April 2010
53 posts
“When you handle the device, he said, the smooth user experience means that “a...”
– Kleiner Perkins’ John Doerr: iPad ‘will rule the world’
“You may be a geek. You may have geek written all over you. You should aim to be...”
– Bruce Sterling (via criminalwisdom) (via thewavingcat)
March 2010
38 posts
The enthusiasm currency →
bobulate:
Frank Chimero on enthusiasm as currency:
Blogs are free to read. What that means is that you reward places with your attention and enthusiasm. … Audience enthusiasm may be our new currency as long as many things on the internet are free. …. Read [a blog]. Email them and say you enjoy the blog, and tell them what you like about it. Recommend it to friends. If a blog starts to suck, you...
“Boy Lilikoi” by Jonsi
NPR is...
Bachmann Offers Big Numbers, Little Proof - Face... →
“[N]ow we have the federal government taking over ownership or control of 51 percent of the American economy. This is stunning. Prior to September of 2008, 100 percent of the private economy was private.”
Ms. Bachmann offered no facts to back up her assertion that the government owns or controls 51 percent of the U.S. economy.
“The economics of this business are interesting. Millions spent, millions earned,...”
– Seth’s Blog: The reality of digital content (lose the cookie, lose the fortune?)
“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, But beautiful old people are...”
–
Eleanor Roosevelt
(via jessiebaylin)
“And The Boys” by Angus & Julia...
“I’ve noticed this trend to screenshot tweets instead of copy-pasting their texts...”
– Why do blogs screenshot tweets? | Wisdump (via pukomuko)
Rafer sez:
Maybe what we need is embed code for tweets. A tweet in the context of Twitter’s statuses page contains a visual sense that goes beyond the message itself. I’m not design-savvy enough to enumerate the specific points that make it...
“The challenge was the success of most media companies never really came from the...”
– Random Stuff, Internet Businesses Don’t Work? (via rafer)
Covers Friday:
“Hand On Your Heart”...
“Big Jet Plane” by Angus & Julia...
“Don’t plan anything for the first few days,” he said. “Just...”
– Dessa’s tour diary, Vol. 4 - Minneapolis / St. Paul Music - City Pages - Gimme Noise
“Bloodbuzz Ohio” by The National from...
“Shut the fuck up!”
– An unnamed pro football prospect to Tim Tebow after Tebow asked him and a few others to bow their heads in prayer before taking the Wonderlic test (an intelligence test given to college football players by pro scouts). (via cajunboy)
Um. Wow.
“Chaconne” by Dessa
“But really, she’s more important to The White Stripes than I could ever be....”
– ohnotheydidnt: This is a Jack White Post with News on The White Stripes, The Dead Weather, & Wanda Jackson
“Make Her Mine” by Mayer Hawthorne
...
“We’re seeing a whole lot of great service application layers but not enough...”
– Leftover Takeout
“Oh You (Christmas Blues)” by LCD...
“IAs need to worry as much about ‘thing structure’ as ’site structure’ Building...”
– The problem with breadcrumb trails « Derivadow.com