June 2012
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May 2012
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“A key argument for America’s relatively hands-off approach to broadband...”
– Four signs America’s broadband policy is failing | Ars Technica (via jericsinger)
May 30th
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May 30th
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“Not only are the empty calories cheaper, but the healthy foods are becoming more...”
– Dr. Drewnowski
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“Briefly, the ancient Greek poet Simonides (p. 8) mentally associated parts of a...”
– Dataland: the MIT’s ’70s media room concept that influenced the Mac | The Verge
May 26th
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“I readily admit it,” said E. Gordon Gee, the president of Ohio State University,...”
– Student Loans Weighing Down a Generation With Heavy Debt - NYTimes.com
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May 13th
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May 11th
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“He read like a forest fire.”
– Chloe Wing, describing David Bowman
May 7th
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April 2012
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“The truth is, in 10 years, you’re not going to have highly skilled, highly paid...”
– Mavericks Invent Future Internet Where Cisco Is Meaningless | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
Apr 17th
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Apr 5th
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“A mondegreen is not a transistor, inherently modern. Its modernity is harder to...”
– The Information, James Gleick (via mediology)
Apr 5th
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WatchWatch
faketv: this is SO well made theatlanticvideo: A Beautifully Choreographed Stop-Motion Film About Light and Shadow Juan Pablo Zaramella’s short film Luminaris makes clever use of natural daylight and time-lapse photography to tell a love story. Via Short of the Week.
Apr 3rd
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“Designers enable you to work within these constraints to create a product...”
–  Startups, This is How Design Works
Apr 3rd
“Plan Z has two critical parts. First, identify how to measure when you’re...”
– Reid Hoffman
Apr 3rd
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“Since dinosaurs roamed the datacenter!”
–  Answer to question “How long have you been programming?” on HN
Apr 2nd
“Etsy practically invented bird-on-apparel technology, so this is our way of...”
– Etsy Acquires City of Portland | Etsy News my favorite april fools stunt this year (via fred-wilson) my fav as well.
Apr 2nd
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March 2012
49 posts
Mar 31st
Things that Might Improve the Dentist's Office
Just went to the dentist for a cleaning. Here are a few aspects of that visit that could be improved. - In-Glasses Games During the cleaning, there were some painful moments. While I’m adverse to distraction in general, it would be nice to pay a game in the glasses as distraction. The dental assistant told me that some people listen to music while the cleaning occurs—the only thing...
Mar 31st
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Nicholas jaar interview guardian →
the confusion, ignorance and incoherence reminds me of a la roux article I read a couple years ago. the only difference is that this one is inundated with privilege and pretension. h/t lerabbithole from the article: “In fact, so far, you could just as easily paint Jaar (for whom ‘all music is 1,000% political’) as the cultural equivalent of his contemporaries in the Occupy...
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“As the teams have grown better at predicting human preferences, the more...”
Mar 29th
“I think that once you get beyond 1,000 choices, a recommendation system becomes...”
Mar 29th
“When is the application due? May 31st. Get crackin’.”
– Will do.
Mar 29th
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The Future Of The Virtual Personal Assistant |... →
ugh, ethics/morality/politics all come into consideration here. Who’s doing that research right now?
Mar 27th
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“She took out her BlackBerry, and as the track began to play she surfed through...”
– Stargate and Ester Dean, Making Music Hits : The New Yorker I have spent days doing this myself. wonder if I could do this….
Mar 23rd