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Correlative Analytics, the Google Way of Science

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:57:55 -0700

Correlative Analytics, the Google Way of Science: “In the coming world of cloud computing perfectly good answers will become a commodity. The real value of the rest of science then becomes asking good questions.”

Wine Tasting with Gary Vaynerchuk and Kevin Rose

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:37:58 -0700

Wine Tasting with Gary Vaynerchuk and Kevin Rose

Congrats Otis and Elizabeth!

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:00:54 -0700

Congrats Otis and Elizabeth!

How Lies Live and Grow in the Brain

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:41:49 -0700

How Lies Live and Grow in the Brain:

“The brain does not simply gather and stockpile information as a computer’s hard drive does. Facts are stored first in the hippocampus, a structure deep in the brain about the size and shape of a fat man’s curled pinkie finger. But the information does not rest there. Every time we recall it, our brain writes it down again, and during this re-storage, it is also reprocessed. In time, the fact is gradually transferred to the cerebral cortex and is separated from the context in which it was originally learned. For example, you know that the capital of California is Sacramento, but you probably don’t remember how you learned it.

This phenomenon, known as source amnesia, can also lead people to forget whether a statement is true. Even when a lie is presented with a disclaimer, people often later remember it as true.”

Immortal Technique - Hollywood DrivebySo far I’m not...

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:20:42 -0700

Immortal Technique - Hollywood Driveby

So far I’m not loving the new album as much as revolutionary vol 1 and 2, but I’m enjoying this song

Apparently Verizon hates old people

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:09:00 -0700

Apparently Verizon hates old people

Programming: The New Literacy

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:49:30 -0700

Programming: The New Literacy

Going Medieval: Time-Warner Begins Metered Bandwidth Testing

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:34:26 -0700

Going Medieval: Time-Warner Begins Metered Bandwidth Testing: I almost cried when I found out FIOS wasn’t available in my apartment and that I’d have to go with time warner. Now I really hate time warner internet. When will the dinosaurs learn?

Trailer for "Perception" a Wade Wofford Film

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:10:11 -0700

Trailer for "Perception" a Wade Wofford Film: Congratulations Wade!

Obama uses viral marketing to raise money and love

Fri, 30 May 2008 17:36:12 -0700

Obama uses viral marketing to raise money and love

Via SVN “We’re lucky to live in the age of Dean...

Fri, 30 May 2008 13:16:50 -0700

Via SVN “We’re lucky to live in the age of Dean Kamen.”

Anything that could improve the health care system is exciting...

Fri, 30 May 2008 10:27:56 -0700

Anything that could improve the health care system is exciting to me

Great Y Combinator ad

Thu, 29 May 2008 16:46:00 -0700

Great Y Combinator ad

Photojojo Screws Up On Mother’s Day…

Fri, 23 May 2008 12:14:24 -0700

Photojojo Screws Up On Mother’s Day…: I love the offer to call your customers’ mothers to apologize. It’s sure to cause a smile and be remembered.

Just noticed this awesome google maps feature: you can view live...

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:23:31 -0700

Just noticed this awesome google maps feature: you can view live traffic or traffic predictions for a weekday/time based on historical data. It’s also scary how many accidents there are in LA right now… I hope everyone is ok

Combat and Composure

Tue, 06 May 2008 13:45:00 -0700

Combat and Composure:

“This contrast between combat and composure defines the Democratic race. The implicit Clinton argument is that politics is an inherently nasty business. Human nature, as she said Sunday, means that progress comes only through conquest. You’d better elect a leader who can intimidate. You’d better elect someone who has given herself permission to be brutal.

Obama’s campaign grows out of the longstanding reform tradition. His implicit argument is that politics doesn’t have to be this way. Dishonesty and brutality aren’t inevitable; they’re what gets in the way. Obama’s friend and supporter Cass Sunstein described the Obama ideal in The New Republic: “Obama believes that real change usually requires consensus, learning and accommodation.”

That’s regarded as naïve drivel in parts of Camp Clinton.

Campaign issues come and go, but this is a thread running through the race. One believes in the raw assertion of power, the other the power of communication.”

Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes Everybody

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:42:17 -0700

Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes Everybody:

“I was having dinner with a group of friends about a month ago, and one of them was talking about sitting with his four-year-old daughter watching a DVD. And in the middle of the movie, apropos nothing, she jumps up off the couch and runs around behind the screen. That seems like a cute moment. Maybe she’s going back there to see if Dora is really back there or whatever. But that wasn’t what she was doing. She started rooting around in the cables. And her dad said, “What you doing?” And she stuck her head out from behind the screen and said, “Looking for the mouse.”

Here’s something four-year-olds know: A screen that ships without a mouse ships broken. Here’s something four-year-olds know: Media that’s targeted at you but doesn’t include you may not be worth sitting still for. Those are things that make me believe that this is a one-way change. Because four year olds, the people who are soaking most deeply in the current environment, who won’t have to go through the trauma that I have to go through of trying to unlearn a childhood spent watching Gilligan’s Island, they just assume that media includes consuming, producing and sharing.”

Inside Tanya Andersen's private war with the recording industry. Hint: She's winning

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:06:11 -0700

Inside Tanya Andersen's private war with the recording industry. Hint: She's winning: It’s about time…

"“Trying to recruit while you’re in “stealth mode” is like punching yourself in the..."

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:52:21 -0700

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“Trying to recruit while you’re in “stealth mode” is like punching yourself in the balls.”

“Don’t ask investors what they think. Ask your customers.”

“Traction speaks louder than words.”

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- Great Quotes from Venture Hacks

"In most elevators, at least in any built or installed since the early nineties, the door-close..."

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:08:00 -0700

“In most elevators, at least in any built or installed since the early nineties, the door-close button doesn’t work. It is there mainly to make you think it works…Elevator design is rooted in deception—to disguise not only the bare fact of the box hanging by ropes but also the tethering of tenants to a system over which they have no command.”

- The New Yorker: Up and Then Down: The lives of elevators (via gtmcknight) (via superamit)
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