February 2012
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Claremont McKenna College Says It Exaggerated SAT... →
infoneer-pulse:
Claremont McKenna College, a small, prestigious California school, said Monday that for the past six years, it has submitted false SAT scores to publications like U.S. News & World Report that use the data in widely followed college rankings.
In a message e-mailed to college staff members and students, Claremont McKenna’s president since 1999, Pamela B. Gann, wrote that “a...
January 2012
Amazon Feels The Profit Squeeze →
parislemon:
Just to follow up, Amazon has released their numbers. As expected, net income doesn’t look great — $177 million, down 58 percent year over year. But at least it’s not a loss (which Amazon had warned it might be).
That $177 million is on sales of $17.4 billion. Crazy. That’s what low margins — and selling hardware at a loss — will do to you.
Speaking of 177, that’s also the...
“A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when...”
– George Orwell (via nevver)
The Hector, Achilles, and Ajax Of Tennis →
parislemon:
“Golden ages” in sports are weird things. They’re usually only declared after the fact — and often well after the fact. It’s often the “too far in the forest to see the trees” syndrome mixed with a lack of historical context, so perspective is lacking until further down the line.
But that’s not the case with men’s tennis right now.
Because there are three players that are...
One of my top 3 least favorite tasks...
section9:
jennyjennybobenny:
finding a new roommate.
I hear ya. Caterpillarcowboy is the only one I’ve ever really liked.
That’s only because you liked me before we were roommates. #loophole
Men Don't Make Passes at Girls Who Wear Glasses →
allthecoolkids:
chiaraatik:
Remember the question isn’t SHOULD men make passes at girls who wear glasses, but rather….do they? Do they really?
(Once I wore glasses at a bar and the bouncer was like, “Glasses? Really?”. AND I NEVER WORE THEM AGAIN)
(I wore them a few more times.)
howaboutwe:
Agree? Disagree?
The first time I got hit on at a bar (I was 16), the guy used this line:
“Hey...
“Path is pretty in the same designy way as our modern museums…These museums are...”
– Sexpigeon
This is the best thing I’ve read about Path, and it perfectly articulates something I’ve thought not only about Path, but also a lot of other exemplars of the fussy, post-Apple wave of “high design” in tech products. Khoi Vinh has written about the same phenomenon, arguing that the...
TechCrunch misses the point on personalization →
TechCrunch published an article yesterday about the challenges of personalization and why no one has been able to innovate beyond what Amazon did 10 years ago. Leena Rao makes a good effort in trying to understand the challenges, mentioning the need for intent-based data, making sense of social, and privacy concerns. All are true. But the framework with which she’s approaching the problem is...
“Personalization was really important in enabling Amazon to differentiate itself...”
– The Ecommerce Revolution Is All About You | TechCrunch
Selinger and I also have the (meaningless) distinction of being the only two half-Chinese half-Jewish guys to have worked on Amazon’s personalization team.
“Getting these signals from consumers is very difficult from a UI and user...”
– The Ecommerce Revolution Is All About You | TechCrunch
Sorry buddy, I built this at Amazon for shoes, watches, and handbags in 2007 and it doesn’t work.
“Carolyn Reidy, president and chief executive of Simon & Schuster, says the...”
– Barnes & Noble, Taking On Amazon in the Fight of Its Life - NYTimes.com (via infoneer-pulse)
Someone needs a sanity check. (via aaronwhite)
Seriously. This sentence doesn’t make sense no matter how long I stare at it.
I think today qualifies as a rough day.
“The top-level goal for most people is to convince others they are the...”
– Mark Hendrickson on social networks | The Uphill Battle Of Social Event Sharing: A Post-Mortem for Plancast (via courtenaybird)
Whoa, that’s something to chew on. (via tedr)
NY bill would make crimes out of SAT test cheating →
infoneer-pulse:
New York would make felonies out of cheating on the SAT college entrance test under a bill released Tuesday as part of a legislative investigation into a scandal in an affluent New York City suburb.
The measure proposed by Sen. Kenneth LaValle of Suffolk County would create new felonies of facilitation of education testing fraud and of scheming to defraud educational testing and...
Intentionally Untitled: emotionalcreativity:... →
emotionalcreativity:
That’s A Spicy Meatball
Follow the link and get the recipe for the spicy pork meatballs I had on Sunday. Delicious! Definitely going to make these (I may swap out my mom’s pickled hot peppers for the hot cherry peppers). … although upon further review it seems like…
If you buy the ingredients, I will make it happen.
Anyone have a link to the SOTU?
Got home late from a recruiting dinner and missed the whole thing.
“Q: 4G and larger screens are growing in the market. Has popularity of larger...”
– I love the response by Tim Cook when asked whether the iPhone should add larger screens or 4G compatibility now to compete better with Android, even though both have been shown to have large negative effects on battery life.
(via Apple Reports Best Quarter Ever in Q1 2012: $13.06 Billion Profit on...
Profits and Revenue
khuyi:
irvingruan:
Apple announced its Q1 2012 earnings today. Here’s a re-cap:
$46 billion in revenue
$13 billion in profit
37 million iPhones sold
15 million iPads sold
5 million Macs sold
15.4 million iPods sold
Google, for Q4 2011, posted $10.6 billion in revenue. Apple’s profits this quarter beat the former’s revenue. Talk about perspective (this quarter is a new record for...
BBC News - Star Wars crowdsourced film reaches... →
Congrats to Casey! He and his brother both work at General Assembly (on VHX and Profitably, respectively).
The 2012 Epic 2012 NYC Xiao Long Bao Tour –...
marksbirch:
Best way to describe last week’s dumpling tour? The staff at the last restaurant had to roll us out of the restaurant because we were so stuffed full of Xiao Long Bao, or better known in these parts as soup dumplings! I think I can still taste the faint flavor of dumplings a week later.
We came, we ate, we conquered. And eating was certainly a big part of the evening’s...
americastestkitchen:
Cooking Tip of the Day: To mellow cut onions, soak for 15 minutes in water and baking soda to neutralize pungent sulfur compounds.
“On Friday, New York Magazine reported that more than 100 people were laid off,...”
– Gilt Groupe Cuts Include 10 Percent of Employees and Two Executives - Tricia Duryee - Commerce - AllThingsD
Man, what is life without Pellegrino??
Strong Opinions @marksbirch: The Mediocrity of the... →
marksbirch:
mediahascookies:
“Crowdsourcing doesn’t always lead to the wisdom of the crowds. It sometimes leads to bland mediocrity”
—
Economist correspondent Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran speaking on a panel at the DLD (Digital - Life - Design) Conference
I was never much of a believer in the wisdom of…
I think the difference is a matter of scale. The stock market does a pretty good job...
Tumblr: 15B pageviews per month by 120M people →
125 pageviews per person per month, or 4 page views a day. That’s actually less than I would have thought. I probably contribute 30-50 pageviews a day, just refreshing the dashboard or loading the next page. How many times a day do you refresh?