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Design for the Novice, Configure for the Pro

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I’ve had a long-standing rule of thumb in product design, which I call “design for the novice, configure for the pro.&# I started saying this back in 2001/02, long before the era of Web 2.0, You can always hide complexity into configuration screens rather than the out-of-the-box features. Learn from them.

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Interview with Edward Park, Insteegram

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Edward Park: Our company, Rnddr Labs, is trying to create frictionless merch tools and products. Edward Park: My background is screen printing and production. Why did you decide to start your company? And, there are lots of companies not doing this as efficiently or as well. was community and content, we think Web 3.0

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

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Throughout the 90′s the PC became much more popular in corporate environments, so companies began to replace dumb terminals with PCs. It’s central standard was HTML (hyper text markup language) that described how we would show data on computer screens. But for software developers like my company the web was a blessing.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

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It means the “ torso TV ” consumption patterns will be more important than the head or the long tail for the next era of media companies. You should only worry about this if you’re a large, traditional media company with fat margins. I first wanted to invest in this trend by backing a company called Filmaka.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. was starting.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

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He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). " In fact, 3 of the 10 selected companies from the past two years has followed this business model. they released a new 2.0 Photo credit: Elizabeth Weinberg.).

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

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There is no shame in being an exec at a company or whatever.&#. Every one of these events (with names changed) has happened to companies I’ve worked at or closely with. In my experience many in the industry still think about “my CEO’s&# or “my companies&# as though they are pawns on a chessboard.