IT Conversations: Malcolm Gladwell – SXSW Interactive 2005 – “I believe that research is a fundamentally social process; the way that you find out interesting anecdotes is that when you have an idea that you want to pursue you tell absolutely every person that you ever meet that you are interested in it…I have enormous…more

danpinkinterview.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object) – 6 new skills for business: design, story, empathy, sympathy, play, and meaning. On story: “In the age of google, if you can find a fact, i can find a counterfact. Logical argument is often not enough. You need to put those facts into a story with emotional impact; story is a…more

bikeTV-Bike Move (Portland, OR) – amazing movie of a person’s move (to a different house) using only a group of cyclists : “And the best part, when you get there, you’ve got like 20 people to help you unload. And you’re done in no time.”

apophenia: Craigslist housing Google Maps = brilliant – another pic, since the site is down

Google Maps Craigslistings : Lifehacker – amazing, combining two free programs

NPR : ‘Wordless Diagrams’: Explaining the Everyday – illustrative designer

Igor | Creating Company Names Product Names Company Naming Guide – printable, suggests fun, made-up and co-opted names like Yahoo, Virgin, etc. rather than Coexambitechthon and its ilk…

Edit in Place with JavaScript and CSS – amazing WYSIWYG editing using innerHTML, sorting, etc.

Wacky Neighbor: Flaunt it Baby!: Oblique Strategies – in a clickable-to-get-another-one Flash app

Marginal Revolution: What do we know about tipping? – empirically-proven ways to increase or ruin your tips