Micro Finance Meets Personal Lending

If you like Prosper and you like the idea of micro finance.....

Kiva

Seems like a great idea - the kind of thing that can really change the world.

Solid State Drives We Can Live With!

Finally - another vast leap in hard drives is coming!! This article says we'll have affordable, giant solid state drives SOON! (Like in a couple/few years.) This will make a lot of things we do better and easier - carry an entire small business' worth of data on a thumb drive! Carry massive amounts of video everywhere you go. Can you say 1,000,000 songs in your pocket?

Solid State Drives of the Future

Simple Software

Many of you have probably read about or used simple software. There is a long-standing debate - would you prefer a simple solution that includes fewer features or bloatware that has 10X what you need? The answer is that everyone wants simple features but the problem is that not everyone agrees on what those features should be, which the software companies then react to, developing bloatware to appeal to everyone. 37Signals has done a great job balancing this need to satisfy the need while delivering simplicity. I use their mini-CRM, Highrise, and their project management tool, Basecamp. Like most users, I have some grips - where is my Entourage Sync?!?!?....and why can't I forward email and assign it to someone OTHER than the original sender's contact info?!?!? But overall, the user experience and feature sets are excellent. And they offer an API, so theoretically, someone could fix the Highrise Entourage sync deficiency. Hell, maybe Beehive Media will look into creating a solution to make Highrise sync with Entourage!

Design and the Elastic Mind at MOMA

http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2008/elasticmind/

This is a very interesting website with lots of cool links. To me, though, it is impossible to navigate.

Problems:
How do I actually read what's in each blurb?
How can I get the little bubble to disappear?
Is there any rhyme or reason to the navigation within each section?

This is cool for cool's sake, I think.

Big Ideas for a Small Planet

This is a great site. And if you haven’t seen this series, it’s fantastic. You can download any episode for $1.99… Watch the trailers by going to:

http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500198031

Fulfilling the Promise of the Internet ......

Did you ever read something on the web that didn't agree with you? Maybe your bank account balance is too low. Perhaps the media is obsessing about Brittany Spears. Or maybe you're sick of looking at the website you're developing. You want to do something about it? Here is your zen:

http://www.netdisaster.com/

The Future of Design

Interesting issue of HOW Magazine (August 2007) out right now and here are some responses to the future of design and where we're going and how we'll need to rely on where we've been to do so.

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