At the pool: facilitating offline connections.  At first glance, At the Pool seems like a dating site. But if you’re really looking for a comparison, it feels more like a Grub With Us that’s expanding their focus to a number of different things (or even a less-passive version of Highlight?) The premise is simple: build a profile and you’ll be matched with people like you so you can meet new people. I’m a bit hesitant to try it, but at the same time, I love the idea of bridging the online and offline world. High-res

At the pool: facilitating offline connections. 

At first glance, At the Pool seems like a dating site. But if you’re really looking for a comparison, it feels more like a Grub With Us that’s expanding their focus to a number of different things (or even a less-passive version of Highlight?) The premise is simple: build a profile and you’ll be matched with people like you so you can meet new people. I’m a bit hesitant to try it, but at the same time, I love the idea of bridging the online and offline world.

Meet the tireless entrepreneur who squatted at AOL.  Read that sentence again. Ok, I’m with Steve Jobs when he says, “only the people crazy enough to think they can change the world do,” but this feels a bit too crazy! For two months, Eric Simons squatted at AOL since he “couldn’t afford to live anywhere,” while working on his startup. AOL is handling quite gracefully, though: Senior VP of Mail and Mobile for AOL told CNET, “It was always our intention to facilitate entrepreneurialism in the Palo Alto office — we just didn’t expect it to work so well.” High-res

Meet the tireless entrepreneur who squatted at AOL. 

Read that sentence again. Ok, I’m with Steve Jobs when he says, “only the people crazy enough to think they can change the world do,” but this feels a bit too crazy! For two months, Eric Simons squatted at AOL since he “couldn’t afford to live anywhere,” while working on his startup. AOL is handling quite gracefully, though: Senior VP of Mail and Mobile for AOL told CNET, “It was always our intention to facilitate entrepreneurialism in the Palo Alto office — we just didn’t expect it to work so well.”

Source CNET

Startups, this is how design works.   A design guide for non-designers by Wells Riley. “Companies like Apple are making design impossible for startups to ignore. Startups like Path, Airbnb, Square and Massive Health have design at the core of their business and they’re doing phenomenal work… This hand guide will help you understand design and provide resources to help you find awesome design talent.” Did I mention the guide itself is pretty beautiful? High-res

Startups, this is how design works.  

A design guide for non-designers by Wells Riley. “Companies like Apple are making design impossible for startups to ignore. Startups like Path, Airbnb, Square and Massive Health have design at the core of their business and they’re doing phenomenal work… This hand guide will help you understand design and provide resources to help you find awesome design talent.” Did I mention the guide itself is pretty beautiful?