Since I'm working for my first startup I find myself reading a great deal of advice and insight from others. While it's definitely best to do what feels right for yourself, being educated on the trials and tribulations of others certainly can't hurt. Here's two quality reads:

• Six Lessons That Might Have Saved Our Business Had We Learned Them Earlier - sadly, the folks at Path.to are calling it a day. Here's their insight into why.
• Do Things That Don't Scale - some great insight from Paul Graham that sometimes the best way for a new business to operate is to really connect directly with clients - door to door style. You can't keep it up forever but it lays a nice base.

I stumbled into this 1980's Flickr Pool yesterday and loved what I had found myself immersed in. I realize it's largely nostalgia but the color tones from photos of this era are just perfect. There also happens to be a great of phenomenal imagery throughout. I've barely scratched the surface but it's basically the digital equivalent of finding a pile of photos at antique store. You can't help but keep flipping through.

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The title is a total mouthful but this inaugural NoiseTrade Eastside Manor Sessions with Caitlin Rose is quite good. You can stream it or download it if you prefer. I'm partial to "Everywhere I Go" but the whole thing is worth a listen.

I can not begin to express my intense fandom for these London Underground Posters from the Transport Museum Exhibition. There are plenty to see but this particular collection from Applex and Ibexes may be all you need to see. The "Cooler Below" and "Warmer Below" series are just perfect.

My lady recently came into a huge repository of a variety of Owls of all sorts. Instead of hoarding them all for herself, she's setup this Etsy store - Owlstravaganza - to get them out into the world. I'm pretty partial to these guys but there are plenty of cute little guys to go around.

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The folks from Birth. Movies. Death. have launched a PDF magazine version of their site and Issue 1 is pretty great. The articles are quickly consumable but longer than just a quick blurb or snarky thought. They cover topics like Godzilla and Kaiju, Harryhausen's passing, WTF was Voltron and more. I know it sounds nerdy but there's even a surprisingly thoughtful piece on the 1980's Transformers movie and how it epitomizes films ability to overcome commercial intent. Go nab it and be sure to subscribe for future issues... I've no doubt they'll be great.

If that's not convincing enough, just watch this.

I've not given it a thorough usage test yet but Archy looks like a promising undertaking for interacting with Google Drive. Multiple Google Accounts in one place and collaboration with notification is enough to try it out. The demo video definitely makes it look nice. I'm not hugely keen on the web app from Google so this could be an obvious upgrade.

One of the hardest parts about working remotely is that you don't feel easily accessible to your team. You may be in a chat room with them all day but there's something about just speaking with someone that makes a huge difference (doi). Sqwiggle attempts to solve that problem by putting everyone into common workroom - complete with 8-sec gif lapse - and make any team member accessible to anyone else with a quick click. It's kind of like Push-To-Talk but with internet video and a sidebar chatroom. It's got a few kinks to work out but, so far, it's proving to be largely beneficial. Definitely worth a spin if your officemates are spread out.

They don't have a full portfolio of works yet but what I'm seeing in their shop is enough to give pause for Memphis based Heiroglyph Creative Co. Their shirts pay homage to some Memphis staples like Adventure River or Skateland but anyone with an appreciation for vintage designs will enjoy what they see.

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Whatta week! TGIF, amirite?! Enjoy the playlist. It's a doozie.

• Laser Frasier: Episode 1 - It's called Laser Frasier, do you even need it to be good? You should love it already.
• Blurred Lines as Cosby Show Intro - never been has there been a more perfect matching.
• Ultimate Weird Japanese Commercials Compilation - not sure it's actually the ultimate but it's a solid six minutes of weirdness. Love those Nissin commercials. Pew Pew Pew!
• Drunk History: Elvis Meets Nixon - the new Comedy Central show is in full swing. This is just a reminder of how entertaining a drunk person telling inaccurate historical statements can be.
• Perfect Polly Pet - my friend John sent me this with a warning - this will take you to the brink of madness. If you know anyone vaguely interested in this, get them help immediately.
• Tile: The World's Largest Lost and Found - maybe not Friday Video level entertaining but an interesting concept. This company is selling a dongle to help you find lost things. The device is huge for what it's meant to do and seems poorly executed in that regard. However, the idea that there could be an anonymous network of user devices to help you find your lost things is awesome. View that part here.
• Sorkinisms II - excellent repetition.
• Those Turtles - there isn't a second of this that I don't absolutely love.

Have a great weekend.

The portfolio of Haraldur Thorleifsson is impressive to say the least. Having done UI/UX/Design work for the likes of Google Plus, Google Drive and many other various projects. Seems like most of the undertakings were part of a team collaboration at Upperquad but that doesn't make them any less impressive, the portfolio any less immersive or the presentation any less slick.