December 2009
“[I]t is telling that Vice President Cheney and others seem to be more focused on...”
– White House Communications Director, Dan Pfeiffer (via notthatkindagay) (via apsies)
“Most user-generated content is created as communication in small groups, but...”
– Clay Shirky (via azspot) (via notational) (via infoneernet) (via himmelsblog)
“I don’t have a problem with guilt about money. The way I see it is that my money...”
– Warren Buffett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via internetsurfwithzachrose)
“Sometimes, in a cab, especially after I get through the long dead stretch in the...”
– Michael Wolff, AT&T Sucks (via kstewart87)
“I never tire of listening to obsessive perfectionists, no matter the topic.”
– John Gruber (via marco) (via jayparkinsonmd)
“When I was 16, I thought by 23 I’d be married; maybe have a kid; corner office...”
– Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air.” (via thedeadline)
“Now nanotechnology had made nearly anything possible, and so the cultural role...”
– Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age (see also: plastic surgery) (via syntheticpubes)
“Just the other night I was watching Anderson Cooper’s variety show on CNN, and...”
– The End of the 00s: Noted, Without Noteworthiness, by Rob Walker | The Awl (via jayyarow)
ericmortensen:
RIchard Reid tried to blow up a plane with his shoes in 2001. He was tried in a civilian court. Do you remember hearing an uproar over that? Nope.
So why is the GOP, including people who held office in 2001, flipping out about AbdulMutallab being tried in a civilian court now? (via TPM)
“There were a total of 674 passengers, not counting crew or the terrorists...”
– FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Odds of Airborne Terror
“One of the problems is newspapers fired so many journalists and turned them...”
– Media consultant Alan Mutter. NYTimes: Adding Fees and Fences on Media Sites http://s.nyt.com/u/AMx (via adamiss) (via thedeadline)
“Once poverty is gone, we’ll need to build museums to display its horrors to...”
– Muhammad Yunus (via brettjohn, caraobrien & tameourways & jesuisperdu) (via dubliner)
The Anatomy of a Smear: How The Reigning King of...
jhnmyr:
A couple of days ago I was pointed to a video on TMZ.com that featured “Avatar” director James Cameron involved in a verbal scuffle with who the gossip website would have you believe was a “fan.” The question is implicit in the video and write-up: “Why would a wealthy Hollywood director be so rude as not to sign an autograph for someone going out of his way to meet his...
“In November’s election, 46 percent of the voters identified themselves as white,...”
– Minority Voters Were a Majority in New York Election - NYTimes.com
“Watts and Peretti set up a regular mass-market ad buy, running banner ads on...”
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Is the Tipping Point Toast? — Duncan Watts — Trendsetting | Page 6 | Fast Company
Rafer sez: Watts’ findings reflect my online marketing experience, with a healthy dose of Xobni CEO Jeff Bonforte’s product marketing and MVP thinking.
The seeds of adoption are unpredictable so offer public...
“Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in...”
– John F. Kennedy
(via soupsoup)
Truer fucking words were never spoken. (via stevewoolf)
“The students want low prices, but at the same time, they seem to be discovering...”
– Recession? Teenagers Get It, and Are Cutting Back (via evangotlib)
The Google Mafia →
heyitsnoah:
Was reading this article about Google’s move into local search and how it’s peaked regulator’s interest and one quote in particular jumped out:
“This is not in the ‘don’t be evil’ bucket,” said one industry source, who like most asked not to be named for fear of repercussions for publicly criticizing Google. “They’re giving preferential treatment to their own content.”
Really?...
Though Saint Nicholas of Myra is the inspiration...
ohyeahfacts:
Hope everyone who celebrates had a Merry Christmas.
(source)
In New Hampshire: Cash-for-Wood-Stove-Clunkers →
ohhleary:
Deb Ferguson, a real estate agent who said she burned four cords of wood each winter in her old Tempwood stove, went to a meeting about the program but it left her wary.
“Don’t get me wrong — I love a good coupon,” Ms. Ferguson said, sitting at her kitchen table in a toasty home across from a horse farm. “But there’s too much government bureaucracy around it.”
In particular, she...
Success is what’s left when you’re done failing →
(via hiten)
Do yourself a favor. Read the post. It’s so incredibly true. My favorite part: “And any success you see today becomes tomorrow’s failure when you continue to strive for improvement.”
In addition to the four known taste sensations...
ohyeahfacts:
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“Among the criticisms, a handful of online review sites allege that Google is...”
– Image via Wikipedia
Google’s dominance draws interest of regulators
Rafer sez: As I’ve been saying, Semantic Search Provides No Clicks. However, it never occurred to me that one-box results might qualify as bundling from the DOJ’s trust-busting perspective. That’s awesome.
Related articles by...
Just finished watching Invictus. Great movie.
How to Care for Leather Boots in Winter | eHow.com →
My wonderful L.L. Bean Chippewa boots have been really taking it from the weather. The snow, the water, the salt… they’re worse for wear. It’s time to clean them up.
“This is for my friend Ted Kennedy. Aye!”
– Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the 92-year-old Democrat from West Virginia, casting his vote for health care overhaul. (via savingpaper) (via banalitycheck) (via apsies)
“only crazy, ignorant, passionate people would still be reading this, thinking...”
– Dave McClure - Master of 500 Hats: Great Entrepreneurs are PASSIONATE about Customers & Products, NOT about being Great Entrepreneurs. (via hiten)
“Meeker’s central thesis is that Yahoo! could become “an increasingly crucial...”
– YHOO: Meeker Starts at “Buy,” $20 Target - Tech Trader Daily - Barrons.com (via jryu)
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