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RRRRING by David Billy.
links for 2008-07-29
July 30th, 2008 · Comments Off on links for 2008-07-29
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links for 2008-07-27
July 28th, 2008 · Comments Off on links for 2008-07-27
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Some folks have lost sight of [functional] differences [and] believe that their choice of console reflects who they are as a person. Such is the power of branding when allied to that tendency which Shaftesbury and Hume called the “spirit of faction.”
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Wetherspoons is a model of market efficiency. Prices are low, economies of scale are passed on to consumers and people are offered real choice, on the assumption that they are intelligent enough to deal with it.
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links for 2008-07-24
July 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on links for 2008-07-24
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Stevie Spring, CEO of Future Plc (the magazine publisher), recently expressed [what CEOs do] to me in the following way: “I am not really the Chief Executive; I am the Chief Story Teller”
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“I suspect that probably about […] 650K sole proprietors are selling through an online marketplace where anybody can upload their product catalogs. I can’t imagine that they’re doing particularly well in this economy.”
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We’ve already wasted 37 seconds noodling on this semi-essential but tasteless task. Nuke it. By getting this task off your list, we’re making space. Don’t worry, if the task is actually important, it’s going to find its way back to your Parking Lo
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links for 2008-07-23
July 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on links for 2008-07-23
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At some point, the two agreed on what a “lightbox” was and what applying that to something meant. It might have been a project in their past, or a conversation they had over drinks… some bit of history created a shared pattern between those individu
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grawlix, n. A string of typographical symbols used (especially in comic strips) to represent an obscenity or swear word.
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“They’ve basically become a sugar-and-dairy company,” says Arne Holt, owner of Caffe Calabria in San Diego. Says coffee consultant Hetzel: “Starbucks decisions aren’t coffee decisions, they are big public-business decisions.”
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links for 2008-07-11
July 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on links for 2008-07-11
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more often, users depend on the tool to track down an answer with only a vague idea of where to start. The exploratory analysis that follows can feel like swimming upstream when the application isn’t designed to facilitate the journey.
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Anderson misses the difference between those […] seeking to understand how knowlege is possible as a cognitive artifice, and those […] seeking to understand how knowledge is handled using technological artifices.
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None of these moves addressed the fundamental problem: Starbucks is a mass brand attempting to command a premium price for an experience that is no longer special.
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links for 2008-07-09
July 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on links for 2008-07-09
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You have heard your servant’s prayer — the uttered part of it. […] You heard these words: ‘Grant us the victory, O Lord our God!’ […] Upon the listening spirit of God fell also the unspoken part of the prayer. He commandeth me to put it into words.
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The areas either side and between the escalators were covered with giant bird’s-eye view of Hong Kong highway jam-packed with stationary traffic. The moving handrails then acted as a fast lane with a steady flow of little yellow DHL vans racing past.
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links for 2008-07-08
July 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on links for 2008-07-08
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We’ve found that companies who allow comments on their own site see a marked increase in conversion to sale. And when given the chance to rate a product or service online, customers are overwhelmingly more positive than negative.
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links for 2008-07-05
July 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on links for 2008-07-05
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“We think we’re going to take this in a different direction”
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links for 2008-07-03
July 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on links for 2008-07-03
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Released at almost the same moment Sega announced its withdrawal from the console manufacturing business, it’s a game about a console-maker on the verge of collapse, made by a console-maker on the verge of collapse.
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Written at the turn of the c20th by Chao Yuen-Ren to spoof the idea of converting Chinese character text into a phonetic system. Since every word is pronounced alike (except the tone), the essay becomes unreadable in Mandarin.
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Yahoo could be in for even more departures. One tech recruiter says he gets several résumés a day from Yahoo employees. “Once there is even a perception of an exodus, the dynamic becomes insidious and takes on a life of its own”
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For consumer startups the prognosis could be bad. The bulk of consumer startups make their money from advertising. And the advertising market is going to be hit hard.
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links for 2008-07-02
July 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on links for 2008-07-02
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Within an hour – to one and a half hours the colored ink bleeds into the fabric and creates a one-off design for each occasion. the owner can then clean the dress and color it in a different way for each time they wear it.
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