@kyle: Which one would you take with you on a long bearded trek into the wilderness?
@kyle: Which is your favorite SF breakfast spot? #food #whatsforbreakfast #sf
@kyle: Did you know that @AllanBranch isn’t only cute and cuddly, but that he also makes these fantastic lamps from salvaged scrapyard items? Give him a hug and let him know which is your favorite. #lamps #interiors #salvage
@kyle: Because real men wear aprons. Limited edition Iron & Resin shop Aprons. Brown or Black?
@kyle: Best new music this week? #newmusictuesdays #music
It’s in the doing that the idea comes.
Edmund Bacon
Remember that there are only three kinds of things anyone need ever do. (1) Things we ought to do (2) Things we’ve got to do (3) Things we like doing.
C.S. Lewis
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
Freeman Dyson
What are you building?
I was digging through some old documents and came across a set of questions we asked ourselves before starting CoTweet.
When kicking off a new project, it’s important to set goals – and stick to them.
“Leadership qualities” are not the qualities that enable people to attract followers, but those that enable them to do without them.
John Holt
Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
10 Ways to Keep Your UI Out of the Way
It’s no great mystery that truly great user interfaces are the ones that are engineered to stay out of the way.
Staying out of the way’ means not distracting your users. Rather, good UIs let your users complete goals. The result? A reduction in training and support costs, and happier, satisfied and highly engaged users.
Be Meaningful. Be Trustworthy. Be Well Designed.
One of my biggest issues with developing for facebook is that there are so many applications out there that dilute the platforms underlying value by using unethical practices.
A Culture of Cooperation
Even as our economy seems to be going down the tubes, social media is booming. Work is overflowing out of large agencies, but ego continues to dam it up. How can we open the floodgates? I propose a culture of cooperation.
Taking the next steps
As a culture that is constantly moving, it’s good to step back and take a hard look at what you’ve accomplished.
Write It Down
A month or so ago I decided to pick up some Field Notes Brand notebooks and start writing things down instead of trying to store them in my head.