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Entries from April 28th, 2008

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April 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Linkage

Health Care Social NetworkingList of community sites
Twitter Blog: A little spring cleaningSome UI tweaks
I hope someday a one-word micro-blog post keeps you out of a Middle Eastern prisonFrom someecards.com
Articles by Ari Spool – The Stranger, Seattle's Only NewspaperJared Spool's lovely daughter
Down for everyone or just me?Pretty sweet way to check if a website is down [...]


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Google’s Design Principles

April 28th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Design

I owe you a proper recap of Leah Buley’s earth-shattering presentation at the IA Summit, but because my computer battery had died and I was taking notes on paper, I’ve been lazy about typing it all up.
In any case, one of the things she talked about was the importance of using Design Principles to guide [...]


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GEL 2008: Day 2, Session 4 “Success”

April 27th, 2008 · 11 Comments · Conferences

[Also check out other GEL 2008 posts: Day 1; Day 2 Session 1 "Connect", Session 2 "Twist", Session 3 "Make"]
Session 4: Success
Speakers: Nayla Al-Khaja, Marissa Mayer, Garrett Oliver, Bob Mankoff, Chip Conley
Nayla Al-Khaja, producer and director

Nayla is from Dubai, the first producer and director in the United Arab Emirates
35 years ago UAE was a blank [...]


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GEL 2008: Day 2, Session 3 “Make”

April 27th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Conferences

[Also check out other GEL 2008 posts: Day 1; Day 2, Session 1 "Connect"; Day 2, Session 2 "Twist"; Day 2, Session 4 "Success"]
Session 3: Make
Speakers: Alex Lee, Terry Border, Sam Brown, Bill Gurstelle, Rhett and Link
Alex Lee, President of OXO

OXO created by a man who needed more comfortable cooking utensils for his wife who [...]


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GEL 2008: Day 2, Session 2 “Twist”

April 27th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Conferences

[Also check out other GEL 2008 posts: Day 1; Day 2 Session 1 "Connect", Session 3 "Make", Session 4 "Success"]
Session 2: Twist
Speakers: Bridget Duffy, George Vaillant, Lelavision, Natasha Schüll
Twist: taking the familiar and adding something unexpected
Bridget Duffy, Chief Experience Officer of Cleveland Clinic

She’s bringing good experience into health care
Shows cartoon of a dr saying to [...]


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