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In case you didn’t see this, it’s kind of interesting if you follow Apple and our pal Steve Jobs: > ““I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors,” Jobs, who turns 54 in F...
Read more →In an excellent article on The End of The Financial World as We Know It, an even more fascinating story about Harry Markopolos: > In his devastatingly persuasive 17-page letter to the S.E.C., Mr. Markopolos saw two possible scenario...
Read more →This New York Times article, “What’s Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer” is pretty interesting, and makes sense at some level: **“Judges and jurors who must decide whether sexually explicit material is o...
Read more →“Revelers will have an extra second to enjoy the New Year celebrations. Drunken party goers may not notice but, thanks to the Earth’s erratic rotation, the countdown to 2009 will last a moment longer. British physicists and official timekeepers around the world will insert a “leap second” to bring the most accurate atomic clocks in line with the astronomical day[…]” from Big Ben Adjusted for Leap Second Happy New Year. Bon Anja, Tur Kos Bon!
I always love Kevin Kelly’s writing and thinking and this article in a recent New York Times Magazine doesn’t disappoint. I ha...
Read more →Thomas Friedman with another thought provoking column. I know not everyone likes his perspective but I find myself in violent agreement more often than not: > “All I could think to myself was: If we’re so smart, why are other people living so much better than us? What has become of our infrastructur...
Read more →Now here‘s a recommendation: > “I recently got a hold of what I consider to be the nicest mathematical book in my collection. As a matter of fact, it’s the nicest book I own, period – even though I posses bookshelves teaming with terrific titles on mathematics, science, programming, computer science, photography and so on.” (from Math-Blog) That goes right onto my wish list!
As you may have noticed, I am using Twitter a little more often now. As much as anything it is to learn more about what it’s like, because we are working on full Twitter support in BlogBridge, which should be cool. The question is, what should i...
Read more →I have a new favorite web service: Mint. It’s a really nice implementation of kind of a “Quicken” online, but with a few unique wrinkles. Here’s what it does: - Automatically and periodically downloads all the transactions from all your various accounts, banks, credit cards...
Read more →Hey! If you live in Boston or Cambridge, and you like music, especially Folk music, then you’ve probably been to Club Passim in Cambridge – Harvard Square actually. It’s a lot more than a ‘Coffee House’ – it’s an institution where many of your favorite 70s acts got ...
Read more →Suddenly when you learn about something once, you start seeing it everywhere… > “Dr. Paul Grabb, a pediatric brain surgeon, said he was surprised when he discovered a small foot growing inside the brain of 3-day-old Sam Esquibel. “The foot literally popped out ...
Read more →Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is the need for some kind of platform to match local community projects with resources to do them. For example the project might be to build a playground, clear a lot, raise money for the school. And resources might be sources of money, people and thin...
Read more →Since I wrote a somewhat negative post mentioning Outliers and Malcolm Gladwell the other day, I thought this was a worthwhile follow-up,[“Lost in the Crowd” from the New York Times,](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/op...
Read more →I totally agree. Is it just part of the tendency of those people to always want to be the center of attention? Check this post Back Channels May Add, But They Also Subtract from McToonish: > [“...
Read more →The irony and paradox confounds: > “[…] Mr. Dreier, who grew up on Long Island, the son of a refugee from Poland who owned movie theaters, evolved into a bon vivant who belonged to the Harmonie Club and was a staple of high-wattage charity events[…].” (from NYT, “[Lawyer Seen as Bold Enough to Cheat...
Read more →I’ve gotten more interested in logos and graphic design lately so I guess I am noticing stuff like this more than before… 
VRM is a concept that’s been floating around for a while. Evangelized (and perhaps coined) by Doc Searls, it has developed a strong following. In their words: > “VRM, or Vendor Relationship Management, is the reciprocal of CRM or [Customer Relationship Management...
Read more →There have been a number of articles taking shots at some of Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book, “Outliers”. No doubt Mr. Gladwell is really good at getting visibility for his books and has hit upon a formula with The Tipping Point and Blink which are fascinating reads, with profound insights, that happ...
Read more →I really like this approach to vacation. I think I will try it: Check out this post Warning: Email Sabbatical is Imminent .. and other random thoughts: > "For those who are unaware of my approach to vacation… I bel...
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