February 2012
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- La Mer by Julio Iglesias. Great song to listen...
January 2012
1 post
“Reid Hoffman on Networking:
In the next day: Look at your calendar for the...”
– http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/24/reid-hoffman-linkedin-startup-you/
October 2011
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“1) If a bank is too big to fail, it is too big and needs to be broken up. We...”
– Tom Friedman’s ideas on how to fix banking system:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/opinion/sunday/friedman-did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-bankers.html?
February 2011
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January 2011
4 posts
“Like his firm, Horowitz believes every company should have a great story, too,...”
– Why Andreessen Horowitz Models Itself After A Hollywood Talent Agency - Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ (via caterpillarcowboy)
Great article. With the Spotlight on Andreessen and Horowitz, it was interesting to learn about the firm’s ‘army’ of 20 partners and associates sourcing talent for their...
“Nike. BMW. Starbucks. France Telecom. Target. Morgan Stanley. News Corp.”
– (a few of the companies with a market cap less than Facebook’s recent $50 billion valuation, via Thinking About Thinking)
“Apple will be the number one platform for a long time from a developer...”
– Peter Vesterbacka, Creator of Angry Birds
My take aways from this quote:
Apple provides a platform and leadership that developers may not like, or even agree with, but respect. And, respect enough to confidently base their businesses around, If you’re deciding between starting on the iPhone or...
December 2010
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October 2010
3 posts
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Countdown →
My lack of activity this past week is due to a site I was building- site link is below,but first some background…
On Halloween, the band Phish plays a cover album, where they play an entire album by a different band. In the past they’ve played the Beatles “White Album,” the Who “Quadrophenia,” Talking Heads “Remain in the Light,” Rolling Stones “Exile in Main Street,” etc.
Phish fans try to...
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Housing Costs and Mortgage Refinancing
A common view of budgeting and finance is that housing costs should make up no more than 30% of a household’s pre-tax income. Unfortunately, according to the US Census (via the WSJ), there are currently 41.7 million households (36.7% of the total) above this threshold.
Most of the stress is falling on households with lower incomes- households that most need to refinance, but cannot given...
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Google Instant's effect on Organic Traffic
A few weeks ago Google rolled out a new feature called Google Instant which shows Google results as you type. Google Instant will change how people search since someone can alter their search and see what comes up to hone in on exactly what they were searching for.
I own about 30 sites that generate organic traffic from Google, so was very curious how Google Instant would affect traffic....
September 2010
9 posts
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Strong vs. Weak Currency
(or how I learned to stop worrying and love the Yuan)
There’s been a lot of chatter in the news about currencies and currency malipulation. This came to a head yesterday when the House of Representatives passed a bill 348-79 which would “allow the U.S. to seek trade sanctions against China and other nations for manipulating their currency to gain trade advantages.” (Washington...
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The Debt-Deflation Conundrum
With asset values dropping, consumers who felt stable financially a few years ago are now facing a new reality. The unemployment rate is almost 10%, the underemployment rate around 18%- job insecurity is the new current norm. With a fall in the value of assets and less job security, consumers are realizing that too much debt is not a good thing- and are working on getting out of debt.
The most...
Heard this melody on the Exit Through the Gift...
June 2010
10 posts
Various YouTube clips of the US goal vs. Algeria →
The NYTimes has a great page up that has videos at locations across the country that captured the moment of Landon’s goal to beat Algeria
60 Pianos To Be Scattered Around NYC →
hayekd:
mytododoitlikeitlist:
From the Huffingtonpost.
Please, people of NYC, share that with us. Original website for NYC here.
This is going to be chill zone 22.
Someone needs to post a “no playing chopsticks” sign similar to the “No Playing Stairway to Heaven” sign they have at the music store in Wayne’s World.
Couple finds their paths crossed when 3 & 5 years... →
A couple is getting married and while looking for childhood pictures to use at the wedding find that their paths crossed when they were children, at Disney of all places…
Interview with John Sculley →
He fired Steve Jobs from Apple- wonder if this helped Steve come back stronger with the leadership abilities he has today?
“When I heard that BP was destroying a big portion of Earth, with no serious...”
– Dilbert’s Scott Adams in the WSJ. I had a similar predicament about purchasing stocks of Tobacco companies 2001-02, and ultimately decided I didn’t want to invest, though their fundamentals were solid. I’m still thinking about investing in BP, has my moral compass changed over the...
May 2010
12 posts
“BP wants Twitter to shut down a fake BP account that is mocking the oil company....”
– JIMMY FALLON, Late Night
(via the New York Times)
(via inothernews)
(via palahniukandchocolate)
(via jayparkinsonmd)
(via fred-wilson)
“I tell them to think of Woodstock,” he said. “The first one was free, but it...”
– New York Times article about the founder of the P2P service Limewire and his challenges in negotiating with the labels…
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Joe’s Garage by Frank Zappa. Really fun...
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April 2010
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February 2010
3 posts
Rick Rubin to produce new Gogol Bordello album |... →
davehyndman:
Very cool, though my vote for a Rick Rubin produced artist is U2. Something I’d really like to hear. Still, the Gogol Bordello album should be fun.
aewsome:
Neat!
This is great news! Can’t wait to hear it.
January 2010
21 posts
zing!
Jon Stewart: How many followers do you have?
Bill Gates: Uh...how many do you have?
Jon: I don't Twitter! I'm busy!
bijan:
In The Sun - She & Him
Brand new...