“One tends to talk about being “first” as an accomplishment, but it’s so loaded. How many people should have already been here?” –@likaluca via @BitchMedia
People of Color In Publishing and We Need Diverse Books teamed up for a town hall that shows how far publishing has come regarding diversity—and how much further it needs to go.
There are more than 711K books—and counting—in Bookshare, a digital reading platform for people with reading barriers including dyslexia, blindness or cerebral palsy. Working with more than 850 publishers across the world, the library adds as many as 100K titles every year.
West Elm and Rent the Runway announced a partnership for customers to rent textiles such as quilts, blankets, throw pillows and linens. At the end of a fixed period, customers can buy the items — or swap them for something new. Similarly, several start-ups — including CasaOne, Fernish and Feather — are already renting full suites of upscale furniture to aspiring urban homemakers on both coasts. Even low-cost Ikea is getting in on the concept: The company announced this month that it would launch a pilot rental program in 30 countries in an effort to keep its furniture out of landfills….Starting this summer, as part of an unlimited Rent the Runway membership for $159 a month, shoppers will be able to revel in a lifestyle they want and have the option to change their selections based on their mood or needs. Although the partnership includes only textile goods, Ortega says eventually it will offer furniture as well.
RT @Strategyzer Over the years, there have been several frameworks designed to help leaders manage their innovation portfolios. These frameworks use different dimensions to map products and services but fail to make explicit that the underlying challenge of leading innovation is managing uncertainty.
Pinterest is a great place to find digital art but a terrible place to sell it. The fact that anything online is infinitely copyable makes it tough for artists to establish a sense of scarcity necessary for their work to be perceived as valuable. Yash Nelapati saw this struggle up close as Pinterest’s first employee. Now he has started MakersPlace, where creators can generate a blockchain fingerprint for each of their artworks that proves who made it and lets it be sold as part of a limited edition.
RT @fulhack Anyone who built software for a while knows that estimating how long something is going to take is hard. It’s hard to come up with an unbiased estimate of how long something will take, when fundamentally the work in itself is about solving something.
* ATTENTION NYC BOOK LOVERS: Time to come out and play!* Sign up now for Women Authors of Comedy on 5/15 at @carolinesonbway to benefit @WMG_NYC scholarships. Check out this super lit line-up:
@dopequeenpheebs (Author of “Everything’s Trash, But It’s Okay” and “You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain”)
@annabellegurwitch1 (Author of “Wherever You Go, There They Are,” “I See You Made an Effort,” “You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up,” and “Fired!: Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, and Dismissed”)
@sarahcpr (Author of “How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings,” “100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings,” and “Draw What Success Looks Like”)
@hellolanemoore (Author of “How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don’t”)
@farnooshtorabi (Author of “When She Makes More: The Truth About Navigating Love and Life for a New Generation of Women,” “Psych Yourself Rich,” and “You’re So Money”)
@dorieclark (Author of “Entrepreneurial You,” “Reinventing You,” “Stand Out,” and “Stand Out Networking”)
@blythelikehappy (Author of “How to Date Men When You Hate Men”)
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