#via:russelldavies (34 links)
- The Digital Omotenashi Edition - by Colin Nagy whyisthisinteresting.substack.com
Are there experiences of digital done well, and with a similar mindset? As it turns out, it’s already happening—in small places, and mostly unnoticed, which is, of course, exactly the point.
- Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity terriblesoftware.org
I think there’s something quietly screwing up a lot of engineering teams. In interviews, in promotion packets, in design reviews: the engineer who overbuilds gets a compelling narrative, but the one who ships the simplest thing that works gets… nothing.
- What "Brand" Means and What It Doesn’t - The Intersection reiinamoto.substack.com
The word “brand” is used so broadly that its meaning has become elusive. Everything from logos and imagery to worldviews, social media popularity, and market capitalization gets labeled as “brand.” However, what constitutes a brand is not appearance or popularity, but the reason people continue to choose it.
- The Case for Blogging in the Ruins joanwestenberg.com
- The three best bits of data undermanager.ghost.io
One piece of data beats everything else. A quarter of a century ago, my dad taught me the best way to measure the health of our business was to look at the cash figure every day. Each morning at 10am, I get an email from Caroline in the finance team showing the cash we have in the bank compared with the same day last year. This fact offers no hiding place. The year-on-year comparison shows the strength of your cashflow and whether you are truly making money.
- Frank Chimero · Selling Lemons frankchimero.com
- 📙 #056 - How to tell when your art is bad - by Daniel Catt newsletter.revdancatt.com
Here’s a quick rule of thumb that was taught to me, so now I’m going to teach it to you.
We're building a new platform to allow fans to connect with, and financially support their favourite musicians. It will be 100% run by and for the benefit of musicians, fans and the people who make it. A platform co-operative.
- Design Ah! (MINIPUT 2013) on Vimeo vimeo.com
- William Gibson's dress codes gq-magazine.co.uk
<blockquote>The actual "gear queer hits the street" look is crazier than that - I don't really understand it… As near as I can tell it's the look of people who aren't carrying a gun but want to make you think they are. It's a mad look - the people they imagine they are dressing up as will never be caught dead in any of that gear, because they are carrying guns. Their uniform is baggy khakis, a striped polo shirt and a faded ball cap. It's called "grey man" and it's this look that's in-between everything. Are they tennis playing tech executives, or are they there to fix the air conditioner? You sort of can't tell. It's designed to attract absolutely no attention and project as little law enforcement and special forces vibe as possible. It's become so popular that now when I see anyone wearing that uniform I check for the bulge of a weapon. In Afghanistan I've been told that with a very specific trim of beard that look will get you in trouble unless you genuinely are the real thing.</blockquote>
- Agile Is Dead (Long Live Agility) - PragDave pragdave.me
What to do:
Find out where you are Take a small step towards your goal Adjust your understanding based on what you learned Repeat How to do it:
When faced with two of more alternatives that deliver roughly the same value, take the path that makes future change easier.
- Good Postcard Club goodpostcardclub.com
<blockquote>Postcard club is for people who like to send and receive postcards.</blockquote>
- This Recycling Bin Is Stalking You - Siraj Datoo - The Atlantic Cities theatlanticcities.com
Nasty.
<blockquote>"Mr. Lam’s revenue is low, about $50,000 a month, but it’s doubling every quarter, enough to pay his freelancers, invest in the site and keep him in surfboards. And now he actually has time to ride them. In that sense, Mr. Lam is living out that initial dream of the Web: working from home, working with friends, making something that saves others time and money."</blockquote>
- Rise of the Independents bryce.vc
"Historically, people have tried to call these “lifestyle” businesses. But, as anyone who’s actually started and run a business can attest, the imagery of a leisurely lifestyle led business really does this kind of business a diservice. In the comment section of the post, othersuggestions are offered up such as “bootstrappers”. But that doesn’t resonate with me.
The term I’ve had rattling around in my head for a while now is Independents or Indie businesses."
- Custom Inspector Stamp Production - Cranky Printery & Bindery crankypressman.com
- The Future of Manufacturing is Local - NYTimes.com opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com
"Mark Dwight, who started SFMade in 2010, explains, “For decades we have developed a culture of disposability — from consumer goods to medical instruments and machine tools. To fuel economic growth, marketers replaced longevity with planned obsolescence — and our mastery of technology has given birth to ever-accelerating unplanned obsolescence. I think there is increasing awareness that this is no longer sustainable on the scale we have developed.”
- Musicity : Welcome london.musicity.info
a programme of curated music that sits at the intersection of sound, architecture and experience
- What is data science? - O'Reilly Radar radar.oreilly.com
Analysis: The future belongs to the companies and people that turn data into products.
Mesofacts are the facts that change neither too quickly nor too slowly, that lie in this difficult-to-comprehend middle, or meso-, scale. Often, we learn these in school when young and hold onto them, even after they change.
- Photo Box « MarkSelby markmakedo.co.uk
Every so often (Roughly every 1-2 months) the box searches it’s owners flickr account for photos that have been organized in some way and, picking one at random, prints the photo out internally using the small photo printer contained in the lid. You are free to search the box whenever you like but there may or may not be a photo waiting. If there is, there is no way of knowing what it will be.
The British Library launches new traditional and world music collections online at http://sounds.bl.uk. Featuring unique field recordings, live performances and out-of-print commercial releases, this latest addition to the JISC-funded Archival Sound Recordings website provides a sample of musical traditions across the globe - offering a glimpse of cultural experience around the world.
- Meeting Ticker tobytripp.github.com
Beautiful. Need an iPhone version.
- metacool: 1: Experience the world instead of talking about experiencing the world metacool.typepad.com
The signature behavior of people who routinely achieve innovative outcomes is that they constantly seek to experience the world instead of talking about experiencing the world.
- MakerBot Industries - Robots That Make Things. makerbot.com
MakerBot Industries creates open source robot kits that transform your digital designs into physical objects automatically. The kits are modular, modifiable, and built to be hacked.
- I, A Bee randallrothenberg.com
Those individuals carry at least one non-traditional title. To the advertising creative partnership that traditionally has teamed a copywriter and an art director, a third member must be added: the creative technologist.
- this is sippey.typepad.com: project management lingo sippey.typepad.com
“Is there Project Management Lingo?” Yes. Yes there is. My favourite in the comments: "What Would McGyver Do?"