The Year We Broke the Internet - Esquire
"Watching the social media shares multiply exponentially on something I posted triggers the pleasure center of the brain like a stiff rip of cocaine." The incentives are all wrong.
1906 + Today - Shawn Clover Photography
remix of 1906 SF and modern day sf photos
The Best Approach to the Worst Conversation: "You're Fired"
Email Introduction Etiquette - 42Floors
How to do email intros
MapBox | Design & publish beautiful maps
Hosted maps that can be created with an import of a CSV
Leaflet - a JavaScript library for mobile-friendly maps
Used by flickr and foursquare to annotate their maps.
WhatWasThere - Put history in its place!
Overlay of old photos on Google Street View.
Old S.F.
Mash-up of historical photos on map of San Francisco.
Postmortem of a Venture-backed Startup
Looking at reasons why Sonar failed. "You do not have 20% time. Identify your top three priorities. Throw away numbers two and three."
TechCrunch - Brad Frost Web
Summary of TechCrunch page types and their design process.
How Promotion Affects Pageviews on the New York Times Website
Detailed study of effectiveness of social media and home page promotion at the New York Times
Top Hacks from a PM Behind Two of Tech's Hottest Products
Some good product management advice from the guy behind GMail and the Facebook newsfeed.
NounProject
collection of user-submitted icons and pictograms
Grooming the Champions of the Keyboard
Evil Genius Lair in Alameda is home to a professional gaming team.
Why Finland loves saunas
For many Finns the sauna was the holiest room in the house and the one most closely associated with their well being.
How Google Converted Language Translation Into a Problem of Vector Space Mathematics | MIT Technology Review
To translate one language into another, find the linear transformation that maps one to the other. Simple, say a team of Google engineers
Science Fiction Spaceship Size Comparison
The Unified Theory of XOXO - Waxy.org
How to organize a great conference.
How to hire
Spend more time Get your hands dirty Look for effectiveness Have people audition Use your personal networks Sell your mission The Sunday test Hire for cultural fit Don't compromise Be generous, mostly with equity Trust your gut on red flags Always be recruiting Fire fast Add rigor around hiring process Don't hire if you don't need to
How to transfer the content of your old iPhone to the iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c
How to prepare your iOS 6 device for Apple’s iOS 7 update
Very useful "how to"
What You Want in a VP Eng from the Recruiters Behind Twitter and Zappos
design the role you want to fill by outlining the specific pain points and problems you’re trying to solve - and then determine your requirements and measure them rigorously
Exploring Alternative History
Ex-Microsoft exec on why Hailstorm failed.
NOAM CHOMSKY - TOP 10 MEDIA MANIPULATION STRATEGIES
Burning Man Old
Burning Man Photos by Trey Ratcliff
On Dick’s & Expectations
The Brilliant Conclusion & Somewhat Confounding Reactions To Phish’s 2013 Summer Tour
Your entry pass to Black Rock City
How to use Siri commands
The Truth About Marissa Mayer: An Unauthorized Biography
Epic Business Insider profile of Marissa Mayer. I had no idea she went to school with Josh Elman.
How to work with PMs
for designers