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

Both Sides of the Table

Initially the computer did basic functions like “screen validation” (making sure that you didn’t enter non-sensical data into fields, for example) and could take over functions like compiling your software code so you could check for errors before submitting it to the mainframe. The WWW is the presentation layer.

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Changing the Face of Digital Signage: Nanxi Liu of Enplug

Tech Zulu Event

” The large social media screen is Enplug, five iterations later. Instead of advertising, their large, colorful screens are a direct result of these core values. By the way) They also send professional photographers food and products for their venues, then design these bits of media into collages for their clients’ screens.

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Changing the Face of Digital Signage: Nanxi Liu of Enplug

Tech Zulu Event

” The large social media screen is Enplug, five iterations later. Instead of advertising, their large, colorful screens are a direct result of these core values. By the way) They also send professional photographers food and products for their venues, then design these bits of media into collages for their clients’ screens.

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The Future of Human-Robot Interaction

Xconomy

For consumer robots, though, people want to talk naturally and we need to design casual dialogs that make it easy to express desires without having to give every small detail. Why not just design them to be nice all the time? Also, language allows for multiple interpretations (e.g., rules of engagement without an operator in the loop.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

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). &# The classic framework for analyzing a firm’s strategic position is Michael Porter’s Five Forces. MongoDB at Etsy - Code as Craft , May 19, 2010 Hi!

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Working with Developers

SoCal CTO

Poor machine, screen, connection, chair. If your developers have a better machine, screen, internet connection, or chair at home than they do in the office, then there’s a problem. You also should never say something like, “We just need to add X.” It implies that it’s something really easy to do. “I

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

Both Sides of the Table

The need for creativity extends well beyond product design. Yet most startups seem to constrain creativity to product design. The creative process - Whenever I need to do any task that requires insight I have to be able to visualize – to literally SEE the decision framework. Many people are visual thinkers.

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