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Friday 28th December Short Shorts
Copyright of Gary Larson, The Far Side
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Formula for a Profitable Groupon Deal: (See right) So many businesses have been crippled by not fully thinking out their discount deal. This awesome info graphic should steer any would be Deal-maker into safer and more profitable territory.
Top 10 Reasons Why Venture Capital Backed Companies Fail: VC expert Eric Jackson writes for Forbes about his own experiences and observations on the core factors why some VC backed Startups fail.
Superbowl to be Streamed Live to US Mobile Phones: The biggest sporting event in the US is to be officially streamed live by NBC for the first time to be viewable on computers and mobile devices.
The Neurons that Shaped Human Civilisation: In this TED video, neurologist VS Ramachandran explains Mirror Neurons, neurological firings that allow us to imitate and empathise with people and behaviours around us that sculpted human development and may be the bridge between science and the humanities.
Design Process Behind MailChimp Logo
It’s almost always interesting, and sometimes very useful, to know the back story behind designs. This is the story of MailChimp’s new logo and how it was influenced by Nintendo’s Super Mario, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Mozilla Firefox!
I really love MailChimp’s sense of humour – they really seem to love their work and I completely empathise with them. I certainly hope that we can tread the line of integrating professionalism with fun here at SelfAssemblySites!
Video Page Design
Video player is width of main content column
We’re at the stage where we’re uploading loads of video content that we’ve produced up to our video content delivery provider (BitsOnTheRun – they rock). One really important thing I’ve been working on is the design of the video page template. This is the page that our customers are going to spend most of their time on, viewing training videos, so it’s crucial that they are well laid out and are very usable. (more…)