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Firefox with Tab Candy

Aug 4th, 2010
by pollyalida.
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I want this now! I always have so many tabs open in my browser. I keep moving them around so they’re near other related tabs – and that drives me crazy. And just having so many open at once saps my energy sometimes. It all looks so overwhelming, kind of like my desk and office!

This idea is just so functional and elegant. I’m going to download the alpha version right now!

An Introduction to Firefox’s Tab Candy from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.

Check out their project page for more information.

(found via: Perpetual Beta – if you’re not reading this blog, you should be!)

5 Habits for Cultivating Innovation

Mar 10th, 2009
by pollyalida.
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Helene Blowers of LibraryBytes presents this terrific summary of  Tom Kelley’s Innovation Made Personal presentation at Stanford last fall. 5 habits to help foster creativity and innovation:

  1. Think like a traveler: When you travel, especially internationally, your brain goes into a hyper-aware state, and notice little things that you don’t often key into noticing when your day-to-day. The trick is to cultivate this increased alertness in your daily life so that you’re observing more, you’re learning more and your gaining the competitive edge in more creative and innovative. “The real act of discovery consists of not finding new lands, but in seeing with new eyes” – Marcel Proust
  2. Treat life as an experiment: You have to be willing to risk and fail in order to experience success. “If you treat life by an experiment you got be prepared for some stuff not to work out.” “Ideally your failing forward. (more…)