December 2010
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Simple/Silly Products That Made Millions →
genybuzz:
Loved reading this in NewsWeek. It’s incredible how a simple accident of an invention can become, when marketed right, a cultural phenomenon. My personal favorites are the Slinky and the Topsy Tail. What are yours?
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Neuro-Menus and Restaurant Psychology |... →
Restaurants are great test labs for testing neuromarketing techniques. It’s easy to change offerings, menus, and pricing, and one gets immediate feedback on what’s working and what’s not.
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Thoughts on business, engineering and higher... →
The New York Times had an interesting article this morning about the P.S.M., which, according to sciencemasters.com, is “an innovative, new graduate degree designed to allow students to pursue advanced training in science or mathematics, while simultaneously developing workplace skills highly valued by employers.”
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How Much Did It Cost AOL To Send Us Those CDs In... →
Over $300 million :-) At one point, 50% of the CD’s produced worldwide had an AOL logo on it. We were logging in new subscribers at the rate of one every six seconds
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Once In A Lifetime
clientsfromhell:
Me: I estimate this small website to be about 30 hours of work.
Client: 30 hours? Dont be modest, I know lots of people making websites and it’s not easy. Make it 40 hours and I will agree.
Me: Okay!
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Making the case against college | Washington... →
Back in October, I was baffled to see Jacob Weisberg at Slate lose his cool over an effort by Internet entrepreneur — and libertarian — Peter Thiel to make kids consider not going to (or at least not finishing) college.
Weisberg’s description of the program: “The Thiel Fellowship will pay would-be entrepreneurs under 20 $100,000 in cash to drop out of school.”
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Doctoral degrees: The disposable academic →
Why doing a PhD is often a waste of time.
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Cuba banned Sicko for depicting 'mythical'... →
Cuba banned Michael Moore’s 2007 documentary, Sicko, because it painted such a “mythically” favourable picture of Cuba’s healthcare system that the authorities feared it could lead to a “popular backlash”, according to US diplomats in Havana.
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How to prototype like a pro | Amir Khella →
An uncommon guide to designing user interfaces and interactive application prototypes using Apple Keynote
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Hacker News | If you could give a book to your... →
If you could travel back in time and give a book to your younger self, what book (and what age) would you choose?
I think I would give my 15 year old self Atlas Shrugged because it helps losing this anti-business attitude and I wanted to start something directly after reading it.
What would you give your younger self?