February 2011
We Sing Your Tweets - @RickWebb →
We Sing Your Tweets sand one of my tweets! My tweet was “Gonna ask a question about tumblr on twitter, about twitter on facebook, about facebook on quora and about quora on tumblr. who will win.”
This is pretty awesome.
January 2011
Honey, I'm Not Going To Stand Here And Debate The... →
“I also became convinced of this truth, which I have observed in the smartest...”
– In Norway, Start-ups Say Ja to Socialism (via Instapaper)
“Other sites want to keep you inside at the computer, while our entire goal is to...”
– Naveen (via brycedotvc)
Music Industry Braces for the Unthinkable -... →
mikehudack:
shaneguiter:
In each of the past two years, the rate of increase in digital revenue has approximately halved. If that trend continues, digital sales could top out at less than $5 billion this year, about a third of the overall music market but many billions of dollars short of the amount needed to replace long-gone sales of compact discs.
“Music’s first digital decade is...
“To be a true business owner, make sure you could leave for a year, and when you...”
– Delegate or die: the self-employed trap. (via hiten)
So many people think they own businesses but they are really just self employed.
(via siminoff)
This is, hands down, my be all, end all, number 1 obsession in management right now - making a business that outlives you. I am, professionally,...
The Track Listing for What Could Be The Upcoming...
rickyv:
(Album Title: See Through Stars)
Intro: See Though Stars (prelude) Shadows Plotting The Geologist Blink Shades of Azure Kindling Nautilus Sentient Whimpers Murmur Radio Silence Sirens The Cartographer Porcelain All in all Artifact Globes Intrafaith Searchlights Every Little Step (cover)- bonus track
My old band wrote a song called The Cartographer. It had a very pretty sleeve.
“Q. How has the culture evolved as your company has grown? How do you maintain...”
– Jeremy Allaire of Brightcove, on Shaping a Firm’s DNA - NYTimes.com
I can get behind this very good answer.
Wikipedia:Sandbox - Wikipedia, the free... →
iFixit: Apple’s Diabolical Plan to Screw Your... →
bisceglie:
marco:
This screw head clearly has one purpose: to keep you out. Otherwise, Apple would use it throughout each device. Instead, they only use it at the bulwark—on the outside case of your iPhone and MacBook Air, and protecting the battery on the Pro—so they can keep you out of your own hardware.
I don’t think it’s “diabolical” or even intentionally hostile for Apple to make it...
“All people attending the festival must be wearing their festival pass upon...”
– Coachella - Buy Passes
Huh. This is new. I wonder if it’ll have an impact on the lines. Or the lines will just be in cars. For miles.
Career Advice: I'm deciding on PM job offers from... →
secondverse:
rickwebb:
secondverse:
Everything about this entry on Quora is illuminating, from how FB engineers conduct themselves (logic-driven to the realm of orthogonal detachment from the damage they’re causing) to the warm ‘n’ friendly approach of Twitter “Flock” reps (scary language, that).
Note: I know little or nothing about the inner workings of either company. I’m a spectator who...
Career Advice: I'm deciding on PM job offers from... →
secondverse:
Everything about this entry on Quora is illuminating, from how FB engineers conduct themselves (logic-driven to the realm of orthogonal detachment from the damage they’re causing) to the warm ‘n’ friendly approach of Twitter “Flock” reps (scary language, that).
Note: I know little or nothing about the inner workings of either company. I’m a spectator who happens to work for Aol.
...
“The math is simple—and bleak. In Obama’s budget, Social Security costs $787.6...”
– Can the Tea Party Really Cut Spending by 40 Percent? - Newsweek
See also: Rand Paul might vote to raise the debt ceiling if there is a 44% cut in every government program
(via apsies)
Uh, and why is cutting defense taken off the table before the conversation starts? It’s the single largest...
“The math is simple—and bleak. In Obama’s budget, Social Security costs $787.6...”
– Can the Tea Party Really Cut Spending by 40 Percent? - Newsweek
See also: Rand Paul might vote to raise the debt ceiling if there is a 44% cut in every government program
(via apsies)
Uh, and why is cutting defense taken off the table before the conversation starts? It’s the single largest...
Student Pays Tuition One Dollar at a Time →
rubenfeld:
While tuition increases in Britain prompted violent protests last month, rising college fees rarely elicit more than shrugs among most students in the United States.
But on Friday, a sophomore at the University of Colorado, Boulder, found a symbolic way to strike back.
The student, Nic Ramos, paid his entire spring semester tuition — all $14,309.51 of it — using dollar bills, a...
3 Views on the Difference Between a Data... →
Interesting discussion going on on readwriteweb about data visualization vs. infographics, and uses our recent GE film about dynamic breaking as one of the three examples!
“For example, one small section of the code appears designed to send commands to...”
– Stuxnet Worm Used Against Iran Was Tested in Israel - NYTimes.com
This article is pretty awesome.
Career Advice: I'm deciding on PM job offers from... →
secondverse:
Everything about this entry on Quora is illuminating, from how FB engineers conduct themselves (logic-driven to the realm of orthogonal detachment from the damage they’re causing) to the warm ‘n’ friendly approach of Twitter “Flock” reps (scary language, that).
Note: I know little or nothing about the inner workings of either company. I’m a spectator who happens to work for Aol.
...
“Please, don’t get into that car. He will never love you like he loves his drugs....”
– Note to Self – Pictory
God, Pictory is so so good.
New York's 'It' Startup Throws a Party →
fimoculous:
All of this makes me so nervous. Every night is another launch/funding party.
God. Yeah. I just stood there at that party and all I could think was that line from BSG: This has all happened before, it will happen again.
Bubbles don’t have to burst, do they? Can they just expand forever? Please?
Echo & The Bunnymen to play ‘Crocodiles,’ ‘Heaven...
slicingeyeballs:
While dates have yet to be announced, Echo & The Bunnymen will return to the U.S. this May to perform their first two albums — 1980’s Crocodiles and 1981’s Heaven Up Here — in their entirety. The band posted the news on its Facebook page yesterday, writing, “Echo & The Bunnymen will be taking the Crocs & HUH shows to the USA in May. More details to follow soon.”
...
“It’s like Dazed and Confused,” one well-known New York venture...”
– New York’s ‘It’ Startup Throws a Party | The New York Observer
I am v. excited I made this article, and they credited me as a “well known venture capitalist.”
I wouldn’t brag, but that quote was too good to not claim.
Google's H.264 decision: It's all about YouTube... →
parislemon:
An interesting perspective on this ordeal. The big ramification here is that YouTube content would no longer play on iOS devices. That would be a huge blow to Apple dealt by Google (though Perlow seems to argue that it wouldn’t necessarily be on purpose).
Remember when the iPhone launched and Google announced they would convert all their YouTube content to H.264? Why on Earth do all...
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Snowstorms
I like snowstorms because they make all these heroes. All these people who trudge through the snow to open their bodega or be the only one working at the Betsey Johnson. All the people who trek in from Bushwick and Jersey to be the one person in their office. They’re like little hero-factories, storms. They’re pretty great.
Daring Fireball: Simple Questions for Google... →
This is so dumb.
There was probably some secret Google-Apple agreement back when the iPhone was launched and YouTube made a big deal about encoding all their shit in H.264 and it probably expired. Actually, yeah, iPhone was 4 years ago, right? So figure the deal was like 6 months before and it’s a five year deal and they’ll phase it out in the next six months. Dumb dumb dumb. No one...
“I just made a realization. in Windows you have a C:\ drive and everything beyond...”
– For what are the windows A:\ and B:\ drives used for? - Super User
O.M.G.
If tumblr didn’t already make me feel old, this question has probably punted me into extreme old age.
(via herdivineshadow)
“your dvd is E:\ and if you put in a usb stick it becomes F:”
Jesus I feel old.
(via...
