Alberto Bissacco

"Look at the design of a lot of consumer products — they’re really complicated surfaces. We tried to..."

Sat, 26 May 2012 16:04:59 +0200

“Look at the design of a lot of consumer products — they’re really complicated surfaces. We tried to make something much more holistic and simple. When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop there. But if you keep going, and live with the problem and peel more layers of the onion off, you can often times arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions. Most people just don’t put in the time or energy to get there. We believe that customers are smart, and want objects which are well thought through.”

- Steve Jobs

"We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn’t build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for..."

Fri, 25 May 2012 23:41:21 +0200

“We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn’t build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We were the group of people who were going to judge whether it was great or not. We weren’t going to go out and do market research. We just wanted to build the best thing we could build.”

- Steve Jobs

"What the story of Craigslist and Facebook shows is that online network effects are strong barriers..."

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:12:18 +0200

“What the story of Craigslist and Facebook shows is that online network effects are strong barriers to entry to FRONTAL competition but not to LATERAL competition”

- How Strong Are Network Effects Online, REALLY? - Page 2 - Business Insider

Metriche per le startup

Sat, 19 May 2012 12:35:53 +0200

Un’ossessione per le metriche

View more presentations from Marco Magnocavallo

"it will transform the entire software ecosystem over the next 5 years. The changes will be so..."

Sat, 12 May 2012 23:03:01 +0200

“it will transform the entire software ecosystem over the next 5 years. The changes will be so dramatic that the current discussions of a bubble will appear silly. Huge companies will fail and even bigger new companies will be formed”

- Smart Mobile And The Thin Cloud | TechCrunch

saarsaar: apparently this is the letter that you get your first...

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:22:28 +0200

saarsaar:

apparently this is the letter that you get your first day at Apple.

Awesome.

why people take pictures

Wed, 09 May 2012 23:49:08 +0200

why people take pictures:

martinvarsavsky:

Referencing research by the UC Berkeley Sociologist Nancy Van House, I summarized the four key motivators for why people take pictures:

1) Constructing a narrative of our lives. 2) Establishing and maintaining relationships. People are using photographs for communication. 3) Self…

How Oil Prices Affect the Economy: Calling for a Third...

Tue, 08 May 2012 22:56:15 +0200

How Oil Prices Affect the Economy: Calling for a Third Industrial Revolution

“If you stand and stare out of the window on your own,...

Sat, 05 May 2012 14:26:32 +0200

“If you stand and stare out of the window on your own, you’re an antisocial, friendless idiot. If you stand and stare out of the window on your own with a cigarette, you’re a fucking philosopher”

Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything (by TEDtalksDirector)

"Ideas are today’s currency not strategy"

Thu, 03 May 2012 17:43:12 +0200

“Ideas are today’s currency not strategy”

- “Marketing is dead” says Saatchi & Saatchi CEO | The Drum

"Web monopolies are not as sticky as the monopolies of old"

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:24:36 +0200

“Web monopolies are not as sticky as the monopolies of old”

- Here’s Why Google and Facebook Might Completely Disappear in the Next 5 Years - Forbes

invaderxan: How Much Water is On Earth? In this illustration,...

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:58:08 +0200

invaderxan:

How Much Water is On Earth?

In this illustration, the blue ball represents the volume of all the water on earth, relative to the size of the earth. The tiny speck to the right of the blue ball represents Earth’s fresh water. CREDIT: David Gallo/WHOI

Capitalism

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:54:11 +0200

Capitalism

"If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my language.”..."

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:06:37 +0200

““If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my language.” Cicero”

- How do you sell creativity at work and get people onboard?

"A single invention rarely solves an entire problem. Often we only see a small part of a larger..."

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:45:51 +0200

““A single invention rarely solves an entire problem. Often we only see a small part of a larger problem without seeing the connections between the many parts.””

- 8 Insights From Upstart Inventors :: Articles :: The 99 Percent

"Open platforms are disruptive"

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:35:35 +0200

“Open platforms are disruptive”

- The Future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Is Open

“Be Wrong at the Start to Be Right at the End” The...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:09:47 +0200

“Be Wrong at the Start to Be Right at the End”

The Disruptive Age: Thriving in an Era of Constant Change

Norman was bothered by his analysis and tried to find examples...

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:01:14 +0200

Norman was bothered by his analysis and tried to find examples that refuted this conclusion: he failed. Every radical innovation he investigated was done without design research, without careful analysis of a person’s or even a society’s needs. — Norman D., Verganti R. (2012) Incremental and Radical innovation (via Incremental and Radical Innovation: can User Centered Design help? • Intense Minimalism)

Nail it before you scale it

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:06:56 +0100

Nail it before you scale it

the future of technology disruption in business ( Report)

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 10:56:45 +0100

the future of technology disruption in business ( Report)