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Semantic Versioning

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:25:46 -0600

In the world of software management there exists a dread place called “dependency hell.” The bigger your system grows and the more packages you integrate into your software, the more likely you are to find yourself, one day, in this pit of despair.

amapedia

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:24:18 -0600

amapedia:

Amapedia is a community for sharing information about the products you like the most. Amapedia is the next generation of Amazon.com’s product wiki feature; all of your previous contributions were preserved and now live here.

amapedia

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:01:26 -0600

amapedia:

Write Better Blog Posts Today

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:37:13 -0600

Write Better Blog Posts Today:

You’re blogging, and some days, you feel like you’ve got it. Other days, you feel like your very best post never gets a comment, that you feel your stuff deserves more attention, that every other blog seems to be talking about something lame and why can’t they just see what you’ve written?

The New, Faster Face of Innovation

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:56:02 -0600

The New, Faster Face of Innovation:

Call it innovation on steroids. Or innovation at warp speed. Or just the innovation of rapid innovation.

“The Binary Snowjob”

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:24:27 -0600

“The Binary Snowjob”

teux deux

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:37:08 -0600

teux deux:

The idea was to build a bare-bones, but visually compelling and highly usable to-do app based on Tina’s personal ideal work-flow. Features include: * - week overview * - check off done tasks * - delete tasks * - move tasks * - someday bucket

Social media lessons from an unlikely source: the Army

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:34:26 -0600

Social media lessons from an unlikely source: the Army:

What the U.S. Army has been doing on the social media front, in terms of recruiting and opening honest conversations with potential soldiers, is nothing short of amazing.

augmented ID

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:39:56 -0600

augmented ID

Make Sense of Confusing Twitter Hash Tags

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:46:37 -0600

Make Sense of Confusing Twitter Hash Tags:

Hash tags are words or acronyms that begin with the number sign. They are used when many people are tweeting about the same topic, or from the same event. At least one hash tag is often atop Twitter’s trending topics list. Tagalus is a service to declare the meaning of those confusing hash tags.

"The most important part of the story is the part you don’t know yet."

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:45:50 -0600

“The most important part of the story is the part you don’t know yet.”

- Barbara Kingsolver to Kurt Andersen (via bobulate) (via merlin)

What I Mean by Drawing Business

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:23:51 -0600

What I Mean by Drawing Business

Our Misguided Focus on Brand and User Experience

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:33:50 -0600

Our Misguided Focus on Brand and User Experience:

A recent article by Jon Kolko, ACD at frog design, hits on some interesting commentary about designers’ reach in the culture. However, these ideas are not new, and as mentioned in some of the comments, the idea of giving up control or the idea of building frameworks isn’t new either.

The Designer Who Creates the User Interfaces of the Future

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:58:49 -0600

The Designer Who Creates the User Interfaces of the Future:

Designer Mark Coleran designs user interfaces for high-tech and near-future movies, those computer-based visuals that flash briefly across your screen. But the information designs he’s created are often more detailed than you might think

Mr. Social: Ashton Kutcher Plans to be the Next New-Media Mogul

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:13:07 -0600

Mr. Social: Ashton Kutcher Plans to be the Next New-Media Mogul:

How Ashton Kutcher is pioneering a new kind of media business, bridging Hollywood, technology, and Madison Avenue. Really.

Beware Social Media Snake Oil

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:43:09 -0600

Beware Social Media Snake Oil:

Over the past five years, an entire industry of consultants has arisen to help companies navigate the world of social networks, blogs, and wikis. The self-proclaimed experts range from legions of wannabes, many of them refugees from the real estate bust, to industry superstars such as Chris Brogan and Gary Vaynerchuk.

Do You Have a Digital Comb Over?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:33:27 -0600

Do You Have a Digital Comb Over?

Lego’s “Digital Box”, an Augmented Reality Kiosk

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:24:32 -0600

Lego’s “Digital Box”, an Augmented Reality Kiosk

Extend LinkedIn’s Community To Your Website

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:22:16 -0600

Extend LinkedIn’s Community To Your Website:

Starting today, developers worldwide can integrate LinkedIn into their business applications and Web sites. They’ve announced that OAuth os now available at Developer.linkedin.com. Like Facebook Connect, this means that any website or any web application can allow users to login from their LinkedIn account on a third party site, and even publish information back to their LinkedIn profile and network from that third party site.

BEDROCK

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:45:08 -0600

BEDROCK:

$17.5B in online advertising revenues are generated by the top 20% of publishers. Yet, traditional ad-networks provide big publishers with very little flexibility. We provide infinite flexibility by empowering them to build, host and distribute their own ad-products.