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May 17, 2013
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A VC: Cross Network Utility and Networks
We see a lot of startups who want to build networks but they start by connecting with existing networks and providing utility that is cross network. Aggregation is a very common example of this. Cross posting is another. I am certain that these cross network utilities can become good businesses but…
May 16, 2013
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Alexandria 2.0: One Millionaire’s Quest to Build the Biggest Library on Earth | Threat Level | Wired.com
Here’s the problem with libraries. They catch on fire really easily . As such, they were the prized targets of the invading hordes of antiquity – the model collections of knowledge of their times, whose only fault was their inherent flammability. They were one-man, one-torch jobs. But the hordes…
May 15, 2013
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Why Waiting in Line Is Torture – NYTimes.com
Bendik Kaltenborn SOME years ago, executives at a Houston airport faced a troubling customer-relations issue. Passengers were lodging an inordinate number of complaints about the long waits at baggage claim. In response, the executives increased the number of baggage handlers working that shift. The…
May 14, 2013
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Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue? – NYTimes.com
Three men doing time in Israeli prisons recently appeared before a parole board consisting of a judge, a criminologist and a social worker. The three prisoners had completed at least two-thirds of their sentences, but the parole board granted freedom to only one of them. Guess which one: Case 1…
May 13, 2013
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Warren Ellis » How To See The Future
This is the raw text of the keynote I gave at Improving Reality on Thursday. Thanks again to Honor and her crew for being so wonderful, and for so kindly inviting me. HOW TO SEE THE FUTURE Warren Ellis The concept of calling an event Improving Reality is one of those great science fiction ideas.…
May 12, 2013
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A Year of Rdio | Rob Weychert
A Year of Rdio I have long been skeptical of music subscription services like Spotify and Rdio . What serious music fan would pay a monthly fee to have a remote, fallible gatekeeper between himself and a woefully incomplete music catalog? To forsake my personal collection in favor of that system…
May 11, 2013
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Microsoft’s New Logo and Digital Authenticity
Imprint: Print Magazine’s Design Blog Imprint is Print’s design blog and community, with a rich daily selection of stories and opinion from the likes of Steven Heller, Seymour Chwast, Paula Scher, Rick Poynor, Debbie Millman, Paul Shaw and many others. It’s the best design blog for news, commentary,…
May 10, 2013
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How To Copy Apple – FINCH
The day after an Apple announcement is full of articles that are office chair quarterbacking the company’s decisions and cooking up large pots of claim chowder on its future. Here is my take on what these blogs are saying is in store for the tech giant. Some of the main criticisms I’ve seen so far…
May 9, 2013
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Google Fiber Issues Public Challenge: Get Up To Speed! | Business | TIME.com
TIME Photo-Illustration; Sign: Getty Images Google is set to install super-high-speed Internet broadband service in 180 Kansas City neighborhoods. Follow @TIMEBusiness Six years ago this month, Google moved into one of the largest buildings in New York City . Google had only been public for two…
May 8, 2013
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Apple is the New Porsche 911 (by @baekdal) #insights
Apple no longer focus their time on trying to come up with new designs. They refine the shape they already have. Written by on September 5, 2012 As you probably already know, the new iPhone 5 is expected to be announced on September 12, and released in the US about a week later. An according to the…
May 7, 2013
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The Art of Reduction: Lessons for Startups (Especially TechCrunch Disrupt) – Forbes
As an entrepreneur with a bit of gray hair I get to meet with a many young(er) entrepreneurs seeking advice. After I listen to their ideas and stories, I’m often left confused about the true mission of the company and the road to getting there. Why is that? In the midst of TechCrunch Disrupt , this…
May 6, 2013
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Whoa, Dude, Are We Inside a Computer Right Now? | VICE
Illustration By Julian Garcia Two years ago, Rich Terrile appeared on Through the Wormhole , the Science Channel’s show about the mysteries of life and the universe. He was invited onto the program to discuss the theory that the human experience can be boiled down to something like an incredibly…
May 5, 2013
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The Weird Economics of Utility Networks – Forbes
I don’t think most people appreciate how unusual the economics of utility services like residential broadband are. Trade economists distinguish between “tradables” like shoes and iPods and “non-tradables” like haircuts. But while you can’t ship a haircut overseas, haircuts are somewhat portable.…
May 4, 2013
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Theories, models and the future of science | The Curious Wavefunction, Scientific American Blog Network
Scientific American on the end of simpifying theories (because the world is too big to know?) http://t.co/I95aXYCw
May 3, 2013
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Brooklyn Hacker • What A Hacker Learns After A Year In Marketing
A year ago last Friday I left eight years cutting code and plumbing servers to take my very first marketing job. Prior to then and even before in college and high school, hard skills were what paid my bills – technical work building stuff mostly for the Internet. Everything I had done up until last…
May 2, 2013
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Death of the Free Web | Cap Watkins
August 22, 2012 Death of the Free Web YC Demo Day thus far: “recurring revenue growth” “recurring revenue growth” “recurring revenue growth”.there are worse things, I suppose. — MG Siegler ( @parislemon ) August 21, 2012 I’ve actually been noticing this transition in SV for the past year or so. More…
May 1, 2013
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Bijan Sabet • The emergence of “platform first”
When it comes to platforms, it has been well understood – the best platforms start out as applications. A platform without a “killer” app, is like a tree falling in the forrest. No one knows and no one cares. As a result platforms are born with “app first" Facebook’s platform, F8, was born after it…
April 30, 2013
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The Only Lasting Competitive Advantage Is Extreme Trust | Fast Company
This past Christmas season Amazon stole business from brick-and-mortar retailers with its free Price Check app for iPhone and Android. With Price Check, your phone could scan the barcode on any product in any retail store, or simply take a picture of it, and then compare its price with Amazon’s.…
April 29, 2013
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Rex Sorgatz: What The New York Times should do next: membership » Nieman Journalism Lab
Agree. MT @timoreilly: Very, very good. MT @fimoculous: I wrote "What The New York Times Should Do Next" http://t.co/tGK0MSog
April 28, 2013
April 27, 2013
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Open data movement: Yelp, local governments should share information. – Slate Magazine
Important piece! RT @pahlkadot: The Most Important Information Missing From Yelp. Great article by @alissa007 http://t.co/sKGngtWe
April 26, 2013
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The death of the wireframe? | Ryan Brussow
The death of the wireframe? http://t.co/7R5vLORs via @ryanbrussow
April 25, 2013
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capcloud | Martin Polley — Time to Dump Wireframes
Most of the work we do as UX designers is either for the web, or related to it in some way. The things that we design are often web sites or web applications. And even if they aren’t, web technologies are finding their way into more and more things: native iOS apps, Android apps, even desktop…
April 24, 2013
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Why Bill Clinton’s Speeches Succeed – Politics – The Atlantic
Because he treats listeners as if they are smart. That is the significance of "They want us to think" and "The strongest argument is" and "The arithmetic says one of three things must happen" and even "Now listen to me here, this is important." He is showing that he understands the many layers of…
April 23, 2013
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The Wachowskis’ World beyond “The Matrix” : The New Yorker
The new film from the siblings Lana and Andy Wachowski, co-directed with Tom Tykwer, is an adaptation of the novel “Cloud Atlas.” Their model was “2001: A Space Odyssey,” a movie they first saw as children. Credit Photograph by Dan Winters On the monitor screen, Tom Hanks’s eyes, in extreme closeup,…
April 22, 2013
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Why High-Tech Companies Are Moving to the City – WSJ.com
For as long as many of us can remember, high-tech industries have flourished in the suburban office parks that are so ubiquitous in Silicon Valley, North Carolina’s Research Triangle and other "nerdistans." But in recent years, high-tech has been taking a decidedly urban turn. Silicon Valley remains…
April 21, 2013
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Rival versions of capitalism: The endangered public company | The Economist
The rise and fall of a great invention, and why it matters AS THIS newspaper went to press, Facebook was about to become a public company. It will be one of the biggest stockmarket flotations ever: the social-networking giant expects investors to value it at $100 billion or so. The news raises…
April 20, 2013
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Nancy Folbre: The Twilight of the Public Corporation – NYTimes.com
Nancy Folbre is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts , Amherst. Public corporations that ordinary people can invest in and get rich from represent one of the great selling points of American capitalism – at least according to the salesmen. Today’s Economist Perspectives from…
April 19, 2013
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Clint Eastwood, GOP convention: The Romney campaign sells out its surprise speaker. – Slate Magazine
Mitt Romney speaks during the final day of the 2012 Republican National Convention. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images. Read the rest of Slate’s coverage from the GOP convention . The Mitt Romney campaign had two things to convey about the candidate at the Republican convention: his steadfast…
April 18, 2013
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I Totally Understand Why The Hobbit Needs To Be 3 Movies
When it was announced that The Hobbit would be expanded from two to three movies, a lot of people cried foul about it. ?It?s a greedy decision,? they?d say. ?When you consider the plot of the book, it?s impossible,? they tweeted. ?Why?? they thought. And they were all wrong. I totally understand why…