Month: March 2013

'But for all the funding announcements- product launches- media attention and wealth creation- most of Silicon Valley doesn't concern itself with aiming "almost ridiculously high." It concerns itself primarily with getting people to click on ads or buy slightly better gadgets than the ones they got last year. That's fine- that's capitalism – and these […]

Two more Jack Chang remixes added to my recommended listening folder on Dropbox http://db.tt/XsS6ASgH Andy's Recommended Listening Shared with Dropbox

A walk-thru some handy design patterns and conventions as mobile app usage matures. Great points about how we perceive the spacial aspect of app switching and modals and pop-ups. Better Navigation Through Proprioception Close your eyes and touch your nose. How did you do it? How did you sense where your hand was- and direct […]

2016 plz. Warren Emerges As A 'War Horse' WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren rose to national prominence as an outspoken consumer advocate decrying Wall Street abuses and became the progressive movement's darling candidate in last fall's Senate elections. Like most freshman lawmakers- the Massachusetts Democrat has maintained a low profile duri…

cc'ing Ron Map: Average Rent For 1BR In San Francisco By Neighborhood Were you having a good week? Too bad. We're here to shed some light on the housing situation in San Francisco. And it's brutal. For us- anyway. You too- we can only assume. This map shows the average rent for a 1BR in […]

Remember Scalia talking about the concept of 'the perpetuation of racial entitlement' was well-known and had been written about? Yeah he wrote about it. In the 1970s. Insight on Scalia's 'racial entitlement' remark While Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's remarks during oral arguments in the Voting Rights Act case left some of us scratching our […]

Two more DJ Jack Chang mixes add to my Dropbox folder – grab 'em http://db.tt/XsS6ASgH Andy's Recommended Listening Shared with Dropbox

Mindjet partners with IBM. Not bad. Social Task Management: A new level of business engagement – Social Business Insights Blog Social Task Management: A new level of business engagement By Chelsi Nakano- Managing Editor- Conspire at Mindjet Finding a common ground for today's social phenomenon and the rooted corporate world…

How Not To Freak Out About Content Marketing By JESS3 Need to fill your social buckets? Here are the questions to ask yourself to turn one idea into multiple quality stories.

Who would have thought reducing discourse to 140 characters would cause polarized opinions that don't reflect the general population? Twitter Reaction to Events Often at Odds with Overall Public Opinion The reaction on Twitter to major political events and policy decisions often differs a great deal from public opinion as measured by surveys. This is […]