SLOWER.NET LOG: B&W Conversion – including Photoshop action file for one-click conversion
Cycorp, Inc. – teaching computers “common sense”: “The Cyc knowledge base (KB) is a formalized representation of a vast quantity of fundamental human knowledge: facts, rules of thumb, and heuristics for reasoning about the objects and events of everyday life.”
Eric von Hippel Publications – he studies “lead users” to research innovation. Lead users, aka “early adopters”, aka “alpha pups”
Lucky or Smart – “Lucky things happen to entrepreneurs who start fundamentally innovative, morally compelling, and philosophically positive companies…Was I lucky? You bet your ass I was lucky. But I was also smart: smart enough to realize that I was getting lucky.”
The difference between “freedom” and “liberty” – wordgeek stuff
Jaron Lanier and Will Wright talk about putting humanity back in the interface
ColorMatch 5K – great color scheme finder; only works in IE/Win
Creating Passionate Users: Users aren’t dangerous – as a designer/developer, you have to talk to and observe users
The dullest blog in the world – and yet an incredible community erupts around it! Give people an open canvas and get out of the way…