cdn - Techmeme Search Techmeme Search finds "items", i.e. blog posts, news stories and tweets, that have appeared as headlines on Techmeme. Items listed only in the "More" areas are excluded from results. By default, only the title and first few sentences are searched. Unchecking "Search title & summary only" extends the search to the full body text. Quoted phrases, wildcards, and standard search operators like + (plus), - (minus), AND, OR, NOT, and parenthesis are all supported. Narrowing searches based on url, author, date, and other attributes is also possible. Note: all operators that take urls will accept simple domain names, which match any item at that domain, or complete item urls. Amazon Sales Rank Tracking & Analysis Duarte Blog Just a couple more stops until the Death Star. @sean_voegeli Many of our employees live a long way from the office. Sean Voegeli* is a talented illustrator, avid Instagrammer, and loyal Star Wars fan. First, where can we find your work? What tools do you use? I like Adobe Draw a lot. How has your #creativecommute affected your day? On the way home, it’s a good way to unwind and transition into dad-mode. How do you decide what to draw? Which comes first, illustration or photo? How long does each piece take to make? Why Instagram? Do you have a favorite piece? “All strollers and droids must enter through the gate please.” And this one. Don’t you dare order a hotdog at this Disneyland stand. Last question, who should we be following on Instagram? Even if you can’t draw, you can spend your commute being creative and productive. So we dare you. *Voegeli is pronounced “vaguely” in case you were wondering.
Daring Fireball Phreesia - The Patient Check-in Company The Art of the Board Meeting I've been on both sides of board meetings: as the entrepreneur (a.k.a., the “victim”) and as the board member (a.k.a., the “heavy”). I can't tell you that I've run perfect board meetings nor that I am the world's greatest board member, but I can provide some tips on the art of the board meeting. These tips apply to startups, established companies, and--with very little modification--to school boards, church elders, and not-for-profits. Before we discuss board meetings, we need to discuss board composition. “The Customer.” Collectively, your board should provide guidance, support, and connections. Start in the morning. Get the easy crap out of the way. Don't bull shitake your board. Let the CEO run the show. Observe the 10/20/30 rule. What's going right? This justifies the amendment of the 10/20/30 rule to the 3/20/30 Rule of Board Meetings. Don't surprise your board. Pre-sell as much as you can. Present solutions, not questions. Use them. Written at: Atherton, California.
New Media, Marketing, Advertising & Interactive News & Jobs | NMA You know you’re working in UX when … I’m sure you’ve heard the expression 'Never work with children or animals' right? Well, after you’ve read this lot, I reckon you’ll want to add participants, facilitators and even clients to this list. You see, since my last blog I’ve spent a few weeks “playing journalist” sourcing weird, wonderful and downright bizarre stories from the UX (User Experience) Community. The idea came to me while I was telling a friend how I had to sit throughout a whole study earlier this year in Norway, trying not to crack up every time a participant had to fill in his name on a form. So it got me thinking that there must be other amusing or even downright weird experiences that my fellow UX practitioners might like to share with me... and share they did! They’re all anonymous and I hope you at least find them interesting, even if they might not tickle you as much as they tickled me. Read more... Even though it's early January, this is not a 2014 predictions post.
Disruptive Thinkers Pourquoi nous finirons par renoncer à nos bibliothèques J'ai eu un choc en achetant Les Inrocks cette semaine. J'y ai découvert à l'intérieur un CD. Autrement dit un compact disc, un objet étrange, une sorte de playlist Spotify IRL (in real life). J'ai sorti l'objet de son plastique puis j'ai fixé mon iPad avec circonspection avant de réaliser qu'il y avait une application pour tout, sauf pour lire un CD. Avec les années 2010 commence la deuxième grande phase de dématérialisation culturelle. Un bon du trésor grec > un CD Face au livre numérique, les réactions sont les mêmes qu'il y a 10 ans pour la musique: «OK, c'est super d'avoir un livre en numérique, c'est magique les pages qui tournent toutes seules. Au début des années 2000, nous avions ce même fétichisme avec le disque, avant de l'abandonner progressivement sans même nous en rendre compte. Aujourd'hui, pour rien au monde, je ne jetterais mes livres. Le piratage, la solution? Que manque-t-il encore au livre pour passer au tout-numérique? Retrouver l'aura du livre Vincent Glad
Blog de Chausson Finance : l'actualité du capital risque et des levées de fonds QuantumWave Capital » QDB Just a few days after Amazon unveiled the Fire TV, Google is about to launch a renewed assault on your television set called Android TV. eBay has formed a brand-new group of engineers and designers internally that focuses on creating ways to incorporate commerce into anything with a screen. Many people wonder whether wearable devices, from smartwatches to Google Glass, will be all that useful. Evernote CEO Phil Libin isn’t one. Dropbox has obtained more than $500m worth of debt financing, adding to the $350m in equity funding it raised from investors a couple of months ago. Mobile payments company Square has secured a new credit facility as the burgeoning startup seeks more permanent capital to grow. Yahoo is raising its ambitions in online video, with plans to acquire the kind of original programming that typically winds up on streaming services like Netflix.