February 2010
74 posts
“Obama’s compromise offer is one the Republicans can happily refuse. In their...”
– David Brooks
“As the recession bites, people will be unable to afford to go out very much....”
– Jeremy Clarkson
Brilliant, if we’re going to spend tax dollars on this stuff might as well make us laugh. It’s a whole lot better than the miserable alternative.
“Amplifying a public crisis for private gain.” What was done was technically...”
– Zachary Adam Cohen
hypem:
themorningbenders:
god i love this song...
“The more diverse a school is, the less likely it is that kids will form...”
– Quoted: Wired Magazine on How to Raise Racist Kids | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture
A very interesting article on a study showing that neglecting to talk about race (being “color blind”) to your children is actually having negative effects.
(via pedacitos)
This reminds me...
“The Greek government has stated (and we agree) that these transactions were...”
– Goldman Sachs on Greece
Yes, it may have not done much but allow ongoing shitty governance and financial mismanagement but from a liability standpoint…no worries.
We do need to hold ourselves to a higher standard, just not sure how you go about rewarding that behavior.
Google’s Music Strategy: Past, Present and Future →
Having just spent the morning using extension.fm, I gotta believe that Google’s music service is extension.fm plus some sort of google checkout driven offline monetization model. Probably extension.fm to songkick to concert and Google takes the transaction piece.
I don’t know, music is crazy and it portends b model craziness for everyother industry with a network good.
“Mortgage companies have got to stop relying on automated models. Underwriting...”
– FICO Scores Becoming Irrelevant?
“These are ways of making coffee that are exciting to us. We’re not trying to...”
– James Freeman - Owner of Blue Bottle Coffee
This is the perfect embodiment of what drives successful businesses in our Networked age. It’s not impressing, it’s expressing. Expression is portable, impression gets stuck. In a network economy you grow when you’re message is portable.
“Unread counts cause mental blocks, [David Karp] said, and they’re the reason...”
– this is true of both tumblr and twitter for me. i see what i see and i miss what i miss
Leon Crawl: I talked to David Karp and he said some things about Tumblr (via nickdouglas)
(via fred-wilson)
Rafer sez: One of several reasons why Follow outverbs Friend and/or Subscribe. Just wrapping RSS in...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-21) →
Interpol (23)
Fink (19)
Tosca (16)
The Radio Dept. (13)
The xx (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“All dollars are backed by debt. There are two kinds of money out there. At the...”
– Chris Martenson
“So, larks are older, more conformist, more dependable, and so more likely to set...”
– Do Larks Repress Owls?
“It’s all about growth.It’s all about getting bigger.”
– Ursula Burns CEO, Xerox
Is this strategy sustainable? I’m not sure that it is.
“You have to live your life for yourself. So even when I was little I was playing...”
– Johnny Weir
“In the Netherlands, 1 Gbps Broadband Will Soon Be Everywhere...”
– GigaOM
“100 Mbps is just a dream”
UVEX v the IOC in Poem
Blonde we like wins Downhill (Last name rhymes with “Bonn”)
There once was a lawyer from the IOC, who called us to protect “intellectual property.” “During the Olympics”, she said with a sneer “your site can’t use an Olympian’s name even if they use your gear.” “No pictures, no video, no blog posts can be used…” Even if...
This is Angus & Julia Stone singing...
WatchJohn Baldessari On The Origins of Copy and Paste Culture
“how can you own words…I mean, it’s stuff to use”
“Gibson, like many heritage brands, engaged itself with a young spunky marketing...”
– How Gibson Flushed Les Paul Down The Toilet
“A 100 meg is just a dream,” Qwest Communications International Inc Chief...”
– Sweet call Ed.
“Whole Foods in the U.K., which operates five stores, has also stepped up...”
– Quarterly Profit Surges 71% at Whole Foods
Interesting to see that trends which are not high margin are driving growth.
“Unsure of its ability to successfully roll it out as an independent product,...”
– @kontra
“We find it ironic that at the same time Congress is debating a jobs bill, the...”
– Barbara Maynard, spokeswoman for the Coalition of L.A. City Unions
That is ironic Barbara. Now, this is not Bab’s issue, but her client really needs to get a clue. Here’s the basic argument. Public services are supported by tax revenues. Tax revenues have been decimated and not all...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-14) →
The xx (39)
Wild Beasts (21)
Florence & The Machine (13)
Charlotte Gainsbourg (12)
The Whitest Boy Alive (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“What is currently stopping me from adding other features which have been...”
– Andrey Ternovskiy- Chatroulette’s 17 year old Creator
“Corker may understand markets well, but he doesn’t know how to count votes...”
– Republican Breaks Ranks on Finance Bill
Sweet comment.