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February 21, 2014 - Comments Off on Introducing Artifacts, The Mechanism’s Flipboard Magazine

Introducing Artifacts, The Mechanism’s Flipboard Magazine

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Now you can see some of the best content we share internally and on social media through Artifacts, our Flipboard magazine. It is updated throughout the week and on Fridays we curate the best content thematically. You can see it on the desktop or via the app.

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February 10, 2014 - Comments Off on The MechCast 307: How Do You Recover From A Bad Product Release?

The MechCast 307: How Do You Recover From A Bad Product Release?

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Welcome back to The MechCast! In this month’s episode, we will be discussing the best ways to mitigate the aftermath of a bad product release. We hope you enjoy the discussion and find some useful takeaways!

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September 25, 2013 - Comments Off on I Heart NY

I Heart NY

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By now, the story is well known. A man sits in the backseat of a cab, sketching on a notepad as night falls over a crumbling city. He scribbles the letter I. He draws a heart. And then an N, and then a Y. Right away he knows he’s got something. This is it, he thinks. This is the campaign.

The man was a designer named Milton Glaser. The city was New York. The year was 1977. A time and place commemorated by an entire genre of movies dedicated to making it look like a horrifying place to live.

via 99% Invisible.

The fantastic podcast 99% Invisible takes an in-depth look at the iconic design.

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September 23, 2013 - Comments Off on AJ Jacobs: The Importance of Self-Delusion in the Creative Process

AJ Jacobs: The Importance of Self-Delusion in the Creative Process

How can we apply the idea of method acting to our business lives? This is the question that lifehacker and bestselling author AJ Jacobs tackles in this insightful (and highly entertaining) talk on the benefits of faking it until you make it. Through a series of examples from his own life, Jacobs shows just how much our behavior shapes our thoughts and our perceptions. Thus, if we want to change our attitude about something, the best way is to “act as if.”

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September 20, 2013 - Comments Off on Humans stop light for a minute in a quest for more data storage

Humans stop light for a minute in a quest for more data storage

Beams of light are usually speeding along at around 186,000 miles per second, but for one minute, researchers in Germany brought some to a screeching halt. Using a crystal frozen to temperatures below negative 450 degrees Fahrenheit, a research team managed to hold light in place for a full minute — marking a drastic increase from the previous record of just 16 seconds. The technology will eventually be applied to quantum computing as a way to retrieve and read data, but it'll have to work on a much smaller scale and for much longer periods of time before that can happen.

via Humans tame light, stop it from moving for a full minute | The Verge.

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