lulumon athletica really hit it out of the park with their branding. this is exactly how you get people to feel good about spending $65 for a tshirt.
nice little graphic on the components of desirability (the holy grail of designed interactions). the emotional component here cant be underestimated.
There’s a great chapter in “This Is Service Design Thinking” about interaction design that applies to web services. Recommended reading.
Th SCAMPER checklist - from the guy who allegedly coined the word “brainstorm” - If you have a few strong ideas, putting them through this checklist will help confirm their strength and maybe create some brand new ideas. Keeping this one in my back pocket.
An old adding machine from the 50’s. My my how far we’ve come. And the first guy who got one of these probably thought he was lucky.
Randy Komisar’s Cautionary Word on the Deferred Life Plan and Thoughts on Cultures of Entrepreneurship
I find myself coming back to nuggets on Stanford’s Entrepreneurship Corner frequently. These two, taken together, are like a motivational one-two punch if you’ve got entrepreneurship in your blood….
Netflix’s Freedom And Responsibility Culture
I came across this awesome 128 slide presentation from the CEO of Netflix today (below). The presentation is meant to be read, rather than presented and offers a quick-fire reference guide on…
Are We Innovating, Or Are We Doing Exactly The Opposite?
In this keynote on Constructive Capitalism, Umair Haque reminds us that not all profits are equal. While some truly innovative companies are creating authentic “thick value” in the economy,…
Everything’s Good, Nobody’s Happy
A little shot of laughter and perspective to kick start your Monday. :)
This post was written by Steffan Antonas. Find more at blog.steffanantonas.com
An In-Depth Look at the Most Active Users on Twitter
When Sysomos published its initial “Inside Twitter” report last month that looked at the people on Twitter and how it was being used, we discovered that 5% of users accounted for 75%…
How Different Groups Of Americans Spend Their Day
Ever wonder what the average American day is actually like? The New York Times published an interactive visualization this week based on data gathered in the American Time Use Survey in 2008…
Teaching Grit: The Growth Mindset vs. The Fixed Mindset
John Lehrer, author of How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientist, wrote a piece for the Globe this week titled The Truth About Grit. The article highlights some important findings of…
Interactive World Map Of Social Network Dominance
Vincenzo Cosenza has mapped the most popular social networks by country, according to traffic data gathered on Alexa & Google Trends (June 2009). While Facebook’s growing dominance over…
How To Build Cloud Communities
In this interview with Robert Scoble, Ripple6 founder Sang Kim talks about what his company has learned from trial and error since the community management system launched under the name Mom…
Actions Speak Louder Than Advertising
Razorfish released a report this month that’s worth spending some time with. The report has some valuable insights on how social influence marketing is shifting the advertising game on the web….
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