January 2010
41 posts
Syllogism →
Major premise: Revenge is sweet.
Minor premise: Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Conclusion: Revenge is ice cream.
(Thanks, Jimmy Carr…)
“Tell me why this company absolutely needs to hire you to get to the next...”
– Dear MBAs who want to work at startups
“Okay, there’s one thing–and only one–I find interesting about the iPad so far:...”
– Jay Rosen
Not sure I completely agree, but interesting thesis.
“The 20th century ended a decade ago, but the 21st century never began: the...”
– Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review
“The iSlate has a button that makes a unicorn appear at the door with...”
– (via)
Cheat sheet: Google, Microsoft, Apple and Yahoo →
“If you’re looking for a bikini-clad model straddling a Power Mac G5, you...”
– Popgadget - “a lifestyle magazine that embraces technology as a regular and essential part of women’s lives”.
Imperva Releases Detailed Analysis of 32 Million... →
The report identifies the most commonly used passwords recently exposed in the Rockyou.com breach:
123456
12345
123456789
Password
iloveyou
princess
rockyou
1234567
12345678
abc123
(Wot, no Sgt Pepper?)
“Craigslist is case-and-point that “more features” is *not* a competitive...”
– The Gong Show
Click through for a fantastic diagram.
SoundCloud's looking for staff... →
…and the things they request as part of the application say a lot about the sort of forward-thinking company they are. It asks for:
Either a quick sketch of SoundClouds’ viral loop and guesses for the conversion metrics at each point or a suggestion of the 4 metrics you’d check each morning (and why)
A one-liner about you (yes, that’s right, all your life and grandness in a single...
Hot UK start-ups join Digital Mission to Texas →
I just commented on the above Next Web post about Little World Gifts and co heading to SXSW:
I thought it was great that there was such a diverse range of companies - agencies, consumer startups and B2B - but really innovative, early stage stuff didn’t get left out, as is sometimes the case. If it was *all* established folks like Moonfruit or just agencies it might be a bit odd, but...
“Link Economics is like someone looking at a park and saying ‘gee, we can...”
– I link therefore I am - and other myths of the Link Economy
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http://api-status.com/ →
Does what it says on the tin for 26 popular services.
Also provides historic info - seems Twitter’s the only major API that’s been down in the past week, but Yammer has the worst uptime overall.
(PS. wot, no Tumblr?)
“Why wouldn’t Yelp just use the Foursquare API for checking in. How much would...”
– YelpSquare - Jon Steinberg (via tedr)
“…knowledge workers believe they are paid to be effective, not to work 9 to 5.”
– Eric Schmidt (via azspot)
“PC malware can’t just directly steal money from your machine; it has to jump...”
– BBC News: Cybercriminals revive old scams to target smartphones
“As another high school English teacher, here’s my take: Unlike ‘awesome’, ‘epic’...”
– craigiest on reddit. (via dailymeh)
I’m becoming more and more fascinated by the science and art of education.
“‘I develop applications’ is the new ‘I’m in a band’.”
– Nerve.com on some stupid NSFW iPhone app.
“While a search algorithm figures out which online documents refer to Madonna the...”
– Social science meets computer science at Yahoo
I wouldn’t say that necessarily requires a sociologist, but point taken: sometimes an understanding of users is more important that an understanding of code.
“I think women are better programmers because they have less ego and are...”
– “Programmers Need To Learn Statistics”
Can anyone point me in the direction of their...
For legitimate work research reasons, of course.
And does anyone find the idea a bit patronising in the first place? I’m not sure.
“People buy digital goods for the same reason that they buy goods in the real...”
– Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners in the Wall Street Journal.
“It’s difficult for computer engineers to design interfaces that the average...”
– Social science meets computer science at Yahoo
"How Guantanamo guard Facebooked his ex-captive". →
“In August 2009 alone, Facebook counted 65m visitors accessing the site from...”
– (via)
Nothing we didn’t already know, but a nice stat nonetheless.
BBC: "mobile phone radiation 'protects' against... →
I’m gonna live forever!
“Facebook is Enron 2.0”
– Unintentionally kinda funny comment on a Next Web post about Facebook’s 2010 revenue projections.
Scoble: "The most under-hyped, but most important,... →
The main problem I can see with auto-driving car “safety” mechanisms like this is that they affect not just safety, but a driver’s ability and reactions themselves, in a way that seatbelts don’t.
How will a driver who is used to this system fare when the get into a “normal” car? I imagine they’d be more dangerous.
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“Letting fatties roam the site is a direct threat to our business model and the...”
– BBC News - “Dating site axes holiday weight gain members”
The site only allows those voted sufficiently “attractive” by its members to sign up. This story’s obviously a PR stunt, but hi-lar-ious nonetheless.