January 2012
16 posts
December 2011
34 posts
Five Things Worth Trying in 2012 →
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“Simplicity isn’t just a visual style. It’s not just minimalism or the absence of...”
– Steve Jobs via Walter Isaacson
“As a rule of thumb, a company should close their core assets and...”
– The tradeoff between open and closed - Chris Dixon
On a multi-hour flight, with the boy asleep on my lap, I realize one thing I enjoy about flying is the time it gives me to read and think … time that I don’t otherwise find enough of. Maybe it’s the enforced lack of distractions, but it almost makes me wish I travelled more.
“Late last night, inspecting Santa’s handiwork, a simple thought occurred to me....”
– ★ Merry
It’s several days past Christmas now, but this is still a sentiment worth remembering.
parislemon • Dear Google+ →
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“A good life today? It’s been vacantly reduced to the frenzied sport of buying...”
– Is a Well-Lived Life Worth Anything? - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review
“All this stumbling takes place in the midst of the biggest wave of growth,...”
– Monday Note #210 - 2012 Media Watch List - 2011: Shift Happens
“The premise of the stock market today is therefore that being innovative in...”
– Is Innovation Valuable? | asymco
The great ebook price swindle | Dan Gillmor →
I recently bought a new album on vinyl (yeah, they still make those) and got a coupon to download the tracks at no extra cost.
Many DVDs we buy for the kids come with a digital download.
I love ebooks, but it does feel like a rip off. I would happily buy a physical copy of many books, and even spend a little more, if I could download the ebook version too.
This makes me pretty pessimistic...
What is SOPA and how does it work? The Stop Online... →
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“the amount of continuous engineering and marketing required to release and...”
– A good smartphone comes but once a year | The Verge
The Best Photos of 2011
alesserphotographer:
Are too personal to be found in any publication.
Are probably on your phone.
Are dulled by filters and cheap tricks.
Are not subject to criticism.
Are not dependent on Flickr comments.
Are probably of people and places you’d love without the image.
Are not for sale.
Are perfectly imperfect.
“Yet here we are with a group of elected officials openly supporting a bill they...”
– Dear Congress, It’s No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works | Motherboard
“To many investors, long term is a year,” Mr. Devitt said. “For Bezos, he’s...”
– Amazon.com and Jeff Bezos Talk Long Term and Mean It - NYTimes.com
“SOPA approaches the piracy problem with a broad brush, lights that brush on...”
– A List Apart: Articles: Say No to SOPA
“Rather than a deliberate big bang, Apple’s disruptions are the result of a...”
– Hiding in plain sight | asymco
“Amazon Web Services adds as many servers each day as it needed to support the...”
– Google and Facebook Fly Into Server World’s Bermuda Triangle | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
Rands In Repose: A Bag of Holding →
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“a growing number of long-established market leaders like Xerox are turning...”
– The Empire Strikes Back - Technology Review
