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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.

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Interview with Edward Park, Insteegram

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Edward Park: My background is screen printing and production. My previous company did production runs for small clothing lines, promos, and trade show giveaways, and one of the things we realized it's such a volume industry, and the technology of screen printing has been around for 10,000 years, developed by the Egyptians and the Chinese.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

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I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, Acquiring a competitor with complimentary assets whom we long wanted to beat. I was baffled. It was 2007.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

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But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ With our second screen we suddenly have … participation. Filmaka is the creation of Deepak Nayar who is the producer of films such as Buena Vista Social Club and Bend it Like Beckham. Media in an age of: low-cost capture from mobile devices.

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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. “Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. was starting. Aren’t pitch decks still the norm? “I

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Interview with Sunil Rajaraman, Scripped

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

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I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0, Acquiring a competitor with complimentary assets whom we long wanted to beat. I was baffled. It was 2007.