One of the most gratifying aspects of web design and development is the lateral thinking involved. There is rarely ever an objective and singular correct   way to go about achieving something. You have to consider all the different contexts a user will encounter on your site, how you want them to interact with it, what you want to elicit in t

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Phase 5: Matrix style. You’ll download Samuel L Jackson’s brain into yours.

Complexity is like energy. It cannot be created or destroyed, only moved somewhere else. When a product or service becomes simpler for users, engineers and designers have to work harder. Norman writes, “With technology, simplifications at the level of usage invariably result in added complexity of the underlying mechanism. ”

1/ Some thoughts on Google Search I was listening to ILtB's episode with Sridhar who played instrumental role in Google's Search success, and is now building Neeva, a subscription based private search product. As a $GOOG shareholder, I was curious and here's my notes.

I am not right wing or left wing. I am a human being who listens, empathizes, learns, and thinks. People want to assign labels to each other so they can judge without trying to understanding a person. Labels lessen our capacity for empathy and free thought.

The online opportunity lies mid-market (for now). Pre-covid, the distribution of transaction volume online is skewed towards the middle, while most of the high-value sales still happen offline. Just 1% of the >100k€ artworks are sold online, yet make up for 23% of the value.

Global Coin Research previously didn’t have a central repository for expenses - contributors were emailing their receipts to a general email account.

3. Media needs subscriber governance: Subscriptions are mostly pitched as giving access to content. You pay so you can get around the annoying paywall. But the increased familiarity of paying for content will also lead to the desire to give more feedback on it. Substacks have comment sections and Discords where a sole proprietor has to answer to fa... See more

“Crypto talent comes from all over the world, which I think is phenomenal. Crypto talent is often so positive and so creative. I think Vitalik Buterin in particular is just one of the most important thinkers today.”