August 10, 2013

August 9, 2013

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    Redrawing the Tree of Life – Phenomena

    In 1837, Charles Darwin scribbled a simple tree in a notebook and scrawled above it, “I think.” That little doodle represented a big idea: that species were descended from common ancestors. They looked different from each other today thanks to the differences that evolved after their lineages split.…

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August 7, 2013

August 6, 2013

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    Johnny Cash’s passport:

    http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2013/jul/29/passport-photographs-celebrities-in-pictures#/?picture=413865892&index=6

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    How to Get Startup Ideas

    Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator . November 2012 The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startupideas. It’s to look for problems, preferably problems you haveyourself. The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in common:they’re something the founders…

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August 5, 2013

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    I took me six and a half years to get here, but I’m 9 followers away from a thousand!

    So I’ve got that going for me.

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    How to Fund Transit Without Raising Fares or Cutting Service – Eric Jaffe – The Atlantic Cities

    http://j.mp/15Im5pa
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    CONTRARY BRIN: Names of infamy. Deny killers the notoriety they seek

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    Aim to be unique, not the best: truths about competition from Michael Porter | ventureburn

    http://j.mp/19IRZGg
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    The Web We Lost – Anil Dash

    Update: A few months after this piece was published, I was invited by Harvard’s Berkman Center to speak about this topic in more detail. Though the final talk is an hour long, it offers much more insight into the topic, and I hope you’ll give it a look. The tech industry and its press have treated…

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