tipjoy

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New version of Bump launches today(blog.bu.mp)
29 points by tipjoy 15y ago|2 comments
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by tipjoy 15y ago
This is a better article about skeuomorphism for those interested: http://www.andymangold.com/skeuomorphism-the-opiate-of-the-p... PS - Skeuomorphism definition: "Strictly speaking it means retaining design features from earlier designs w
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by tipjoy 16y ago
Bump is building an awesome design team. We are hiring interaction designers & visual designers - come join us.
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by tipjoy 17y ago
Debatably, they got less than half the talent, thank you very much!
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by tipjoy 17y ago
Also worth noting was once we made it through the 'first round' I sent an email asking some questions and got no reply...
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by tipjoy 17y ago
Dear author: Please stop misusing 'less'. It should be _fewer_ disks, _fewer_ books. Fewer is for discrete things, less is for continuous. As in: fewer dollars, less money. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fewer/less
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by tipjoy 17y ago
mediocrity != good
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by tipjoy 17y ago
Hm, I did a quick search, and it's missing all of the payment engines, and doesn't list popular Twitter URL shorteners like bit.ly
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by tipjoy 17y ago
This execution isn't addressing the readers needs, but it would be interesting to see several different attempts at a redesign. It would be a fun challenge for interaction designers.
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by tipjoy 17y ago
We do that as well.
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by tipjoy 17y ago
They use free p2p payments as a loss leader to up-sell their credit cards. It's a pretty interesting model.
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Device allows plants to Twitter(reuters.com)
5 points by tipjoy 17y ago|3 comments
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by tipjoy 17y ago
Um, early April Fools joke? Oh and did you go to the homepage: http://www.gicleelife.com ? I'm laughing, anyway.
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by tipjoy 17y ago
Seafarers just makes the game bigger. Cities & Knights makes it more complex (as well as making it bigger).
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by tipjoy 17y ago
Why is the first comment on all blog posts about magazines folding something along the lines of "oh no! I just paid $9 for a two year subscription!" $9 is less than most people pay daily at starbucks. No wonder magazines can't stay in bu
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by tipjoy 17y ago
You need to play with the 'cities and knights' extension. It makes the game more complex. Also try the board game Puerto Rico, which we're just getting into but seems pretty awesome.
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by tipjoy 18y ago
There's no print version (yet!) but maybe one day I'll look at some print-on-demand services like lulu.
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Alphabettr: lessons from the interweb 2.0 (alphabettr.com)
6 points by tipjoy 18y ago|4 comments
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Tweetbysnailmail.com ... pwned(tweetbymail.com)
7 points by tipjoy 18y ago|0 comments
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by tipjoy 18y ago
Cute idea, but I don't want to over-engineer... just add a date/time note somewhere on the letter and I can accommodate.
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Microtypography, Designing the new Collins dictionaries(typotheque.com)
1 points by tipjoy 18y ago|0 comments
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by tipjoy 18y ago
It is definitely valid to say that packaging helps sell a product. Think about the experience of receiving a product from Apple and you see the value of packaging. What is so interesting in this case is that it is a sign of how people's t
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by tipjoy 18y ago
So the answer is so obvious that any opposition isn't worth hearing, and no debate is necessary? You have your fingers in your ears.
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Tipjoy is hiring developers at its Boston area office(tipjoy.com)
28 points by tipjoy 18y ago
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by tipjoy 18y ago
No, style and aesthetics are intrinsically tied to usability and studies have shown this again and again. Check out Malcom Gladwell's Blink for a few colloquial examples. For more formal research studies, email me.
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by tipjoy 18y ago
Yes there is. His layout doesn't follow the grid at all, which creates additional cognitive load/eye strain when reading. Also aesthetics affects usability. In studies, it has been shown that people find things which are more aesthetically
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by tipjoy 18y ago
you are both 'mildly amused' and 'fairly surprised' - I find this unsurprising, but amusing. also, I recommend: http://www.users.qwest.net/~yarnspnr/writing/adverbs/adverbs...
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by tipjoy 18y ago
Very clean site. The white/gray/dark gray color scheme of the cart part isn't working for me. They white ones look most like links, when they're the sold ones. The grey ones look disabled, when they're the ones you want me to click on. Als
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by tipjoy 18y ago
I'm curious to hear what everyone thinks about this, especially from those who have raised $ before and are now doing it again - has it become more challenging in recent months?
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Venture Investors Wrap Up an Unusually Bleak Quarter (nytimes.com)
12 points by tipjoy 18y ago|1 comments

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