Category Archives: creativity

The Internet’s secret sauce: surfacing coincidence

Posted on December 14, 2007 by

What is it that makes my favorite online services so compelling? I’m talking about the whole family of services that includes Dopplr, Wesabe, Twitter, Flickr, and del.icio.us among others. I find it interesting that people don’t generally refer to any … Continue reading →

Posted in behavior, community, creativity, data, delicious, design, dopplr, edge, flickr, future, ideas, innovation, internet, models, network effects, platform, programmableweb, recommendations, social media, strategy, transparency, trends, twitter, visualization, web services, wesabe | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Getting back to basics

Posted on April 25, 2007 by

There was something really depressing about Web 2.0 Expo that I can’t quite put my finger on. Though when I woke up Monday morning after a weekend of working on my house it started to become more clear. On Friday … Continue reading →

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Are big product launches necessary?

Posted on March 13, 2007 by

A commenter in Mark Glaser’s recent post on MediaShift about the USA Today redesign sheds light on a problem that Internet companies seem to struggle with a lot. “I think there may be a lesson to be learned in how … Continue reading →

Posted in agile, collaboration, community, creativity, development, innovation, mainstream media, management, marketing, media, msm, peer production, process, publishing, research, socialmedia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Scaffolding web sites with Ruby on Rails

Posted on October 24, 2006 by

I started messing around with Ruby on Rails for the first time on Sunday. This was after spending all day Saturday tearing down kitchen cupboards, tiled sinks and entire walls for a friend who is remodeling his house, so I … Continue reading →

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Dotcom business ideas over a pint or two

Posted on May 22, 2006 by

Photo: SimonD I think everyone has had the experience of brainstorming a “great” dotcom business idea over drinks with friends. There were more than a few good and bad ideas thrown around the offices of The Industry Standard as the … Continue reading →

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