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Product Lust: Incipio’s New Case

11.22.08 Posted in General by Stick

People keep telling me I need a case for my iPhone. I probably should but I haven’t. And the second one is showing some cracks AGAIN.  So the question is should I get this? And no, I don’t put my phone into  rear jean pockets.
Found on GeekSugar
The Incipio Feather iPhone Case ($20) might make me [...]


Tool Box : Balsamiq — post by Perfect Tuna

11.21.08 Posted in Tool, UI by Stick

I tried out this tool after reading Samantha LeVan’s post.  It’s super fast and all the alignment just happens. $79 is totally worth the money.  I plan to write my own review post on the tool soon.

I’m always looking for new ways to sketch and wireframe my GUI ideas, searching for something quicker than hand [...]


Tool Box: Webware – Feed Rinse

11.21.08 Posted in Technology, Tool by Stick

This Webware coverage of  Feed Rinse caught my ever searching eyes for the best tools to improve my digital life. Google Reader is a huge part of my digital life and tools that will make it even more useful are at the top of my list.

Here’s an oldie but a goodie. Feed Rinse is [...]


Some Practical Advice For Getting Profitable

11.21.08 Posted in Uncategorized by Stick

Ted Rheingold at Dogster has a great post up titled 10 Tips for Building a Profitable Business.  My favorite is #4: Spend at least 50% of your time selling.
Many technology companies assume if they built great product it will sell itself yet that almost never happens. Usually we’ve found that incorrect assumption is a rationalization [...]


Oblong – Seeing Is Believing

11.19.08 Posted in Uncategorized by Stick

Shared by Alex

HCI matters!
At Foundry Group, we’ve been talking about human computer interaction (HCI) as one of our key investment themes.  Our premise behind HCI is that the way humans interact with computers is going to change radically over the next 20 years.  If you roll forward to 2028 and look back to today, [...]


T. Moser : BREMEN TABLE

11.14.08 Posted in Uncategorized by Stick

Shared by Moah

stunning. totally going on my wish list.

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Original source : http://thomasmoser.com/image.php?file_id=9587…


Meet NYC's Most Expensive Apartment: $65 Million

11.14.08 Posted in Uncategorized by Stick

Shared by Moah

wow, the things filthy rich people do. Pay 65M dollars and you don’t even get a yard or your own building.
Are you freaking kidding us?
The New York Observer: A 78th-floor penthouse at the Time Warner Center came on today for $65 million, which works out to a bewildering $7,831 per square foot.
A [...]


Google Earth’s ancient Roman holiday

11.13.08 Posted in Uncategorized by Stick

Google Earth's new layer of ancient Rome offers virtual tourists the chance to explore an ancient city at its peak.
(Credit: Google)

Google Earth is extending its satellite perspective to paint a picture of what the ancient city of Rome looked like nearly two millennia ago.

While satellites weren’t around to give us a bird’s eye view of [...]


The Lazy Man’s Guide to Getting Things Done

11.13.08 Posted in Uncategorized by Stick

Shared by Jim S

brilliant!
Article by Zen Habits contributor Jonathan Mead.
What if I told you that you could be totally lazy and irresponsible, and still accomplish just as much? What if you could slack off, loiter, and essentially do nothing and get more done than the average person. It’s a bit of an art, but [...]


Reusable Dry Cleaning Bag/Hamper from Greenward

11.12.08 Posted in Uncategorized by Stick

As a professional organizer, we find dry cleaning bags to be irksome for a couple reasons. The environmental waste is obvious. But from a closet organizing perspective, we see a lot of clothes organizing systems break down when people bring home their dry cleaning…
One of the most user-friendly ways to organize your [...]