Posted July 2nd, 2009 by karinesabatier
Four crowdsourcing lessons from the Guardian’s (spectacular) expenses-scandal experiment
When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Communities !
http://www.antsmagazine.com/100-useful-cheat-sheets-for-web-designers-developers
In the cheat sheet series, this one is quite complete and useful.
I love monsters
I’m a huge fan of Stefan Bucher’s daily monster (I’ve watched every single monster come alive and got the book and DVD). If you do love monsters too, check this out : if you give Len Peralta your monster’s name, he will draw it for you : $35 for the drawing + the video :)
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Tags: cheat sheet, Communities, crowdsourcing, Links, monsters
Posted June 16th, 2009 by karinesabatier
Kanban philosophy in a few words
Last point refers to what I used to call the “my wife doesn’t like your design” symptom. Collect the data you need in time to make responsible decisions. Repeat. Collect the data you need in time to make responsible decisions. And sometimes, just regard it and trust your instinct.
Are you thinking or are you farting?
Though too much thinking can lead you to procrastination and never really finish what you started, a little bit of deep thinking can lead to mature and coherent design… As design is mainly about solving problems, it surely can’t harm if you ask yourself why those problems are here before jumping into solving them blindly. The 5 whys rule rules!
Tags: agile pillar, Agility, coherence, double thinking, kanban, product sense, thinking
Posted June 10th, 2009 by karinesabatier
Last year, I discovered Dan Pink’s amazing book about the right and left brains. This also was the occasion for me to discover that I am a right brainer (and no more ashamed to be so in this technological world, thanks to him). Two little tests to check for yourself:
Right brain test 1
Right brain test 2
And the fabulous book: A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink
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Posted May 29th, 2009 by karinesabatier

They already had your email, your browser home page, your browser default search, maybe even your internal site search, your online documents, your photos, and so much more… Google is about to release Wave, their forthcoming tools and API for collaborative work. Nice toys… but what is it that they don’t know about you now?
Google Wave homepage
Mashable’s guide to Wave
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