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My prior job had this setup, but with low walled cubicles for everyone. We kicked the executive team out of their offices and instantly had a ton of conference room space. It was great and prevented a lot of wasted time that normally went to scheduling spaces for meetings.

"Many freight veterans and analysts are skeptical of these efforts, saying forwarding is too complex and too dependent on longstanding relationships for new online entrants to compete."

Because that's never been a problem technology has overcome.

Any industry with veterans stating this sentiment is ripe for change. Not because an online app is going to solve all the worlds ills, but because there are people resisting progress, keeping entire industries in a holding pattern.

There is a lot of information to be gleaned from just a few pictures that I think people gloss over. Maybe it's me, but I find it pretty easy to start narrowing down what I'm looking for based on pictures.

How a person chooses to represent themselves in pictures can tell you a lot about where they find themselves happy (traveling, inside, outdoors), when they think the look good/feel confident (in a gallery, out clubbing, on a farm, in a mirror), and what their hobbies/work consists of from just a few frames. I much prefer this to reading a massive block of text, then trying to regurgitate it in the form of a joke on a more traditional dating site.

My main gripe with Tinder is that sometimes people are more aware of this than others, so I may get a false-positive match that appears great. But they are really just curating a very specific slice of their life, instead of it being a more representative sampling across it. Although, even this becomes pretty easy to identify once you've become familiar with the common memes (e.g. picture petting a tiger)

I'm in my happy place.

www.noisli.com/get_combo_by_link/LfuyDN4ryc0DE7x

Where did you source these loops for this project?

As a studio art major in another life, I can't recommend McMaster-Carr enough! I was doing a lot of metal fabrication, lighting, and plexiglass work, I can't imagine finishing my thesis without their selection and speed. Not to mention all I learned just by reading their great descriptions and images.

I agree with the above sentiment. To elaborate on who gets hurt, the problem is that small publishers get squeezed. If you're ESPN, you can create a private exchange, keep a strong agency sales force, and keep up your prices. However, the smaller publishers will not have the ability to reach the buyers except through these compromised exchanges. If the buyers flee the open markets, the smaller pubs have to band together into networks again or try their luck with programmatic direct (Pubmatic is making a push for this with their recent acquisitions). We go back to a world of media buying that looks more like TV; we become a lot less fluid.

A similarly great West Wing clip about exploration re: Mars mission.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHGK96-WixU

"The history of man is hung on the timeline of exploration and this is what's next."

I think this is actually a marketing holiday that was created by Alibaba. From the article:

The idea of Singles Day was first dreamed up by the recently floated e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd five years ago to encourage people without partners to comfort themselves with some retail therapy.

Record 'Singles Day' online sales expected

The company's two major online marketplaces, Tmall and Taobao, are expected to remain the most popular shopping sites again this year, according to 70 percent of those surveyed by Nielson, who this year are on average expecting to spend 1,440 yuan ($235). Just over half of those polled (57 percent) said they planned to spend more than last year.

The creation story for this is really neat. This could be an amazing tool in the school setting, especially for people that teach in university writing centers. This isn't just asking an author for a peek behind the curtain, asking a few questions about what they were thinking at the time of writing, this is Breaking the Magician's Code level stuff!

I am curious to see who is (brave enough?) to show their writing process in all its glory.

I think a less black and white approach needs to be taken with recreation in our parks. You alienate a whole group of people that could be some of your greatest supporters by not creating an environment of trust and mutual respect. Increasing programs to educate and incorporate people that want to explore recreation activities outside of traditional hiking will be a huge aid in getting people interested in conservation.

This looks really great on both the artistic direction and gameplay! Even though there are a lot of borrowed platformer ideas (flappybird mechanic as a power-up, Donkey Kong barrels, Sonic style maps, etc.), this looks like a clever integration of all those ideas.

Interesting point, but besides Cheetah being a sexier, more accessible name, the main problem they are trying to solve here is gait and top speed. The efficiency of batteries (heart/lungs) is a ancillary problem they have to solve, but not their main goal.

Another option is that they use a capacitive sensor, which reminds me of the smart pill bottles being developed by AdhereTech and others (http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/8/5289022/adheretech-smart-pi...).

Although, I think this is less likely- I like your guess better.

I don't see much of an upside doing this. Better audio? Not anything that will be discernible to the regular user. More controls on the headphone wire? This reminds me of the remotes that came paired with a lot of minidisc players; there is no need for a second screen if it's wired. This seems like a step in the wrong direction with the push for wearables that could communicate wirelessly.

I came here to make this comment. Interestingly enough, VX poison gas (think The Rock, but less face-melting) was disposed in this way before they tried incineration and chemical means.

I took their Product Management class. It was good, albeit a little more basic than I was looking for and it tended towards too much group work driving the class. I do also really like all the alumni events though.

While I think it is appropriate for Heroku to respond to this thread (and other important social media outlets covering this), linking to a blog without any messaging concerning your efforts might not be the greatest move... This may not be a sink or swim moment for Heroku, but tight management of your PR is key to mitigating damage. Best of luck, Heroku is a helpful product and I want to see you guys bounce back from the ropes on this one.

I find that I need these periods of intense rabbit-holing, in order to fuel my work. Even when aimlessly strolling the internet, I'll somehow link that information to a later project or conversation I have later on. As we know, this can often become aimless and we feel a certain amount of guilt, or in extreme cases mental fatigue from focusing on too little. It's a bit of sensory overload.

On the other hand, if I've been intensely working on a project, I can often times feel as though I'm burning out; I have trouble finding further breakthroughs and I lack inspiration to push a project forward.

I certainly feel that I can get stuck in either environment, so often times it is about being able to know when to transition before reaching that fatigue. Like others have mentioned, making lists to prioritize my tasks often times will help me manage this. Staring at a list that has nothing crossed off is a very effective deterrent from internet use.

The Revision3 podcast, Pixel Perfect, is also a fairly good resource:

http://revision3.com/pixelperfect/

Chief Wiggum: Go ahead, Ralpie; the stranger is offering you a treat!

Ralph: Oh, Daddy! It tastes like Grandma!

Chief Wiggum: Holy Moses! It DOES taste like Grandma!

Ralph: I want more!

Chief Wiggum: Yeah, me too!