The Mind of an Independent

"Silicon Valley’s dirty little secret is that the startup boom is mostly a disguised jobs fair..."

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:48:10 -0500

“Silicon Valley’s dirty little secret is that the startup boom is mostly a disguised jobs fair that directly benefits the big corporations.”

- Tom Foremski

Nailed it. Also a reflection of the hypercompetitiveness of the job market and why there’s so little loyalty among millenials.

video: M.I.A. - Bad Girls

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:56:37 -0500

Globalization. Arab culture coming to America. A clear indicator that America is no longer the key market for music. Good song, but an absolutely fascinating and provocative video. A must watch and a must ponder

disconaivete:

M.I.A. shows the world once more why she is Queen of Bad Girls. The video for Bad Girls was directed by Romain Gavras, shot in Morocco, features tons of car tricks, explosions and other bad things you expect to happen in a M.I.A. video. Bad girls do it well!

‘Home Again’ - Michael Kiwanuka Cool soul from this...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:47:41 -0500

‘Home Again’ - Michael Kiwanuka

Cool soul from this dude. Have a good Friday.

Playing Guitar to Get Laid…For Girls! By Kelsey Formost...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:27:00 -0500

Playing Guitar to Get Laid…For Girls! By Kelsey Formost (by keformost)

No big deal but this is Charlie, my son’s, babysitter. Enjoy.

(via john locke » Blog Archive » DUB 002) neat.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:29:19 -0500

(via john locke » Blog Archive » DUB 002)

neat.

gotemcoach: @gotem_coach

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:32:43 -0500

gotemcoach:

@gotem_coach

"The first is all the unseen ripple effects of the rise of secondary markets and pre-IPO liquidity...."

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:16:42 -0500

“The first is all the unseen ripple effects of the rise of secondary markets and pre-IPO liquidity. When a CEO controls it well, he has a powerful carrot to use with employees and investors to get his way.”

- The Real Story of How Dick Costolo Kicked Investors Off Twitter’s Board | PandoDaily

Interesting dynamics that the secondary markets have brought into early stage investing.

"…the network is beating the hierarchy every time the two go together."

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:24:10 -0500

“…the network is beating the hierarchy every time the two go together.”

- Paul Mason: Why It’s All Kicking Off

(via FFFFOUND! | 04.30.09 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!) I’m...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:32:29 -0500

(via FFFFOUND! | 04.30.09 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!)

I’m the biggest thing in the ocean!

So Little Loud is graduating from making ridiculous remixes to...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:30:04 -0500

So Little Loud is graduating from making ridiculous remixes to being a band. Welcome Tourist. Killer track.

"Warner Bros. has been on the leading edge of a group of movie studios that have taken steps to..."

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:45:01 -0500

“Warner Bros. has been on the leading edge of a group of movie studios that have taken steps to encourage consumers to buy DVDs and Blu-ray discs or rent movies via video-on-demand, transactions that are far more profitable for the studios than rentals via Netflix or Redbox.”

- Netflix deal with Warner Bros. includes delay in queues

What f-tards. Sorry but this is just impossibly dumb. That said these decisions ultimately route back to the fact that pensions are funded by money managers and equity performance. If they can retard the performance of future growth equities then they can have more money flow their way and ultimately pay out to investors.

The consumer is last by a mile and the Internet tends to break businesses where the consumer is last.

(via Jackson Pollock at 100 - Photo Essays - TIME)

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:37:19 -0500

(via Jackson Pollock at 100 - Photo Essays - TIME)

"The impact of humanity on Earth is humbling from orbit. Our greatest cities appear to the bare eye..."

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:35:37 -0500

““The impact of humanity on Earth is humbling from orbit. Our greatest cities appear to the bare eye as minor gray smudges on the edges of continents—they could be the fingerprints of Atlas, from the last time he handled the globe. They are hardly distinguishable from volcanic ash flow or other geologic features. If you didn’t know it was a city, it would be difficult to conclude it was the result of human design. Under the scrutiny of the telephoto lens, things appear different. Like ants moving crumbs of dirt, we are slowly changing our world. You realize that Earth will do just fine, with or without us. We are wedded to this planet, for better or for worse, until mass extinction do us part.””

- From the Blog of Astronaut Don Pettit

http://wiki.nasa.gov/cm/newui/blog/viewpostlist.jsp?blogname=letters

(via jendunlap)

david-noel: Every now and then, stop and look up for a minute...

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:30:12 -0500

david-noel:

Every now and then, stop and look up for a minute or two.

Plenty of room for you when you look up.

The Art Wall Tejas Lens, Blanko Noir Film, No Flash, Taken with...

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:34:26 -0500

The Art Wall

Tejas Lens, Blanko Noir Film, No Flash, Taken with Hipstamatic

(via Swim Deep – King City | ABEANO) A suggestion from one of...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:01:16 -0500

(via Swim Deep – King City | ABEANO)

A suggestion from one of the better, more connected ears I know. Thanks Michael. Enjoy Swim Deep’s “King City”

"This is kind of Monopoly money and Facebook is Boardwalk."

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:49:05 -0500

“This is kind of Monopoly money and Facebook is Boardwalk.”

- “Manuel Henriquez”-CEO, Hercules Technology Group

Oh god that’s a miserable statement.

omniar: Probably the biggest problem with cars in cities is...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:51:43 -0500

omniar:

Probably the biggest problem with cars in cities is that they require huge amounts of land for storage (a.k.a. parking). Here is a photo of Midtown Atlanta between 5th street and 12th street. This is one of the densest and most pedestrian-friendly ares in the entire state of Georgia. The red blocks indicate parcels of land that are 100% dedicated to car storage. (via Cars Kill Cities « Progressive Transit)

Zipcar is making more and more sense.

Art Of Almost by Wilco Also this is great. shared from exfm

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:40:47 -0500

Art Of Almost by Wilco

Also this is great.

shared from exfm

Black Hills by Gardens & Villa A solid jam on a gorgeous NYC...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:35:38 -0500

Black Hills by Gardens & Villa

A solid jam on a gorgeous NYC day. Happy Birthday D Ward.

shared from exfm