Jon Lax
118 posts
RIM should buy LinkedIn
There has been a lot of talk about LinkedIn (IPO, News Corp buyout, Facebook buyout). Jim Balsillie just gave a presentation at the GSMA World Congress saying that the future of business communications lies in social networking.
David Crow… Superstar
David Crow has been nominated Toronto's best tech evangilist by BlogTO. I first met David when he was floating the idea of running a BarCamp here in Toronto.
Apple asks for opinions
In all my years of being an Apple Customer they have never solicited my opinion. I received an email today to participate in a survey.
He said what?
Time has done a nice job with this infographic of the most recent State of the Union address. Each word is scaled in proportion to how many times it was said in the speech.
Bad grid systems
Andy Rutledge has a good article on why some grid systems have gone bad.
Phillipe Starck: Why Design?
I really want to hate Phillipe Starck. Every time I see his designs I appreciate them but I don't want to love him.
Constraints and Creativity
It has often been said that constraints drive creativity. This article talks about how the "Golden Age" of Hip Hop was driven by the constraints of technology.
UX Fund Matures Today
It has been one year since we started the UX Fund. We are working on a long wrap up post but today at 4:30 pm will mark the end of the experiment.
Designedge covers T+L
There is an article in Designedge about T+L. You can find it in the October 23, 2007 news section (there is no direct link).
UX Fund Update
Yahoo Finance updated their system and broke our stock feed so you can't track the UX Fund live right now. As of last night the fund was up 33.94%.
My “Expression Around the Clock” Presentation
Microsoft were kind to put my speech on the tubes last night. I can't bear to watch it out of humiliation so let me know what you think.
Stop trying to kill the iPhone
Verizon is launching a very sleek touch screen phone from LG called the Voyager. "We think it'll be the best phone ...