Archive for August, 2008

links for 2008-08-26

27Aug08

Reputation system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(tags: wikipedia reputation community)

Designing Your Reputation System
(tags: reputation system score slideshow ratings web2.0 usability)

links for 2008-08-18

19Aug08

AskTog: First Principles of Interaction Design
(tags: webdesign usability ui)

TechCrunch50 » TechCrunch50. It’s like TechCrunch40, but better!
(tags: techcrunch startup web2.0)

links for 2008-08-16

17Aug08

http://ignite-chicago.org/
(tags: chicago vc blog technology venture startup)

links for 2008-08-14

15Aug08

BARcamp - Chicago
(tags: chicago barcamp)

catalogtree 4.0
(tags: visualization inspiration infovis typography statistics)

Finding your startup's "moment"
the moment we've been waiting for.
(tags: startup entrepreneurship)

8 Simple Steps to Build Traffic For Your Internet Startup | Scoreboard Media Group
(tags: webdesign web2.0 traffic)

links for 2008-08-13

14Aug08

Putting a Value on a New Venture
(tags: venture startup valuation presentation investor)

5 Useful Coding Solutions For Designers and Developers | CSS | Smashing Magazine
(tags: webdevelopment webdesign web2.0 useful)

links for 2008-08-12 [delicious.com]

13Aug08

30+ Ways to Create an Incredible Client Experience - FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog
Hmm, some of these are actually not that bad…
(tags: inspiration development business)

The MFA is the New MBA | HBR IdeaCast | BNET Intercom | BNET
well, duh
(tags: mba design innovation)

Stevey's Blog Rants: Business Requirements are Bullshit
(tags: requirements strategy software design)

What [...]

links for 2008-08-11 [delicious.com]

12Aug08

Calculate the TAM (top down), SAM (bottoms up) and SOM of a web site? - Yahoo! Answers
I always wondered what the difference was. Thanks for clarifying
(tags: marketing vc presentation)

How To Demo Your Startup
1. Show your product within the first 60 seconds
2. The best products take less than five minutes to demo
3. Leave people wanting [...]

links for 2008-08-08 [delicious.com]

09Aug08

Blogs that teach? | Ask Metafilter
(tags: learning blogs learnt)

How come you don’t Twit, Ash?

08Aug08

Because I’m not a freaking Nazi.

pretty fun stuff, via techcrunch.

What a drag it is getting old (see for yourself)

05Aug08

The NYTimes ran an article very relevant to design.
According to the article, The Macklin Intergenerational Institute developed a program called Xtreme Aging as a sensitivity training program for schools, churches, workplaces and other groups that have contact with the elderly.
Increasingly, these types of simulation programs are going to be important for designers [...]

links for 2008-08-04 [delicious.com]

05Aug08

apophenia: The Economist Debate on Social "Networking"
(tags: technology socialsoftware socialnetwork learning)

Recipes for Success
(tags: learning information design webdev)

Function Web Design & Development [ Blog ] » Creative Domain Names: Some Clever Alternative Methods
(tags: inspiration domain naming web startup)

101 Awesome Portfolio Sites | DesignM.ag
(tags: portfolio inspiration websites webdesign resource)

Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Higher Education: #56 Flickr [...]

links for 2008-08-03 [delicious.com]

04Aug08

Making Espresso: Rituals and Techniques for Brewing
(tags: food espresso coffee tutorial)

links for 2008-08-02 [delicious.com]

03Aug08

Eight Ways to Get Users to Fill Out Their Profiles - ReadWriteWeb
The OpenID community is working hard, if slow, on "attribute exchange" - a protocol that would
(tags: webdev webdesign usability)

links for 2008-07-31 [delicious.com]

01Aug08

The 10 Commandments of the Social Web
(tags: socialweb socialmedia)



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  • Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science

    Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan

  • Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software

    Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software by Steven Johnson

  • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (On Writing Well)

    On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (On Writing Well) by William K. Zinsser

  • The Learning Portfolio: Reflective Practice for Improving Student Learning (JB - Anker Series)

    The Learning Portfolio: Reflective Practice for Improving Student Learning (JB - Anker Series) by John Zubizarreta

  • Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

    Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky

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