July 2009
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“CNN changed the nature of politics and political reporting by compressing the...”
– Vanity Fair Article by Michael Wolff about Politico.
Great summary of the challenge of the traditional “news.” It doesn’t make sense to read a print newspaper for breaking news anymore. The logical conclusion of all this seems to go to Twitter, right? Instant news.
“The Segway hasn’t delivered on its initial promise, to put it mildly. There are...”
– As someone who just rented a Segway and ride through Vail…. Didn’t feel like the coolest person in town.
Paul Graham - The Trouble with the Segway
You gotta read the entire post but Paul’s latest starts with this gem and gets better.
(via bijan)
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WatchU2 at Red Rocks courtesy of Hidden Track (sent to me via my friend Ian)
Love the energy of the show- and can’t believe they let U2 light a fire at Red Rocks (though suppose what Bono wants, Bono gets)
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“You have to have one hand in the future and one hand in the present. Two hands...”
– -Bob Iger
Blogged from MarissaMayer’s Twitter stream (Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at Google). So much going on in this quote. First it’s from the new President of Disney who had to take the reigns after Michael Eisner- keep in mind Eisner was at Disney for 21...
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“When you step back, you see very large investments in access, advertising,...”
– Interview with Tim Armstrong in the Financial Times. AOL may be finally done with their legacy business of dial-up subscribers and can focus on building the company. Content is a great place to invest, it’s also an area that many companies scrimp on and dont understand. Content is KING as...
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“With everything being cut and shortfalls and the whole bit, if I lose a hundred...”
– NYT article about gambling in Blackhawk, Colorado. I’ve been to Blackhawk on a few occassions and the $5 maximum bet was painful. Glad they’ve raised it to $100, but quotes like the above are a bit concerning…. Great that the proceeds from the raised limit will benefit local...
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Assembly of Dust- All That I am Now: The opening...
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Best and Worst Airports to Sleep In →
Cringeworthy site… Luckily the only airport on the list I’ve slept in is Frankfurt (#7 on Best of list), which indeed was not too bad (as far as sleeping in airports goes)
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WatchI saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain. He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fook’s. Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein.
-Warren Zevon
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“Apple and BlackBerry’s Research In Motion … accounted for only 3% of...”
– Wall Street Journal, 7/20/2009
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“When the most vocal forefighters of DRM say so, it must be for real. Although...”
– DRM is Dead, RIAA Says | TorrentFreak
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Eels- Grace Kelly Blues. This song has been...
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“Hacker Croll knew that he likely only needed a single entry point in any one of...”
– Great article about how Twitter was hacked. Scary and a lot to learn for many Internet organizations.
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Assembly of Dust- Edges
Assembly of Dust has a...
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“the General Services Administration sends word tonight that $18 million in...”
– The Note
My company makes websites, but we haven’t tried to get government contracts. Am very curious to see what an $18 million redesign looks like!
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Carbon Offsets →
Carbon Offsets are great for “mitigating personal climate impact produced by flying, driving, and from household energy consumption” TerraPass is a leading company in this space and great to see them recognized. Also makes me feel better about my travel, I can buy offsets for those JFK-> SFO cross-country flights!
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Phish Halloween Concert Location Game →
The band Phish has told its fans that they are having a three day festival October 30- November 1st- Somewhere. They’ve been slowly eliminating dates- very fun use of the web I have not seen before.
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“Never Had Nobody Like You (Featuring Zooey...
“Make voyages. Attempt them. That’s all there is.”
– Tennesee Williams (Camino Real)
General Specific by Band of Horses- really fun...
Great Post on Productivity →
This is a great post written two years ago on productivity by Marc Andreesen (who will perhaps be the first person to start three $1 billion dollar companies). An effective, yet sample tip from Marc:
Keep three and only three lists: a Todo List, a Watch List, and a Later List.
The more into lists you are, the more important this is.
Into the Todo List goes all the stuff you “must”...
Convince your boss to shorten meetings →
This timer keeps track of how much money you are wasting by sitting in a meeting. I’m going to put this up before every meeting to see if this helps cut down on meeting time…