Month: March 2013
March 13, 2013
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Twitter for old people.
RT @zoeschafer: @kenschafer what is google reader…😳
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In honor of Google Reader dying I tried writing a little blog post.
http://tmblr.co/ZxzqbygDIfve
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OMG Feedly is down!
What’s going to replace Feedly?
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INT. GOOGLEPLEX – DAY
A weakened FEEDBURNER enters to discover the fresh corpse of READER on floor. FEEDBURNER screams.
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I also think Google Reader closing will be a good time to rethink and improve some consumption and curation patterns.
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I’m cool with Google shuttering Reader. I’ve felt like a moocher for years using it to sync feeds for me for free.
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Pix or it didn’t happen. RT @adamrides: Fact: I played Brad Majors for the high school floor show… twice. It was good times.
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I hope you’re all talking about the pope ironically. If so I applaud you. If not, I remind you it’s the 21st Century.
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Tomorrow = π Day
June 28th = 2π Day
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Edge Perspectives with John Hagel: The Rise of Vendor Relationship Management
Our world is being turned upside down by the Big Shift . Customer Relationship Management (CRM) emerged in part to cope with the growing power of customers, but Vendor Relationship Management (VRM) flips this equation and anticipates that customers will increasingly take the lead in managing their…
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My mom (92) just sent me a one word reply to a question I emailed her:
“Whatever”
I tell you, seniors these days.
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Not sure my brain has kicked into gear this morning. Seeing #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithPope I thought, “Oh! ‘Pope of Greenwich Village’”.
March 12, 2013
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“It all plays out in a final flourish of DayGlo Scarface wish fulfillment, and you can’t really believe what you’re watching.”
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“So fully does SB mount an atmosphere of swirling arms, blithe female availability and lubricated torsos you can almost smell the sex stink”
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“Spring Breakers is either an inspired satire of the youth movie or the most irresponsible comedy mainstream Hollywood will never make.”
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Not to sound pervy or anything but “Spring Breakers” looks amazing.
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Justin Timberlake – Culture – Hollywood – Idea Lab – New York Times
As anyone who follows the business of culture is aware, the profits of cultural industries depend disproportionately on the occasional outsize success — a blockbuster movie, a best-selling book or a superstar artist — to offset the many investments that fail dismally. What may be less clear to…
March 11, 2013
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Reversing the Decline in Big Ideas – Max Marmer – Harvard Business Review
Many venture capitalists are up in the arms because their returns are down, their funds are drying up, and there appear to be a declining number of entrepreneurs pursuing big ideas. They’ve turned to blaming angel investors for encouraging “ an entire generation of entrepreneurs [to build] dipshit…
March 10, 2013
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I like my DD’s BF’s sense of humor. Gawd I hope it’s humor!
RT @petenanacsik: Am I famous? Did my porn career get out to the public?
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Here’s background for that last tweet if you’re missing context:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/10/segregated-seating-row-at-ucl-debate_n_2848326.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
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To agree to a debate hosted by an Islamic dawa organization and then be “shocked” to see segregated seating is disingenuous.
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Breaking Bad’s Camera Work Perfects the Visual Recipe, Yo | Raw File | Wired.com
This scene from season 3 demonstrates Slovis’ use of wide-angle shots and saturated color palettes. A scene from the desert in New Mexico that highlights Slovis’ use of brown and yellow hues. This overhead shot from season 4 demonstrates the contrast-y light Slovis occasionally uses inside. One of…
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That thing where you say “hey, I think I’ll play a game for a bit” and your PS3 take 30 minutes to update shit.
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You Don’t Know It, But Women See Gender Bias in Your Job Postings
http://j.mp/12uDLX4
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Hey people!
Not to be a pendant or anything, but it’s not “Daylight Savings Time”.
It’s “Daylite Saving Time”
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When David Bowie released “Low” LP, Nick Lowe released “Bowi” EP.
Maybe Girl Talk should release a “Kate Nash” EP.
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The Internet keeps finding new ways to make me cry.
March 9, 2013
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BTW girls, I told Omi it might not be in her best interest to follow you two.