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User-Led Innovation Can’t Create Breakthroughs; Just Ask Apple and Ikea

Companies should lead their users, not the other way around.

The user is king. It’s a phrase that’s repeated over and over again as a mantra: Companies must become user-centric. But there’s a problem: It doesn’t work. Here’s the truth: Great brands lead users, not the other way around.

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Rockstar Designer Hourly/Contract Rates

What is the current market hourly rate (contract) for a great web designer who can design (visual/ux/product) award winning user interfaces as well as develop them? Me: Price is what you pay for value.

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Yay! Insync just went live

Insync, the Dropbox alternative for hardcore Google Docs users and Businesses just unveiled their public beta. TechCrunch, LifeHacker, VentureBeat, NYTimes, DownloadSquad, CNet got it covered. More oil to @terencepua and team for a kick-ass product, proudly PH brewed!

September Meetup

Hi guys, I’ll be attending DjangoCon Cebu and RailsJam Cebu my first ever. Here’s a my mission: meet new people and make friends, listen and learn, and of course share something back. Definitely this won’t be my last. Special thanks to Eric Malloy and Jason Torres.

Paul Graham on Work, Startup and Getting Rich.

In most people’s minds, spending money on luxuries sets off alarms that making investments doesn’t. Luxuries seem self-indulgent. And unless you got the money by inheriting it or winning a lottery, you’ve already been thoroughly trained that self-indulgence leads to trouble.

If you’re like me who likes risk, you should read this entry. In the end, success boils down to our attitude and on how we perceive things.


Tweetie is now Twitter App

In just a few days before Chirp, Twitter just made a bold move to finally acquire a client and brand it as its own. Today both Atebits and Twitter formally announced the acquisition of Tweetie on their respective blogs. Some tension on its developer community (Seesmic, TweetDeck and etc) is to be expected, lets just hope Twitter founder Matt Evans can address this and clear things up in the upcoming conference.

Congrats both to Atebits and Twitter!

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