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A Triple Helping of SXSW
We’re super excited that three panels led by members of Hot Studio will be featured at SXSW Interactive 2013. Check out the details below, and add these to your schedule:Pop (Up) Culture– Pop Ups are a...
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Growth Hack 2: "Office Hours" for Entrepreneurs
Mix & Stir "Office Hours" is a series of events designed to help address the biggest challenge most startups face: growth. Our world class panel—a Behavioral Scientist, a Design Goddess, a Geek,...
View ArticleIrresistible Minds Speaker Series
Sarah Brooks, Director of Social Innovation at Hot Studio, will be speaking at the Saatchi S lunchtime brownbag speaker series called “Irresistible Minds,” or “I-Minds” for short. Every month, Saatchi...
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The Writing’s on the Walls (Part 1)
We’ve all been there: standing on the platform waiting for a train, or idling at a stoplight, or walking home with the dry cleaning, when suddenly it hits: THE GREATEST IDEA EVER. It’s genius....
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The Writing’s on the Walls (Part 2)
San Francisco—Gender Quote Warby Shagane Barsegian Launey, UX DesignerHow do you inspire office participation with a little bit of healthy competition thrown into the mix? By creating a good old...
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Short-term Solutions with Long-term Benefits: Talking with Tina Santiago...
When it comes to revitalizing urban neighborhoods, the prevailing logic has (understandably) often focused on finding long-term solutions: bringing in long-term tenants, creating new buildings and...
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Hot’s Bill Fisher to Show SXSW How to Make Web Apps That “Don’t Suck”
Many of the best-known mobile apps have been built for native platforms, like iOS and Android. But now a new crop of apps has begun to surface—HTML5 web apps—bringing with them some very big promises—a...
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We Love Our Space, Here’s Why
When we set out to transform our San Francisco office in 2011, we wanted to create a space that was like us: creative, collaborative, fun, and also hardworking. It’s been an ongoing, evolutionary...
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On the Road to Compostmodern—An Evening with John Thackara and Ezio Manzini
Join us on March 20, 2013 for a rare conversation with two of the world's leading design strategists and sustainability experts, Ezio Manzini and John Thackara. Ezio and John will be visiting San...
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SXSW Happy Hour
We’re super excited that three panels led by members of Hot Studio will be featured at SXSW Interactive 2013. Check out the details, add these to your schedule, and join us for Happy Hour afterwards....
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Takeaways from IxDA ‘13
I recently had the opportunity to attend my first IxDA (Interaction Design Association) conference in Toronto. As a first-time attendee, I absorbed a lot of the excitement and lessons from talks,...
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Global Service Design Jam 13 Recap
Two weekends ago, I participated in the Global Service Jam in New York City. This 48-hour event took place in 150 locations around the world—from Bangalore to Helsinki to San Francisco—and over 3,000...
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Bill Fisher to Present at HTML5 Developer Conference 2013
Though many of the most popular mobile experiences have been designed through native platforms, HTML5 web apps are becoming an increasingly viable alternative. In his upcoming talk, Web Motion: Leap...
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New Beginnings
After nearly sixteen years of leading this company, we’re excited to make an announcement: Facebook has agreed to acquire the talent behind Hot Studio.Several months ago, we began a great working...
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Who’s on First? An Approach to Mobile-First Responsive Design
We are trending towards a mobile-first world. Nearly a third of US citizens use mobile devices as their primary way of accessing the web. If you want to reach this large group of people, your product...
View ArticleCity Pixels: The Future of Retail
Digital technologies are reshaping our physical spaces, and nowhere is this more apparent than in our cities. Big data changes how and where we build. GPS-driven services impact the ways we move and...
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Re-Making the News
News organizations established successful content strategies that worked over many, many years: reporters, editors, printing presses, producers, anchors, cameramen, TV news vans, 10 o'clock news.Now...
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Skeu'ed: the Great Skeuomorphic Debate
Amidst the bustle of work here at Hot Studio last month, a single email about "Flat UI” sparked a terrific debate about flat vs. “skeuomorphic” user interface design. You may be wondering: What is flat...
View ArticleFive Building Blocks of Great Digital Products
Think of the digital products you love. The ones you use the most, that augment your life, your business, your hobbies, your whatever. What do they have in common?Well, for one, they’re probably easy,...
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Persuading Seekers to be Shoppers
We might like to shop around for the latest running shoes, but we’re not accustomed to shopping for a MRI when we get injured. And we might seek out the doctor with the best reputation, but we rarely...
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