David Hoffman

12 Years of DFA: Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:12:34 -0600

12 Years of DFA: Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic

at Jo’s

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:35:09 -0600

at Jo’s

Lake Tahoe

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:00:36 -0600

Lake Tahoe

Robert Mankoff

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:09:19 -0600

Robert Mankoff

"Context is of primary importance in all design. What problem are you trying to solve? Know that!..."

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:45:01 -0600

“Context is of primary importance in all design. What problem are you trying to solve? Know that! Know it well! Know it first!”

- Alan Cooper (via mralancooper)

"In reality, companies today don’t really want data. The data is just a placeholder for what they..."

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 17:33:25 -0600

“In reality, companies today don’t really want data. The data is just a placeholder for what they really want: insight. And, in particular, they want to communicate this insight to the right person, at the right time, in the right form.”

- The Rise of the Narrative Scientist

"A healthy product company is, confusingly, one at odds with itself. There is a healthy part which is..."

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:26:38 -0600

“A healthy product company is, confusingly, one at odds with itself. There is a healthy part which is attempting to normalize and to create predictability, and there needs to be another part that is tasked with building something new that is going to disrupt and eventually destroy that normality.”

- Rands

the same can be said for healthy humans.

"Using data drawn from queries entered into Google, Microsoft and Yahoo search engines, scientists at..."

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:55:55 -0700

“Using data drawn from queries entered into Google, Microsoft and Yahoo search engines, scientists at Microsoft, Stanford and Columbia University have for the first time been able to detect evidence of unreported prescription drug side effects before they were found by the Food and Drug Administration’s warning system.”

- Unreported Side Effects of Drugs Are Found Using Internet Search Data, Study Finds - NYTimes.com

"While careers and entire networks have been made and lost based on the mysterious alchemy of finding..."

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:59:24 -0700

“While careers and entire networks have been made and lost based on the mysterious alchemy of finding a hit, Netflix seems to be making it look easy, or at least making it a product of logic and algorithms as opposed to tradition and instinct.”

- For ‘House of Cards,’ Using Big Data to Guarantee Its Popularity - NYTimes.com

jenacumbo: Samir, Alex and David of Next Big Sound....

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:48:34 -0700

jenacumbo:

Samir, Alex and David of Next Big Sound. https://www.nextbigsound.com/

Music makers will be fascinated with their company which uses analytics of daily music consumption. Check it out!

Of course I would make that face.

Fragels in 15. (at Murray’s Bagels)

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:46:08 -0700

Fragels in 15. (at Murray’s Bagels)

"It’s ironic when good practitioners claim that they don’t have a process. Their ego and talent..."

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:42:21 -0700

“It’s ironic when good practitioners claim that they don’t have a process. Their ego and talent blinds them to their own work methods.”

- Alan Cooper (via mralancooper)

"Designers tell stories about how the future ought to be."

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:49:40 -0700

“Designers tell stories about how the future ought to be.”

- Jon Kolko (via mralancooper)

from maker’s schedule to manager’s schedule…...

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:12:59 -0700

from maker’s schedule to manager’s schedule… 26 hours in meetings this week. maybe i’ll set some new tenXer goals.

Lift

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 14:22:17 -0700

Lift:

I’m really enjoying Lift. I’ve checked in 82 times.

Read Power of Habit, download this app, and use your amazing human habit forming ability for good more than evil.

dbreunig: The takeaway from Snapchat is that people are aware of the lifetime of web posting and...

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:45:15 -0700

dbreunig:

The takeaway from Snapchat is that people are aware of the lifetime of web posting and they’re tired of creating things that last a lifetime.

Thus generation aren’t merely conscious of how they’re represented, they’re considering how that representation will age. That’s amazing. It flies in the face of the argument that privacy will shift radically, that embarrassing digital histories will be the norm.

"You cannot adequately imitate the warmth of a person’s voice, the feeling of a personalized..."

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:38:13 -0700

“You cannot adequately imitate the warmth of a person’s voice, the feeling of a personalized experience, or the benefit of someone truly understanding what you want by simply applying some technology and stirring thoroughly. There’s nothing quite like the intersection of technology and human interaction.”

- notes.unwieldy: The Technology Problem

This is why valuing design matters. This is why good experience design trumps great visual design. This is why learning to be empathetic is critical to startups.

aparticularpath: Love it. I’m not even a hockey fan. But I love...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:34:16 -0700

aparticularpath:

Love it. I’m not even a hockey fan. But I love it.

Hockey Is Ours - Nike (by niketraining)

emmyblotnick: SALMA HAYEK AS A PIGEON, A PIGEON AS SALMA...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:31:03 -0700

emmyblotnick:

SALMA HAYEK AS A PIGEON, A PIGEON AS SALMA HAYEK.

Two impressions for you.

Photo

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:28:14 -0700