October 2009
Top 10 Apps that Boost Your Media Center... →
Streaming video, digital DVD backups, DVR recording—it’s all possible from your TV-connected media center, and you don’t need a system administrator to pull it off. These 10 apps make filling and…
Learning Social Media: How To Create And Share... →
Earlier this month I reported on Twitter’s launch of a new feature, Twitter lists. Initially this was being rolled out in testing phases, but recently more tweeters are…
5 Ways To Use Twitter's New List Feature For... →
There is no denying that Twitter has had a huge impact on how marketers are thinking about using social media tools for marketing. One thing that is most interesting about it, however, is…
Schwarzenegger Gives California Legislature A... →
There is absolutely no way I’ll be able to make this relevant to tech. But I’m posting it anyway. Our Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, vetoed a California legislative finance bill – AB…
European Road Trip as an Infographic Poster →
Roadtrip 2009 - Moving Home and Visiting North-Western Europe [oostring.com] is an infographic poster specifically designed to summarize and explain Ole Ostring’s summer holiday of 2009,…
Ways to Be Human at a Distance →
I talk to companies all the time about being human at a distance, and how these new social tools allow us to engage in human business, which I consider more relationship-driven than…
The Science of Retweets on Twitter →
Source: Young Go Getter
Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with “Viral Marketing Scientist” Dan Zarrella on special projects related to Twitter. His focus on social science…
MockFlow: Wireframes in Minutes →
Wireframes are a crucial part of the web design process, especially if you’re working with a team. A wireframe makes it possible to discuss the design before having to invest time and money…
Photography by Holger Pooten →
Fantastic stories by Holger Pooten.
Holger Pooten’s Portfolio
Mary Meeker: Facebook Is Eating Your Lunch And... →
It’s well known that Facebook has experienced tremendous growth over the past, however at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco yesterday, Morgan Stanley analyst Mary Meeker highlighted just how…
Mark Pincus: Web 3 Is The App Economy →
Today at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus took the stage to talk about social gaming.
Pincus started out praising Facebook for opening the platform in 2007,…
Tokonoma and the art of the focal point →
Every good design needs a focal point. This goes for the design of interior living spaces as well. In many Western homes, the mantel place in the living room is often a focal point from…
Are Freelancers a Commodity or a Profession? →
Lately, I’ve been exploring various “commodity” freelance job boards where one bids for projects. In perusing a number of sites where only experienced web developers and graphic designers…
Defining Cloud Computing for Business Users →
Like any new IT trend, Cloud Computing gets its fair share of hype, and with it comes a multitude of vendors that use the terms in ways it was never intended for, therefore making it devoid of any…
I think there is a world market for maybe five... →
In 1943, Thomas J. Watson, then President of International Business Machines (IBM), allegedly said “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” Today, industry pundits make similar…
Bad logo Friday →
The HM Treasury commissioned this logo last year, spending £14,000 on the image being printed onto pens, mousemats and other office accessories. The Office of Government Commerce was rebranded thus:…
Notable: Closing the Feedback Loop for Web... →
ZURB, a well-known Bay Area design and consulting firm that has worked with the likes of Facebook, eBay and Britney Spears, decided to release one of the tools it built internally to annotate…
Sweet Tweets: Design Resources of the Week #19 →
Sweet Tweets is a weekend feature to The Design Cubicle highlighting some of my favorite, and other Twitterer’s design-related links discovered via Twitter throughout the work week –…
Photography Portfolio by Patrick Hoelck →
Phenomenal Photographs by Patrick Hoelck.
Patrick Hoelck on Krop
Google Friend Connect: Look, ma...no files! →
Shared by Kevin Marks
Sounds like quite an improvement to ease
Normally when we misplace files here at the Googleplex, we ask our best engineers to get them back. But today, we’ve gotten rid of…
Apple's Next Revolution — And What You Can Learn... →
It’s September 2010, and you just finished my new ebook, Constructive Capitalism, on your iPad. You’re about to email me, and tell me that I’m a sorry, tree-hugging excuse for an economist — but…
How To Add Twitter To Google Wave →
Yes, the Google Wave invites are going out. All logged in? Now it’s time to start tweeting from Google Wave. Here’s how.
The only Twitter client I know of is called Tweety the Twitbot. Today,…