January 2012
10 posts
“You can also e-mail a copy of all your notes. Just tap the iPad’s screen to call...”
– Tip of the Week: Making Notes in iBooks - NYTimes.com
“Starting a business is easier than ever, thanks to advances in information...”
– Israeli technology companies: What next for the start-up nation? | The Economist
“He also said that social media presents a danger to the artist. Artists have,...”
– The comic strip in the age of iPad: A talk with Stephan Pastis — Tech News and Analysis
“For Mr. Cook, the focus on Asia “came down to two things,” said one former...”
– Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class - NYTimes.com
“I actually have the last PointCast 2.6 win32 installer just for posterity. Ah I...”
– the return of PointCast | jwz
“An executive in a really nice suit from an up-and-coming display company tells...”
– Fever Dream of a Guilt-Ridden Gadget Reporter
“More than half of them log in to Twitter each day to follow their interests. For...”
– Twitter Blog: One hundred million voices
“Inspired by discussions with Thomas Vander Wal, Gray draws an insightful...”
– Borrowing A Page From City Planning | Yammer Blog
“The pilot of a passenger jet, thought to be an Air New Zealand flight, was on...”
– Air Swimmer shark toy startles airline pilot in New Zealand
“Some 90% of the world’s data have been generated in the past two years”
– Business: Where angels will tread | The Economist
December 2011
10 posts
2 tags
“(1) Shibui objects appear to be simple overall but they include subtle details,...”
– Shibui - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
5 tags
“OThe Bodleian Libraries are 40 libraries serving Oxford University, including...”
– BBC News - Bodleian Libraries completes Swindon move - There is a good reason I kept getting the Bodlian Library / Libraries confused. But, They now have space for their 7 millionth book.
“Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the...”
– Sayre’s law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jennifer Goverment Comes Out from the Pages?
It is very strange to see this BBC report of new Nike Air Jordan shoes arriving and causing riots and even a shooting and not think of the opening to Max Barry’s novel Jennifer Government. Jennifer Government really changed how I viewed the world, perhaps more noticeably than any other book on how I perceived things and saw next future actions.
Santa's Workshop Hit by Occupy Elves
North Pole — Reports coming out of the North Pole have been documenting the Occupy Santa’s Workshop protests that have been rife through Twitter but unsubstantiated the past few days. It seems Santa’s Elves have been quite upset about the massive work reduction over the last few years. Even Santa’s reindeer have joined the protest against the 1 (since all at the the North...
Del Amitri (5)
LSO | Bernard Haitink (3)
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Martin Sexton (2)
Chickenfoot (2)
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George Winston (21)
Massive Attack (17)
Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Mike Marshall (11)
MIDIval Punditz (2)
Bill Cooley with Kathy Mattea (1)
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Watch(via Robots let employees work remotely | abc7news.com)
“Joichi Ito
Director, MIT Media Lab Fight for flexibility.
“The...”
– The Disrupters: Working Outside The Business Norm | Fast Company
A Meeting with Robots
Image by saikofish via Flickr
I had a meeting today at Anybots in preparation for a session on “Crowdsourcing, Meet Robotics…” with Elance for the GigaOM Net:Work event on December 8th.
There were five participants, two of us were in person, two were attending through Anybots robots, and one via phone in. One of the things I realized was it was easy to give the other person in...
November 2011
15 posts
“A survey among its US subscribers asked those aged over 40 how they read the...”
– Andrew Rashbass: ‘The biggest reason we’re successful is that we are lucky’ | Media | The Guardian
Alison Balsom & Colm Carey (12)
Bing Crosby (11)
Chuck Mangione (6)
Peter Gabriel (4)
Alison Balsom (4)
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“I was particularly interested in Rashbass’s thoughts on The Economist’s success...”
– The personal(ized) brand: Yet another reason The Economist is trouncing competitors » Nieman Journalism Lab
“. “We think a lot of them are gonna get into the home but we like to say...”
– UPDATE 1 — Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dead at 56 » Breaking News | Wire Update News | News Wires - - Breaking News from WireUpdate.com and BNO News
Peter Gabriel (8)
Marc Jordan (7)
Project (6)
Christian McBride Big Band (4)
Portland Cello Project (3)
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“WHEN the tech firm Yipit moved last month from General Assembly, a communal...”
– On the Move in New York’s Thriving Tech Sector - NYTimes.com
“The next night the students put the tents back up. Students filled the plaza...”
– At Occupy Berkeley, Beat Poets Has New Meaning - NYTimes.com
“I teach at UC Davis and I personally know many of the students who were the...”
– Bob Ostertag: Militarization of Campus Police
“So when I asked Dennis about the moment when the Foursquare team watched the...”
– A VC: Long Roadmaps
October 2011
23 posts
“But for me the most touching part was Jony Ive’s brief remarks — in...”
– Jonathan Ive on Steve Jobs and the fragility of ideas - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech
Findings Blog: Findings & Kindle highlights from... →
fndgs:
As many Neal Stephenson fans know, his newest book, “Reamde”, was released last month to much acclaim. However, there was a slight hiccup with the release of Amazon Kindle version. Due to numerous typos and “missing content”, Amazon automatically updated the book on early purchasers’…
“Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves are apt to...”
– The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura (via Findings.com)
WatchThis interview on reality of identity is spot on and really fantastic (via Tim O’Reilly Vs. Christopher Poole On The Future Of Web Identity | TechCrunch)
“Did you ever visit Julia Child’s kitchen at The Smithsonian?
“Yes, of...”
– Jacques Pépin Comes to Washington - Best Bites Blog (washingtonian.com)
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Katie Floyd & David Sparks (2)
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“The group’s founder, Max Schrems, received a reply to his request for the...”
– Facebook Says Some of Your Personal Data Is Its ‘Trade Secrets or Intellectual Property’ | Techdirt