via TechCrunch
Talk to any tech company and they’ll tell you that hiring quality programmers is an incredibly difficult task — the smaller … Read More >>
With Google, There Will Be Bad Blood
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“I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed.”
I’m reminded of Daniel Plainview’s admission in There Will Be … Read More >>
$300 Million Button: making customers create logins to buy cost etailer $300M/year
via Boing Boing
“The $300 Million Button,” Jared Spool’s 2009 article on usability and ecommerce design, is remarkable in that it a) … Read More >>
HP TouchPad now $200 off at Staples — it’s like Christmas in August
via Engadget
If there’s still not enough change in your couch to snatch up a $399.99 16GB HP Touchpad, today could be your lucky day — … Read More >>
A Train ‘Parasite’ for a Glimpse into the Surreal
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An independent projection system, Parasite, was attached to trains with … Read More >>
Scientists Bag and Tag the Stem Cell That May Create An Endless Supply of Blood
via Singularity Hub
Rejoice ye vampires, the pursuit of an endless supply of blood took a major leap forward this month. Researchers at […] Read More >>
How A 21-Year-Old Design Student’s Sleeping-Bag Coat Could Break The Cycle Of Homelessness
via Fast Company
As a design student in Detroit, Veronika Scott was keenly aware of the increasing numbers of homeless people suffering deeply … Read More >>
City Living Can Harm Your Mental State: Study
via Fast Company
As compared to rural dwellers, urbanites are more stressed and more likely to develop schizophrenia. Does living in a city hurt … Read More >>
A Hamburger Chain That Asks Its Customers To Not Order Hamburgers
via Fast Company
When a sustainability consulting firm told Swedish burger chain Max Burgers that its main problem was selling beef, the company … Read More >>
How Felicia Day’s online gamer serial makes good TV, good business and good art
via Boing Boing
Forbes’s David Ewalt has a really good profile on Felicia Day’s innovative work in producing uncompromisingly niche-focused, … Read More >>