Author: Russ Guill
More Than Fun And Games
On our blog we usually write about what we’re doing around the office. It’s easy because that’s what comes to our minds while we’re in the office. But what about our endeavors outside the office? How do our hobbies and extracurricular activities affect or complement what we do at Don’t Panic Labs? In my estimation,…
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DPL Reading List – January 22, 2016
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Stop Gratuitous UI Animation – “It’s only natural that designers initially abuse new capabilities before a more sophisticated design language evolves. Anyone who designed for the screen in the late 90s and 2000s (web and CD-ROM) will remember incredibly overwrought designs…
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DPL Reading List – January 15, 2016
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. There Is Something Extraordinary Happening In The World – “A few months ago I freed myself from standard-procedure society, I broke the chains of fear that kept me locked up into the system. Since then, I see the world from a…
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DPL Reading List – January 8, 2016
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. What The Research Tells Us About Team Creativity And Innovation – “Creativity researchers usually make a distinction between creativity and innovation. Innovation involves two stages—the generation of new ideas and the implementation of the ideas. Creativity is considered to be the…
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DPL Reading List – December 30, 2015
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. How To Fix A Bad User Interface (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “Have you ever experienced a user interface that feels lifeless? Have you created a UI that just seems to be missing…something? If that’s the case,…
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Top 3 Blog Posts from Nebraska Global
Not only was 2015 our biggest year for the Don’t Panic Labs blog, it also saw the launch of the Nebraska Global blog. Tom Chapman and Adam Hunke have been publishing some great content from the investment and entrepreneurship standpoints during the past few months, and we look forward to what they have store for…
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DPL Reading List – December 23, 2015
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. The Two Billion Dollar Blink – Calculating The ROI Of UX (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “Not every interaction is as easy to measure as the A/B testing that led Amazon to this insight, but every User…
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DPL Reading List – December 18, 2015
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Cold Email: One Of The Best Kept Secrets In Silicon Valley (Thanks to Brian Zimmer for recommending this article) – “Cold email is one of the most effective strategies in obtaining early traction for your product. Many founders do it, but…
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DPL Reading List – December 11, 2015
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. How Early Exit Disease Stunts The Growth Of Midwest Startup Communities (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “There is an unnamed epidemic slowly traveling through the middle of the U.S. This epidemic goes by many names, but our…
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DPL Reading List – December 4, 2015
Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Learning to Code: Not A Guarantee – “So while a bootcamp or training program can make promises or guarantees. Those are hinging on your ability to deliver and put the work in. For the amount of work you are about to…
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