I semi-religiously read the NY Times online. it’s sometimes frustrating inside of a browser, but the writing is amazingly worth the effort. Even on the iPhone, it’s worth all the pinching to get at that great content.

I have never in a decade of post-college adulthood subscribed to a physical newspaper. I have subscribed to a few printed magazines (mostly as received gifts) but for more than a year have subscribed to none.

However I’m what I would consider a voracious consumer of content. I read blogs, books (both virtual and digital) listen to podcasts, and lots of audiobooks. So it’s not that I lack the wherewithal, or the desire to read a daily newspaper. Keep Reading

The Problem

According to this New York Post piece, “Biking is booming” in New York and there aren’t enough places to park the bikes- inhibiting a growing trend.

The Solution

The city is replacing some parking meters with bike racks!

“The new racks will cost about $300 to install, but will save the city the $200 cost of removing the entire meter and then repairing the ripped-up sidewalk.”

The solution is cost effective, and aesthetically pleasing. It’s a two-fer.

This is Cool Because…

It encourages us to mold solutions from existing problems. Instead of searching for brand new ways to solve an issue, why not look right under your nose? A simple re-design, or addition of code, or re-vamp of copy might be just what the project needs. Sometimes the best form of innovation means using the work already laid before us.

You know the feeling.

It’s having the guts to carry out your great idea. It’s waking up at 3 A.M. with the perfect way to implement it. It’s panicking a little with the fear that someone else has already done it better. It’s looking your project in the UI and forgetting anyone else even exists…

It’s passion.

Most of the passion is behind the scenes- stuff nobody sees because it takes place in your car on the way  home from work, or at 2 a.m. when you’ve figured out what your one button will be. The excitement you feel will probably spill over into the launch phase, and maybe even last longer. The real question is, how are you showing it? Does your passion shine through in your work? Are you proud every single day to be the face of your app… your company… your brand? Keep Reading

Campaign Monitor says:

“Forget any legal mumbo jumbo – here is our definition of spam.

While the CAN-SPAM laws are a step in the right direction for classifying and reducing spam, we don’t feel they go far enough. Our definition of spam goes beyond the laws in most countries and encompasses what we believe to be true permission email marketing.

Spam is any email you send to someone who hasn’t given you their direct permission to contact them on the topic of the email.

But that’s not enough. Permission is a fuzzy word open to interpretation. Let’s get into some specific scenarios so it’s clear what does and doesn’t constitute permission.

Scenarios that DON’T equate to permission: Keep Reading

This is one of the original Lisa interface mockups. How awesome is it that they took “screenshots” with a Polaroid? Read more

http://the99percent.com/videos/6201/scott-belsky-dont-let-your-genius-go-unnoticed

Imagine every blog article gets a unique hashtag. (kind of like how url shorteners work.) Twitter turns into a very simple way to comment on articles across the whole internet tracked via the hashtags.

You could build a cool site where you could see recently commented on articles. See what’s most popular, and see what users are commenting on what. Kind of like TweetMeme. Kind of like Digg.

Already been done? Other ideas?

One of the best things about Jumpchart is how easy it is to reorder navigation. It makes laying out the structure for a website flexible- not to mention it’s client friendly.

We’ve made a few tweaks, and implemented our recent lucid revelation.

You can now:

Expand and collapse sub-sections, which becomes really crucial and productive when dealing with larger projects.

Use the new visual dots to the left of the nav to more easily denote hierarchal level. Also extremely helpful for larger, more complex projects. Keep Reading

“But since that glorious day, you can well imagine how much pain, suffering, blood, sweat and tears not having to worry about IE6 has saved us…”

When was the last time you saw such happiness at the idea of dropping support for something? Society has spoken.

Read the entire article.