Jorge Arango

• Design Fact Finder
  From the Design Council UK. Includes “evidence comprehensively proving the importance and value of businesses using design.”
  (tags: design business)
• Hacking Mail.app for Horizontal Layout
  Get a three-paned vertical view in Mail.app, similar to those in Entourage and Outlook.
  (tags: mailapp osx hacks)
• Step-by-Step Beginners Guide to Project Management
  Includes a list of 16 concrete steps that can help manage projects more effectively
  (tags: projectmanagement)

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• UsiXML – USer Interface eXtensible Markup Language
  An “XML-compliant markup language that describes the UI for multiple contexts of use such as Character User Interfaces (CUIs), Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs), Auditory User Interfaces, and Multimodal User Interfaces.”
  (tags: xml ui ux)

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• Why Marketers Need to Take Search Seriously
  “What’s missing in most marketing plans involving TV commercials? A search component.”
  (tags: advertising search marketing)
• Digital Maoism
  Jaron Lanier: “The hive mind is for the most part stupid and boring. Why pay attention to it?”
  (tags: inspiration culture collectivism)
• Edge.org
  Interesting magazine featuring “dangerous” ideas from people I admire, like Jaron Lanier and Richard Dawkins.
  (tags: culture inspiration learning secularism science thinking toread magazine)
• Handy Personal Finance Spreadsheets
  Excel budgeting spreadsheets galore!
  (tags: finance excel spreadsheet)
• How Much Can You Save in a Lifetime?
  A great calculator to help you figure out how much you will save over the course of a career.
  (tags: finance tools)
• Hawk Wings – Plug-ins for Apple Mail
  You will find 120+ plugins, add-ons, scripts and helpful apps here.
  (tags: plugins mailapp)
• Dogmas Are Meant to be Broken: An Interview with Eric Reiss – Boxes and Arrows
  A discussion of Eric’s “Web Dogma”, a list of 10 heuristics for site design that are valuable for more than just site design.
  (tags: webdesign heuristics usability ux)
• World Internet Usage Statistics and Population Stats
  Latin America has room for improvement (14% penetration as of 2005), but is also has the third highest usage growth (343%).
  (tags: statistics internet)

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