Photo credit: MIH Media Lab If you’ve been following me on Twitter (or seen me in real life) you know I’ve probably mentioned Bitcoin a bit too often lately. My parents are one of the few unlucky ones, especially my dad. He is a financial advisor here in South Africa, running his own company and…

Meet @lukew, the man who literally wrote the book on "mobile-first." http://t.co/yJQvFObUqp

Mark Zuckerberg explains the Facebook timeline. Will such streams become the dominant internet metaphor? Photograph: Paul Sakuma/AP T he communications theorist Marshall McLuhan observed that "we look at the present through a rear-view mirror". And that "we march backwards into the future". Amen.…

Accuracy vs. precision in the context of product decisions http://t.co/47E9NAKkZy

I t’s been a while since I was hiring at a startup, and recruiting at a startup is very different from hiring at a big company. At Yahoo! Search, it seemed like we were constantly hiring. I did an average of 5-8 interviews a week. It was a never-ending drumbeat of resumes, interviews, and offer…

Gannett, Airbnb, Pixable Weigh In On The Value Of Visual http://t.co/g8C4Tj1ZpC via @FastCompany

Image Credit: NY Times Publishers, television networks, movie studios, talent agencies, and media conglomerates each have to innovate in response to an altered technology landscape and rapidly evolving consumer behavior. Many of these entities have established digital divisions or venture investment…

Here is how to make a fortune writing software: Pick a large and established software market e.g. back-up, anti-virus or customer relationship management (CRM) software. Write a new product for that market. Get 1% of the market. Retire to your own island. These markets are massive. The CRM market…

The Improbable Rise of NPR Music http://t.co/149Sn1cfZL

“@FT: Opinion: The Boers make a plan for China http://t.co/LhqrP3K39s” Koos Bekker and others are visionaries,

I get asked what a Product Manager is at least once a week. Great blog post from 2011 by @mindtheproduct sums it up. http://t.co/pKHmtBn0nJ

‘ The best design is invisible ‘ is the interaction design phrase of the moment. The images above are from my ever-expanding collection of quotes about how design and technology will ‘ disappear ‘, become ‘ invisible ‘ or how the ‘ best interface is no interface ‘. The Verge has recently given both…

How @tagged @bunchball and @PGi make in-house labs really work for #innovation and discovery. http://t.co/YYUDeUZ0E5 … via @FastCompany

adii: What Successful People Did In Their 20s. http://t.co/14w3QWIO9W

At Spotify we have our own “Agile à la Spotify” manifesto to create alignment and direction for our improvement work. This blog post describes the background for creating the document, what it is and how we are using it. A little over a year ago my colleague Karin Björkén woke up early one morning…

Editor’s Note: Brent Simmons isn’t just the author of this piece and a Mac/iOS developer: He’s also done paid work for Microsoft to create video tutorials for Azure, an iOS-focused suite of developer tools Brent references in this piece. While I was visiting the Microsoft campus a few weeks ago—in…

Yahoo ditched a media executive for a product expert. So why are people surprised it's killing original content? http://t.co/pGPdw8uHXF

Hope this is true. > Oops, I Accidentally Wasted My Entire 20s (And I Feel Fine) http://t.co/jDdd8YXmWy via @thoughtcatalog

Will The New York Times Redesign Lead To A New Web Standard? - http://t.co/ETHBi3ykvg

When I was a little guy I was infatuated with firetrucks. That's probably not unusual. Boys like trucks. But kids usually grow out of this kind of thing. I didn't. I'm 32 and a half years old and never stopped thinking firetrucks are awesome. So I bought one. At a young age, I declared that I'd have…

Working alone is an essential part of collaboration: "Collaboration for introverts" - http://t.co/biP1A1rcxY

Navigation For Mega-Sites | @SmashingMag - http://t.co/rG1qazjIff

★ Research process: note-taking for one http://t.co/27eHnw0zgj

I talked with Ryan Singer from 37signals about design practices, product management, the merits of UX processes, and lots more. You can download an mp3 of the entire interview here (40m, 50MB), or read the (lightly edited) transcript below. Please note the visuals used here were not created or…

I literally wrote the book on remote working. In The Upgrade I explained how I spent five years living the life of a digital nomad: bouncing from hotel to hammock, working anywhere there was a decent wifi connection. Mine was an extreme example, perhaps, but most entrepreneurs will nod in passive…

Counterintuitive ‘rules’ in product design - Kontra: There are many counterintuitive ‘rules’ in product... http://t.co/rKyUdx7SGD

@iamtimhoover My Favorite Day Saturday was my favorite day since I moved to New York. I didn’t explore the MOMA (although I love it), I didn’t ponder my life on a bench in Central Park (I’ve actually never been there, shh), and I didn’t swing on a swing at Ann Hamilton’s show at the Armory (but I…

Now that Bleacher Report is in the rear view mirror, I am planning to launch another content company. It’s a "when" rather than an "if"... And I couldn’t be happier to be in this much-maligned business of creating and distributing original content. In my opinion, it is probably the single best…

Data and metrics aren't the same. Wise words from the @dosomething crew: http://t.co/f47EIzh44L

5 Lessons In UI Design, From A Breakthrough Museum http://t.co/aqze2WjHw8 via @FastCoDesign >> amazing stuff

Early Monday morning reading: Marissa Mayer on tech and what's important: http://t.co/ABKwxYygFV via @KISSmetrics. Thanks, @Mbwana 4 sharing

Genius! @jwomers @startuphacker RT @newsycombinator: Breaking down Amazon's mega dropdown http://t.co/AV5i9KFjyV

Maker Culture http://t.co/iqYwVZXzKN by @dkr