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"I’m a sporadic worshiper,” said Anne Libby, a management consultant in Manhattan who often follows..."

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:29:26 -0700

“I’m a sporadic worshiper,” said Anne Libby, a management consultant in Manhattan who often follows the services on Twitter between occasional visits to Trinity.”

- Lead Us to Tweet, and Forgive the Trespassers - NYTimes.com

"Maybe since they have some responsibility for the cleanup,” Ms. Cifrino said, “it will motivate them..."

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:22:45 -0700

“Maybe since they have some responsibility for the cleanup,” Ms. Cifrino said, “it will motivate them to think about how you design for the environment and the commodity value at the end of the life.””

- A Green Way to Dump Low-Tech Electronics - NYTimes.com

Blackrock-Yeah Yeah (via thepowderedclouds) This groove is...

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:26:33 -0700

Blackrock-Yeah Yeah (via thepowderedclouds)

This groove is pretty much what it’s all about

Just heard this at theknockoutsf.com …killin dj’s, recommended!!!

"It was 3 hours and 17 minutes after TMZ first announced Michael Jackson had experienced cardiac..."

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:28:44 -0700

“It was 3 hours and 17 minutes after TMZ first announced Michael Jackson had experienced cardiac arrest before it appeared as a auto completion suggestion on Google’s homepage.”

- SEOmoz | A Bad Day for Search Engines: How News of Michael Jackson’s Death Traveled Across the Web

"I have used Bing. We benefit from Microsoft’s continual re-entry into this market. We..."

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:03:09 -0700

“I have used Bing. We benefit from Microsoft’s continual re-entry into this market. We encourage them to continue this strategy.””

- RealTimeCannes: Eric Schmidt on Microsoft’s Bing

Ah, the asymmetry of an ideal.

"Sad about MJ & FF? Cheer up by watching some Geo I/O talks: http://bit.ly/11aXr3 32 minutes..."

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:32:58 -0700

“

Sad about MJ & FF? Cheer up by watching some Geo I/O talks:

http://bit.ly/11aXr3

32 minutes ago from web googlemapsapi (Google Maps API)

”

- Twitter / Google Maps API: Sad about MJ & FF? Cheer u …

VERY weird message from Google.

Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: E-mail Traffic Data Casts Doubt on Global-Village Theory

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:06:19 -0700

Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: E-mail Traffic Data Casts Doubt on Global-Village Theory

Need Some 15 and 30 Second Spots? Hire Your User Base.

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:54:20 -0700

Need Some 15 and 30 Second Spots? Hire Your User Base.

Four crowdsourcing lessons from the Guardian’s (spectacular) expenses-scandal experiment » Nieman Journalism Lab

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:44:57 -0700

Four crowdsourcing lessons from the Guardian’s (spectacular) expenses-scandal experiment » Nieman Journalism Lab: This is the best article I’ve read in weeks

"Twitter is growing even faster than Facebook—doubling its membership in March—and would give Google..."

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:17:43 -0700

“Twitter is growing even faster than Facebook—doubling its membership in March—and would give Google access to the kind of personal information that fills Facebook News Feeds.”

- Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network’s Plan to Dominate the Internet

Wait, isn’t nearly 100% of Twitter’s data public?

"Zuckerberg doesn’t pull any punches, describing Google as “a top-down way” of..."

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:22:58 -0700

“Zuckerberg doesn’t pull any punches, describing Google as “a top-down way” of organizing the Web that results in an impersonal experience that stifles online activity. “You have a bunch of machines and algorithms going out and crawling the Web and bringing information back,” he says. “That only gets stuff that is publicly available to everyone. And it doesn’t give people the control that they need to be really comfortable.” Instead, he says, Internet users will share more data when they are allowed to decide which information they make public and which they keep private. “No one wants to live in a surveillance society,” Zuckerberg adds, “which, if you take that to its extreme, could be where Google is going.””

- Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network’s Plan to Dominate the Internet

This is one of the most ironic thought patterns EVER.

(via The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien - Triumph...

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:40:24 -0700

(via The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien - Triumph Visits Bonnaroo Pt2 (06/19/09) - Video - NBC.com)

The Shift Index - CNBC.com CNBC: A li’l slow on the uptake...

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:19:13 -0700

The Shift Index - CNBC.com

CNBC: A li’l slow on the uptake ;-)

thegongshow: Geek Porn (via CNet)

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:33:56 -0700

thegongshow:

Geek Porn

(via CNet)

"The industry appears to be doing everything it can not to appear vindictive in these cases"

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:13:10 -0700

“The industry appears to be doing everything it can not to appear vindictive in these cases”

- Thomas verdict: willful infringement, $1.92 million penalty - Ars Technica

Check out this article, lots of ridiculousness from both sides. Of course, the net result is: this is what happens when lawyers dictate your business strategy.

"the current recession is masking long-term competitive challenges for U.S. businesses. Among the key..."

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:38:10 -0700

“the current recession is masking long-term competitive challenges for U.S. businesses. Among the key findings, U.S. companies’ return on assets (ROA) have progressively dropped 75 percent from their 1965 level despite rising labor productivity.”

- The Shift Index | Center for the Edge | Deloitte | Deloitte Center for the Edge | Hagel | Brown | Davison | Big Shift - Deloitte LLP

144 page report, check it out

"re: transparency…it’s strategically inevitable; lemons = fail when all are..."

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:23:07 -0700

“re: transparency…it’s strategically inevitable; lemons = fail when all are hyperconnected; see “backward induction paradox””

- Twitter / Ethan Bauley: @jowyang re: transparency. …

Wanted to drop this one back out there…probably my fav tweet of all time (besides the one where Umair Haque followed up to tell me the above was “awesome” ;-)

"My question for Yahoo is WHAT WERE YOU THINKING SELLING THIS NAME? It’s an amazing category name."

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:43:41 -0700

“My question for Yahoo is WHAT WERE YOU THINKING SELLING THIS NAME? It’s an amazing category name.”

- DirectNavigation.com

"I’m just saying that I think posing the problem correctly is perhaps more important than..."

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:42:12 -0700

“I’m just saying that I think posing the problem correctly is perhaps more important than defining the solution”

- Jemima Kiss talks to Google co-founder Sergey Brin | Technology | The Guardian

Dead Media Beat: MySpace

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:38:59 -0700

Dead Media Beat: MySpace