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Where Good Ideas Come From

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I have seen a Steven Johnson's sketch video presentation with the title "Where Good Ideas Come From" last year and it makes so much sense to me that I was wondering how can we possibly do things without consciously knowing what we are doing however know in our guts that it is what we should be doing. If you think it is complicated watch the video below and you will understand what I mean. I love technology, business development, leadership and management and I am constantly picking things here and there to make something else happens. Well, this short video presentation will show you how we all connect the dots on our own ideas and the insights we get from others to be original, creative and innovative. I assure you the short presentation is more than worth watching.

How user centered design results in significant return on investment (ROI)

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User experience is the science and art of designing a product no matter if it's a digital or physical product which it's easy to use. The important thing is that it meet the expectation of the user but at the same time also meet business goals. Here is an animated video Dr. Susan Weinschenk demonstrates how user centered design results in significant return on investment (ROI). Here is the poster of the presentation:

The Myth of HTML5 and How It's Misunderstood

HTML5 MISCONCEPTION Nowadays any new browser capability or web application technique found across the web is labeled as HTML5 and that is not true. Michael Mahemoff said that HTML5 has become a brand that represents a new type of web application rather than the specification itself. In order to learn HTML5 is very important to understand what really HTML5 is. It is common nowadays hear CSS transitions, web sockets, geolocation, SVG, CSS @font-face all mentioned under the HTML5 banner and label all under HTML5 "brand".  In the specification none of those mentioned are found for the simple reason that they either belong to the CSS3 specification or other API specification within the WWW Consortium. Websites are and will be built with a combination of HTML5, next-generation APIs, JavaScript and CSS3, which means that as a designer or developer the difference between those technologies must be clear and how they fit together should be understood. What is really HTML5? ...

Are you born mobile

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Are you born mobile I have a group in LinkedIn with the same name of this blog and I got a post from one of the members from Qualcomn with this wonderful video experiment that is funny and will definitely cheer you up at the same time show you how important the mobile is in our live and that good surprises may come out of it too. "We wanted to make everyday life better with mobile, so we brought in a few surprises to a bus stop. We put up a poster featuring a URL. We waited for people to visit the mobile site. When they pressed the button, the fun began. Watch to see what happens when we created the best bus stop ever."