December 2011
Texting While Driving Asks For Driverless Cars →
Image via WikipediaSome people are referring to it as an epidemic. People who text while they drive are more likely to get into an accident. That sounds like common sense. But…
Dec 30th
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parislemon: Dear Google+ →
parislemon: Earlier today I noticed something funny. My Google profile picture — the picture associated with my Gmail account, my GChat account, my Google+ account, etc — had vanished. A bug? Nope. It turns out, Google — without telling me — went into my account and deleted my profile picture. Why?…
Dec 28th
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Paris Action (5) →
Paris Action (4) Don’t Count Out Microsoft A Man Who Needs No Introduction Paris Action (3) Paris…
Dec 28th
White Space Revolution →
Image via WikipediaThe real question is why does broadcast television have a-n-y spectrum? Why is it not all going to wireless broadband? But until we get there, this small…
Dec 27th
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Merry Christmas →
Sleep tight.
Dec 26th
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Pay To Stay
parislemon: I’ve been thinking more about Google’s renewal of their search deal with Mozilla for Firefox. It’s fascinating on a few different levels. Most notably: Google is committing close to a billion dollars to bankroll a browser which is a rival to their own browser.  Why? Well, on the surface, they do get something out of the deal — something quite substantial. Firefox is a browser...
Dec 25th
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Lalu Yadav In The Lok Sabha →
Dec 24th
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My Take On AirTime (4) →
Image via WikipediaGoogle Hangouts is not it, not by a wide margin. And Chatroulette was more like Lycos. AirTime might end up the Google of the random connections…
Dec 23rd
Dec 23rd
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Happy Holidays →
Charlie Bit My Finger Charlie O’Donnell At His Inspiring Best
Dec 22nd
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"Why Now?" →
parislemon: Nice quick post by Chris Dixon reflecting on why certain web-based marketplaces are taking off now when they haven’t in the past. The key: I asked Roelof Botha the “why now” question regarding web-based marketplaces. He said something I thought was really interesting: marketplaces depend on trust, and trust requires knowing the reputation of a prospective counterparty. Today, for...
Dec 20th
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The NYU ITP Show Was Amazing →
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeI meant to show up last year but for some reason the event fell through the crack of things. I am so glad I got to show up this year. If you…
Dec 19th
Hillary Should Stay Two More Years →
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeThe Madonna Of Global Politics China is in sight. Russia is rumbling, and China is in sight. If Hillary had been vice president, she would have stayed eight years….
Dec 18th
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The Significance Of Eating An Apple →
I’d like to believe I am health conscious. And I wish the same upon others. I weigh the same that I did when I showed up in this country. That is no small achievement. Exercise,…
Dec 18th
Thug Le →
Dec 17th
New Business Cards →
“Don’t Throw Your Business Card At Me” New Business Card On The Way Another card designed by my friend Jackson Lin. This is two sides. He did it in five minutes…
Dec 16th
Following 2700 People On Google Plus →
Image via WikipediaA few weeks back I discovered this list. That gave me a start of sorts on Google Plus, even though I still don’t show up daily like I do on …
Dec 15th
Dec 14th
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Kathmandu Six Decades Ago →
Dec 14th
FourSquare Should Rent A Stadium →
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Dec 12th
Paris Action (2) →
Paris Action
Dec 12th
Twitter Is Seeing Rebirth →
Being Able To Embed Tweets Is A Revolution
Dec 11th
Mobile Occupy, Dawn To Dusk Occupy →
Image by Saint Huck via FlickrEvent: December 12th: Occupy Strikes Back (RSVP for NYC only HERE) Occupy Wall Street Could Legitimately Go Indoors 24/7 camping out in a public place of a few hundred…
Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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Paris Action →
Dec 10th
Being Able To Embed Tweets Is A Revolution →
I have been blaming Evan Williams for this the entire time. He ousted Jack Dorsey, and I can’t even freaking embed tweets in my blog posts. I mean, I can. There are services…
Dec 9th
The Future of Computing →
Source: New York Times Power in Numbers: China Aims for High-Tech Primacy Creating Artificial Intelligence Based on the Real Thing Vast and Fertile Ground in Africa for…
Dec 8th
Dec 8th
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Russia's Turn →
Image by didkovskaya via FlickrWhen things were rumbling in Egypt I predicted this democracy tsunami is also going to hit America and Russia and China. Well, it did hit America. We call it the Occupy…
Dec 8th
December Events →
Image via WikipediaZaarlys Holiday Party at Fontanas Thursday, December 8, 6:30 PM @ Fontanas Fontanas 105 Eldridge Street B/D Grand St Purpose Holiday Party Friday,…
Dec 6th
“Gupta has gotten more attention than most searching for organ donors online, and...”
– Photojojo Founder Amit Gupta Uses Social Media to Find a Bone-Marrow Donor - The Daily Beast (via steph)
Dec 6th
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Rachel Sterne: NYC CDO: Five Months Into The Job →
City Hall Newsmakers with Rachel Sterne from City Hall on Vimeo. Happy Holidays Tim Berners-Lee: The Internet Is Not A Country Rachel Sterne: CDO To: CDO Sterne GroundReport…
Dec 4th
Shakira Or Hydroelectricity? →
Cover of ShakiraSeveral months back I mentioned at this blog that I had been approached by a group in Kathmandu who wanted Shakira perform there. But they never really…
Dec 3rd
Why This Kolaveri Di Dance By The Japanese →
Why This Kolaveri Di
Dec 1st