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SCVNGR’s Hunts Finding Plenty Of Customers, Now Cash-Flow Positive
Back in August, I wrote about an interesting new company called SCVNGR. Their goal? To turn scavenger hunts into a business by offering companies, universities, and other organizations a platform on which they can built
Photo Booth And Canons With Cheap Lenses Dominate Tumblr
The Tumblr staff has done an interesting little breakdown of the metadata on Tumblr blog photos. Im sure you guys have seen Flickrs equally-interesting Camera Finder page, which is used as a sort of talking
App Store Apps Finally Gets Prettier Pages
With the launch of iTunes 9, Apple revamped many of the areas of the iTunes online store so that they were rendered with WebKit, the open source web layout engine (which browsers like Safari and
It’s Raining FAIL. Widespread AT&T Outages Reported In San Francisco.
Today started out like any other, which is to say, the AT&T connection on my cellphone was somewhat working, depending on where I was positioned in my apartment. It sucks, but things like this are
eGether: A Social Network For Pitching And Getting Pitched, Without The Email Overload
The overflowing inbox. Its a problem many a journalist or blogger has had to deal with, but its often a necessary evil. After all, were all on the hunt for the next big story, cool
Emo Labs Raises $1.5 Million For Invisible Speaker Technology
Startup Emo Labs, which creates invisible speaker technologies, has raised $1.5 million in funding according to an SEC filing. The startup, which presented at this years DEMO conference, previously raised $16 million in funding. Emo
CrunchGear In China: Shanzhai Market
The cellphone market in Shenzhen is like a flea market where everyone is selling the same thing. If it looks like an iPhone, its here. There are hundreds of models, hundreds of odd names, and
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Top 5 Blogging Platforms Judged by Mashable Readers
Each Friday we choose a Lunchtime Poll topic to get a sense of how Mashable readers feel about the chosen topic of the week. Below are the results from last Friday’s poll, where we asked your favorite blogging platform.Is your
Get a Daily Summary of Your Friends’ Twitter Activity
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft
Apple Launches Redesign of the App Store
A few minutes ago, we got tipped off that Apple has begun a rollout of a redesign of the iPhone App Store within iTunes. It only took a quick check of Twitter and the iTunes store to confirm that, indeed,
Accenture Dumps Tiger Woods From Corporate Homepage
Update: Tiger Woods has also just announced on his website that he’s “taking a hiatus from golf” and that it “may not be possible to repair the damage I’ve done, but I want to do my best to try.”The revelations
HOW TO: Get Your Feedback Heard on Social Networks
Mollie Vandor is the Product Manager for Ranker.com and Media Director for Girls in Tech LA. You can find her on Twitter and on her blog, where she writes about the web, the world and what it’s like to be
The Muppets Cover (Another) Song
Viral videos are always a lovely surprise, and pretty much everyone over here at Mashable was delighted by the Muppets’ rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” but we’re going to have to agree with Gawker on this one: The Muppets just dropped
What’s Your Favorite Mobile Social App?
Dear friends of Mashable, gather ’round — for ’tis time to kick off this week’s Lunchtime Poll! As you may know, each week we throw out a poll question, start off with some responses from the staff here at Mashable
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Harvard Medical School's Learning Technology Must Be Smart...Right?
Research from Harvard Medical School has resulted in a pretty sharp SaaS learning system. SpacedEd, as it is called, uses a simple question and answer format that adapts to the persons level of knowledge. Today
Zuckerberg Changes His Own Privacy Settings
Following one of the biggest changes to the culture of Facebook in years, founder Mark Zuckerberg has changed his own privacy settings to reflect whats now recommended for everyone else.For those wondering, he wrote this afternoon, I set
Forget the Web 2.0 Glamour - the Money is in the Enterprise
The Web 2.0 world may seem at times like a glamorous, hip place. Services get wild attention. The names are something out of the space age. The companies work out of
Draw Your Own iPhone Game With Pencil and Paper
Sketch Nation is a forthcoming iPhone app that takes iPhone photos of drawn images and uses them as avatars, obstacles and enemies in a customized fly-and-shoot mobile game. Its pretty sweet and was the winner of the
Find Without Searching: Google Brings Universal Search to Google Suggest
Google just announced that it has started to include some results from its universal search feature right into the list of suggested search terms beneath the search box. When you search for weather in San Francisco,
Tumblr Goes Real Time
Starting today, the popular light blogging platform Tumblr will publish its users feeds in real time. Tumblr will use the increasingly popular PubSubHubbub format to announce updates. Tumblrs real-time hub will be powered by Superfeedr. Thanks
Top 10 Startup Products of 2009
There were a ton of great products launched in 2009 by big companies and startups alike, but in this post we focus on the best products released by startups.The easiest way to become a leading
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Craigslist on eBay: “Untrustworthy”; eBay on Craigslist: “Amateurish”
Executives from eBay and Craigslist testified in a Delaware court this week over the auction giants stake in the classifieds leader. If you didnt fork over $400 for todays live stream of the culture clash between the folksy Craigslist and
Sponsor post: Sponsor post: Thanks to Our GigaOM Sponsors!
We’d like to say thanks to this week’s GigaOM sponsors: PEER 1: Fully Scalable Hosting Solutions Concentric: Hosted IT Services Mozy: Simple, Automatic, Secure Online Backup SoftLayer: SoftLayer delivers on-demand virtual data center services
European Txtr Ready To Fight Amazon’s Kindle
txtr, a Berlin-based start-up, is building an eReader that hopes to be Europe’s answer to the Amazon Kindle. Christophe Maire, Chief Executive Officer of the company, sat down with me in Paris earlier this week and gave me the details.
P2P Lending Gets a Boost from the House
Peer-to-peer lending services like Prosper got a new lease on life from the U.S. House of Representatives today, which included an amendment to move regulation of the space from the SEC to a new banking regulatory agency in a major
Can Android Tablets Find a Market?
A small wave of Android tablets is coming to market, giving users a better mobile web experience than smartphones can offer without adding the heft of a netbook. But can the smaller, sleeker tablets succeed where so many other MIDs
Is Verari Shutting Down?
Blade server and containerized data center startup Verari Systems is shutting down today, according to reports. This has me wondering what the fates have in store for other specialty hardware players such as BLADE Networks or Liquid Computing.
Desperately Seeking Backers: 3 Unloved Future Tech Ideas
Its astonishing to consider how long it can take for technology that already exists, and isnt all that expensive to execute, to come to market. Case in point are the following three existing technologies -- where are the VCs and
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INSIGHT: It's never really a redesign until you redesign
It’s never really a redesign until you redesign it the day before it launches.
Authentic costumes
Legendary director Akira Kurosawa reportedly went to great lengths to make his films seem authentic.His perfectionism also showed in his approach to costumes: he felt that giving an actor a brand new costume made the character look less than authentic.
QUOTE: Work expands so as to fill the time available
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.—Parkinson’s_Law, discussed in this “Beyond The Pedway” profile of 37signals (and also years ago here at SvN: “Don’t break Parkinson’s Law”)
PHOTO: Camouflage Art by Liu Bolin: "Inspired by
Camouflage Art by Liu Bolin: “Inspired by how some animals can blend into their environment, Liu Bolin from China uses camouflage principles to create amazing contemporary art.” Ya gotta see the rest of these
Saddleback Leather tells its story and promotes through education
The About Samsonite page throws around important sounding phrases about embodying the brand, leveraging craftsmanship, and creating unique solutions.By identifying trends and interpreting travelers’ needs, Samsonite continues to infuse innovation and new ideas into travel, re-igniting the sophistication and experience
Derek Sivers is publishing some great stuff
Are you reading Derek Sivers’ blog? He’s really been killing it with good posts lately. The “hippie capitalist” (he’s a musician who founded CD Baby) is a master at offering simple advice that delivers real impact.Some recent examples: Let pedestrians
PHOTO: Meetings: The practical alternative to work. (via Ariel)
Meetings: The practical alternative to work. (via Ariel)
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Four short links: 11 December 2009
Real Time Text Taskforce -- standardising live typing ala EtherPad and Google Wave, for accessibility reasons.NoSQL Required Reading -- papers and presentations to get up to speed in the theory and practice of scalable key-value data stores. (via Hacker News)Its
Visualizing and Categorizing the 911 Wikileaks Data Set
On November 25th, Wikileaks released 500,000 text pager intercepts from the 24 hours surrounding the horrific 9/11 attacks. The personal, corporate and governmental come from the Washington D.C. and
Four short links: 10 December 2009
Scriblio -- open source CMS and catalogue built on WordPress, with faceted search and browse. (via titine on Delicious)Useful Temporal Functions and Queries -- SQL tricksies for those working with timeseries data. (via mbiddulph on Delicious)Optimal Starting Prices for Negotiations
Four short links: 9 December 2009
The Mythology of Bioinformatics -- worth reading this (reprinted from 2002!) separate of hype from history.Policy and Internet -- new journal, with articles such as The Case Against Mass E-mails: Perverse Incentives and Low Quality Public Participation in U.S. Federal
Four short links: 9 December 2009
The Mythology of Bioinformatics -- worth reading this (reprinted from 2002!) separate of hype from history.Policy and Internet -- new journal, with articles such as The Case Against Mass E-mails: Perverse Incentives and Low Quality Public Participation in U.S. Federal
GWT Now With SpeedTracer
Google is releasing v2 of GWT (pronounced Gwit) tonight at a Campfire One in Mountain View. The open-source Google Web Toolkit enables developers to code Ajax web
GWT Now With SpeedTracer
Google is releasing v2 of GWT (pronounced Gwit) tonight at a Campfire One in Mountain View. The open-source Google Web Toolkit enables developers to code Ajax web
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How Twitter is Rewiring My Brain - and Maybe Yours
These days - perhaps a function of my lifestyle - the mobile device is becoming my primary content reading and browsing tool. This is slowly changing my habits and I wonder if this is part of
Gifts for Those Who Have Everything... the Cloud
My AdAge column this week covers three cloud services you can buy as gifts for the digerati in your life: Evernote Premium, DropBox and GigaOm Pro...The holiday crush is on and the clock is ticking. But what do you get
Friendster Relaunches
It was nice to get an email from Friendster today about their relaunch, detailed below. I wouldn't count them out. You never know who can make a comeback today. Just as it's easy for a site
Taking Brainstorming to the Twitter Hive
Jeff Kirvin is open sourcing his novel by turing to Twitter (the hive) to help. I bet this will become even more common going forward...But because I was too close to the source material, I couldn’t think of another way to
Google Building Augmented Reality for Android Phones
CNBC tonight is running an hour-long special on Google. The show dropped some exclusive news that eWeek picked up on - Google is in the process of developing an augmented reality system called Visual Search for Android phones.The concept, according
Google Public DNS is About Algorithms and Ads, Not Just Speed
Google today rolled out a public DNS service that anyone tech savvy can use to make their browsing faster. There's no word yet if the domain name service will be built into other services like the Google Toolbar or Google Chrome
Is the Caffeine Effect Already Hitting Google Alerts?
I subscribe to an ego search via Google Web alerts, which is separate from Google News alerts. Normally, I get one or two of these a day - typically after one of my columns go live or when I post
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Amazon Launches Textbooks Trade-In Service
My last year in undergrad I lived in a tiny apartment over the only off-campus bookstore. The apartment was so small that I had to lift the 3 foot kitchen counter every time I wanted to enter the bathroom. But
Today’s Startup and Entrepreneurial Updates
Here are today’s startup and entrepreneurial updates – it’s cold outside but startups are certainly warming up the Internet!Updates! Updates! Updates! – MixxToggl 50,000! – TogglXobni 1.8.5: Major Improvements for All – XobniNow testing Tumblr Booth – TumblrMake Lists. Not
Bizmore Offers a Small Business Resource
One of the toughest parts about starting a business is knowing where to go for answers to the questions that pop-up on a daily basis. For a long time one of the best resources was SCORE which is a group
Web Jobs – December 10
Below are some of the latest jobs posted on the CenterNetworks Job Board. Subscribe to the CN Jobs feed and get all of the latest Web industry jobs delivered directly to you.Featured Jobs:Web Analyst at Saks Fifth AvenueSr. Software Development
OffiSync Lets You Save Your Office Documents Online
Microsoft Office 2010 will include the ability to save documents to and open documents from a repository on the Web. Further, you’ll be able to actually open the documents in your browser and perform minor edits. Until that functionality is
Yandex to Power Search Ads on Bing
Yandex has started powering search contextual ads on Bing, Microsoft’s search engine. Here is a screenshot and link to search result page on Bing.com for a search query “Туры” (Tours) that displays Yandex.Direct advertisements both above the Bing.com’s search results
8Coupons Expands Local Couponing Nationwide
We initially covered NYC-based coupon service 8coupons earlier this year when they launched their local coupon offering. Their “Money Map” shows deals on a Google Map so you can find deals in whatever location you would like. You can also
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Reporters' Roundtable Podcast: Google Chrome OS
Whats behind the Google Chrome OS, technologically and from a business perspective? This week on the Roundtable, I discuss the pending operating system with CNET writers Stephen Shankland (Deep Tech) and Gordon Haff (Pervasive Data Center).loadUniversalPlayer({playerType: small,lumiereQueryType: id,lumiereQueryValue: 50080404,useCurrentPageUrl: true,relatedVideo:
Most people say no to slow online video
Online video viewing might be on the rise, but four out of five people leave a videos Web page if it rebuffers, a new study from TubeMogul has found.
Google's speed freaks tweak suggestions, Chrome
New features in Google Suggest and Chrome allow searches to get the information they seek while saving a few (minor) steps in the process. Originally posted at Relevant Results
Note to Silicon Valley: How not to manage privacy
Stanford Law Fellow Larry Downes says the real problem behind recent privacy gaffes and missteps--including Facebooks--is not of policy but rather of public relations. Originally posted at News - Security
Three more ways to slice and dice the Web
Create Web collections, get an instant search mash-up, and broadcast text with these Firefox add-ons. Originally posted at Workers Edge
Facebook backtracks on public friend lists
Some members took issue with the fact that Facebooks new privacy settings exposed their list of connections, so Facebook has pulled back a bit on it. Originally posted at The Social
New Skype betas for Windows, Nokia phones
Skype announces two new betas of its popular VoIP app--one that updates the Windows client, and a first beta for Symbian phones. Originally posted at The Download Blog
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FoodSpotting
A visual local guide that lets you find dishes, not just restaurants, thanks to foodspotters who report sightings of foods they love. URL: FoodSpotting
Kaddoz
A local (San Francisco) gift recommendation engine that allows you to quickly find quality gifts and walk to the store to purchase it. Working with hand picked stores that prefer quality above quantity. URL: Kaddoz
TheSuggestr
Personalized suggestions. Don’t search through hundreds of conflicting reviews from people who are nothing like you. The recommendation engine finds other users with tastes like yours and other places that are like your favorite places. URL: TheSuggestr
Socialcast
Messaging and microblogging for team communication. Helps your employees communicate more effectively by creating private, online communities for businesses of all sizes. URL: Socialcast
BetterLesson
An organizational and sharing platform for educators to manage curricula. URL: BetterLesson
LinkAider
A webmaster tool which has grown from a simple broken link script to a comprehensive site analysis software. It’s free for small sites (users can crawl/analyze up to 500 pages per month for free). URL: LinkAider
Silentale
A new way to keep track of who you know and the conversations you have, no matter how or where you communicate. Whether you start a conversation on email, continue on Twitter and finish with a SMS, Silentale automatically captures,
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ubun2
ubun2Ubun2.com is a web 2.0 style question and answers service for people to discover and share ubuntu (linux based operating system) knowledge with the world.
Xing Labs
Xing LabsXing Labs is the innovation space and playground for Xing engineering where experimental projects are available to the public.Xing Labs is launched
12sprints
12sprints(email waitinglist, beta powered by SAP)Secure, hosted, real-time, collaborative decision-making.@12sprintsSAP to Launch Google Wave Competitor
LiveFyre
LiveFyreStart and join real-time discussions about what’s going on in the world right now.LiveFyre Wants To Ignite Realtime Intelligent Conversations
apptizr
apptizrdiscover great iPhone appsApptizr finds gest App Store apps for you
ShinySearch
ShinySearchSearch with styleCreate a Custom Homepage in Seconds with ShinySearch
Google Chrome for Mac
Google Chrome for MacGoogle Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.BlogGoogle Chrome for Mac goes beta!
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Way To Go, Ernest Marples! UK to Free Postal Code Database
According to a BBC report, UKs Royal Mail will make its postal code database available to the public in April of next year. This follows a rogue API that provided the data,
Show Off Your Neighborhood for a Chance to Win $3500
FlavorPill are running a competition for the best mashup showing off your neighborhood. First prize is $3500, but the contest ends soon.
MySpace Releases One API, Buys Then Kills Another
MySpace, the social network heavyweight looking to get back some of their old momentum is making a big splash with developers this week. On one hand, they announced an innovative, open platform for real-time stream
Twitter Developers: Watch For Changing Response Codes
All Twitter APIs will soon use HTTP error code 400 for calls beyond your rate limit. One of Twitters most popular services, the Search API, currently uses error code 503. Youll want to update any
Google Maps Gets Aerial Perspective Imagery
The geo mapping platform ecosystem has grown a little more as the competition between Google Maps and Bing Maps just got a lot more interesting. Its been less than a week since we covered
New York Times Releases 5,000 Tags to the Linked Data Cloud
For more than 150 years, The New York Times has meticulously indexed its archives, giving it one of the most authoritative news vocabularies ever developed. Now this archive has been linked
8Tracks Debuts API At Music Hack Day Boston
Music mix sharing site 8tracks now has an 8tracks API to search and play mix tapes. Developers can access the mixes, which each contain at least 8 tracks, by tag, simple search, popularity, those added
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50 Essential Free Open Courseware Classes for Web Designers
Web design is an increasingly important aspect of media and business. Because the Internet has become essential to the way we do business, find information and accomplish a number of other tasks, Web design truly is vital. And someone who
Hot Products for 2009
Everyone is aware by now about the season’s hottest toy, Zhu Zhu Pets, especially after the brief scare regarding Mr. Squiggles toxicity (he has been fully exonerated). This years other runaway hit and hard to find item is the Mindflex
For Judges on Facebook, Friendship Has Limits
Judges and lawyers in Florida can no longer be Facebook friends.In a recent opinion, the state’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee decided it was time to set limits on judicial behavior online. When judges “friend” lawyers who may appear before them,
AT&T to Urge Customers to Use Less Wireless Data
AT&T is considering ways to encourage customers to use less wireless data as its network struggles to keep up with demand, a company executive said Wednesday.
Cyber Monday: pre-Christmas online retail peak moves a week closer to Christmas
‘Cyber Monday’ (December 7th) and Sunday December 6th were the joint busiest days for online retailers so far this year. This means that the pre-Christmas peak in visits to online retailers has moved one week closer to Christmas this year
Conference puts focus on the future of real-time Web
Paris, France (CNN) -- The future of social networking, the real-time Web and a host of apps and gadgets were the talk of the annual Le Web conference as it opened here Wednesday.
shopify.com
Shopify — Create Your Online Store
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Episode 61 - Grasshopper
I spoke with David Hauser, Co-Founder and CTO of Grasshopper as well as Jonathan Kay, aka the Ambassador of Buzz, to talk about their business and how they are helping entrepreneurs succeed.
Episode 60 - IWearYourShirt.com / Jason Sadler
I sat down face-to-face to speak with Jason Sadler of I Wear Your Shirt (iwearyourshirt.com) to talk about his rise to fame and fortune by wearing t-shirts. Yes, thats right. T-shirts.
Episode 59 - Andrew Mason and Groupon.com
I sat down with Andrew Mason (29), Founder and CEO of Groupon.com to discuss to awesome ways they are helping people have fun and save money using the tremendous power of collective buying.
Episode 58 - Font Squirrel
We sat with Ethan Dunham to discuss all the juicy details of FontSquirrel.com and whats going on in the world of free fonts and @font-face.
Episode 57 - AdaptiveBlue and GetGlue
Josh and I had a chance to speak with Alex Iskold, Founder and CEO of AdaptiveBlue and GetGlue.com. Getglue.com is a social recommendation engine, which helps you discover new books, music and movies.
Episode 56 - 99Designs
Episode 29 - Zooomr
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Web 2.0 Architectures: What Entrepreneurs and Architects Need to Know
It's been a long time in coming and
Links for 2009-11-18
Windows Azure opens for business on Jan. 1, 2010 | BetanewsMicrosoft's OS in the clouds, http://Azure.com, will now ship 1st of the year. First month free. http://bit.ly/3llLst
Links for 2009-11-17
5 Impressive Real-Life Google Wave Use Cases5 Impressive Real-Life Google Wave Use Cases: http://bit.ly/2PFtKy About Mashups and Linked Data | MashstreamMashups and Linked Data: http://bit.ly/3hMrd2 Good primer with latest issues. What Enterprise Architecture Brings to the Business | Interviews |
Links for 2009-11-16
Preparing The Workforce E20summit ShortRT @ITSinsider @gyehuda's preso from #e20s http://is.gd/4TMPk Dreamforce 09 : The Cloud Computing Event of the Year - salesforce.comUp early to do a TV spot then head to the Pentagon. The big event this week is
The Evolving Web In 2009: Web Squared Emerges To Refine Web 2.0
It's been five years now that we've begun to understand what Web 2.0 is, starting way back in 2003.  It's been a fairly impressive if winding road as a new online generation was born.  But far from getting long in
Links for 2009-11-12
Go Dog Go – Google Open Sources New Prog… « /SAbackchanRT @Furrier Google News: Go Dog Go - Google Announces Open Source Programming Language GO http://bit.ly/4xwJKJ Twitpic - Share photos on TwitterListening to @k_kristensen talk about collaborative performance with E2.0
Links for 2009-11-10
Social customer serviceGood piece by @mfauscette on Social Customer Service: http://bit.ly/2nOmo5 http://bit.ly/7udsTNew Cisco Collaboration Software Takes On Microsoft, IBM | Forbes http://bit.ly/7udsT CHART OF THE DAY: Why Google Dropped $750 Million On AdMob (GOOG, AAPL)RT @GeorgeDearing "CHART OF THE DAY:
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Is Twitter Successful?
The big question everyone has with Twitter is, and the very first one that John Battelle asked Twitter CEO Ev Williams when he interviewed him yesterday, is Whats the revenue model?
Communicating Value through Cause & Effect on Fanfeedr
How Fanfeedrs intro page does well to communicate the value of the service.
Feature Development in Action: Broadcast Stream Messages in Socialcast
One of the guiding principles of interaction design is to support existing behavior. This means to figure out what is already happening, what activities, tasks, and interactions people are already doing, and build support for them into software.
Using your Sign-up form as a Qualifier
I recently ran across an interesting way to qualify people using sign-up forms at monotask.com.
No Sign-up Necessary (the strikethrough method)
Two apps, Posterous and SignApp, have a novel way to communicate how easy it is to start using their product. I call it the strikethrough method.
Coming Soon: Make them Care! (my new book)
Just a quick update on my latest project. Im self-publishing a new book about creating great sign-up experiences. Its called Make them Care!. (you can get reminded when its published here)
Designing for Social Traction (slide deck)
Here is the slide deck from a talk I gave last week at Delve, a two-day masterclass held in Brooklyn, NY.
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