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3 startups that fulfill the Leap Motion’s potential by helping others

May19
by on May 19, 2014 at 10:25 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur, Gadgets, Insider

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The hand-tracking Leap Motion hasn’t sparked the interest of the average person. But, in the hands of savvy startups with an eye on improving the lives and safety of others, it looks like it’s found its calling. The startups presented at the first Leap Axlr8r demo day, during which each of the teams used the Leap Motion hardware for their apps. The accelerator is put together by Founders Fund and SOSventures and based on the what was presented, we should expect more demo days from Leap Axlr8r by companies powered by the Leap Motion. The technology behind the Leap Motion is impressive. It’s outstanding at tracking…

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What’s next for Dangerdust, Ohio’s anonymous chalkboard art duo?

May19
by on May 19, 2014 at 9:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Profiles and Interviews

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Dangerdust has graduated. That’s right. That anonymous dynamic duo of motivational chalkboard metaphysics — which is to say, two advertising and graphic design students from the Columbus College of Art & Design  — actually graduated from the program and have formally set themselves loose on the world. Not that they weren’t out there already. While it may be hard to picture a pair of self-described nerdy graphic design students as dangerous, their secretly devised chalkboard works of imagery, typography and inspiration have captured the imagination not only of their fellow students but of the larger community of Columbus Ohio where their work is occasionally displayed….

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Twitter fixes ‘missing tweets from timeline’ issue [Update]

May19
by on May 19, 2014 at 9:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media

If you’ve noticed some wonkiness with your Twitter timeline you’re not alone. The service is experiencing issues with some tweets not appearing in user timelines. Some users may not be seeing the latest Tweets in their timelines. We’re currently investigating this issue. — Twitter Support (@Support) May 19, 2014 Hopefully the service will return to full steam soon. We’ve reached out to Twitter and will update when we hear back. Update: Twitter has posted the following on its status page: Between 13:26-14:39, some users may have experienced a delay in Tweets showing up in their home timelines. This issue has now…

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How to bounce back from burning out

May19
by on May 19, 2014 at 9:10 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, How-To's, Investigations, LifeHacks

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Andrea Deets is the Lead Writer at Crew, an invite-only network connecting short-term software projects with handpicked developers and designers. Andrea writes about psychology, creativity, and business over on the Crew blog. Summer 2013, Gaslight Coffee Roasters, Chicago, Illinois: I’m sitting staring at a computer screen, again. I’m exhausted, again. I feel like absolute shit incarnate. I just spent the last year listening to these kinds of questions: “How’s that whole writing thing coming along?” “Have you thought about part-time work?” “Don’t you have student loans to pay though?” I ponder responding to those questions with the kind of answers I…

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How to bounce back from burning out

May19
by on May 19, 2014 at 9:10 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, How-To's, Investigations, LifeHacks

tired
Andrea Deets is the Lead Writer at Crew, an invite-only network connecting short-term software projects with handpicked developers and designers. Andrea writes about psychology, creativity, and business over on the Crew blog. Summer 2013, Gaslight Coffee Roasters, Chicago, Illinois: I’m sitting staring at a computer screen, again. I’m exhausted, again. I feel like absolute shit incarnate. I just spent the last year listening to these kinds of questions: “How’s that whole writing thing coming along?” “Have you thought about part-time work?” “Don’t you have student loans to pay though?” I ponder responding to those questions with the kind of answers I…

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