September 2011
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“This is not class warfare. It’s math.”
– Obama (via aatombomb)
“Your greatest impact as an engineer comes through hiring someone who is as good...”
– Urz Hölzle, I’m Feeling Lucky: Confessions of Google Employee Number 59.
Designers, too.
(via petervidani)
“I’m human. If I didn’t make mistakes, I’d never learn. You can only go forward...”
– Alexander McQueen (via the-front-row)
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“In the second quarter of 2011, companies reported the highest quarterly EPS...”
– Irrational Pessimism: Why American Business is Booming And Nobody’s Noticing - Forbes
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Google: Owning versus Organizing
continuations:
When Larry Page became CEO, I set out my hopes for how Google might evolve its role in the Internet marketplace under his leadership. In particular, I was hoping that Larry would be:
Supporting independent third party services instead of either trying to acquire them or competing head on with them. Figure out how to succeed by making others succeed.
While the purchase of Zagat...
Robert Reich: Two Cheers and One Jeer for the... →
robertreich:
Two cheers for the President and his America’s Jobs Act. Cheer Number One: In presenting it to a joint session of Congress, he sounded as passionate and determined as he’s ever sounded.
Second cheer: He laid out the problem correctly and effectively. He explained why jobs and growth must be…
“‘Smart TV’ has not achieved the consumer acceptance or market expectation… that...”
– Viewsonic (via ericmortensen)
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“1 Be healthy. Are startups all about pulling all nighters and eating ramen...”
– Five Skills You Need for Startup Success, According to Ethernet Inventor Bob Metcalfe (via davemorin)
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“We think the users are smart, and don’t need things ‘sold’ to them. Keeping this...”
– Tumblr Designer Peter Vidani (via maxistentialist)
There are 3 GOP debates scheduled in the next 15...
section9:
zainyk:
Hasn’t America suffered enough?
I’d rather spend an hour reading youtube comments.
“It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.”
– Peter O’Toole, on what he wants written on his gravestone.
(source)
Damn right.
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Generation Y Problem:
evangotlib:
stevewoolf:
bestrooftalkever:
…Now that Steve Jobs is leaving Apple, you can’t talk tech business at parties anymore because you don’t know any other CEOs or anything about business.
HAAA
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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“We choose our joys and our sorrows long before we experience them.”
– from “Hell’s Kitchen,” first place winner in the 2011 Prison Writing Contest (via penamerican)
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“”A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to...”
– (via zoelulu)
Not a Randian, but I like this regardless.
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Remember to make things
fascinated:
A reminder, in reverse order:
Caterina Fake on Making Things
Anil Dash & Dave Winer on getting away from the crowd
Tim O’Reilly on working on stuff that matters
These are great.
Spiersblr: Industry to Tumblr: Get Your Shit... →
spiers:
So one fashion industry complaint about Tumblr has generated several more re: Tumblr flakiness, including this one from the head of digital marketing at Starworks:
The meeting was set to discuss mutually benefitting opportunities. So, it came as a surprise to my client that the person…
Build a service that grows as fast as Tumblr has and will and problems will emerge. Wheels...