August 2009
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“The most precious resource in the world economy is human genius, which we may...”
– George Gilder - Silicon Israel: How market capitalism saved the Jewish state
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“We never really had a strategy. And so Sergey basically got up and said, our job...”
– Eric Schmidt on Google’s mission
7 Sites You Should Be Wasting Time On Right Now:... →
The Huffington Post ran this piece today. Three out of the seven featured sites are on Tumblr. I’d say that’s about right, statistically. Almost 50% of the internet should be on Tumblr right now.
Congrats to Fancy Fast Food, Fuck Yeah Neil Patrick Harris, and Best of Wikipedia for all making the list.
Jay-Z - Thank You
(via: bbook)
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The restaurants I must now visit courtesy of Frank...
BLT Prime, 111 East 22nd Street (Park Avenue), (212) 995-8500
Cafe Cluny, 284 West 12th Street (West Fourth Street), (212) 255-6900
Cafe Luxembourg, 200 West 70th Street (Amsterdam Avenue), (212) 873-7411
‘Cesca, 164 West 75th Street (Amsterdam Avenue), (212) 787-6300
Degustation, 239 East Fifth Street (Second Avenue), (212) 979-1012
Eleven Madison Park, 11 Madison Avenue (24th Street), (212)...
The one number you should know about your equity... →
Superb read. Beginning to end, including comments. Chris Dixon’s blog has quickly become one of my favorites.
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Have all of the great technology companies already been created? Not even close, insists Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO. The only thing for certain in the future of technology is its dynamism, and that the names and the players are always changing. Ballmer points to smart displays and better human-computer interaction as future areas of exploration. He credits software with having impact...
“I’d rather just walk my dog and have it lick my face.”
– My good friend Dustin Newman on having children.
Animal Collective - Bluish
Phish - What’s the Use
7/9/1999 - Merriweather...
Craigslist and The Future of VC
Bill Gurley wrote an excellent post yesterday on what is happening to the venture capital industry. His “punch line” is that:
…as these large institutions [LPs] adjust their portfolios and potentially abandon these more aggressive strategies, the amount of overall capital committed to alternative assets will undoubtedly shrink. As this happens, the VC industry will shrink in kind. How much will...
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WatchNosaj Thing Visual Show Compilation Test Shoot - “The live show for Nosaj Thing, a collaboration with Julia Tsao. Video clips are the formatted for mixing in Modul8. Each clip belongs to a certain part of a song. We triggered and manipulated each clip live with 2 midi controllers.”
This is quite the light show. Kudos to the brains behind it.
X Factor: Is Danyl Johnson the new Susan Boyle? →
I can see this guy being the next Prince.
Weezer - Say It Ain’t So
(via perfectsongs)
“Only programmers, customer service reps, and accounting staff work at...”
– Why Craigslist Is Such a Mess
You can’t help but read this and realize how many people look at Craig Newmark and think he’s an alien. (via caterpillarcowboy)
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Arrest Over Trading Software Illuminates a Wall... →
High-frequency trading, the Goldman heist, and penny skimming.
Life to order: Man-made organisms will be here in... →
In the News: Tumblr Makes Sense of World →
Lloyd Blankfein Calls Matt Taibbi's Goldman... →
“We knew Goldman Sachs was frustrated by Matt Taibbi’s much discussed take-down of the bank in Rolling Stone this summer. Goldman personally told us the piece was a ‘witches’ brew of conspiracy theories’ and a well-connected source tipped TBI that Goldman discussed suing the journalist (they didn’t, of course).
But now, we hear from CEO Lloyd Blankfein himself....
Bank Robbers' Hours →
“According to the FBI’s recently released second quarter Bank Crime statistics, bank robbers are most likely to rob a bank between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Friday; more robbers stated their demands verbally than by passing a note, and only 4 percent of incidents involved violence. The FBI also noted that, despite the recession, there were fewer bank robberies than last year.”
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The number of posts being created on Tumblr blows my mind. More than 800,000 yesterday! (via john and david)
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The Boat Times - Every Extreme
Great tune of...
How To Go To MIT For Free →
I love this. Almost all of MIT’s coursework is available on their website FOR FREE. Hundreds of undergraduate and graduate classes - lectures, assignments, tests, etc. - are accessible to the general public. I’ve downloaded ~10 business school classes already and the resources are incredible. Anyone want to start a mock B-School?
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WatchIt’s the 5th Anniversary of Google’s IPO…and there are some very happy investors out there. Here’s a good video discussing the stock’s maturity over the years.
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WatchRadiohead vs. Dave Brubeck - Fivestep
In light of the new Radiohead single, this video deserves a repost. It is just that good.
Tumblr Tag Channels →
I’m SO excited about this :)
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“I’ll say this for George Bush: you’d never have caught him frantically...”
– Matt Taibbi on the likely demise of the public option from the health-care reform bill (via AZspot).
The Democrats, and the Obama administration, do not have a mandate to pander to the crazy, screaming, ignorant wingnuts and their death-squad propaganda. We elected them to run this place and get...
Tumblr and Music →
“I am starting to see evidence that musicians and their fans are starting to embrace Tumblr as an alternative music destination…recently I’ve found a bunch of new Tumblogs that suggest to me that ‘something is happening here.’”
By Fred Wilson
“So we can do this. At this point, all that stands in the way of universal health...”
– Paul Krugman - The Swiss Menace
Paul forgot to add: “And the gun-toting idiots like this guy who give the human race a bad name.”
Phish - Cavern
Should I go see Phish tomorrow at...
WatchThe Daily Show, MBA Students, Jon Oliver, Federal Prison, Awesome.