Jose Palomino

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I3 in Action

“Engage the end user in the design process. [Don’t] just ask him what he needs, but ask him how he thinks it can be achieved.” – Amos Winter Image credit: The MIT SPECTRUM

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For the last few years, I’ve been hearing rumors about the increasing accessibility of 3D printing, but it wasn’t until I watched the following video on it that it really caught my attention:

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Photo by roboppy on Flickr Allow me to set the scene. I’m in the Wegmans right now at the new location nearby my home. I’m amazed by how little I care about what things cost here as I’m relishing a walk through the store with my family on a Sunday afternoon. Instead of comparing prices [...]

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Post image for What a Russian Hair Stylist Teaches Us About Differentiation

Yes, you read that title correctly. Let me explain. The other day, I was getting (what I thought was) a routine haircut. As the hair stylist and I were shooting the breeze, she told me a little bit about a three-month trip to her home city – Moscow, and a salon there taking an innovative and inspirational approach to differentiation.

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Post image for Trendsetting 101: The Questions You Should Be Asking

Sure, it’s easier to jump on a bandwagon of the latest trend, but that’s not the entrepreneur’s way. The entrepreneur must seek to stand out in the crowd – a head above the rest. Of course, that’s easier said than done.

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Do you Yahoo? If the numbers are any indication, then you probably don’t – you’ve probably taken your search to Google, your social interaction to Facebook, and your entertainment to YouTube. Over the last few years, Yahoo! has been floundering to find its identity, to say the least. Enter new CEO Scott Thompson (former executive [...]

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Google docs

Google Docs is ubiquitous – indispensable to businesses, artists, writers, or anyone on a collaborative team. We use it now without a second-thought about how this type of collaboration was not possible a handful of years ago. So what are the ways that Google Docs is innovative, indispensable, and inspirational?

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Who is your target audience? No, really– who are they? What are they tweeting about? What are they searching for? Why are they using your services in the first place?

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