December 2011
disco naïveté: disco naïveté presents: The Sound... →
disconaivete:
If the music industry was a horse race, I’d put my money on these horses. You’ll be familiar with some, others may be new to you. They’re all worth your time though, as I think these are the bands and artists you’ll hear a lot more from in 2012. I present you: The Sound of 2012.
Lana Del Rey
jams of the future
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parislemon: Dear HBO →
parislemon:
First and foremost, I love your content. You’ve produced several of my favorite shows over the years, and the hits keep on coming. I’d love to watch Game of Thrones now, but I can’t. You see, the only way to get your service is to be a cable subscriber, and several months ago I cut the cord.
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This is a slippery slope, because the minute HBO gives you access to just HBO...
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Watchtheatlanticvideo:
An Imaginary Friend With Benefits
Creepy and hilarious, Mister Handsome explores what happens when a woman reconnects with a childhood imaginary friend and romance blossoms. The film was written and directed by Jason Wishnow, who discusses the making of Mister Handsome in an interview here.
Totally wild, cool, creepy concept.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Sufjan Stevens (58)
U2 (34)
Bon Iver (11)
Kings Of Convenience (9)
The xx (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“When we designed the Internet the first time, our priorities were reliability,...”
– An Open Letter From Internet Engineers to the U.S. Congress
Let the first eight words of this paragraph wash over your brain for a little bit…
(via brycedotvc)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Billie Holiday (17)
M83 (16)
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals (13)
Bon Iver (12)
Theophilus London (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“The big problem that I’m hoping to tackle in a lot of the more public works that...”
– Nicholas Felton (PopTech 2009) on tackling big problems. (via poptech)
See my previous post. Information is only as powerful as our capacity to act on it.
“Just a little more disclosure about long-term interest rates and fees, the...”
– Know More, Borrow Less
This is the information age. In the information age we’ll see the amount of knowledge increase while asset prices decrease. As information asymmetries are eliminated inflated pricing will fall.
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BRYCE DOT VC: Capturing More Value Than You Create →
tedr:
heyitsnoah:
rickwebb:
brycedotvc:
IImagine them using the ad dollars they spent blasting the coach section of the plane to do something that created value for me as a potential customer. What could they have done with those dollars?
How about paying for or subsiding a portion of the cost of our wifi. How about giving every child in coach a Matchbox sized version of the Lincoln model...
“In fields of cumulative innovation, previous patents owners become veto players...”
– Alex Tabarrok
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Watch(via Wooster Collective: OLEK AND THE CHARGING BULL ON WALL STREET)
“Since the iPhone’s release, RIM, Microsoft, and Nokia have abandoned their...”
– Andrew Munn
Fascinating article. Techie for sure, but nice to drop into the roots of computing now and again.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4) →
Bon Iver (26)
The National (20)
Music Together (17)
M83 (14)
Youth Lagoon (10)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
"Taking stock" of Wall Street
informationarbitrage:
My belief is that Wall Street was bankrupt and should have been owned by the US taxpayer, not its legacy shareholders and certainly not firm management.
ugh! Read the whole thing. The key thought for me was that by maintaining the liquidity of this encumbered and miserable asset base generated by Wall Street’s computers and Washington’s lack of courage. The...
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Raise Taxes on Rich to Reward True Job Creators:... →
we need a broader consumer base. how we generate that broad base should be the only thing either party cares about. One thing that is clear is that concentrating buying power in a small minority of folks is detrimental to everyone but this very select group.