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Capture Meetings: Four Keys to Recording Meeting Takeaways → thebuildnetwork.com

1. Whiteboards. “Fixed whiteboards (attached to the wall) are OK, but movable whiteboards (on wheels) are better,” Porter writes.

2. Post-its. “Write down individual ideas, questions, or UI elements on Post-its. Then you can easily post, cluster, and organize your notes later.”

3. Smartphones. “As you work, take photos of notes and drawings with your smartphone… . You can email, print, upload, or manipulate these later.”

4. Dropbox. “At the end of the meeting, upload the photos from your smartphone directly to a shared Dropbox folder. It’s fast and easy, and [it] gives everyone on your team immediate access to the output of the meeting.”

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“When interviewing for a job, tell the editor how you love to report. How your passion is gathering information. Do not mention how you want to be a writer, use the word “prose,” or that deep down you have a sinking suspicion you are the next Norman Mailer.” —

Reporter Michael Hastings, who died yesterday in a car crash in Los Angeles at the tender age of 33, in an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit. 

This is the second of a list of ten tips he gave aspiring reporters. And I can’t emphasise how important it is. 

If editors wanted to hire novelists, they sure as shit wouldn’t be talking to you. Make sure your spelling and grammar are correct. Make sure you know how to synthesise, structure information and explain things simply. Forget your style: it’ll get honed by years of practice and shouting matches with your bosses.

— Via Lexi Mainland, from NYC.

(via whileyouweresleeping)

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A Spoonful Blues Charley Patton

shovel-city:

A Spoonful Blues - Charley Patton (1929)

Jun 19, 201311 notes
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“HBO GO and WatchESPN are some of the most popular iOS apps and are sure to be huge hits on Apple TV,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “We continue to offer Apple TV users great new programming options, combined with access to all of the incredible content they can purchase from the iTunes Store.” —HBO GO & WatchESPN Come to Apple TV - Apple PR
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Jun 18, 201328 notes
Unchained (The Payback / Untouchable) James Brown & 2Pac

fuck-thepatriarchy:

it’s fine that i’ve been listening to this all morning

“Unchained (The Payback/Untouchable)” - James Brown & 2Pac

Jun 18, 201363 notes
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“iOS 7 is a radical departure, and it feels to me not so much measured and thoughtful as it does in reaction to, for lack of a better grouping, the tech press. Whatever the reason, Apple felt it necessary not to roll, but to radicalize.” —Binary Bonsai
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Turn It Up: How the Right Amount of Ambient Noise Increases Creativity - 99U → 99u.com

Finding the right space to do creative work can be difficult. Inside the office, there are constant interruptions, last-minute meetings, and an often unbearable amount of uncontrollable noise. On the other hand, locking yourself away in quiet isolation can sometimes be just as counterproductive (not to mention boring). For most creatives there is a “Goldilocks” zone of just the right amount of noise, but not too much.

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“RSS is plumbing. It’s used all over the place but you don’t notice it.” —

Brent Simmons

Instagram, Facebook, Twitter:  They’re all RSS feed DNA; you just “Follow” instead of subscribe via an atom.  The RSS is invisible.

(via bombtune)

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Some developers already seeing more active users running iOS 7 than are still on iOS 5 - The Next Web → thenextweb.com

Yesterday, Tapbots‘ Paul Haddad shared on Twitter that there were already more Tweetbot users on iOS 7 than still on iOS 5.

We confirmed the tweet’s contents with Haddad, then went on to poll a few more developers who corroborated the findings both on and off the record. The statistics here are pretty powerful, and demonstrate the shifting landscape of rapid updates on iOS and exhibit how far ahead Apple still is when compared to Android in this area.

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