Garrick van Buren – Page 40 – About time. And product. And being more deliberate.

Slumming it

“Slum tourism is a type of tourism that involves visiting impoverished areas, which has become increasingly prominent in several developing countries like India, Brazil, Kenya, and Indonesia The concept began in poor sections of London and by 1884 had started in Manhattan.”

“I’m not interested in selling pieces of plastic.”

“Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator. People who look at music as commerce don’t understand that.” – Jeff Tweedy

Challenge Accepted

“We challenge people to sit in the chamber in the dark – one reporter stayed in there for 45 minutes.” – Steven Orfield

And if it doesn’t matter…

“Competition on price also implies that the content of your ebook doesn’t matter…I’d much rather have one such customer who I found by charging $39 than 13 less enthusiastic customers who feel my product is as disposable as a cup of over-roasted coffee. That one customer will do much more to help build my new business.” – Jason Cohen

Funproductive

“Reading productivity posts in itself is a highly unproductive exercise. Our time probably would have been better spent by looking at cats on Reddit instead.” – Jason Kim

SocialSwarm.net

“We want to put the users of social network services back in control of their data.
We want You to be able to choose which people see your data.
We want to be independent from centralized infrastructures.
We want a social swarm.”

How Will We Know When the Future Has Arrived?

When TacoCopter is a reality.

Playing By Canadian Rules

“The [startup] game is really about getting lots of people to give you their money because you provide value to them. What makes you better than others is that you are chasing a much bigger problem that will provide value to a full percentage of the world’s population. Bonus points if you change the world.” – Jesse Rodgers

Calendars are Skeuomorphic

“I don’t care about the past. It can be hidden in a separate view for the rare occasions that I want to look at past items. Yet the past is consuming the majority of the interface.” – Marco Arment

“Who wants to see 30 boxes arranged in a grid with tiny text? Who wants to see only what they need to do today? Who needs to see the past days of the week when you use a week view? I would guess that for most of you these views are mostly useless…” – Ben Brooks

Nice to know I’m not the only one frustrated with the UIs of free calendar apps.

Hollow

“But you know what’s easy to find outside Google Play or Apple’s iTunes? Anything you want.” – Violet Blue