July 2010
22 posts
“When I read on tech blogs that Kindle is a goner, I think these people must not...”
– Dave Winer on the Kindle
Geography
"My friend's got a place in New York".
"Ah cool, which part?"
"Jersey".
“[London] does not believe that there exists at present sufficient legal basis...”
– British U.N. delegate Nicola Freedman regarding United Nations Resolution A/64/L.63/Rev.1, the Human Right to Water. The United States also offered its own weasely and pathetic explanation in legalese as to why they don’t see water and sanitation as a human right.
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“Rule of thumb: being first helps in the short run. Being a little more right...”
– Seth Godin
“I suspect many of the services I will work with over my career will be...”
– Andrew Parker on Paul Graham’s “addiction” post.
“The digital economy is huge and creating lots of new types of university...”
– Nicola Dandridge, chief executive of Universities UK.
I of course agree that training for roles in the digital economy is vital. The problem seems to be making sure this training is grounded skills employers actually want, rather than trying to make it into a pseudo-academic exercise, which often...
“We cannot say that we can give tacit approval to any and all the activities...”
– Nintendo Doesn’t Want To Criminalize Obsessed Fans
HEAR THAT, MUSIC INDUSTRY?
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Stock market investing in a nutshell... →
(via lbrphoto)
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Facebook to close its Gift Shop →
Probably to make way for the introduction of Facebook credits to be used by third party developers. Facebook made $40m~ year from virtual gifts, but I guess they think that pales in comparison to the likely income from social games and 3rd party gift stores.
Such 3rd party apps will likely be benefited (more users, keener investors) by one of their biggest competitors leaving the market, and...
“You see that massive pile of patents Microsoft has been accumulating? What makes...”
– Doublethink: Hey, people dancing on Microsoft’s grave, be afraid
Z-Vex Fuzz Probe →
I love the copy describing this guitar pedal. Better than the usual “you too can be a god of rawwwk” nonsense that often accompanies such items.
“Congratulations. You must be insane. Even I don’t get how to use this pedal”.
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"Get a different independent magazine each month". →
I love Stack’s indie magazine subscription model. Are there any businesses doing similar with other products? eg. I know there are wine of the month clubs, but how about for more esoteric/geeky goods?
“We had a huge launch party on campus and I bet that party cost more than the...”
– A Microsoft employee talking about the Kin.
“Even the stupidest possible creative act is still a creative act. And I’d...”
– Clay Shirky
“For the first month of Ricardo and Felicity’s affair, they greeted one another...”
– The Bulwer-Lytton award is given annually for the worst first sentence of a novel. Contestants craft deliberately bad opening lines. Molly Ringle took the 2010 prize with this gem.
Deamer's first rule of dining out
The quality of a restaurant’s food is directly correlated to the professionalism of the “business as usual” signs above the door when there are roadworks or renovations going on.