The quote above is a funny, yet very accurate introduction to the topic developed in the documentary by Kirby Ferguson : Everything is a Remix. (side note: If you care who said this quote go check this link to figure out why nobody really knows.) Everything is a remix explores the concept of originality in creativity. Never heard of it? Please, take the time to watch it below....
They did not know it was impossible so they did it — Mark Twain Rules, somehow, always, seems to be a barrier to innovation. Status-quo is cultural protectionism The status-quo creates artificial scarcity. Because it promotes the lack of initiative It supports business as usual. The status-quo is opposed to disruption, to change, to innovation. It is opposed to improvement. It is the systemic manifestation of the resistance....
Or why “do as you are told” is a bad idea. In 1964, Stanley Milgram back then a young researcher at Yale University, published the resultsa famous experiment known to this day as the Milgram Experiment. The set up is simple: The subject of the experiment takes part himself in a (staged) experiment supposed to study the impact of pain on memory and learning. For this, he is asked by the experimenter to administer increasingly strong electric shocks to a test subject for every wrong answer....
Millenials (people born after 1980 and before 2000) are defined as : lazy entitled unattached not motivated by money want more holidays more horseshit The point of this post is to share a truth more and more commonly agreed upon: Millenials are not real. “Millennials” as a concept is mainly a huge pile of crap. And I just stumbled upon wonderful talk by Adam Conover, and I think he made the point pretty brilliantly so please what the talk down there....
justAnExample is a series where I share some interesting UX / UI and smart copy for your inspiration (and my archive of references). Here today we have a newsletter done by Derek Powazek– veteran startup guy now growing vegetables in a farm. Why this is good : Transparency Empathy Humor Transparency Sharing his lack of clarity, being very honest from the beginning is a good way to get your people to trust you....
Daphne Koller: What we’re learning from online education The lady from Courseratells you how it is done and what they have learned. Salman Khan: Let’s use video to reinvent education The guy who founded the Khan Academytalks to you about what online video can do for schooling and education.
#1 – Pay attention to your photo Your profile is 21 times more likely to be viewed if you have a profile photo. That’s also the first thing people will use to get a first understanding of who you are. So, make sure your photo is clean and broadcast the kind of feeling your want – not just the photo you had available while doing your account. #2 – Pay attention to your headline Your LinkedIn headline matters because :...
We are all different. Color, Race, Religions. Different brands of toothpaste. Different opinions. Lately, having different opinions is starting to turn into a real issue. Up to a point where people can’t even have a conversation about it. (Arguably, this was always the case, just that now, it seems it is getting harder to just ignore others’ opinions) It is not always easy to to discuss. Open conversations are hard....
When options are limited, people produce more solutions – not less. When people are limited they try to improve and optimise. The opposite is true. It is known as Parkinson’s Law : “Work expands so as to fill the time available for it’s completion” Well, seems like what is true for time budget is also true for financial budget. The more money there is available the more money you will use for your project....
Everyone knows LinkedIn – yet not everybody use it to its full power (and I totally include myself in this “everybody”). Linkedin has a lot of potential and here are some interesting tips I would suggest you have a look at. Some history & stats Founded in Dec, 2002 (When Windows XP was still at the top of its hype) Launched in May, 2003 (yes, you were a couple of years younger…)...
Paul Copcutt: LinkedIn -Where your sales and marketing meet And also how can piñada and LinkedIn help to sell accounting services… Become a LinkedIn Search Ninja Spend 3 days to find valuable information on LinkedIn search. Found it. Social Selling by LinkedIn with LinkedIn This lady kicks ass. Very good video on social selling.
Design is about solving problem Art is about creating perspective Both place the human dimension at the center of their craft It is never about the tool or the medium per se It is always about the experience Imagination is the trigger Pulling the trigger take you out of this world Use text – images – sound – video – animation – sculpture – theatre – anything. Take the weapon of your choice....
I am a big believer that technology is neither bad nor good. Technology is just a tool than enable our capacity to be more of what we are already. We can use technology to solve problems. Potentially, we can create a better society. But it is not up to technology but how we use it. Recently – Virtual Reality (VR) Augmented Reality (AR) are more and more trendy. Everyone is super excited about where all this is going....
#Make shit happen Get out and shout your truth to the world You might be wrong but you will never know until you get it out Breaking news: the world will go on with or without you – so better you become an active part of it. #Just do it Just move on and create. Make new things happen. Try out. Produce. Experiment. Throw things out to the world and see what sticks....
Ever wonder if you can build your own phone? Well this guy did. Last time I checked how to make a phone myself, the only thing I could find always seemed very hard and not very practical (just have a look at this DIY Smartphonebased on a rasperry-pi) But the Strange Parts’s project is really impressive and give plenty of hopes for a different future of DIY-phones. While I am probably not going to that myself, it is still rather instructive and inspiring....
Ok, if you have never heard of Shenzhen, China you might want to get yourself up to date with this quick article – because really, it is getting more and more attention lately, as it has turned into a major platform of electronic hardware manufacturing of the past 15 years. Located north of Hong Kong, Shenzen is the center of the supply chain hub for electronics. All of the major contract manufacturers working for Apple, HP, Microsoft and all the big guys all are there....
So, the news broke. It’s all over the Internet. Mastodonis the new cool kid on the block. It came out on my radars a few months ago on ProductHunt, but now it’s “officially” a serious project : At least most of the major media outlets like for instance : Mashable: Bye, Twitter. All the cool kids are migrating to Mastodon.Mic: What is Mastodon? Everything to know about new social network**Yahoo: **Mastodon, the new alternative to Twitter**The Verge: **Mastodon....
Edit: looking back at this post from a few years back, it does look incredibly naive but still leaving this up - still a a few good links Back in the (not-so-distant) days, if you wanted to have some online software — to manage your invoices or your customers — or any kind of business management solution — you had to have your own servers for your company and install-and-configure the hell out of it....
When I talk to people about the Internet – the first reaction is always : “Yes! Today you have no choice”. Then when I dig a little deeper – you hear the real stories. The “Yes… but…” – not in our industry – people are not buying online really – the market is not ready – it is still early So first, who is connected? Look, in case you haven’t noticed but everyone is....
For a project I am working on I had to find a way to build some lightpad on the cheap. Lightpad or Tracing lights – and I found these 3 different ways to go at it. Walmart-style DIY lightpad Not much building-welding-connecting involved. Just buy 20 euros of office supplies and you are done. I might go with that one. Thanks Makerspace-style lightbox From Instructables, I found this interesting under 30 dollars version....