data.insights.ideas

Anyone notice this Yipit integration into TripIt? When you...

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:05:37 -0400

Anyone notice this Yipit integration into TripIt? When you import a trip, deals will be served for your destination in a grid. In this case, my trip to Chicago this week showcases geo-bound offers.

I imagine the special sauce and user “happiness” factor here would be inside the TripIt mobile apps for a use case like this. Very clean integration nonetheless of the Yipit API.

The Toolbox: a directory of useful single-page sites and apps

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:53:36 -0400

The Toolbox: a directory of useful single-page sites and apps

Taken with Instagram at Georgetown University

Sat, 19 May 2012 09:21:59 -0400

Taken with Instagram at Georgetown University

"Objective-C really sucks when it comes to fluid display. An image with text around it, buttons with..."

Mon, 14 May 2012 22:40:33 -0400

“Objective-C really sucks when it comes to fluid display. An image with text around it, buttons with varying text labels are really hard to create yourself in Objective-C as you have to calculate dimensions and positions of all elements yourself. In particular for a timeline HTML will be much easier.”

- Here’s why the Facebook iOS app is so bad (UIWebViews and no Nitro) | Mobtest blog

This times 100 when it comes to responsive layout inside apps. Extremely difficult.

Juicing traffic via Facebook Timeline app integration, seen here...

Sun, 13 May 2012 23:36:47 -0400

Juicing traffic via Facebook Timeline app integration, seen here on a link to a Quora link.

"The number one thing you need to understand about building a company is that mediocre people drag..."

Sun, 13 May 2012 23:33:39 -0400

“The number one thing you need to understand about building a company is that mediocre people drag down excellent people — they are cancer and you need to cut them out as fast as possible. Don’t worry about creating holes in the company — excellent people are much more productive when mediocre people are removed from their environment.”

- “You Must Hire the Right People” — www.businessweek.com — Readability

"We can do the same things for businesses, and [tell them] these are the folks that are most likely..."

Sun, 13 May 2012 20:11:17 -0400

“We can do the same things for businesses, and [tell them] these are the folks that are most likely to come here, based upon their check-in habits, based upon the places they’ve been to and their friends have been.””

- Dennis Crowley

Mother’s Day and the “8th Wonder” (Taken with...

Sun, 13 May 2012 18:25:26 -0400

Mother’s Day and the “8th Wonder” (Taken with Instagram at Clinton Station Diner)

Nothing like over-paying ($3.50) for an ice pop (from Brooklyn)!...

Sat, 12 May 2012 14:31:46 -0400

Nothing like over-paying ($3.50) for an ice pop (from Brooklyn)! (Taken with Instagram at Mad. Sq. Eats)

Packed eats! (Taken with Instagram at Mad. Sq. Eats)

Sat, 12 May 2012 14:26:44 -0400

Packed eats! (Taken with Instagram at Mad. Sq. Eats)

Taken with Instagram at Madison Square Park

Sat, 12 May 2012 14:10:29 -0400

Taken with Instagram at Madison Square Park

Holy app charts, batman! via Early Innings for Mobile Apps [PDF]...

Fri, 11 May 2012 10:27:35 -0400

Holy app charts, batman! via Early Innings for Mobile Apps [PDF] from Morgan Stanley

Awesome company to be grouped into when it comes to user...

Thu, 10 May 2012 13:16:25 -0400

Awesome company to be grouped into when it comes to user experience on mobile apps. Take a look at other collections of screens here.

Travelzoo launches mobile site in the UK

Wed, 09 May 2012 14:58:47 -0400

Travelzoo launches mobile site in the UK:

Let’s go!

Email. On a phone. All Apple. And growing.

Mon, 07 May 2012 20:53:08 -0400

Email. On a phone. All Apple. And growing.

Strong Opinions @marksbirch: The Non-Tech Tech Startup

Fri, 04 May 2012 00:16:23 -0400

Strong Opinions @marksbirch: The Non-Tech Tech Startup:

marksbirch:

It is instructive to look at the trajectory of most startups in this latest so-called bubble. As I look upon the last three years, there have been enormous changes in the tech sector. The one area in particular that has contributed to these changes has been the ubiquity of technology services that…

This.

The DNA of these modern tech startups are food crawls, fashion mags, fantasy sports, factory automation and everything else under the sun. Technology is required, but it is certainly not the differentiator. Instead technology is the factory behind the scenes and the show is the product, the model, and the service.

misty midtown manhattan (Taken with instagram)

Thu, 03 May 2012 22:29:33 -0400

misty midtown manhattan (Taken with instagram)

"Projects like email deliverability, page-load times, and Facebook sign-in are no longer technical or..."

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:23:47 -0400

“Projects like email deliverability, page-load times, and Facebook sign-in are no longer technical or design decisions – instead they are offensive weapons to win in the market.”

- Growth Hacker is the new VP Marketing | Andrew Chen (@andrewchen)

It’s back! (Taken with Instagram at Tony’s Di...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:08:56 -0400

It’s back! (Taken with Instagram at Tony’s Di Napoli)

If the weather holds up, we’ll be heading to Shake Shack...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:34:39 -0400

If the weather holds up, we’ll be heading to Shake Shack (!) for a Spring edition of Hackers & Founders #29. RSVP here.

P.S. meet the newest edition to the Hackers & Founders family with @mdothf, focused solely on mobile.