❧ Björn Jeffery
I'm Björn. This is my Tumblr where I post links, photos, quotes and thoughts that I find. More formal information about me here.
5.31.2012
Why turn down someone who wants to pay you thousands of dollars a month? Good questions. We’re probably leaving money on the table. But we’re also leaving complexity on the table. And complexity is like a leak in your roof. It starts small. But over time, it does real damage. And once that damage has begun, it’s hard to stop. Best not to let it in in the first place.
5.29.2012
Memorable events.
(Source: screenshotsofdespair)
5.29.2012
We managed to get most of these (as you know) and after moving into the building there was a discussion about the facilities on some mailing list where someone said, “Wow, I think I could actually live here!” whereupon I knew we’d succeeded.
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I highly doubt that productivity, from a quality perspective, increases significantly by just adding more hours. People still get tired, restless, bored or just want to do something else for a while. It’s natural and should be a part of life (and work). Just sitting in the same place, doing the same thing while a massive crew of people cater to you is not necessarily going to foster new ideas or an interesting work culture.
What perks at Facebook have been most valuable for increasing productivity? - Quora
5.29.2012
See why @TocaBoca creates some of the most unique #education apps for children. http://tw.appstore.com/7Br
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Very happy about this tweet from the official App Store team. 993 000+ followers!
5.24.2012
A good leader recognizes that most people won’t feel comfortable challenging authority, so it falls upon authority to encourage them to question. It’s easy to say that you’re going to encourage feedback but it’s hard to do, because unfortunately it doesn’t always come in a format we want to hear.
5.24.2012
New paradigms tend to start in technologies that are cheap to build, and spread to technologies that are expensive to build. They spread from text to software to hardware. (…) To see a further into the future of hardware, we might look at what’s happening with text today. When we look at Twitter and SMS, we still see communication and gift. But more strikingly, we see smallness.
If software follows content, I imagine we’ll start to see lots of APIs that do small things. But they will easily interact with one another to together do big things. And if hardware then follows software, I imagine that we will see lots of small devices that do simple things alone, but complex things together. They might remind us of ants.
5.24.2012
Fortnighter provides global travel itineraries customized to your exact specifications. Tell us about your trip and a professional travel writer with fresh local knowledge will suggest the best experiences for your specific interests.
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Interesting concept as it raises the question if writing and sharing of information is to be treated as craft and artisanship - thus justifying a higher price since it is custom made.
5.15.2012
notes.unwieldy: The $144,146,165 Button →
The average New York City taxi cab driver makes $90,747 in revenue per year. There are roughly 13,267 cabs in the city. In 2007, NYC forced cab drivers to begin taking credit cards, which involved installing a touch screen system for payment.
During payment, the user is presented with three…
I’ve often wondered about this, and now I know. It works - very well. There’s a lesson to be learned for media companies here somewhere.
5.9.2012
Swedish developer Toca Boca has passed the 10m downloads milestone for its children’s apps, less than four months after crossing the 5m mark.
5.2.2012
I never knew this was a thing, but I sort of get it.
(via Cabin Porn)
