Intellectually Promiscuous: Archive

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Mar 31st

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The Seven Needs of Real-Time Curators →

“This is a guide for how we can build “info molecules” that have a lot more value than the atomic world we live in now. First, what are info atoms? A tweet is an atom. A photo on Flickr is an atom. A conversation item on Google Buzz is an atom. A Facebook status message is an atom. A YouTube video is an atom. Thousands of these atoms flow across our screens in tools like Seesmic, Google...

Mar 30th

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Mar 25th

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Mar 25th

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Mar 20th

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15 Google Interview Questions That Will Make You... →

Not particularly different from other consulting interview questions. They didn’t include one that I was asked though: “How does the Facebook News Feed work?” No joke.

Mar 18th

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Mar 18th

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Mar 18th

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The Gong Show: Design at the Board Level →

Whether you’re a VC, independent board member, or member of senior management, one subject that’s particularly tricky to discuss at the Board level is interface design. Some board members will say, “I don’t like X about the site’s design, and we should change it to Y.” …. The danger of designing from the Board room is that you end up with a product that’s optimized for the Board members...

Mar 18th

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Mar 17th

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Pepsi’s fancy new chillers + LCD screens are few years too late, don’t you think? [Not sure why this is displaying strangely, will re-upload later]

Mar 17th

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Crazy LEGO town set up at the SXSWi Screenburn Arcade. The TV monitor you’ll see streams a live video feed from the front of the train. How awesome is that?

Mar 17th

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