Reading List

"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.

remix of 1906 SF and modern day sf photos

How to do email intros

Hosted maps that can be created with an import of a CSV

Used by flickr and foursquare to annotate their maps.

Overlay of old photos on Google Street View.

Mash-up of historical photos on map of San Francisco.

Looking at reasons why Sonar failed. "You do not have 20% time. Identify your top three priorities. Throw away numbers two and three."

Summary of TechCrunch page types and their design process.

Detailed study of effectiveness of social media and home page promotion at the New York Times

Some good product management advice from the guy behind GMail and the Facebook newsfeed.

collection of user-submitted icons and pictograms

Evil Genius Lair in Alameda is home to a professional gaming team.

For many Finns the sauna was the holiest room in the house and the one most closely associated with their well being.

To translate one language into another, find the linear transformation that maps one to the other. Simple, say a team of Google engineers

How to organize a great conference.

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

Very useful "how to"

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

Ex-Microsoft exec on why Hailstorm failed.

Burning Man Photos by Trey Ratcliff

The Brilliant Conclusion & Somewhat Confounding Reactions To Phish’s 2013 Summer Tour

Epic Business Insider profile of Marissa Mayer. I had no idea she went to school with Josh Elman.