September 2009
70 posts
August 2009
83 posts
How design is helping Obama to bring the youthful... →
Obama’s new head of Personnel Management, John Berry, started his position by touring the offices of Facebook, Google, and IDEO to understand how those companies attract young technology-savvy graduates. Berry took notes on everything from business practices to office interiors.
“When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, the average age of the federal workers who were at Mission Control — the...
Does Your Startup Have The Right DNA?
mikehudack:
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In 1997 I started a company with two professors from MIT in the emerging Internet healthcare field. We made a lot of mistakes, but probably the biggest mistake was made at inception. We did not have the right DNA in the company for what we were trying to accomplish. The two professors were academics and I had a consulting services background (albeit a consulting...
Secret Starbucks - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com →
melissacullens:
stealth starbucks: nary a logo in site. In an effort to capitalize on the local ‘movement’ starbucks ditches it’s branding in an effort to appear like the hippest new indie spot around.
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OK, so here’s my thing. Starbucks isn’t that bad. The coffee is pretty good, and as far as massive corporations go, it really does it’s damndest not to totally screw up...
Final Destination was the worst movie I have ever...
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“http://twitpic.com/f8p92 - @atlantabike I BIKE ATL reorder!”
– kingscreen
Warm Heart Of Africa - Metronomy Remix - by...
'Why We Need Health Care Reform' by Barak Obama →
I love that my president writes articles for the NY Times.
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“In the 10 years or so I’ve been involved with startups, I have never seen a...”
– Chris Dixon (via entrepreneurwisdom) (via mikehudack)
Project: Redesign Your Farmers’ Market | GOOD →
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Activation - Atlas Sound
This has been my jam all...
AREAWARE →
“Services are not offered for free at all. There is an exchange of value between...”
– Brad Burnham, Union Square Ventures
Chris and Malcolm are both wrong
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5IN1: Design, Art, Culture, Exhibition, Commerce →
“To begin with, gross domestic product excludes a great deal of production that...”
– Op-Ed Contributor - G.D.P. R.I.P. - NYTimes.com 