From Great Designers Aiming for the Skies to the Fun School of Modular Innovation

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights.  What are you reading this weekend?

01_legal-structure

On Starting Up…

http://mashable.com/2010/08/02/legal-structure-startup/
The form of a well structured startup.

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2010/08/02/please-let-me-redesign-your-airline-for-you/
What happens when great designers aim high.

02_delta-pretty
03_playfish

On Modular Innovation…

http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2010/08/playfish-shows-how-games-as-a-.php
Have you played in this school of Modular Innovation yet?

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

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From Redesigning the Government to an OpenStack of Modular Innovation

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights.  What are you reading this weekend?

01_influence

On Starting Up…

http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/07/25/understanding-the-powers-of-authority-social-proof/
On leveraging social proof to raise that next round.

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://www.juiceanalytics.com/writing/better-federal-it-dashboard
Redesign the government to greater efficiency and clarity.

02_government
03_openstack

On Modular Innovation…

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2010/07/26/rackspace-teams-up-with-nasa-on-open-source-cloud-project
NASA teaming up with RackSpace in an OpenStack of Modular Innovation

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

From Seeing that Customer Experience to Scaling Twitter

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights.  What are you reading this weekend?

01_optimize-messaging

On Starting Up…

http://www.rocketwatcher.com/blog/2010/07/startup-messaging.html
Optimize down your messaging by asking the right essential questions.

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://goodexperience.com/2010/07/customer-experience-a-1.php
Learn how to see that customer experience.

02_visualize-experience
03_twitter-stretch

On Modular Innovation…

http://mashable.com/2010/07/21/twitter-scalability/
Twitter still testing the challenges of scaling Modular Innovation.

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

From Max Sketching to Surfacing Greater Information

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights.  What are you reading this weekend?

01_inspire

On Starting Up…

http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/2010/07/ten-inspiring-ted-talks-for-st.php
Infect your startup with ideas worth spreading.

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2010/07/13/max_steenbergen/
The importance of sketching taken to the Max.

02_sketch_max
03_datamining

On Modular Innovation…

http://blog.programmableweb.com/2010/07/12/mine-the-information-behind-the-search-with-these-apis/
Surface greater information with these latest Modular Innovations.

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

From Knitting the Startup Story to Challenging your UX Designer

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights.  What are you reading this weekend?

01_story

On Starting Up…

http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/2010/07/does-your-startup-have-a-good.php
Weaving the perfect startup story.

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://www.inspireux.com/2010/07/05/challenging-conventional-assumptions-about-user-experience-design/
Challenge your UX designer today!

02_catirona
03_dokdok

On Modular Innovation…

http://mashable.com/2010/07/09/email-attachments-dokdok/
Taming file attachments with Modular Innovation, DokDok.

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

From the Unimportance of Competition to Complex Emotions

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights.  What are you reading this weekend?

01_competition

On Starting Up…

http://cdixon.org/2010/06/26/competition-is-overrated/
On the unimportance of your competition.

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2010/06/29/don_norman_on_emotions_and_complexity/
On the complexity and controversy of emotions.

02_complexity
03_api

On Modular Innovation…

http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/2010/06/top-5-reasons-why-your-startup.php
On the importance of Modular Innovation in your startup.

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

From Bootstrapping to the Next Online Experience

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights.  What are you reading this weekend?

01_smartassess

On Starting Up…

http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2409-bootstrapped-profitable-proud-smartassess
Smartassess bootstrapping to success.

On Design & Product Experience…

http://uxmag.com/strategy/whats-next-for-the-online-experience
Now announcing… the next online Experience!

02_online-experience
03_location-labs

On Modular Innovation…

http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/21/location-labs/
On location with Modular Innovation.

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

From Freemium to Casting Plans in Modular Innovation

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights.  What are you reading this weekend?

01_teachstreet

On Starting Up…

http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/13/free-to-paid-tips/
Transitioning from a free to paid service.

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://www.grokdotcom.com/2010/06/14/scroll-with-me-baby-the-80-20-rule-strikes-again/
Scrolling by the numbers.

02_above-the-fold
03_plancast

On Modular Innovation…

http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/16/plancast-api/
Casting new plans in a cloud of Modular Innovation.

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

From the Hottest Social Experiences to the Seeds of Modular Innovation

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights.  What are you reading this weekend?

01_recruit

On Starting Up…

http://mashable.com/2010/06/06/recruit-talent-startups/
It all starts with finding the right people…

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://sixrevisions.com/content-strategy/increase-your-user-activity-with-points-badges-and-status/
On the techniques of game mechanics in today’s hottest social experiences.

02_badges
03_appleseed

On Modular Innovation…

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/61884
On the growing seeds of Modular Innovation.

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy

From Walking Like Zappos to Autosaving for Usability

Every week I read thousands of blog posts. For your weekend enjoyment, here are some of those highlights.  What are you reading this weekend?

01_tangible-ux

On Starting Up…

http://www.inspireux.com/2010/05/31/making-a-user-experience-strategy-tangible/
Coalesce that user experience strategy … Today!

 
 

On Design & Product Experience…

http://www.jankoatwarpspeed.com/post/2010/06/02/Autosave.aspx
Better usability can be found in the promise of the elusive Autosave.

02_autosave
03_zappos

On Modular Innovation…

http://blog.programmableweb.com/2010/06/01/zappos-to-launch-api-for-shoes/
Zappos steps into some Modular Innovation.

 

Have a great weekend!

Jeremy Horn
The Product Guy