XConomy’s Battle of the bands
As a favor I am posting this notice about an event that looks like it might be fun: Battle of the Bands > The requirement is that at least one member o...
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December 2008
Ideas are still cheap, right?
From XConomy Seattle, this article covers ‘an inspiring talk by Nick Hanauer of Seattle-based Second Avenue Partners‘. It’s a good read with lots of useful insights. Here’s his formu...
Read more →Watch out for the ‘Nigerian Scam
Yes, some people do fall for it > “So how did this otherwise lucid, intelligent woman end up sending nearly half a million dollars to a bunch of con artists running what has to be one of the best-known Internet scams in the world?” (from TimesOnline Tech Central) Read all about the Woman Who Fell For the Nigerian Scam, in TimesOnline Tech Central. Amazing!
Are magazines committing suicide?
I was traveling this weekend and as I am wont to do, spent too much time at bookstores and magazine stands. I came across the current issue of the New Yorker, where this article caught my eye: “[A reporter at Large: Anatomy of a Meltdown”](http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/12/01/081201fa_fact_...
Read more →November 2008
What I am reading this morning
A few really quick links: - Responsible Tweeting, about the role of Twitter ‘news’ in influencing real world events. - What to do, by Paul Krugman, about how to rescue the world economy - About [Robert Ru...
Read more →OpenStreetMap – Let’s map the whole planet, one person at a time
Another crazy-brilliant site, OpenStreetMap.org, is aiming to get all of us to annotate maps of all places on the planet. In other words, I know my neighborhood, let me log in and indicate what streets are called what, which ones are one way, where the inte...
Read more →It’s the cars, stupid
Robert X. Cringely’s prescription for Detroit automakers: > “So the trick to turning around the U.S. auto industry is to make car buyers adopt the values of bicycle buyers, which implies the willingness to pay $20 per pound of final product. The way to achieve that goal is by building cars that are both affordable at $20 per pound and EXCITING TO DRIVE.” (from I Cringely, Saving Detroit)
How many sources of video signal?
Netflix has a box to stream video into my living room. TIVO has a deal with Amazon to do the same. [Blockbuster is just coming out with their set-top](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/3527388/Blockbuster-launches-set-top-...
Read more →Clean up your Amazon Wishlist!
If you are anything like me, you are constantly coming across books and other goodies that look interesting but not interesting enough to actually get. In my house, there are several shelves that contain books purchased but not yet read. It’s my queue. I love them . It’s like having a personal book...
Read more →Very unscientific survey of online survey tools
Because of a couple of projects that I am working on, I thought I might be able to use some tool for an online survey. I have two particular requirements: - respondents can be anonymous - respondents are allowed to complete the survey in multiple sittings. In other words, they can go back to a for...
Read more →Ask the pilot how hard it is to fly a plane
Ask The Pilot is a regular Salon column. Recently there was a good one, essentially about how hard or easy it is to fly and land a plane nowadays: > “But wait, he goes on. “Most of the time,” says heyja, “pilots will push th...
Read more →Bummer for Whole Foods
Not than anyone is buying any stocks these days (are you?) but I happened to have a very small number of Whole Foods shares, so this bit of news explains why Whole Foods have been tanking (other than the general lowering...
Read more →Ever hear of teratomas?
Here’s a truly weird article, which a sticks in my mind a week after reading it: > “Clark had seen teratomas. They were common in the reproductive tract, often found accidentally in the course of an operation or on a ...
Read more →What is Art For?
A really good article in the New York Times Magazine today about Lewis Hyde. I had not heard of Lewis Hyde before. First of all, the article makes me want to pick up his book, [The Gift:](http://www.amazon.com/gp...
Read more →Do you like this building?
I came across this ad in the New York Times magazine. I should say, I was riveted by this ad. Is this a real building? Is it built yet? You have to take a look at some of the images on (what I think is) [their main site.](http:/...
Garrison Keillor: America is cool!
A neat article in Salon, by Garrison Keillor – America is cool: > “The world expects us to elect pompous yahoos and instead we have us a 47-year-old prince from the prairie who cheerfully ran the race, and when his opponents threw sand at him, he just smiled back. He’ll be...
Read more →It’s even worse than you think
Michael Lewis writes a great article in Portfolio online about the, let’s say, inevitability, of what’s happened to economy, or wall street, or the markets — take your pick. You can file this und...
Read more →Finally!
I can’t put my feelings, seriously, into words: http://nytimes-se.com
Invest in Innovation
Jim Manzi (of Lotus fame) has an interesting article in “The Nation” about our need, as a nation, to invest just a little bit more in innovation: > “But with only a little bit of extra funding, foresight and determination, it may be possible to ki...
Read more →Boston tech scene could be more inviting to students
Scott Kirsner of the Innovation Economy blog, as well of the Boston Globe says that: > “To me, the biggest way to make Boston more competitive and innovative right now is to do a better job connecting students wi...
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