July 2009
“In a world of free, everyone can play. This is huge. When there are thousands of...”
– Seth’s Blog: Malcolm is wrong
“People will pay for content if it is so unique they can’t get it anywhere...”
– Seth’s Blog: Malcolm is wrong
Successful Marriage Proposal on Twitter Today: We... →
Wow! Congrats to our very own Sarah and Drew!
I just got 2 tickets to see tomorrow's Orioles vs...
1:35, Club seats. Ticket is free. In Baltimore. I’m driving from Philly. I can pick you up at the train station.
June 2009
I just ate the most delicious breakfast
Make it yourself:
Organic cherry and vanilla granola
Greek yogurt
A dash of milk (soy, in my case)
Fresh blueberries
Fresh peach slices
Organic honey
Should have taken a picture, but it was toooo good. Next time.
Maybe I should know the answer to this, but...
What if what is happening in Honduras happened in the US? Legally, what happens?
work... (cont')
me: You have to either allow us to leave the building for a break or provide drinking water.
boss: There's a Coke machine, a dollar twenty-five. go.
me: water.
boss: Coke machine has water.
me: No, you have to have water available in a 100 degree manual labor warehouse with no air conditioning and July is tomorrow. If there are water cooler jugs or whatever, just tell me, I will put it on the cooler.
other boss: There are no jugs.
me: You are required to provide drinking water, even if its a faucet.
boss: ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here we go again with "the American Way". Get out of here.
(dave: Glad you stuck up for yourself!)
So this is happening... →
Sometimes, you just know.
Fox News Gets Court OK to Lie →
brooklynmutt:
thesmarttart:
vruz:
—via ledgergermane:
On February 14, a Florida Appeals court ruled there is absolutely nothing illegal about lying, concealing or distorting information by a major press organization. The court reversed the $425,000 jury verdict in favor of journalist Jane Akre who charged she was pressured by Fox Television management and lawyers to air what she knew and...
“If the world’s biggest pop star only made $12 million a year from his...”
– Umair Haque nailed it with his blog post today.
via Michael Jackson and the Zombieconomy
(via tootwo)
Love me some Haque.
Does Investing in the Internet = Investing in the...
navsmusings:
SAI’s chart of the day “Why investing in the internet is like investing in the cement business.” It argues that the growth of the internet is over and supports it with data that shows slowing growth of broadband subscriptions.
A couple problems with this analysis:
1. # of households on broadband is one thing. But the real metric is households x throughput. We still live in a...
Swordfish with Braised Endive →
herheadhurts:
caterpillarcowboy:
Dinner tonight at Casa Caterpillar Cowboy.
Pics, plzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Hate to say, it turned out kinda sucky, because I burned the endives. I never burn my food, but the combination of a craptastic and unfamiliar gas range here in Philly and braising with the cover on meant I didn’t catch the burning until too late. :(
The swordfish was still good. No photo,...
Swordfish with Braised Endive →
Dinner tonight at Casa Caterpillar Cowboy.
'Avenue Q' on Broadway to close →
nittanysam:
:(
Go see it before it’s too late! It’s very funny and the puppeteers are amazing. One downside - there isn’t any interaction with the pit orchestra, unlike musicals like Chicago or even Rent.
“As financial markets tumbled and the government worked to stave off panic by...”
– Members of U.S. House Financial Services Committee snapped up or dumped bank stocks as bottom fell out of market - Metro - cleveland.com
The other kind of insider trading…
(via shorterexcerpts)
“So how does YouTube bring in revenue? Well, it tries to sell advertisements...”
– Gladwell reviews Chris Anderson’s “Free: The Future of a Radical Price” (via) (via ryanbrown) (via soupsoup)
Question for you designers:
When designing a form to be used for publishing a blog post, would you put the publish button left aligned with the form or right aligned?
What if it was a twitter-style status update instead of a blog post?
“Even angel investors won’t fund companies that are focused on niche markets....”
– Ten unconventional wisdoms for funding startups | VentureBeat (via hiten)
Great article. Here’s the 10 8. I’ve starred the ones I strongly support:
Valuation is temporary. Control is forever.*
The less you raise, the more it matters.
If you want advice, ask for money.
Money has...
5 minute usability study
Hey folks,
A friend of mine is a Product Manager over at Answers.com, and she’s looking for people to do a quick usability study. The study is super easy (and the technology is neat, I’ll have to try this myself): you are given a task and shown a mockup of a web page. You then click on the part of the web page that would bring you closer to solving your task. That’s it.
Please...
“The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were...”
– Supreme Court Rules for White Firefighters in Affirmative Action Case - NYTimes.com (via josephweisenthal)
Glad to read this.
“And after watching a series of scandals unfold, I’ve come to the conclusion that...”
– Paul Krugman (via azspot)
I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Can someone explain again?
“The greatest waste of talent in all this, however, is that of Mr Obama himself....”
– FT.com / Columnists / Clive Crook - Obama is choosing to be weak (via mikehudack)
This may be true, but I think the real reason is that Obama feels he can be more effective (or persuasive or manipulative) via his current approach, vs. a more combative, reprimanding approach. As I was reminded from...
Feed Reader crash diet
Now that I get all my mainstream / tech / culture news from Tumblr + Twitter + Techmeme (TTT), I had abandoned my Google Reader because it had become overwhelming and redundant. But I realized that I was missing out on the writings of some very smart people.
So last night I stripped out everything you’d consider “news”, and retained everything I’d consider...
“After two weeks, both groups showed almost identical increases in their...”
– Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week? - Well Blog - NYTimes.com
tumblr - buythisnow →
krankmills:
alohanico:
a tumblr from the the creators of necklush, who post here about amazing artwork they’ve found on etsy. possibly my new favourite blog?
(via buyhercandy)
Yes, good find. Instantly followed.
Ooooooh.
Sharing the etsy love.
jazzsundays:
via mrcookieface:
Flim - The Bad...
Is there anything wrong with having a quarter of a...
‘Cause I just did. Homemade. Thanks, Dad.
“Don’t be too scared of taking venture capital - it gets a lot of negative press,...”
– SEOmoz | My Startup Experience: VC, Entrepreneurship, Self-Analysis & The Road Ahead (via hiten)
Well, it’s definitely not all unicorns and rainbows. VCs want their return on investment. You do too; the big question is how and how much. Making $1 million a year sounds like big bucks to...
“If a company can figure out how to simplify sales delivery and service by...”
– Self-Service Nation: Why Targeting Small Business Is Good Business (via hiten)
This is why Etsy works. This is why social media for small businesses works.
And this is what our next product is focused on (sort of).