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9,738 | mukund | 2007-04-06T22:02:01 | How a carpet merchant became a VC (never mind this title read my comment) | null | http://www.siliconbeat.com/entries/2006/03/17/amidzad_the_rug_merchants_turned_venture_capitalists.html | 1 | 3 | [
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"juwo, in its present state, is not easy to use". I have heard this enough times that I am taking it very seriously. I have been thinking about this everyday because I really need to make juwo, easier to use if anyone is to use it!(If you need a demo or wish to run it and give me suggestions, feel free to email me. Anil AT juwo DOT com).The KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) principle is useful, however you also need to balance it with Einstein's dictum: "Make it as simple as possible, but no simpler".This thought popped into my head yesterday as I was pondering how to make juwo easier to use.My dog KC, has 4 legs. To make it simpler, one could cut out (ok, ok, not literally!) two legs. After all, many mammals, birds etc have two.Would that be better, or worse?important principle:understand and identify the core concept before attempting to strip off layers you think are unnecessary.Any suggestions? (on juwo!)
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9,837 | blader | 2007-04-07T02:01:13 | Oh app, for crying out loud, go update yourself | null | http://miksovsky.blogs.com/flowstate/2006/06/hey_app_go_upda.html | 5 | 7 | [
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9,908 | gibsonf1 | 2007-04-07T05:11:37 | Microsoft Is Dead. Long Live Microsoft. | null | http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/23/opinion/23carr.html?ex=1248321600&en=313e86d1b0f2ac2f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland | 3 | 1 | [
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9,968 | JMiao | 2007-04-07T08:37:38 | All I Need To Know To Be A Better Programmer I Learned In Kindergarten | null | http://codist.biit.com/fiche/thecodist/article/all-i-need-to-know-to-be-a-better-programmer-i-learned-in-kindergarten | 5 | 2 | [
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9,976 | farmer | 2007-04-07T09:33:00 | Mossberg: Using Even New PCs Is Ruined by a Tangle Of Trial Programs, Ads | null | http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20070405.html | 7 | 1 | [
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10,034 | blader | 2007-04-07T14:13:24 | Web Design is 95% Typography | null | http://www.informationarchitects.jp/the-web-is-all-about-typography-period | 12 | 16 | [
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95% of the information on the web is written language. It is only logical to say that a web designer should get good training in the main discipline of shaping written information, in other words: Typography.
Back in 1969, Emil Ruder, a famous Swiss typographer, wrote on behalf of his contemporary print materials what we could easily say about our contemporary websites:
Today we are inundated with such an immense flood of printed matter that the value of the individual work has depreciated, for our harassed contemporaries simply cannot take everything that is printed today. It is the typographer’s task to divide up and organize and interpret this mass of printed matter in such a way that the reader will have a good chance of finding what is of interest to him.
With some imagination (replace print with online) this sounds like the job description of a web designer. It is the web designer’s task “to divide up and organize and interpret this mass of printed matter in such a way that the reader will have a good chance of finding what is of interest to him”.
Micro-Typography vs Macro-Typography
Typographers discern between macro-typography and Micro-typography. Micro typography deals with detailed aspects of type and spacing, focusing on the readability of text:
Tracking and Glyph-width
Protrusion, margin kerning, or hanging punctuation
Punctually increasing or decreasing word space
Chunking words through word spacing or other white space
While micro typography is hard to control in format free, liquid medium as the Web, Macro typography covers many aspects of what we nowadays call Web design:
The Format: The basic dimensions within which we set type
The Grid: Type size, proportion of columns
The Hierarchy: How the different type sizes and the formatting relate to each other
So to speak, web designers now do the job that typographers did 30 years ago:
Typography has one plain duty before it and that is to convey information in writing. No argument or consideration can absolve typography from this duty. A printed work which cannot be read becomes a product without purpose.
Optimizing typography is optimizing readability, accessibility, usability(!), and overall graphic balance. Organizing blocks of text and combining them with pictures… Isn’t that what graphic designers, usability specialists, information architects do? So why is it such a neglected topic?
Too Few Fonts? Resolution Too Low?
The main—usually whiny—argument against typographical discipline online is that there are only few fonts available. The second argument is that the screen resolution is too low, which makes it hard to read pixelated or anti-aliased fonts in the first place.
The argument that we do not have enough fonts at our disposition is as good as irrelevant: During the renaissance the typographer often had one font to work with, and yet this period produced some of the most beautiful typographical work.
Typographers shouldn’t care too much what kind of fonts they have at their disposal. The choice of fonts shouldn’t be our major concern. We should use what is available and use it the best we can.
Choosing a Typeface Is Not Typography
The second argument is not much better. Initially, the quality of printed letters was way worse than what we see on the screen nowadays. More importantly, if handled professionally, screen fonts are pretty well readable.
Web design is not about picking great typefaces, it is how we use them. Which is a huge difference. Anyone can buy typefaces. Few can discern quality typefaces from poor choices. But only very few master typography.
Treat Text as a User Interface
Yes, it can be annoying how different browsers and platforms render fonts. Yes, the low resolution issues make it hard to stay focused for more than five minutes. But, well, it is part of a web designer’s job to make sure that texts are easy and nice to read on all major browsers and platforms. Correct leading, word and letter spacing, active white space, and dosed use of color help readability. But that’s not quite it. A great web designer knows how to work with text not just as content, he treats text as a user interface:
Good typography in 2006: Khoi Vinh’s website in October 2006, at the time that this article was written.
Good typography doesn’t get old: Screenshots from 2006, retaken in 2023 via archive.org
Slightly more famous examples of unornamental websites that treat text as interface are: google, eBay, craigslist, youtube, flickr, Digg, reddit, delicious. Control over typography is not just a basic design necessity. Knowing how to treat text as a user interface is the key factor for successful Web design. Successful websites manage to create a simple interface and a strong identity at the same time. But that’s another subject.
UPDATE: As it raised so many eyebrows, hands and questions I decided to write a follow up
Where to Start: Some Reading Tips
The Elements of Typographic Style: Renowned typographer Robert Bringhurst brings clarity to the art of typography with this masterful style guide. Perfect place to start your journey into the rabbit holes of typography.
Emil Ruder, Typographie: Emil Ruder’s Typography is the timeless textbook from which generations of typographer and graphic designers have learned their fundamentals. Ruder, one of the great twentieth-century typographers was a pioneer who abandoned the conventional rules of his discipline and replaced them with new rules that satisfied the requirements of his new typography.
Grid Systems: From a professional for professionals, here is the definitive word on using grid systems in graphic design. Though Müller-Brockman first presented his interpretation of grid in 1961, this text is still useful today for anyone working in the latest computer-assisted design.
Grid Systems: Although grid systems are the foundation for almost all typographic design, they are often associated with rigid, formulaic solutions. However, the belief that all great design is nonetheless based on grid systems (even if only subverted ones) suggests that few designers truly understand the complexities and potential riches of grid composition. An excellent introduction by Kimberly Elam.
The Stroke: The Stroke puts forward a genuine theory of writing—that is, the concepts behind letters on the page, whether by pen, pencil, or brush. Concerned not with art calligraphy and beautiful forms, The Stroke is a description of the phenomenon of letters and how they are made in writing. Starting from basic principles, Gerrid Noordzij begins with the white space that creates definition by surrounding letters. Then, using simple geometrical concepts, he describes in minute detail how the strokes of writing can be formed. Delightful.
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10,043 | amichail | 2007-04-07T14:28:42 | Karl Sims' Evolved Virtual Creatures (old but still very cool!) | null | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0OHycypSG8 | 4 | 2 | [
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10,047 | amichail | 2007-04-07T14:33:40 | Aspect-Oriented Programming: Radical Research in Modularity | null | http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8566923311315412414 | 1 | 1 | [
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10,258 | blader | 2007-04-08T01:18:30 | The Programmer's Stone | null | http://www.reciprocality.org/Reciprocality/r0/index.html | 3 | 1 | [
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The Programmer’s Stone is a theory and training course on how to think as an effective and adaptable computer programmer and information technology specialist. Alan Carter and Colston Sanger wrote the guide with the aim to explore, recapture and celebrate the programming art form.
The reader is positioned to become a better programmer, understand the struggles confronting inexperienced programmers, and communicate well with experienced programmers.
Here is a summary of themes.
What Makes a Good IT Course?
A good IT course embodies the essence of “The Programmers’ Stone.” It’s not just about coding skills. It’s about thinking differently. Like mappers, students learn to navigate the tech landscape creatively. They prepare for the constant evolution of IT. This foundation helps them adapt to future changes.
Real-world application is vital. The course challenges students with practical tasks. They solve problems like true IT professionals. This hands-on approach echoes the mappers’ journey. It shifts from theoretical knowledge to practical expertise. Students emerge as capable problem solvers, ready for the IT industry.
Ethics play a crucial role. The course emphasizes responsible technology use. It builds on the article’s themes of self-teaching and adaptability. Graduates understand their impact on society. They become thoughtful, ethical professionals. They’re equipped to make positive contributions in a digital world.
Related: “Best Information Technology Courses” at Lerna Courses
Mapping versus Packing
Mappers apply the cognitive strategy of populating and integrating mental maps, then reading off the solution to any specific problem. They find methods for achieving objectives by consulting internal mental maps.
Packers are practised at retaining large numbers of knowledge packets. They aim to perform the ‘correct’ action in any given situation. Their strategies for dealing with ambiguous circumstances, where there is no satisfactory correct action, are ad hoc.
Mappers experience learning as an internal process which adapts to external and self-generated stimuli. Packers experience learning as a task to be performed using appropriate methods. Efficient mapper learning uses intuition to explore conceptual relationships and recognize truth. Efficient packer learning relies on memorization of knowledge packets, such as standard programming techniques.
Differences and Conflict
A trait of packer thinking that frustrates mappers is packers appearing to have no interest in finding the flaws in their own logic. Worse still, they may be happy to accept flaws when they are pointed out to them on the basis of convenience – so what? The evidence that is tangibly before them is less important than behavior ingrained through repetition.
This is one example of problems arising from the different approaches. To summarize further deviations and points of conflict:
Packing is the social norm and the world is set up for packers
The results of mapping are called `common sense’, which isn’t so common
Mappers think packers are cynical or intellectually lazy
Packers think mappers are unfocused and irrational
Packers spend much of their time playing politics, where reason matters little
Packer psychology is usually understood by packers but less so by mappers
Mapper psychology is often understood by mappers but never understood by packers
Mappers are guides by reason rather than culture
Mappers teach themselves, which packers struggle with, but also learn from others.
Information Systems
Information is the data which have been processed into a form which is meaning full to the recipient and which is of real or perceived value for the intended purpose which, as for as the management is concerned, is likely to be for planning, control or decision making. Thus data are the raw materials from which information is produced.
An organization’s information systems might be used to perform a number of tasks simultaneously:
Initiating transactions
Recording transactions as they occur
Processing data
Producing reports.
Responding to enquiries.
Nature of Information Processing
The term “information processing” is more appropriate than the outmoded term “data processing” as it recognizes that it is information which is important to the management processes of business planning, decision making and control (techopedia). The preparation of the reports containing information involves subject to the basic facts, i.e. the data, to a number of processing operations which typically include: verification (when data has been subjected to data conversion into a machine sensible form), validation, sorting merging, computing, comparing, updating and printing.
Source of Information
It is important to become aware of all of the potential sources of information available. Decision making efforts can be hampered if you do not know where to get the information you need or fail to realize that certain information exists. Observation is the method of obtaining information about tangible things as well as statistics from government agencies, trade publications, and research reports. Information can be acquired from two basic sources – Internal and External.
Internal sources are with in an organization. Common internal sources are internally generated documents, observations, and internal surveys. Internal documents found in most businesses include a balance-sheet, an income statement, employ files, schedule and unscheduled and other files and reports. Such documents can supply a great deal of information about how a business operates and what its financial condition is.
External surveys are similar to internal surveys except that the individual surveyed are outside the organization that is conducting the survey. Government agencies compile large amount of information about a wide variety of topics, including gross national product (GNP) and population estimates, which can be very important to some businesses. Most of the information collected by the government agencies is available on request.
Types of Information
There are three types of information: operational, tactical and strategic.
1. Operational Information (OI)
Operational information (OI) is used to ensure that specific tasks are planned and carried out properly with in a factory or office and may feed directly into operating systems. In the office of payroll, for example, operational information might include the time worked each week by each employ, time each person spend upon individual jobs during the week. More urgent operational information such as the amount of raw material being put to a production process, may be required daily, hourly, or in the case of automated production, second by second.
2. Tactical Information (TI)
TI is used to decide how the resources of business should be employed, and to monitor how they are being, and have being employed. Such information includes productivity measurement budgetary control or variance analysis, and cash flow forecasts, manning levels and profit results with in a particular department of the organization, labor turn over statistics with in a department and short term purchasing requirements.
Tactical Information therefore: Is primarily generated from internal sources; Is summarize although a report might include raw data as backup; Is relevant to the short and medium term; Describes or analysis activities or departments; Is based on quantitative measures.
3. Strategic Information (SI)
SI is used to plane the objectives of their organization and to access whether the objectives are being met in practice. Such information includes over all profit ability, the profit ability of different segments of business, total manning levels and capital equipment needs.
Strategic Information is therefore:
Derived from both internal and external sources
Summarized at high level
Relevant to the long-term
Deals with the whole organization
Often prepared on an “ad hoc” bases
Both quantitative and qualitative
Uncertain, given that the future cannot be predicted.
See also: Prudence and Safety
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10,489 | divia | 2007-04-08T19:14:32 | Why big companies suck and startups should beat them | null | http://www.xobni.com/blog/2007/02/05/salesgenie-why-big-companies-suck-and-startups-should-beat-them/ | 9 | 5 | [
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10,515 | joshwa | 2007-04-08T21:26:25 | Kleiner Perkins Partner: If by Web 2.0, you mean companies that build an audience to be monetized by Google, I am not actively pursuing them. | null | http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2007/01/03/with-web-20-its-easy-to-get-muddled/ | 12 | 7 | [
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January 3, 2007 12:38 PM
VB: What sort of entrepreneurs is Kleiner Perkins seeing these days?
Komisar: We see plenty of young entrepreneurs worked up about Web 2.0, and all the digital media stuff that spins from it. We’re very conscious, however, of the hype swirling around Web 2.0. It’s easy to get muddled.
(Editor’s note: Randy Komisar joined venture firm Kleiner Perkins as partner two years ago. Here’s our story at the time. VentureBeat recently caught up with him. Below is a Q&A:)
VB: What sort of entrepreneurs is Kleiner Perkins seeing these days?
Komisar: We see plenty of young entrepreneurs worked up about Web 2.0, and all the digital media stuff that spins from it. We’re very conscious, however, of the hype swirling around Web 2.0. It’s easy to get muddled.
We also see impressive innovators in Green Tech, Personalized Medicine, Infectious Diseases, and some very interesting experiments in new Mobile and Web platforms. These areas tend to be less “exuberant” and more grounded in significant technology and promising business models. These entrepreneurs are not just in the US anymore, but in China, India, Europe and Israel as well.
VB: What you’re seeing is that certain start-up segments are supportive of different styles of entrepreneurship.
Komisar: Yes, to some degree. In Energy, for instance, you don’t tend to see quick flippers. Green Tech entrepreneurs seem to be very aware of the fundamentals; they realize that core tech innovations are critical to their success. They can’t rely on driving advertising with eyeballs as a substitute for differentiated technology. Web 2.0 can get pretty speculative• where you throw a party, and if people come, you get Google to monetize it for you [with Google’s Adsense ads]. Every so often a YouTube happens, and that really stokes the fire • some would-be entrepreneurs get the impression, to quote Dire Straits, that the “money is for nothin, and the chicks for free”. This approach is pretty different from what we see from most Green Tech entrepreneurs.
VB: Are you investing in Web 2.0?
Komisar: I’m personally not doing much in Web 2.0 at the moment. I’m looking for more fundamental innovations. I’m less interested in the content and media fallout. There are no strong barriers to entry in Web 2.0. If by Web 2.0, you mean companies that build an audience to be monetized by Google, I am not actively pursuing them; though I should never say never.
I’m not sure how long YouTube would have remained an independent business had they not been bought by Google. Google has an efficient search engine to monetize large audiences. If you’re creating Web 2.0 products and media, its tough to build anything of sufficient scale to remain independent — you are more likely to end up being a feature on Google, Microsoft or Yahoo. Google bought YouTube because they’re interested in where people are spending time online, and because they didn’t want anyone else to buy it. Google has the capacity to suck the air out of the room • they’re making sure that Microsoft and Yahoo don’t get a toehold on AOL or MySpace or YouTube. Its too early to guess how all this plays out.
VB: What about Kleiner’s investments in Podshow and OneTrueMedia?
Komisar: Podshow is not strictly Web 2.0 as we defined it before. Ron & Adam are not just hosting content, they are building a very vibrant environment for highly creative people to entertain themselves and others, complete with their own advertising engine. One True Media provides Web-based image creation tools and a place to share one’s creations with others. It is not a media site, but a personal creativity site. It is not monetized by ads, but by DVD sales, photo-books and subscribers. It is not primarily in the business of attracting eyeballs, it is the business of helping people express themselves and share with friends, families, and colleagues.
VB: Do you ever get excited by a Web company, only to have your partners shoot you down?
Komisar: Yes, all the time. My esteemed partners will say, “wait a second • can this be a legacy business; can it be a stand alone independent company in the long run; will it make a difference….??” We have so many disciplines represented here at KP; we have people focused on healthcare, energy, and enterprise. And there’s Aileen, Trae, Ajit, Ellen, Matt, Ray and myself collaborating in the consumer and mobile areas. Usually I try to see a new company with another partner so we can bring different perspectives to the meeting. We consider the significance of the innovation, the market size and dynamics, the domain expertise and experience of the entrepreneurs, the character of the team, the competitive landscape, the business model, etc. • and we compare the company with others that we’ve seen recently and historically. The next step is often to invite the company to meet with a handful of partners to assess the venture more broadly with the benefit of their own judgment and experience. Then we pull together the deep due diligence to address the critical issues. You rarely take a company to the full partnership without crossing your “t”s and dotting all the “i”s.
VB: You mean, once a company gets to the famous Monday meeting, the work has been done, a decision has pretty much been made?
Komisar: If you get to the Monday meeting, you’ve done quite well. We probably invest in more than half of those companies. That is my guess, but it sure feels that way. So much of work is done up front.
VB: How has Kleiner changed since you joined?
Komisar: I’ve sensed changes have occurred, but of course KP is always changing. There’s a strong feeling of a shared mission and camaraderie. I came here with the expectation that Kleiner would be even more “mission” driven than in the past, in other words looking to invest in innovations that can make a difference. Examples are our initiatives to invest in pandemic related companies, personalized drug therapies, green technologies, alternative energy, and novel platforms that can provide satisfying and valuable consumer experiences in the web and mobile worlds. We may be kidding ourselves, but we want to be proud of these companies a decade from now. In retrospect the most successful ventures • for investors, employees, et.al. — are those that have created the most significant changes. Genentech, Sun, Intuit, Amazon, Netscape, Verisign, and Google, are just a few examples of Kleiner investments that have made significant contributions and reaped commensurate rewards.
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