It’s what they do, not what they say
By Jason Moriber • Feb 15th, 2009I’m excited by this new prototype interface from the New York Times called “The Skimmer.”
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I’m excited by this new prototype interface from the New York Times called “The Skimmer.”
I found this link via @howardweaver, one of the people I follow on Twitter. It’s a NYTimes article on a “pay-what-you-want” model buffet restaurant. In general the article points to it’s success; even though the prices are down they are gaining more users and increasing revenues.
If you did this with your business could you survive? [...]
I heard this news story on NPR this morning on Concierge Medicine, another example of the subscription model which seems to be gaining ground. It’s my feeling that the subscription model is the trend…
The architects will tell you all trends happen with them first, followed by the artists, then music, then the performing arts, then design, then the rest of the “types”.
Being-there is 70% of describing-there. There are great intangibles from being at the place where you are working. Working in NYC is not the same as working in Chicago. Describing NYC to a Chicagoan who has never been to NYC is a game of comparisons.
37 Signals posted Mike Rohde’s sketch notes from SEED 3. This is the perfect example of a skilled and responsive person, filtering data and presenting it in an optimal way. Try that Mr. Google! You can’t automate that if you try…right?