing starting Friday April 23rd. We hope you’ll take the time to hear the album at its intended level of quality.
High Violet will be released by 4AD worldwide on May...
bijan sabet: Some thoughts about the marathon,... →
Yet startup & vc life rarely feels like a marathon.
To me it feels like a series of intense sprints, one after another with breaks (vacation or weekend) in between to mix things up a bit and provide some much needed rest & fuel. There is a sense of urgency that exists where we need to get a tremendous amount done and at our very best.
But I think it’s important to keep the bigger...
“First of all, why “social media users?” What does that even mean? Why not just...”
– Social Media Addiction Makes Absolutely Zero Sense
“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with...”
– Betty Reese (via mnmal) (via inbedwithamosquito) (via sarahfrank)
From the award-winning film by our Sarah Frank
(via newsweek)
“It’s your day, and you get to decide, not the cloud.”
– Seth’s Blog: Incoming!
“No matter how you slice it, Twitter is even bigger than anyone previously...”
– How Big Is Twitter Really?
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Boxee Is Bullish on the iPad, Mobile Devices →
So good that I’m doing a double-post on...
“Today Twitter.com represents less than 1% of bit.ly links shortened — when the...”
– THINK / Musings» Blog Archive » bit.ly and platforms …
The disappointment of things →
bobulate:
Research shows that buying objects is ultimately more disappointing than buying experiences:
Psychological research tells us that this disappointment is particularly pronounced when people buy things like mp3 players or watches, compared with experiences like vacations or concert tickets (see: experiences beat possessions).
The researchers explore six reasons why objects are less...
“On the desktop search is where it’s at; that’s where the money is. But on a...”
– Steve Jobs: ‘Search Hasn’t Happened On Mobile Devices’
“When every one of you complains about the exact same kind of restrictions placed...”
– Tao Effect Blog » Blog Archive » Steve Jobs’ response on Section 3.3.1 (via rafer)
Seeing Deer Tick tonight at the Triple Rock....
“Time is just a collection of human experiences combined so that they make a...”
– President Barack Obama (via buddhanature) (via fuckyeahzenmind)
“If I were still in that space, I’d be looking hard at the few players who...”
– Beginning to build the iPad muscles
WatchModern Family is quickly becoming my favorite show on TV.
“#2. Express yourself in a simple way. One of the trickier things about social...”
– 4 Thoughts on Simplifying Your Life from the Last 2500 Years
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