Jason Putorti

I was fortunate enough to meet Michael Hastings and hear his...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:41:00 -0700

I was fortunate enough to meet Michael Hastings and hear his story first-hand. He was so strong, and an amazing talent. It’s so sad to lose him.

From Ben Smith:

“In a way, Michael was born too late: He wrote with the sort of commitment of the generation of reporters shaped by the government’s lies about Vietnam, not by the triumphalism of the 1990s or the reflexive patriotism of the years after 9/11. He was surer than most of us that power is, presumptively, not to be trusted. Writers of his courage and talent are so rare, and he was taken way too soon. There are few like him. We will miss him terribly.”

Pictured, the Statue of Liberty photographed from a helicopter...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:38:17 -0700

Pictured, the Statue of Liberty photographed from a helicopter by LIFE photographer Margaret Bourke-White in 1952.

Photo

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:50:21 -0700

How is this useful?

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:49:38 -0700

How is this useful?

I hope these are wireframes.

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:57:29 -0700

I hope these are wireframes.

"To my mind, a lot of people are missing the point when they talk about whether Tumblr is worth $1..."

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:33:56 -0700

“To my mind, a lot of people are missing the point when they talk about whether Tumblr is worth $1 billion price tag Yahoo! is paying. I will leave that question for others to decide, but I do know this: The deal is a disaster for fast-growth companies because it tells entrepreneurs to be gamblers rather than leaders. In fact, I think the deal is bad for American business, period, and I fear we may have three to five years of Tumblr silliness in the market as a result.”

- Cliff Oxford

Any Twitter ad you open up is immediately brand-negative....

Thu, 30 May 2013 14:30:00 -0700

Any Twitter ad you open up is immediately brand-negative. Amazing this is still possible.

San Francisco

Tue, 28 May 2013 22:53:00 -0700

San Francisco

Photo

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:07:14 -0700

Causes roof timelapse

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:37:14 -0700

Causes roof timelapse

Video from my interview with Phin Barnes at First Round and...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:13:45 -0700

Video from my interview with Phin Barnes at First Round and IDEO’s Design + Startup series.

@causes product (at Causes)

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:32:37 -0700

@causes product (at Causes)

"Jared’s team interviewed hiring managers and asked what the best designers in their teams did: tell..."

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:58:00 -0700

“Jared’s team interviewed hiring managers and asked what the best designers in their teams did: tell stories, critiquing, present effectively, facilitate meeting and align people.”

- Jared Spool via LukeW

"We wake up every day passionate about one thing: bringing people closer together. We believe that..."

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:13:23 -0700

“We wake up every day passionate about one thing: bringing people closer together. We believe that just as Twitter is building the town square, and Facebook is building the newspaper, that Path will build the homes. We receive notes every day from passionate users that tell us: my family has never been closer than they are now because of Path. This drives us more deeply than anything else to continue to innovate in how people connect, share, and communicate so that they can become closer to the people they care most about. We believe we are only at the beginning of the development of how humans will interact through technology. Finding new ways to bring people closer together is what keeps us coming in to work every day.”

- A nice internally-facing mission statement from Dave Morin

Snowy New York (at The Plaza)

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:42:16 -0700

Snowy New York (at The Plaza)

I miss this guy.

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:25:37 -0700

I miss this guy.

❄☔🍎

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:39:18 -0800

❄☔🍎

"…when I was in a purpose-driven community, I felt safe to push myself and try for things that..."

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:14:00 -0800

“

…when I was in a purpose-driven community, I felt safe to push myself and try for things that seemed out of my reach. As a member of a community, I grew because others pushed me; failure didn’t seem so scary because we were taking risks together…

If you are going to do something that terrifies you, first find a group.

”

- Gina Bianchini

Thanks Evite for the bad UI fodder.

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:22:14 -0800

Thanks Evite for the bad UI fodder.

Places I’ve lived. Data from Forbes

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:40:36 -0800

Places I’ve lived. Data from Forbes