Hi, I’m Bora. I post stuff about design, innovation, technology, music and life in New York. Follow me on last.fm, twitter and readernaut.Tumblr (3.0; @xbora)http://xbora.tv/More thoughts from Marty Neumeier… The biggest hurdle to innovation is the corporate longing...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/T3xLGP9tfMs" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/T3xLGP9tfMs/432421023http://xbora.tv/post/432421023Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:27:40 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/432421023My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-28): Morgan Page, Morgan Page (13) Status Green (10)...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/By0vpHAk6ZY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/By0vpHAk6ZY/420288862http://xbora.tv/post/420288862Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:16:58 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/420288862My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-21): Four Tet (37) Editors (30) The Antlers (22)...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/r_oLkE4QbUI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/r_oLkE4QbUI/409117283http://xbora.tv/post/409117283Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:27:41 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/409117283My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-14): Beirut (33) Massive Attack (21) PHANTOGRAM (20)...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/pOLsSTOn5rk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/pOLsSTOn5rk/406731007http://xbora.tv/post/406731007Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:30:59 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/406731007“Doing a great job and not meeting the customer’s objectives is as useless as doing a poor job...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/EsR2LjE55Ag" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/EsR2LjE55Ag/396675104http://xbora.tv/post/396675104Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/396675104“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/3AVuFcFwrzg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/3AVuFcFwrzg/393797556http://xbora.tv/post/393797556Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:00:29 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/393797556“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” - Albert Einstein<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/UbTK6adSZxU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/UbTK6adSZxU/394772127http://xbora.tv/post/394772127Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:00:00 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/394772127Bo Peabody wrote a controversial article titled “Facebook and Twitter Will Always Be Crappy...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/jeb8oOv28VM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/jeb8oOv28VM/392267363http://xbora.tv/post/392267363Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:02:06 -0500peabodyhttp://xbora.tv/post/392267363I’m reading Designful Company by Marty Neumeier. Here is a section from the book that reveals...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/L8I4oP1q1XE" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/L8I4oP1q1XE/392044364http://xbora.tv/post/392044364Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:36:00 -0500designhttp://xbora.tv/post/392044364“When someone says ‘Be interesting to see how this pans out’, it means they have...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/_ZKszKmmAys" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/_ZKszKmmAys/391751503http://xbora.tv/post/391751503Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:53:31 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/391751503“It’s only the last turn of a bolt that tightens it. The rest is just movement.” -...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/YPc48s8t_TA" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/YPc48s8t_TA/390442653http://xbora.tv/post/390442653Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:04:50 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/390442653I think about this a lot… Most of the innovation seems to come from startups and rarely from...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/yoc-NTwtiv4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/yoc-NTwtiv4/387377568http://xbora.tv/post/387377568Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:26:25 -0500innovationhttp://xbora.tv/post/387377568I don’t want to socialize with everyone. I even make an effort to keep my Twitter and...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/ge2vh56hYQg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/ge2vh56hYQg/387353741http://xbora.tv/post/387353741Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:07:20 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/387353741It’s been seven days since my knee surgery. It feels like it’s getting better, somewhat...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/hoZB_oODC6I" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/hoZB_oODC6I/386793527http://xbora.tv/post/386793527Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:18:06 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/386793527“Anybody who uses the word “oversimplification” is overcomplicating the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/Cm14mPQZ2GQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/Cm14mPQZ2GQ/385770217http://xbora.tv/post/385770217Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:53:09 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/385770217“A hacker is a person who enjoys playful cleverness.” - Richard Stallman, Founder of GNU...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/BmA85wZVbQs" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/BmA85wZVbQs/384116123http://xbora.tv/post/384116123Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:04:00 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/384116123Some love it, some hate it but pair programming remains an integral part of Agile software...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/pwSGmq2XA1I" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/pwSGmq2XA1I/376090577http://xbora.tv/post/376090577Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:10:00 -0500pair programminghttp://xbora.tv/post/376090577MongoDB (is) For Rubyists - Boston Ruby View more presentations from kbanker. I really liked...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/RLJQLl1XxfY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/RLJQLl1XxfY/365890657http://xbora.tv/post/365890657Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:13:58 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/365890657<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UmIgNfp-MdI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UmIgNfp-MdI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Microsoft Courier looks cooler than iPad I must say…</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/CbRreIb39ZM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/CbRreIb39ZM/357277492http://xbora.tv/post/357277492Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:05:45 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/357277492“Less is more, more is too much.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Xbora/~4/Mzt3v6zwXWQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xbora/~3/Mzt3v6zwXWQ/350019229http://xbora.tv/post/350019229Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:22:22 -0500http://xbora.tv/post/350019229