October 2011
1 post
New Tumblog
I’ve started a new Tumblog on http://manishparekh.com and is focussed on photography. That will be my primary blog henceforth.
June 2010
3 posts
May 2010
39 posts
“Many people with jobs have a fantasy about all the amazing things they would do...”
– Paul Buchheit: What to do with your millions (via pegobry)
“BP wants Twitter to shut down a fake BP account that is mocking the oil company....”
– JIMMY FALLON, Late Night
(via the New York Times)
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Harmful Drinks in America →
Pictures of drinks beside their sugar equivalents in food. Some you expect but most are quite shocking.
“A life, you know what that is? It’s the shit that happens while you’re waiting...”
– Lester Freamon, The Wire 3x09 (via atestu) (via pegobry)
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it...”
– 10 Golden Lessons From Steve Jobs (via pegobry)
bijan sabet: A guest post about joining a startup →
I’ve never had a guest post on my blog before. But I’m thrilled to start with this one. It’s a great story about determination & passion and it’s by Nick Crocker who starts at Boxee today.
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In a recent post about how to join a startup Bijan Sabet said:
“There are a number of…
bijan sabet: Less and more →
Many consumer web services start out in life very specific and very simple.
Then they start adding stuff.
In the best case, it works because the company innovates and users are delighted with the new capabilities
In the worst case, the product becomes heavy and complicated.
Truthfully its…
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WatchAbsolutely stunning video of the Iceland volcano. Click over and watch in HD, in full screen. It’s worth it.
Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull - May 1st and 2nd, 2010 (by Sean Stiegemeier)
“We’re putting our brains into neutral, and revving the engine. We’re digitally...”
– Lyons, on why Obama’s right on that whole ‘put down your iPad’ thing. (via newsweek) (via danielholter) (via ericmortensen) (via mikehudack)
Rafer sez: Horse Puckey.
The same reactionist fear on the part of old people happened with TV and every other new media since the dawn of time. Beck and...
Note and Point →
adii:
Note and Point is a really cool resource for anyone that has to design some presentation slides, as their library includes some awesome examples of really well-designed slides. Also happy to add that my recent slides for “The Designer Startup” got added over here.
52 Weeks of UX: Control →
A couple weeks ago I wrote about how creating something simple is not that simple at all. One of the things that makes this so difficult is the ever increasing demand to add more features, more settings, or more controls. While all these things are intended to make it easier on the user, it…
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Life After My Day Job… How I Monetized My Passion →
This article echoes some of my thoughts as well. It does inspire me to take a few more risks.
adii:
I loved reading @jschuller’s about his journey from a full-time job to being self-employed. I remember watching with keen interest when he started out in the WordPress community and it’s been a blast seeing the awesome stuff that he has been releasing.
What’s even cooler though, is seeing...
“Facebook isn’t giving a giant middle finger to its customers. FB users are not...”
– Commenter known as Full Monty on tedr’s post entitled:
Facebook is Getting Orwellian. I Vote Ctrl-W
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Threadsy.com : Unified message box
After reading this post on TechCrunch, I decided to give Threadsy a shot.
After signing up for a new account, I gave Threadsy access to my Gmail (via Web Authentication), Yahoo, Hotmail (giving them passwords), and Facebook (Via connect).
Once it connected, it showed me messages consolidated from all these accounts, in a single timeline. A second pane opened up, showing me Facebook live feed...
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Passion first!
I am doing some introspection, to figure out what I want to do next. Many ideas raced to my mind. Maybe I’ll be good with mobile applications, maybe enterprise social networking, or write a facebook app for leveraging social data…
I came up with not 1 or 2 ideas, but more than 10. Turns out, all the ideas were in the domains that I am just good in. (Or I think I am good in). Also,...
“The great companies that I’ve been an investor in share a common trait – the...”
– My Obsession With The Product (via hiten)
April 2010
14 posts
“The boss drives people; the leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority;...”
– H. Gordon Selfridge, American-British retail magnate via today’s Real Estate Investment SmartBrief (via mattlehrer) (via mikehudack) (via rafer)
“But my favorite part is when Steve says he’ll never let developers be at the...”
– Steve Job’s Open Letter on Flash » Dogster Inc. Company Blog (via rafer)
Watchtaylordavidson:
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A video remix of my Five Lessons: How Photographers can Create New Business Models series by Shawn Bueche. Shawn explains what he’s doing with his remix:
Today, the photography industry is weakened by the surge of amateur photographers breaking into market share. These new photographers have caused an economic downturn for professional photographers, stealing...
“Facebook is a lot like a fridge.. When you’re bored, you keep opening and...”
– Via a friend on Facebook
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The Stranger
Read this one in some email group. Worth sharing: A while ago, my Dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around from then on. As I grew up, I never questioned his place in my family. In my young mind, he had a special...
