January 2011
104 posts
Things are looking up: 2011 is a great year to... →
Even if California and New York are the “exceptions” do it anyway. If you have a great product and love what you do the rest will come.
December 2010
94 posts
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Contract Extension Agreement →
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A great, insightful and really amusing talk by Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO about women in the workplace. One of many great statistics cited in her talk: “57% of men negotiate their first salary out of college, while only 7% of women do the same.”
To any of you young professional ladies out there, the first thing you should do is learn how to negotiate. Never be afraid to...
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The Resumator
If I was in the business of hiring people I would totally check this app out.
http://www.theresumator.com
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A few great UX resources...
http://52weeksofux.com http://www.uxbooth.com http://uxmag.com
Should employees be allowed to nap at work...?
Um…obviously! Alexis does it all the time and she knows what’s up.
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Where Do NYC Foodies Spend Their Dough?
The financial site Bundle — which is similar to Mint.com — has provided Co.Design with some exclusive infographics that break down the average monthly restaurant spending by New Yorkers from every neighborhood. What’s more, the charts also look at the restaurants that inspired the most loyalty among patrons.
Check it out for yourself!
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The Arm Letterpress
The Arm Letterpress in Williamsburg, Brooklyn offers workshops in their public access letterpress studio. The classes are open to anyone interested in learning to print. No experience in most cases.
Upcoming Classes: LETTERPRESS ON THE VANDERCOOK & C&P PILOT- $140 In this one day workshop for beginners you will learn the basic principles of letterpress printing on the Vandercook proof...
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For Entrepreneurs, a Lesson in Keeping Control →
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Outright: A Free Accounting Tool
Outright is a nice and simple way to keep track of business expenses and income and the best part, it’s FREE! It’s not an enterprise tool, which means if you like Quickbooks this might not be enough horsepower for you but it has some nice basic features.
You can keep track of expenses in a nice and easy to use interface, add bank accounts to see additional cash flows and expenses as...
An Inconvenient Truth
Today the Village Voice published an article called: “Zagat’s Food Truck Finder Eliminates Angst of Searching for Lunch”
The author Lauren Shockey compares our service Tweat.it to Zagat’s Food Truck Finder and points out some facts that quite honestly don’t even begin to make sense. Lauren says that although Zagat’s site is not perfect, it’s more...
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Inc.com Says These Are The Best Books for Business... →
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Birkenstock Notebook Planners
Love this.
http://hypebeast.com/2010/12/birkenstock-notebook-planners/
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10 Best Data Visualization Projects of the Year –...
Go to it.
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laughingsquid:
Bruce Dale – 30 years of Shooting Photos for National Geographic
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New York Times: The 10th Annual Year in Ideas
I love you New York Times. Always doing interesting stuff where design and content is concerned, always inspiring.
Go there.
Just had to turn down an invitation to a Pig Roast...
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Exuberance
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The Plan: A Step-by-Step Business Plan Workbook
If you are starting a small business and or writing a business plan, this is a must have and it’s FREE! Sponsored by NYC Business Solutions (a great resource for small businesses), this guidebook takes almost all the guesswork out of creating a business plan.
Visit the site or Download the PDF
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How I Use Postling
Alexis over at Postling inspired me to start thinking about how I use Postling…this is the result! 11 services and 3 brands - all under 1 roof. (And this is just the tip of the iceberg).
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PRETTY COLORS →
caterpillarcowboy:
I can’t believe this is a real blog.
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Facilitating Collaborative Design Workshops – a... →
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MAPPING BUSINESS MODELS (A KNOWLEDGE GAME)
Apologies for the ALL CAPS - it was like that. :)
This is an interesting correlation between games and mapping out a business model with a group of people. This exercise can be useful in a handful of different scenarios:
generate a business model for a start-up organization
develop a business model for a new product and/or service
map out the business models of competitors, particularly...
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Simplebits On Speaking →
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Mashups, Markets and Motherhood: A boot camp for... →
terezan:
In a seminal white paper last spring, venture capitalist Cindy Padnos concluded we need more women investing in early-stage companies.
Natalia Oberti Noguera decided to do something about it.
She is in the process of launching Pipeline Fund Fellowship, a new program for women who want to…
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How to prototype interactive iPad applications in...
Pretty amazing, I’d love to try this sometime. Click through to watch the video and for lots more great details.
And some of the UI elements created for this prototype, which can be bought here: http://keynotopia.com/themes/