February 2012
2 posts
“Emails, tweets, notifications, text and instant messages, Facebook status...”
– Over Notified | Om Malik
(via tedr)
January 2012
2 posts
December 2011
5 posts
“This is data’s great challenge. Becoming something more than just an unread...”
– Your Health Data Might Be Just Another Unread Inbox (via davidhoffman)
Wearable Computing And The Next Hub →
parislemon:
Nick Bilton reports on Google’s and Apple’s efforts to push the envelope on “wearable” computing (think: iPod bracelets or Android watches).
Currently, most people still have a desktop or a laptop as their main hub for their computing lives. Mine is still my two year old iMac.
In five years, the smartphone will be the main hub for most people. Desktops and laptops will still...
Bustr Bensn: The interface to our subconscious →
bustr:
You know how sometimes you’re hungry and you start wondering to yourself, “What am I in the mood for?” This process of one part of the brain asking another part of the brain a question is something we all do a lot, and it struck me the other day that there was actually something really interesting…
November 2011
5 posts
“The whole idea of using the physical store to drive online traffic is pretty...”
– Walmart begins ‘pop-up’ store experiment - FT.com (via rafer)
“I predict that health monitoring will be the next substantial phase of cyborg...”
– Scott Adams Blog: Our Cyborg Evolution 11/08/2011
I agree. Sounds creepy taken out of context, but not in the context of the entire post. Also, the blog of Scott Adams should not be missed.
(via davidhoffman)
“The New Luddites are back, and they’re packing heat. The mighty Economist writes...”
– What If This Is No Accident? What If This Is The Future? | TechCrunch (via new-aesthetic)
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Squared Away
parislemon:
While I was still at TechCrunch, I would often get asked what startup excited me the most. That’s a massive question. There are a ton. But for the past year and a half, one was always at the forefront of my mind: Square.
Now that I’m a VC, the question is flipped: terms aside, what company would I love to invest in? The answer is the same. Square.
Of course, they don’t exactly...
October 2011
8 posts
Engagement x Value
Do you have a formula for figuring out how interested you are in a project?
Perhaps you do but haven’t thought about what exactly it is.
Of course, it’s never quite as simple as an exact formula, but I think this gets about as close as possible for me:
Engagement x Value
I like working on things that engage lots of people. The more the better. And judging from the recruiting...
“A general rule in creating stories is that characters don’t want to change. They...”
– – Donald Miller’s “A Million Miles in A Thousand Years” Change only happens when forced « Just Breathe (via rahmin)
Supressing the 'White Bears' (APA's Monitor on... →
psychotherapy:
Meditation, mindfulness and other tools can help us avoid unwanted thoughts, says social psychologist Daniel Wegner.
“Try to pose for yourself this task: not to think of a polar bear, and you will see that the cursed thing will come to mind every minute.”
That observation comes from “Winter Notes on Summer Impressions,” Fyodor Dostoevsky’s 1863 account of his travels in...
BRYCE DOT VC: You're Doing It All Wrong →
brycedotvc:
Close your eyes.
Imagine, if you will, a startup that meets the following criteria:
Their recruiting process is fundamentally flawed
Their operations are a mess
They make engineers pretty much do everything, which leaves almost no time for coding
They don’t (care) about charity or…
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“Trust your own intelligence and your ability to understand anything put before...”
– the divine guru (via lazyyogi)
Thoughts on The Lean Startup
Analyzing Eric’s brainwaves
I woke up early this morning, walked to a nearby park, and read Eric Reis’ The Lean Startup from cover to cover. It’s well-written and well-paced, and contains what may be the single most important set of lessons that any entrepreneur needs to internalize. In fact, I believe that the content of this book is so crucial to a startup’s success...
September 2011
3 posts
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“The cluster, announced publicly this week, was created for an unnamed “Top 5...”
– On demand super computing with Amazon, who is remaining mum as to whether this 30,000 core monster is the largest to date. (Via ars technica)
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“A yogi wakes up twice every morning. First the body and mind. Then the heart....”
– the divine guru (via lazyyogi)
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
1 post
Villagers with Pitchforks: Why Justin.TV &... →
villagerswithpitchforks:
In Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash the author writes of the “Gargoyle” - a broadcaster laden with recording gadgets and acting as a human surveillance device. Writes Stephenson, “The payoff for this self-imposed ostracism is that you can be in the Metaverse all the time.”
That was 1992 and life…
June 2011
2 posts
Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights →
bestofwikipedia:
The Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights is an annual prize founded by and named after Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi. (via Rocky)
May 2011
3 posts
Facetime For Mother's Day
Update: By popular demand, we’ll be offering four separate video-calling services: Apple Facetime, Skype, Google Talk, and the new browser-based AIM AV.
This upcoming Sunday is Mother’s Day. It’s quite common to get flowers or other gifts for Mom, but if you’re like me and you live in a remote place and don’t like frequently taking flights and long roadtrips,...
April 2011
4 posts
“Team is the genesis of all success and if you don’t nail it you’re not going to...”
– blognewcomb - compilations - Cult Creation (via rahmin)
Bad Education
“Since the Baby Boomers gave birth, the college degree has seemed a panacea for social ills, a metaphor for a special kind of deserved success. We still tell fairy tales about escapes from the ghetto to the classroom or the short path from graduation to lifelong satisfaction, not to mention America’s collective college success story: The G.I. Bill. But these narratives are not inspiring...
BrainDrawn
I made this web app called BrainDrawn that uses a live stream of your brain waves to determine the number, color, and speed of a bunch of bouncing balls.
The client code will be up soon. And maybe the server code.
March 2011
1 post
“When Anne Hathaway makes headlines, the stock for Warren Buffett’s...”
– Dan Mirvish, who’s identified eight occasions going back to 2008 where positive Anne Hathaway news correlated with a Berkshire Hathaway bump. (via dbreunig)
February 2011
3 posts
“Then, in April 2009, while checking statistics about visitors to the site, Mr....”
– Ignighter, a Dating Site, Finds Love in India - NYTimes.com
Rafer sez: Get used to hearing about US internet companies going overseas to find success. Mig33, Multiply, and a host of others are already getting it done. It’s interesting that Point Judith is in both Ignighter and Multiply.
NB: My...
January 2011
2 posts
December 2010
3 posts
“Those who say it cannot be done shouldn’t interrupt the people doing it.”
– Chinese Proverb (via stuff-to-think-about)
“I called it quits at Google three weeks ago so I could help web users better...”
– Brian Kennish, a former Googler, who quit to build browser plug-ins to block tracking by Google and other entities. (via dbreunig)
Books After Amazon →
What happens when an industry concerned with the production of culture is beholden to a company with the sole goal of underselling competitors? Amazon is indisputably the king of books, but the issue remains, as Charlie Winton, CEO of the independent publisher Counterpoint Press puts it, “what kind of king they’re going to be.” A vital publishing industry must be able take chances with new...
November 2010
3 posts
regurgitated by sperm whales
Ambergris has been mostly known for its use in creating perfume and fragrance much like musk. While perfumes can still be found with ambergris around the world, American perfumers usually avoid it due to legal ambiguities. It was banned from use in many countries in the 1970s, including the United States, because its precursor originates from the sperm whale, which is an endangered...
October 2010
3 posts
