Linked List: October 12, 2014

Sunday, 12 October 2014

My thanks to In a Flash Laser for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed. In a Flash Laser does amazing things with UV printing, laser cutting, and laser engraving. They decorate items ranging from iPads to coffee mugs. They work with businesses buying in bulk, and individuals buying one-off unique items.

Apple products are their specialty and they offer two colors of laser engraving, as well as full-color printing directly onto your device. If you’re not ready for that level of commitment, they also customize cases. (Apple’s leather cases come out great.)

They’re small, adaptable, social, and love to collaborate. Check out the examples at their website, and send them your project ideas today.

Update: Huge response, and their site is fireballed at the moment. Here’s a cached version of their home page to tide you over.

White-Hat Jerks ★

Ross Floate:

As we move toward a model of the world where nearly every business is just a website with some people out the back, we’ve got to keep these jerks in mind and anticipate where they might fool around with your product to have what (to them) are a few childish laughs.

When we at Floate build things for people, I always ask “how could someone screw this up for shits and giggles?” People tend to think I’m joking but I’m deadly serious because if your site, network, or product becomes a playground for a bunch of jerks, it turns off the people whose time and attention you’re really trying to obtain. Almost nobody ever got a promotion doing that.