October 2011
27 posts
Where to Go During an Earthquake - "The Triangle... →
My brother John shared this with me as he was heading out back after the earthquake that just happened. Worth reading.
Silicon Valley's New Hiring Strategy →
I love Roy Bahat’s approach to hiring software developers at IGN:
“Software is thought of as a science. But what if it’s not a science? What if it’s more like a craft? Or even an art? If you wanted to hire somebody who could be a great craftsperson, you wouldn’t look for somebody with a PhD in that craft.”
Watchrahmin:
Mary Meeker (via KPCB Internet Trends (2011))
Watch(via iPhone history animated infographic video)
rahmin:
“The reality is that Occupy Wall Street and the millions of middle Americans who make up the Tea Party are natural allies and should be on the same page about most of the key issues, and that’s a story our media won’t want to or know how to handle.”
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Why Occupy Wall Street is Bigger Than Left vs. Right | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
As crazy as it sounds, I have been thinking the...
bijan:
Mumford & Sons - Golden Slumbers/Carry...
Watch(via Poetry in motion | The Ideas Economy)
“At Dyson, we were the first to do a totally see-through product. The iMac came...”
– Sir James Dyson
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“Life is selection, no more. The work of the gardener is simply to destroy this...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via austinkleon)
“Education isn’t magic. Education is the wisdom wrung from failure.”
– Why Do Some People Learn Faster?
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WatchMIT’s Siftables talk @ TED. The origin of http://www.sifteo.com
WatchPattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense wearable compter at TED in 2009. Can’t believe I hadn’t seen this before.
“If you were starting a Web company in 1996 or 1997 you would measure your...”
– Tim O’Shaughnessy, LivingSocial CEO