-
Idea to Market in 5 Months: Making the Glif
russianpencil: On July 11th, 2010, Tom Gerhardt and I had an idea for an iPhone accessory: a tripod mount that doubled as a stand. Five months later, customers began to receive our product, the Glif, in the mail. This turnaround, from idea to market in five months by two guys with no retail or manufacturing…
-
DC Women Kicking Ass: Spotted: Girls in Superhero aisle at Target
DC Women Kicking Ass: Spotted: Girls in Superhero aisle at Target dcwomenkickingass: As I was shopping today I stopped into the “superhero” aisle at Target. The superhero aisle is on the boys side of the toy department and is usually devoid of female characters save a Princess Leia in the Star Wars collection or the…
-
insooutso: Cute stuff via Yusuke Suzuki Fotostalgie.
-
Cormac McCarthy and Werner Herzog Discuss the Intersection of Art and Science
Cormac McCarthy and Werner Herzog Discuss the Intersection of Art and Science kateoplis: Grab some bourbon, go out on the deck, sit in your rocking chair and listen.
-
From conkers to singing games, rude rhymes to chasing games, Playtimes brings together a hundred years of children’s songs, rhymes and games. Explore war battles on bombsites, rude jokes on council estates, and fantasy TV shows in the playground, to discover the unique and fascinating world of children’s play. (via Browse Games)
-
THE BELIEVER: How would you say your experience of gallery openings in New York differs from Iceland? RAGNAR KJARTANSSON: There is less booze in New York openings. In openings in Iceland everybody gets fucking pissed. There’s more liquor, more of a party atmosphere, because it’s just a village. A good part about growing up in…
-
THE BELIEVER: How would you say your experience of gallery openings in New York differs from Iceland? RAGNAR KJARTANSSON: There is less booze in New York openings. In openings in Iceland everybody gets fucking pissed. There’s more liquor, more of a party atmosphere, because it’s just a village. A good part about growing up in…
-
The Real Lesson of Cisco’s Billion-Dollar Flip Debacle
The Real Lesson of Cisco’s Billion-Dollar Flip Debacle cameronmoll: Michael Mace, partly refuting the assumption all of us made after yesterday’s “RIP Flip” announcement: Most online analysis of the announcement doesn’t really explain what happened. The consensus is that Flip was doomed by competition with smartphones, but that says more about the mindset of the…
-
My Little Mary by Soasig Chamaillard [via…
-
Frind’s online dating company, Plenty of Fish, is newly located on the 26th floor of a downtown skyscraper with a revolving restaurant on the roof. The gleaming space could easily house 30 employees, but as Frind strides in, it is eerily quiet – just a room with new carpets, freshly painted walls, and eight flat-screen…