January 2010
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Sorkin on Davos and DC
Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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Can Twitter Trending Topics Really Tap Local?
Twitter recently introduced Local Trending Topics to tap into the pulse of your city.  It’s a step in the right direction for curating and displaying information that’s relevant on a local scale.  However, if you browse through the different local options, you’ll notice that the trending topics don’t change much.  They also don’t provide much insight or relevancy to...
Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
“Fortunately my children have already graduated from college so I don’t...”
– Elliot Widaski, A WSJ commenter, on the New York Fed’s 100 cents on the dollar AIG bailout.
Jan 27th
Jan 27th
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Why I'll Get the iPad
Do I need it?  No.  But I’m going to get it and I’ll use it everyday.  Here’s why: It’s affordable.  $499-$829 with or without a 3G data plan is an astonishingly low price point.  I was worried about a $999+ price range. Reading - I need a device I can read on the subway everyday.  I like to read the WSJ and NY Times in the morning and I can now do that with the iPad....
Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
Jan 26th
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Jan 26th
“My brainchild saw the light of day in a match in 1998 in León, Spain, and we...”
– Garry Kasparov (via: ninakix)
Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 25th
Jan 22nd
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Jan 22nd
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ListenWu Tang Vs The Beatles - Save Me Dear My favorite...
Jan 21st
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“One great irony here is that publishers are celebrating Apple as a savior from...”
– Henry Blodget on Apple VS Amazon in the eBook/Tablet market (via: thegongshow)
Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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ListenWu Tang Vs The Beatles - Got Your Money
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 15th
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Buffett Investing
I recently finished Roger Lowenstein’s Buffett: The Making of An American Capitalist.  As far as biographies go, it’s one of the best I’ve read.  The most intriguing thing about Buffett is his business genius, and this book does a good job focusing on it.  For a more detailed story of his personal life, I hear The Snowball is the way to go. What I find most interesting about...
Jan 14th
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Jan 14th
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple,...”
– – Charles Mingus
Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
Attention Hyperventilating Tumblr Users:
john: jeffrock: If you tend to fear change, you have probably chosen the wrong blogging platform next great social media service. Well played, Jeff. I made one fix. Truth.
Jan 12th
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ListenBelle and Sebastian - (My Girl’s Got)...
Jan 12th
Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
Jan 7th
Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
“The biggest lesson that I’ve gotten is about testing. It’s about set high goals...”
– Mark Pincus (Zynga CEO) on lessons learned at Tribe
Jan 7th
Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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Anonymous asked: Where did you learn to sing? Cause you're really good.
Jan 6th
meaghano asked: Why have we known each other for what? 8 months now? And you have never introduced me to one of your nice young jewish friends?
Jan 6th
Ask me something good. →
Jan 6th
Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
“So 10-15% of our entire industry blogs. And nearly all of the VC bloggers tweet...”
– peHUB » Why Do VCs Blog (and Tweet)? (via david-noel)
Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
“To distinguish toys that are disruptive from toys that will remain just toys,...”
–  The next big thing will start out looking like a toy – Chris Dixon’s blog
Jan 4th
“What sets this era apart is velocity. It took telephones seventy-one years to...”
– Ken Auletta, Googled: The End Of The World As We Know It (via soupsoup) This phenomenon coupled with Moore’s Law will make the rest of our lives very interesting.
Jan 4th
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Jan 4th
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Jan 4th