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Dec 6th

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way”

– Marcus Aurelius

Nov 6th

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Nov 1st

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Oct 27th

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Stay hungry, stay foolish. →

Oct 6th

Pimp your suitcase! →

Nice idea! I guess it can be useful to find your suitcase in the belt.

Aug 4th

Turn Your WordPress Blog into a Tumblr-style... →

If you’re still on WordPress you might find this interesting ;)

Jul 11th

“Indifference towards people and the reality in which they live is actually the...”

– Dieter Rams (Spotted in his new book, As Little Design as Possible). (via russianpencil)

Jun 24th

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First things first please!!!

☐ PowerPoint ☑ Saddam Hussein ☑ Osama Bin Laden

May 2nd

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The Noun Project - Building a Free Collection of... →

Dec 8th

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Dec 2nd

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Goals and objectives

As obvious as it may sound, it is extremely important to clarify the project goals and objectives before jumping to solutions. Just to clarify: The Goals are the main purpose of the project. The Objectives are way to measure the goals. Example: If the Goal is to increase the market share, the objective could be set in terms of total units sold, sales revenue, total users, or other specific ways...

Dec 2nd

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“Lesson 2: If you want to keep great contributors, develop better managers....”

– http://blogs.hbr.org/taylor/2010/11/getting_smarter_about_googles.html

Dec 2nd

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Dec 2nd

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Nov 25th

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Nov 21st

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Did you know?

This is what I randomly found out today: The worm It is a common misconception that some tequilas contain a ‘worm’ in the bottle. Only certain mezcals, usually from the state of Oaxaca, are ever sold con gusano, and that only began as a marketing gimmick in the 1940s. The worm is actually the larval form of the moth Hypopta agavis that lives on the agave plant. Finding one in the...

Nov 18th

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Nov 9th

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Watch

Seth Godin on Quieting the lizard brain

Nov 4th

Watch

Nov 4th

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Oct 25th

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Good design

How good is a good design? Today I was reading a post at the core77 forum from someone asking if innovation was a requirement for a good design. Innovation topic aside, it is first worth defining what makes a design to be good. One of the main differences between Art and Design is that Design should solve a set of problems. Traditional marketing and design research can be used to discover...

Oct 14th

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Sep 29th

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Watch

Thanks again to my friend Anton for sharing this interesting video in which we can appreciate some very interesting insights about the Chinese market. It is fascinating to see the contradictions on the market and some of the aspects in which western countries are totally opposite.

Sep 23rd

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Watch

Peter Skillman on the importance of failing and learning. Great video! (Thanks Anton for sharing!)

Sep 15th

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Sep 9th

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Sep 7th

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Sep 7th

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Sep 4th

1 note

Sep 4th

2,405 notes

Earth at 27.000 KM/h

Watch the beautiful video here

Sep 2nd

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Aug 31st

Aug 20th

Did you know?

I’m doing some research about screen aspect ratios and found this interesting fact: Quote from Wikipedia: Given the same diagonal, the 4:3 screen offers more area, because it is closer to square (which maximizes area given a diagonal). For CRT-based technology, an aspect ratio that is closer to square is cheaper to manufacture. The same is true for projectors, and other optical devices...

Aug 19th

Facebook

FB: Facebook would like to use your current location. Allow?
Me: NO (as in en ou...NO... November Oscar.. NO)
FB: Sorry, this service is not yet available in your region. Thank you for your patience.
Me: No problem? :|

Aug 19th

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Aug 19th

Aug 8th

Aug 6th

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The Reader

Google reader is an OUTSTANDING tool to keep track of many websites. You can organize your feeds (blog subscriptions) in cathegories, share articles, send articles by email, send to facebook, twitter, etc. Not many people know about reader and it seems more complicated than it really is. Maybe a problem is de UI design that looks so…”google” (beta). It is the google app that I...

Aug 5th

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Checking out Prezi

Power of storytelling on Prezi This could be a nice alternative to PowerPoint. Check out more at http://prezi.com/explore/

Aug 4th

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Aug 2nd

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How to give and receive design feedback →

Thanks to my friend Angel Fausto for sharing this article. The points are all good and valid but these are my favorites: Start by clarifying the objective Be respectful Be specific Provide justification Find the original article here

Aug 1st

Why Design Contests Are Bad →

Jul 28th

$20 Wikipedia Reader Uses 8-Bit Computing Power →

Jul 27th

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