The Product Guy’s Weekend Reading (July 17, 2009)

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.

01_trenches

On Starting Up…

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/editors_pick_six_reasons_to_stick_with_your_startu.php
Be inspired to stick with your startup dreams.

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://www.stoweboyd.com/message/2009/07/the-future-of-money-richard-smith-and-the-dollar-redeign-project.html
On making money, and making it look cool.

02_making-money
03_identities

On Modular Innovation…

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_of_identities_making_machine-accessible_people_data.php
On the web of identities of Modular Innovation.

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

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The Product Guy’s Weekend Reading (July 3, 2009)

Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.

01_pricing

On Starting Up…

On charging your customers sooner, rather than later.
http://www.undertheradarblog.com/blog/why-you-should-charge-money-sooner-rather-than-later/

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

Good rebuttal to Jacob Neilson’s desire to ‘Stop Password Masking.’
https://blogs.sans.org/appsecstreetfighter/2009/06/28/response-to-nielsens-stop-password-masking/

02_password-masking
03_connections

On Modular Innovation…

On early trends on Modular Innovation.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/something_new_in_2009.php

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

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The Product Guy’s Weekend Reading (June 26, 2009)

Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.

01_noncompete

On Starting Up…

Stifling startups and healthy competition with noncompetes.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/06/21/start_ups_stifled_by_noncompetes/

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

On the challenges facing the future of web product testing.
http://javascriptchicago.com/?p=91

02_app_testing
03_everyware

On Modular Innovation…

The everyware perspective of Modular Innovation.
http://www.experientia.com/blog/reflecting-on-everyware-the-era-of-ubiquitous-computing/

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

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The Product Guy’s Weekend Reading (June 19, 2009)

Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.

01_gov_regulation

On Starting Up…

On the government regulation of venture capital.
http://www.pehub.com/42323/private-equity-and-venture-capital-to-be-regulated/

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/15/take-your-design-to-the-next-level-with-css3/
An interesting perspective on taking design to the next level by shirking web standards.

02_css3
03_opera

On Modular Innovation…

http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2009/06/17/my-own-thoughts-on-unite/
Great debate, by way of Opera’s Unite, on the future forms of Modular Innovation.

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

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The Product Guy’s Weekend Reading (June 12, 2009)

Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.

01_self-awareness

On Starting Up…

http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/06/self-awareness.html
Learn from the self-awareness of a wise VC.

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2009/06/09/implementation-focus-squarespace/
Learn about how design and interface quality have bred success at startup, Squarespace.

02_squarespace
03_google-apps-sync

On Modular Innovation…

http://www.appscout.com/2009/06/google_apps_get_outlook_syncin.php
The growing Modular Innovation of Google Apps by through ever increasing Interoperability.

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

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The Product Guy’s Weekend Reading (June 5, 2009)

Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.

01_kadoink

On Starting Up…

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/04/beware-the-venture-debt-kadoink-shuts-down-for-good/
Lesson on the downsides of raising debt capital, from Kadoink.

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://konigi.com/notebook/oooh-thats-clever-unnatural-experiments-web-design
An awesome look at cleverness and addressing excitement needs on the web.

02_nicepaul
03_clouds

On Modular Innovation…

http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/cloud-hosting-storage-toolbox-options-tools/
Looking at the clouds in a time of Modular Innovation.

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

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The Product Guy’s Weekend Reading (May 29, 2009)

Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.

01_30minutes

On Starting Up…

http://www.quicksprout.com/2009/05/25/how-to-be-a-better-entrepreneur-in-the-next-30-minutes/
Better entrepreneurship in 30 minutes.

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://sixrevisions.com/web-development/five-ways-to-speed-up-page-response-times/
On improving the Usability of the UX with YSlow.

02_yslow
03_googlewave

On Modular Innovation…

http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/google-wave-what-might-email-l.html
Is Google Wave the next major milestone in Modular Innovation?

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

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The Product Guy’s Weekend Reading (May 22, 2009)

Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.

01_less-startups

On Starting Up…

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/18/crunchbase-data-rocks-too-bad-the-q1-numbers-suck-our-report/
On the growing trend of significantly less startups starting up.

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/behind-scenes-of-search-options-panel.html
A look at Google’s iterative design process applied to Search Options.

02_google-search-options
03_linkeddata

On Modular Innovation…

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/linked_data_is_blooming_why_you_should_care.php
The interconnections of Modular Innovations’ data.

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

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The Product Guy’s Weekend Reading (May 15, 2009)

Every week I read tens of thousands of blog posts. Here, for your weekend enjoyment, are some highlights from my recent reading, for you.

01_earlystage

On Starting Up…

http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/05/new_venture_funds_focus_on_the.php
Venture funds displaying renewed focus on early-stage startups.

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://www.uie.com/articles/experiencedesign
On the invisibility of great designs.

02_not-seen
03_quirksmode

On Modular Innovation…

http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/04/google_presenta.html
Modular Innovation in the mobile web, by way of W3C Widgets.

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

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