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I see this as a positive for Shopify. We work very closely with the platform, and over the years I have only seen a handful of direct-from-Chinese dropshipping sites that actually produce any revenue. Sure there are a lot of accounts that are opening with the hopes of a get-rich-quick scheme with low cost and risk.

I am certain that it is the legitimate businesses that are behind Shopify's success, and this will help with their reputation and give them a chance to focus their marketing on the right customers.

A while back when Yahoo released inactive email addresses, I grabbed [email protected]. It was a nightmare. The account would receive 10,000+ emails a day. The inbox was full of insurance claims, social security numbers, mortgage applications, pay stubs, and more. In the end, I deleted the account since I didn't want the possible liability of the account.

The support for this has been there on Shopify for quite some time. With a tool like https://www.taxjar.com/ I was able to easily pay all the state, county and city taxes in a few minutes for my wife's small online shop.

Thankfully with Shopify it is extremely easy and straightforward to manage for my wife's small online store. Their platform does a great job properly charging taxes by state, county and city in certain situations. Then using an inexpensive plan from https://www.taxjar.com/ the entire filing and paying process is 100% automated.

In 10 minutes I was able to file and pay all the sales taxes to several state, dozens of California counties and a handful of cities that charge additional taxes on top.

I can relate to this video. In the mid-2000s I worked as an art director at 2Advanced creating over the top Flash sites. We had a client who insisted that we add a red, invisible hexagon shield on top of the animation to prevent "forces" from attacking the site.

Here are my current favorite IFTTT recipes for my phone:

Screenshots to Dropbox - Add my iPhone screenshots to a Dropbox folder Post Instagram pictures

Voicemail to Soundcloud - Leave a voicemail for IFTTT and post it to Soundcloud as a private track

Siri to Evernote - Create a Reminder list "Evernote". Use Siri to add a new reminder to the "Evernote" list. Append the reminder as a note to an Evernote notebook.

I primarily used Safari on the Mac for development and browsing up until Safari 6. After they crippled the web inspector by removing key features and adding the confusing design and layout I switched completely over to Chrome for browsing and dev.

I'll certainly give it another shot, but it'll be hard to give up Chrome as the primary browser.

From a slightly different perspective here are the detailed and technical case studies from the movie's VFX designer Bradley "GMUNK" Munkowitz:

- http://work.gmunk.com/TRON-Opening-Titles

- http://work.gmunk.com/TRON-Solar-Sailor

- http://work.gmunk.com/TRON-Rectifier-Globe

- http://work.gmunk.com/TRON-Throne-Room

- http://work.gmunk.com/TRON-Fireworks

- http://work.gmunk.com/TRON-Portal-Climax

- http://work.gmunk.com/TRON-Board-Room

- http://work.gmunk.com/TRON-Disc-Game

As one of the first 100 on the Behance platform, I think this is a fantastic acquisition for both sides. When a large corporation acquires a company you love there is often concern, but seeing how the Adobe + Typekit relationship played out I'm expecting great things.

Having a calorie count on the menu is helpful. The state of California started requiring this a few years ago and it has influenced what I order.

As an example, before the calorie count I would occasionally go for a tuna sandwich at Subway. I knew that the sandwich wasn't a healthy choice, but after seeing 1,000+ calories next to it on the menu I stopped ordering it. When you see items on the menu in the 1,000+ range and others half of that for the same portion it should influence your chooses.

- Brand spotlights

- Sponsored radar posts (ads)

- Promoted posts (for all users)

- Premium theme shared revenue

- Selling access to data

I felt the same way when they picked up Desk (formerly Assistly). I have been pleased that they continue to push the product forward since the acquisition.

I'm rooting for App.net, but I highly doubt that the post-Twitter era will simply involve a comparable Twitter replacement.

Personally I believe that the post-Twitter days will involve a shift away from micro sharing towards long form writing and better ways to have discussions with peers.

Add to the list...

* Surprise users.

A perfect complement to this article is the short film "Resonance - a film about design strategy" by Continuum. http://jonathanmoore.com/post/129160860/resonance

“Sometimes the user needs are to be surprised and delighted. And they can’t tell us how to surprise and delight them, that has to come from us.”

The dashboard is where you primarily view all of the posts from the people you follow on Tumblr. Think of it in terms of what you view on Twitter, all of the Tweets from people you follow plus the ability to send out a new Tweet.

I am using CloudApp (http://getcloudapp.com/) to upload screenshots I take. Quite the handy tool.

With most platforms that is a valid concern, but with Tumblr you can easily create a local backup your entire blog (http://staff.tumblr.com/post/286303145/tumblr-backup-mac-bet...) as basic HTML, images, assets, theme, etc.

With that said, Tumblr has a very bright future ahead of them.

Here is a screenshot example of what a promoted posts looks like in the dashboard - http://cloud.jonathanmoore.com/Dsu4. Users have the option of choosing from several dozen feature options like "buy this", "very special posts", "super proud of this", etc.

Right now it appears to be limited to one highlighted post per day, and with all purchases on Tumblr they give you the option of donating an additional $1 to EFF, Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders.

Take a look at Numbers for Startups - http://numbersforstartups.com/

A few weeks ago I saw a link to the demo video of this hardcore financial spreadsheed for startups, and it might be the perfect resource for you.

Great list, although it doesn't include the first thing I ask myself:

Does it have personality?