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Six Principles for Making New Things

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:18:12 GMT

“Find simple solutions to overlooked problems that actually need to be solved, and deliver them as informally as possible, starting with a very crude version 1, then iterating rapidly.”

Link: http://paulgraham.com/newthings.html

Innovative Minds Don’t Think Alike

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:18:56 GMT

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/business/30know.html?ex=1356843600&en=5d04acf0f946a3a9&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

36 Startup Tips

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:17:25 GMT

Lots of common sense.

Link: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/36_startup_tips.php

How game mechanics can make your app more fun

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:31:00 GMT

Using the psychology of gaming to improve your customers’ investments in your site.

Link: http://www.oreillynet.com/conferences/blog/2006/03/how_game_mechanics_can_make_yo.html

Time Sensitive

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:54:29 GMT

I spent some time this afternoon building in time and weather sensitivity to my blog’s design. I spent absolutely zero time trying to phrase that last sentence so that I didn’t sound like a complete dork.

This redesign was partly driven by Smashing Magazine’s ‘30 dark designs’ article, partly driven by Amy spending all weekend blogging, and partly driven by the fact that ever since Dunstan Orchard took down his blog I’ve wanted to do something like this.

It’s a first step, there are only basic designs in place for sunny day, cloudy day and night. I think I’d definitely like to get a “twilight” one in there, maybe a rain or a snow, and then maybe a few easter eggs as I come up with them.

Comments and suggestions are, as always, welcome.

30 dark designs you should’ve seen

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 19:16:17 GMT

Great work.

Link: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/01/13/30-dark-designs-you-shouldve-seen/

Trapped in cubicles

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:13 GMT

“Lined up in identical rows, they became the dystopian world that three academics described as ‘bright satanic offices’ in a 1998 book, Workplaces of the Future.”

Link: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/03/20/8371767/