Niklaus Gerber - Issue #5
highly recommended
The end of app stores
Uber isn’t just killing the taxi industry. Its’ relentless approach to distribution and scale is also putting a nail in the coffin of app stores.
Smart companies like Uber are rewriting the app distribution rulebook. Instead of being a bland icon lost amongst millions of others, they’ve chosen to aggressively accelerate their growth through deep integrations with services that people habitually use. It’s the start of a mass migration from the app store which is set to kill a long broken model for good.
Ideo: The 7 Most Important Hires For Creating A Culture Of Innovation
Sure, founders set a tone. But they aren’t the only ones who shape workplace culture, writes Ideo’s Mollie West.
What does Unsplash cost?
Take a quick guess: What do you think it costs to host one of the largest photography sites in the world for a month?
astonishing apps
Franz – a free messaging app for Slack, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram and more
Franz allows you to add each service many times. This makes Franz the perfect tool to manage multiple business and private accounts at the same time. You could even use five different Facebook Messenger accounts at once, if some inexplicable reason urges you to do so.
API.ai
Build intelligent speech interfaces for apps, devices, and web.
Render.ly
Screens with alternate versions, webfonts and assets extracted with a single click.
inspirational
Airbnb Design
The Way We Build How rethinking the Airbnb app changed the way we approach design
beautiful video content
Safe and Sorry – Terrorism & Mass Surveillance
Terrorist surveillance program.
A brief history of America and Cuba
150 years of tension may be coming to an end.
made me smile
teeth
An amazing short movie by Daniel Gray and Tom Brown. It will make you shudder and close your eyes. I promise you that.
pinterest inspiration
A Topographically Accurate Lunar Globe Designed with Data From NASA
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