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Scarcity & Control

February 11, 2010

The real story in nonphysical goods is one of deflation. Value in once-scarce — well, once-controlled — commodities like news, information, and advertising decline as the internet explodes creation and competition. The internet also destroys the ability of many to control distribution and thus value. But at the same time, the internet drastically increases efficiency [...]

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Inspirational Business Books

February 2, 2010

One of favorite benefits of Refresh Austin is the chance to learn from the wide array of members and their experiences. Occasionally someone posts a question or suggestion that pulls together many different experiences and ideas as the thread grows. This post is basically a straight up rip-off of one of those threads, but it’s [...]

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Trendspotting: It’s Your Job

January 26, 2010

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What are people saying about the company you work for? How do customers view the products or services you work on and the interactions they have with the organization? Don’t know? Think that this only matters for people in marketing or higher up the chain?
Wrong.
It matters. It matters a lot.
You need to know [...]

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The Business Model and User Experience

September 24, 2008

When the business model doesn’t match the user experience or… when nobody seems to understand what the business model is, the designer can’t know if they are helping or hurting the company by creating a better experience for the user.
Jared Spool, Why Understanding Business Models is Important to Ix Designers

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Creative Bridges, Coworking & Communities

April 15, 2008

This started as a quick comment on Alex Hillman’s post Creative Agency, which quickly grew so long that I realized that I had begun writing a post of my own, so I’ve shifted it to my site so I don’t hijack Alex’s discussion (plus I don’t post often enough).
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Spec Work, Pixish, Design Contests and Unicorns

February 12, 2008

Adam Howell sums up my thoughts on Pixish quite succinctly. Sure, the concept sounds great at first, as noted on the Pixish site, the community is set up as “a way to engage creative people online to submit, judge, and source amazing images.” Nice until you dig into it, just a little bit, and realize [...]

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Write That Down

September 24, 2006

Write That Down is a great blog, documenting Adam’s move from the role of developer of Web-based applications into product management. His posts are very informative and reassure me that my choice to shift towards product management will prove fruitful and challenging.

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