January 2011
A Mini Bubble Burst In Three Years →
Union Square Ventures: You Love Me, You Love Me... →
Slumdog Millionaire: A Movie About My People →
Needed: A Napkin Keyboard →
A Concerned Madhesi →
Jack Dorsey Also Has A FinTech StartUp →
Semil Shah On Quora →
Twitter: $45 Million To $150 Million To $250... →
250K Or 500K: How Much To Raise? →
The Stink From The New York Times →
The Stink From India →
“Writing about Hollywood is like being a reporter at Disneyland. At first, you...”
– Former NEWSWEEK film writer Sean Smith, on his decision to quit journalism and join the Peace Corps. (Ouch.)
“Clinton, in an interview taped for NBC’s “Today” show, said Obama is “playing...”
– Hillary Clinton Sees Second Term for Obama — but Perhaps Not for Herself (via apsies)
“In the current health care system, you’re not paid to keep people healthy. If...”
– Atul Gawande, talking about Dr. Jeff Brenner, who is working to lower health care costs in Camden, New Jersey by targeting the chronically ill. (via nprfreshair)
Ashton Kutcher is in the office.
caterpillarcowboy:
Everyone is trying to nonchalantly walk by and sneak a peek.
newsweek:
We’re working out of Daily Beast HQ today, and, holy God, there is NOTHING better than free snacks. Well, maybe free booze. But honestly, we’ve had so many free cappuccinos we keep switching between browser windows and forgetting what we were supposed to be Googling. Other things we’ve eaten (and/or smuggled into our purse) today:
*Twizzlers *Starburst *Hummus and carrots *Can of V8...
Mike Hudack: It's payday! →
bliptv:
Did you make more than $600 in Q4? Your check is in the mail! Did you make between $25 and $600? Your PayPal payment will be processed today! Do you wish you could get paid every month like a “normal” person? Well, we’re taking care of that, too.
That’s right. This is the last…
Suicide Reveals Signs of a Disease Seen in N.F.L. →
nprfreshair:
“A brain autopsy of a University of Pennsylvania football player who killed himself in April has revealed the same trauma-induced disease found in more than 20 deceased National Football League players, raising questions of how young football players may be at risk for the disease.” — Alan Schwartz, The New York Times. More from The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Blip.TV Stimulates Video Creators, Moves to... →
It’s exciting to now send people real money on a monthly basis, which removes some unpredictability from the production process and buys shows time to grow. We’re trying to make life easier for producers. That’s all there is to it.
“In any event…it seems that the “death of journalism and journalists” meme was a...”
– Henry Blodget (via pegobry)
“Anyone from anywhere can be cruel, anyone from anywhere can be witty, but there...”
– As Ricky Gervais discovered this week, British banter - that playfully barbed conversational style used up and down the country - can baffle and perturb foreigners. America is a land of Regency etiquette in comparison. (via theeconomist)
“This confusion is not the consequence of the secularization of marriage but of...”
– Tradition in the Age of Equality | James Poulos | Cato Unbound
A great thesis. It’s not secularization, but democratization that matters.
(via mwfrost)
PEG: Perhaps because I’m from a secular-by-default country, this always seemed obvious to me.
(via pegobry)
“I stand by my prediction that, by the end of 2015, Apple will not sell any...”
– — A prediction by Mark Pilgrim in this Reddit AMA thread.
If Mark is right (and I think he will be right based on the success of iOS to date), this would be a really big deal, and transform the relationship people have with their computers. Ownership would be redefined. Calling the person who...
The New New Yorker: Glenn Beck Takes a Shot at... →
Talk-radio host Glenn Beck took a shot at Philadelphia on the air Tuesday, calling the area around Independence Hall “the killing streets” and proclaiming that the city was “not a place you want to be.” The remarks irked city officials. Mayor Nutter’s spokesman told The Inquirer that Beck was…
“According to its latest filing with the S.E.C., Goldman ended 2010 with assets...”
– John Cassidy (via soupsoup)
“You don’t get to 500 million mobile users without a few feature phones.” -poster...”
– @lukew, related to FB’s new blog post, A Better Mobile Experience for More People.
Today, we’re launching a new mobile app to bring Facebook to the most popular mobile phones around the world. The Facebook for Feature Phones app works on more than 2,500 devices from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, LG and...
my funny wife
librarysciences:
stujones:
Me: ” is a koala bear a bear?” Leanna: ” no it’s a marsupial. But I’m not koala-fied to answer that!”
I love these people!
Cosmic Love: Florence And The Machine →