February 2012
1 post
"Them sheeps is funny lookin… Homie wearin' a...
January 2012
1 post
Pockets of credit: 19th Century Banking Makes a... →
Love The Economist and they tend to be on the money in their analysis. Agree that we need more lenders providing capital to the real economy. But, big miss here is that funds like Golub and Medley lend to middle-market buyouts. They finance the trading of companies between owners, not the creation of real value and that is what fundamentally needs to change for banking to better serve society.
October 2011
2 posts
September 2011
1 post
A tourist from Texas arrives in Boston and hops into a cab. Having heard about the delicacies to savor in the venerable city, he asks the cabbie, “Say, where can I get scrod?” The cabbie turns around in his seat, regards the man carefully, and replies, “Buddy, I’ve been asked that a million times, but never before has anyone asked it in the pluperfect subjunctive.
August 2011
6 posts
“The tomatoes release their sugary, tart juice, the olive oil emulsifies in for...”
– Perfect Five-Minute Raw Tomato Pasta Recipe
Great writing is great writing. I had to clip this.
Where does Android go now?
With Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility, what happens to Android’s attractiveness as a platform? Can handset manufacturers commit to a platform which is controlled by a direct competitor?
G+ Cooking School!? →
G+ is awesome!
“as long as a generation of Republican politicians feel entitled to hold a gun to...”
– Leading article: Disaster postponed - Leading Articles, Opinion - The Independent
“Instead of pushing products and services at customers with the attitude of “You...”
– Why No Apple In The Food Industry? - Steve Denning - RETHINK - Forbes
Why is it that journalists always hold up Apple as a shining knight of consumer friendliness? While I don’t deny the author’s premise that Apple and other “transformational” “innovative”...
July 2011
7 posts
“In the past six months the median price of a home in Palo Alto has risen 24% to...”
– Don’t call it the next tech bubble - yet - Big Tech - Fortune Tech
Tech is raging. Get while the getting’s good.
“The meaning seems clear. The future is here. Cash is in decline.”
– As Plastic Reigns, the Treasury Slows Its Printing Presses - NYTimes.com
“And so we vacillate between anxious self-branding and the self-negating practice...”
– n 1: The Accidental Bricoleurs
America's Wall →
Happy Fourth!
June 2011
8 posts
Rollin'
animalsbeingdicks:
I feel like doing this to my kids at least 4 times per day.
“Medicaid and Medicare have not caused our rising health care costs but are...”
– Improve and strengthen Medicare by expanding it to all | Physicians for a National Health Program
“In an era when the benefits of breast milk are better understood and more...”
– Liquid Gold: The Booming Market for Human Breast Milk
Would you buy breast milk from strangers online?
Bad Education via N+1 Magazine →
This is anti-chinese upbringing, but is it possible that advanced degrees are not economically rational?
May 2011
5 posts
Namib-Naukluft Park Picture National Geographic... →
Can’t believe this is an unaltered photo. Gorgeous.
Cities of Opportunity →
PWC report on the world’s best cities for business, life, and innovation. Guess the top three!
“when Americans think about the concept of choice, they’re less concerned about...”
– Not my concern – how choice can make us more selfish | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine
“On the morning of September 11, 2001 I walked into my living room, flipped on...”
– Ten Years of Innovation Highlighted in One Night
Wrote a little bit about this when I finally closed my Xanga account. But, Bryce puts it so much more eloquently against the backdrop of something much more meaningful.
April 2011
8 posts
“Alexis de Tocqueville once described what he saw as a chief part of the peculiar...”
– Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% | Society | Vanity Fair
Android Gripes: Why do apps from the same company... →
android-gripes:
When I use an iPhone and an Android phone at the same time, I often find that apps from the same company look a lot different on these two platforms - the ones on Android usually look much worse.
Here is a couple of examples.
This is what Meebo IM looks on Android, the contact list screen and…
WatchBrilliant short for Volvo (by Jesse Harris)
March 2011
34 posts
Matt Langer: How To Be A NYC Tech Entrepreneur →
langer:
Have you ever wanted to be an entrepreneur? Do you dream of being your own boss? Of running a wildly successful business in the greatest city on earth? Of the lavish wealth and fame you can accrue from launching the next big consumer web startup? Of seeing the Knicks courtside after a quiet…
Party In Your Shoes. Awesome. →
This might become the source of all my work socks
“PowerPoint seems to be a way for organizations to turn expensive, expert...”
– Annals of Business: Absolute Powerpoint : The New Yorker
I’ll admit that I’ve quoted one line in a very long, generally dispassionate report on PowerPoint and its influence. But, having worked in PowerPoint-heavy environments, I really do think it’s time we start to weigh the...
