Sebastian Werner

May 07

“To sweat the small stuff means to be uncompromising about anything that affects the quality of a product or experience for customers.” — Box CEO Aaron Levie: To Create Something Exceptional, Do Sweat The Small Stuff | Fast Company

“Phrases like “this is good enough,” or “customers won’t notice” should be stamped out of any management team’s or individual’s vocabulary.” — Box CEO Aaron Levie: To Create Something Exceptional, Do Sweat The Small Stuff | Fast Company

May 04

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“Mercedes hat verstanden, dass für viele junge Leute heute ihr iPhone oder ihr iPad wichtiger sind als ein Auto - und dass ein Auto, dass Ihr iPhone nicht liebt, auch von ihnen nicht geliebt werden kann.” —

Mein Auto!

Neue Mercedes A-Klasse: A wie alles neu - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Android is dead | brian s hall -

Easily the post of the day.

Apr 27

“The ITU predicts that in the next 18–24 months, mobile devices will overtake PCs as the most popular way to access the web.” — A List Apart: Articles: The Best Browser is the One You Have with You

“We need to be ruthless in stripping away cruft to deliver strong, focused user experiences.” — A List Apart: Articles: For a Future-Friendly Web

“On mobile devices there’s simply not enough time, bandwidth, or screen real estate to trouble ourselves with extraneous noise.” — A List Apart: Articles: For a Future-Friendly Web

“Tools like Instapaper, Readability, Safari Reader, and Flipboard offer readers an escape from the bombardment of social widgets, blogrolls, animated ads, and obnoxious overlays.” — A List Apart: Articles: For a Future-Friendly Web

“Rupert Murdoch sees the future in smartphones and tablet computer.” — Rupert Murdoch on the Future of News - NYTimes.com

“Newspapers will exist as print versions for 20 more years, but with very small circulations.” — Rupert Murdoch on the Future of News - NYTimes.com

“Tatsächlich versetzt der schnelle Erfolg von Meinauto.de schon die gesamte Autohändlerbranche in Aufruhr. Denn wie sollen sich die teuren Paläste aus Glas und Stahl rentieren, wenn die Leute ihren Wagen nach der Probefahrt dann doch einfach im Internet zum billigsten möglichen Preis bestellen.” —

Da kommen die Autohändler nun also in der Realität von MediaMarkt und Co an.

Via: Online-Neuwagenvermittler: Autohändler in Angst - FAZ

“The industry, suffering declines in print advertising, hasn’t been able to make up for those losses with digital revenue.” — U.S. Newspapers Post Deeper Ad Losses - Businessweek

Apr 26

Pair Programming Considered Harmful? | TechCrunch

“A great developer is ten times as productive as a mediocre one.” — Pair Programming Considered Harmful? | TechCrunch