May 2008
brooklet14: via gooneruk: (and everyone else) 1. Ten years ago I was: Working three jobs at once, I was also taking a full load of classes at UH, and had a boyfriend who always wanted to go out. I had a non stop crazy existence for a few years there. Thinking back, thank god I was 20 and had the body and energy to get me through all of that at once. 2. Five things on today’s to do list: Get...
“1. Multicore and hybrid processors 2. Virtualization and fabric computing 3....”
– The Business Of IT: Gartner Reveals Top 10 Technologies
having a lovely Friday - mission accomplished http://ping.fm/rdl7t
“The phrase refers to the opening scene in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the...”
– Nuking the Fridge - the Film Version of Jumping the Shark you can buy the t-shirt. (thanks to Greg) (via peterwknox)
Brand Building in the Application Economy →
Much ado has been made about the Domino’s Pizza Builder. It has been praised, including here, as a great example of branded utility. While that is still true and deserved, one of…
Meme
peterwknox: Ten years ago I was: Getting ready to graduate from the eight grade (middle school) with Presidential Honors. There was an ice cream social, a certificate “signed” by Bill Clinton, and the big move up the hill from middle school to high school. I was excited about the summer (mowing lawns) and terrified of training for freshman soccer (a 2 mile timed run?!) Five things on...
Narcoleptic Cat on Flickr Just what it says. Watch... →
BreakingNewsOn: At least one killed several others... →
BreakingNewsOn: At least one killed several others injured after a construction crane topples into a 23-story Manhattan apartment block in New York.
Let's put on a show →
That’s what professional marketers do. They put on a show, on purpose. There are plenty of naive marketers who are quite (accidentally) successful. My friend Al Yeganeh (“no soup for you!”) didn’t…
Carmen, John, and Ajay on the future of White... →
In my previous post, I asked a question for the chance to win one of two tickets to the Graphing Social Conference in Virginia. I was getting so many responses (over 20 in 12 hours) that I had to…
Crowdfunded breweries →
Earlier this year we wrote about nvokh, a crowdfunded and crowdmanaged eco clothing company. Now BeerBankroll is taking a similar approach to the creation of a new, community managed…
The Fork in the Road for Social Media →
Social networking is at a major fork in the road. Down one road is adding more features to a walled garden and opening up just enough, so that users seldom need to leave. Most sites are going…
The Ultimate Yahoo! Pipes Creations List →
Yahoo! Pipes is one of the coolest ways to mashup the RSS feeds of various sites and sources to get the data you want. Since our coverage of Yahoo! Pipes, thousands of creations are now…
Adopt-a-designer program for crowdfunded fashion →
More crowdfunding! Just recently, Irish fashion portal Catwalk Genius joined the crowdfunded fashion fray with its new Adopt a Designer program. Catwalk Genius features fashion and…
The Next-Gen Web: Browser Storage Support →
The next-gen web is starting to gather pace, as this week MySpace integrated Google Gears, Yahoo! announced their new BrowserPlus product and Google launched a browser-based edition of…
How Many Friends is Too Many? →
Offline, I have a network of under 50 people that I interact on a regular basis as friends. But online, the concept of “friend” is completely different. On Facebook I have nearer to 250…
Obama is an Adult →
marco: During a fund-raiser in Denver, Obama —a former constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago Law School — was asked what he hoped to accomplish during his first 100 days in office. “I would call my attorney general in and review every single executive order issued by George Bush and overturn those laws or executive decisions that I feel violate the constitution,” said Obama. ...
Radiohead live on the BBC →
Sometimes in life you arrive at the train station to find that the express that you had counted on waiting until you got there had actually gotten weary of waiting for you, and gone ahead to…
“Every time you sniff and say somebody has ‘too much free time,’ the part of you...”
– Merlin Mann (via superamit) (via heather-rivers)
having a fun Thursday
How to Get the Most From the Wi-Fi Cafe →
If you ever have time and want a good laugh, head to any Panera Bread or Starbucks at 2:00 PM. This my friends is ‘regular’ hour and I am not talking about the coffee. Right around 2:00 is…
Who's at D6? Valleywag has the attendee list... →
CARLSBAD, CA — What’s this on my table at the Four Seasons Aviara’s Lobby Lounge? Why, it’s a copy of the program for D6! How careless for someone to have left it out in a public space,…
“VISTASTER. n. a giant cluster-fuck; a colossal mistake; a turning point,...”
– The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: New word: “vistaster”
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“Mark worked with me on one of the most important (new) clients to our company....”
– http://www.linkedin.com/in/markbean
Who Are The "Digitally Savvy?" →
A new report put about by consumer and media research firm Scarborough Research has revealed some interesting information about the section of the U.S. population that’s being called the…
The fbOpen Initiative: Facebook Confirms Plans to... →
A Facebook spokesperson has confirmed to us that the social networking company will announce an open-source initiative around its Facebook Platform sometime today or tomorrow. We originally…
Obama Facts
kelseyriewer: peterwknox: • Obama watches SportsCenter nearly every day. • Obama says he has “gotten pretty fond of Jay-Z” and has even been known to brush that dirt off his shoulder. • “Mr. Obama sometimes flosses his teeth to ESPN while lying down.” • Obama doesn’t like mayonnaise, asparagus, or more than one light beer. (via Obama’s Sidekick Story Offers Insight Into the Candidate — New...
Web 2.0 living on borrowed money [Wantrepreneurs] →
The bad news? While a few startup stars like Twitter and Slide can get venture cash on little or no revenue, the expiration date on your “it’s [blank] with a social network layer”…
IndieFlix Introduces CrowdSourced Film Festivals →
IndieFlix, a marketplace for independent films, has launched MyFestival, a new streaming video site that will let film festivals crowdsource the movie selection process. MyFestival is…
From Right Brained To Light Brained →
I’m really fatigued by the whole left brained/right brained debate—while I think it’s worth debating, it’s not the issue of our time. I believe the issue of our time is how quickly we can…
Search Muxtapes With Muxfind →
Muxtape, an online mix tape-making service, has been a big hit with music fans on the social web. The site lets you upload mp3s to create a playlist you can share with anyone. Now, a new service…
