May 2011
2 posts
The best utopian was Saint-Simon. He had these schemes, these triangular schemes. You know how they Saint-Simonians would get dressed? They dressed with the buttons on the back of their suits. That way, you couldn’t dress yourself. You needed someone to help you. So that’s a wonderful situation, where you are creating communities because you can’t get dressed without them.
March 2011
4 posts
“Colleges rarely teach the newer programming languages like PHP, Ruby and Python,...”
– In Silicon Valley, a Lack of Engineers - NYTimes.com
“ly stories that keep readers up to date when there isn’t big breaking...”
– SXSW blog, day three: Meet the curators | The Economist
David Simon interview →
Idea of the protagonist being fated to a particular end and to having certain vulnerabilities inherent in his person… And the idea of hubris! You’re dealing with classical form. And people are very comfortable in the modern world with the Shakespearean, and certainly a lot of the post-Shakespearean, in that it deals with the very modern notion of protagonists struggling against themselves,...
February 2011
12 posts
“AVC: You’ve described the mood of the latest record as...”
– The Clientele’s Alasdair MacLean draws inspiration from hangovers and accidental acid trips | Music | Interview | The A.V. Club Madison
“We can’t tell people not to use this technology at work,” said Brandon Edling,...”
– IPad and Other Tablets Make Push Into Corporate World - NYTimes.com
“Fred Wilson’s five rules for product/market fit at startups. I can almost...”
– Fred’s Five Rules for Product/Market Fit
“People sometimes call us up and treat us like we’re their therapists. Or...”
– Confessions of an Apple Store Employee - Apple Store Tips - Popular Mechanics
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“I have a conflicted relationship with musicals, because I think the music itself...”
– Pitchfork: Interviews: The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy
October 2010
4 posts
“The Googlenet now spans about 36 data centers worldwide, and the company plans...”
– Googlenet traffic now 6% of interwebs • The Register
September 2010
4 posts
“The relevant section, CDA 230, simply states: No provider or user of an...”
– Singel-Minded: Craigslist Took One for the Open Internet | Epicenter | Wired.com
“Sri Lanka, goes the argument of Mr Rajapaksa’s cheerleaders, needs a strong...”
– Sri Lanka’s constitutional amendment: Eighteenth time unlucky | The Economist
“In a webcast today for select attendees, Google shared additional details –...”
– Google Instant : Awesome Engineering To Result In Enhanced Revenue
August 2010
9 posts
“Despite its worldwide reputation, the OED has never made a profit. The...”
– Oxford English Dictionary ‘will not be printed again’ - Telegraph
“He had come to understand the defining human struggle not as left versus right,...”
– WikiLeaks and Julian Paul Assange : The New Yorker
“The austerity of one’s interaction with a computer is something that appealed to...”
– WikiLeaks and Julian Paul Assange : The New Yorker
“Assange told me, “I want to set up a new standard: ‘scientific journalism.’ If...”
– WikiLeaks and Julian Paul Assange : The New Yorker
“Although Atom now powers most netbooks (cheap laptops), its success is hardly...”
– Information technology in transition: The end of Wintel | The Economist
“I know that publishing companies will be tempted to go for the all-singing,...”
– Danny O’Brien’s Oblomovka » Blog Archive » cd-roms and ipads
“The model of interaction with the iPad is to be a “consumer,” what...”
– Why I won’t buy an iPad (and think you shouldn’t, either) - Boing Boing
July 2010
20 posts
“Weiner brings his insightful book to a close with this thought: “The trouble...”
– Book Review - Long for This World - The Strange Science of Immortality - By Jonathan Weiner - NYTimes.com
“The first half of life is orderly, a miracle of “detailed harmonious unfolding”...”
– Book Review - Long for This World - The Strange Science of Immortality - By Jonathan Weiner - NYTimes.com
“In between the Internet user and the advertiser, the Journal identified more...”
– The Web’s New Gold Mine: Your Secrets - WSJ.com
“Google is rounding a corner that all the fruit smoothies at its Silicon Valley...”
– Google: The search party is over - Fortune Tech
“The researchers observed 102 college freshmen performing searches on a computer...”
– Students trust high Google search rankings too much
“Google’s new social strategy, reportedly known as Google Me, comes months...”
– Social Game On: Google Woos Zynga as War with Facebook Looms - DailyFinance
“Here are some standout facts and observations that give additional perspective...”
– The top 20 countries on the Internet, and what the future might bring | Royal Pingdom
“Within the music industry, a mechanical licence gives the holder permission to...”
– Google hits up Harry Fox for Christmas music store launch? - Google 24/7 - Fortune Tech
“More factoids: - Cost of an iPhone 4 in China: $1,285
- Cost of a Bootleg...”
– Android Poised For Dominance In China, With Global Implications
“Motorola It is common knowledge in the industry that antennas on the outside of...”
– Nokia, RIM, HTC, Samsung and Motorola: Shut Up, Apple | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD
“But if the three outsiders are to do that, they will need to take a view on what...”
– Sri Lanka and the UN: Fast foes | The Economist 