Month: November 2011

Star

On the Cambrian explosion in start-ups

The only limit to what can be done with these connected computing devices will be what entrepreneurs and engineers can dream up. From the Tech Crunch article The Cambrian Explosion in Start-Ups, an interesting read on the increase in number of start-ups and how ‘connected’ will play a crucial role.

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Line

On the mobile discoverability problem

Looking at the stats of our own site show that 14% of all users on desktops accessed the site directly. All of the rest found us via search engines or referrals. Compare this to our mobile users and 47% of them found us directly. – Rob Borely from In-traction in an

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Love what you do and do what you love

Last Sunday it was fathers day over here in Sweden and as I sat with dad in his sofa having our evening ‘fika’ talking about life, the past few months and the year to come he asked what my greatest inspiration was for doing what I’m now trying to pursue.

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Future tool

On the future of interaction design

This video from Microsoft is the latest one of the “future-concept” videos that are doing the rounds on the internet. It’s got some nice executions in it. Some lovely interface designs and ideas of simple and seamless connectedness.

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Field

On whether you should offer both a native app & mobile website

Pretending that you can’t is sort of like pretending that a retailer that once sold primarily via catalogue can’t and shouldn’t sell via the internet too. From the Ecounsultancy article Native apps versus mobile website: three simple rules A great read on why this isn’t an ‘Either-or’ matter, what you

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Recommended watching

You and your browser

[youtube id=”5535Ts-iOP0″ width=”475″] A nice little analogy video about what matters with your browser Image source: www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/3383629917

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Light bulbs

On technology’s ability to change things

These things can profoundly influence life. I’m not downplaying that. But it’s a disservice to constantly put things in this radical new light – that it’s going to change everything. Things don’t have to change the world to be important. – Steve Jobs in an interview with Wired, 2006 on

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The benefit of ‘fika’ in the workplace

In Sweden we have a tradition called ‘fika’. Anyone who’s worked with me for a longer period of time knows I’m a big advocate of this tradition in the workplace, and it’s not (just) because I love coffee and something sweet to go with it..

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Why you should write every day

You probably think you have nothing to write about but once you start it gets hard to stop. Honestly. Writing is an incredibly important skill at all levels. By writing every day you reflect on things in a different and clearer way and you become better at expressing yourself. If you haven’t tried writing every day, give it a try for 30 days to begin with. I did it every day of 2012. Seth Godin has done it for years and swears by it.