October 2012
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Why Does The GOP Think That Every Favorable Event...
I have been thinking about what’s the logic behind the recent outburst of GOP leaders and surrogates like Jack Welch and Steve Forbes to the favorable job numbers claiming that the numbers were cooked.
I have a pretty good hypothesis. It’s because that’s what they do! Whenever, they needed to move on something, they cook the books. As a result, they are projecting their own...
September 2012
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“@bfeld I decided to give SkyDrive a try … been using it for two weeks and...”
– http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/23/microsofts-cloud-service-skydrive-is-great-and-no-one-has-noticed/
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@foxnews reveals Mark Owen's Identity - what a...
Their blatant hypocrisy and double standards have to have consequences. I just don’t know when it’s going to hit them. We as a society have to call this out.
Read this article by @motherjones on them revealing Mark Owen’s identity.
Owen is the author of No Easy Day.
He is also a professional, hero and a patriot everything that Fox News is not.
I’m buying the book. You...
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Microsoft Marketing Shop to Open in Hot San Fran... →
This is what I work on. Many folks have asked what exactly is Marketing Solutions. This article plus this blog post (http://community.advertising.microsoft.com/msa/en/global/b/blog/archive/2012/09/16/-solution-studiosstudio-415-san-francisco.aspx) by Rick Chavez, who heads up the Marketing Solutions org, explains it well.
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Design Thinking Is A Failed Experiment. So What’s... →
It’s Creative Quotient. @fastcodesign Bruce Nussbaum, one of Design Thinking’s biggest advocates, is moving on to something new. Here, he begins defining “Creative Quotient.”
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Process & Iteration: How to be Happy and Invert,... →
This sounds like “reverse brainstorming”. Check out Gamestorming. Great book with lots of techniques like this. BTW, I am huge Charles Munger fan as well. Check out Seeking Wisdom From Darwin to Munger.
processanditeration:
As some of you know, I really admire Charles Munger, Warren Buffet’s partner. The clarity of his thinking, personal story, and professional success are worthy of...
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Watch David Simon (The Wire, Treme) on @billmaher
He was so incredibly quotable on Real Time With Bill Maher tonight (Sep-7th) that I started transcribing his quotes, but realized that it won’t do him justice. If you have HBO, watch the Sep-7th episode. He is the Former Baltimore Sun reporter and writer of TV classics like The Wire and Treme [tre-MAY].
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August 2012
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Microsoft The Winner in The Apple-Samsung...
It’s interesting that multiple pundits are saying that Microsoft is the real winner of the Apple-Samsung patent trial. The logic goes something like Microsoft’s Windows Phone has truly tried to innovate and it’s approach has been fundamentally different. Due to the uncertainty of Android based phones, manufacturers like HTC will start to switch to WindowsPhone. Here are a couple...
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Doorsteps is like Baby Center meets Basecamp for... →
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Moving from Transaction to Engagement →
@rwang0: moving from systems of record (he calls them transaction systems) to systems of engagement and also describes the characteristics of a system of engagement.
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CMOs are Starting to Drive the Next-Gen... →
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“I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer, born...”
– there goes my hero watch him as he goes there goes my hero he’s ordinary
-Foo Fighters
Neil Armstrong (via david)
Neil Armstrong loved charts. RIP.
(via ilovecharts)
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“For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request....”
– Statement from the family of Neil Armstrong, full statement here (via jtotheizzoe)
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Meet The ‘Super Voters’ Who Could Be... →
Thanks to @jsundmanus for this article.
Johnson-Goldwater. Nixon-Humphrey. Nixon-McGovern. Carter-Ford. Reagan-Carter. Reagan-Mondale. Bush-Dukakis. Clinton-Bush. Clinton-Dole. Bush-Gore. Bush-Kerry. Obama-McCain.
There’s a small group of Pennsylvania voters who have cast a ballot in each of those elections — and every November election — the state has held over the past 50 years. But thanks to...
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Via @timoreilly The speed of adoption of robotics... →
The adoption curve still looks linear or even less than linear, but it’s exponential and when we get near the knee, it’s going to be shocking. No matter what, unless “we” invest in technical education, all this growth will happen elsewhere.
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How to ensure data is not read from dead hard...
I have a few “dead” hard drives from old computers - I used to build computers. These have given up the ghost and I just kept them because they potentially have sensitive data on them. Because they don’t operate any more, I can’t use software to wipe them. What is the best way to make sure that data can’t be read off these drives by the casual hacker. I am not worried...
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“When it comes to voter suppression, Ohio Republicans aren’t even pretending...”
– From the Columbus Dispatch:
“I guess I really actually feel we shouldn’t contort the voting process to accommodate the urban — read African-American — voter-turnout machine,” said Doug Preisse, chairman of the county Republican Party and elections board member who voted against weekend hours, in...
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Pi-hundred million people live in the U.S. →
U.S. Census Bureau announced that the pop. reached 314,159,265.
proofmathisbeautiful:
If you are a fan of the number pi, you’ll love this: The U.S. Census Bureau announced that the American population reached 314,159,265 Tuesday.
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Watch#DailyShow Nat’l Republican Lawyers Assoc.: 340 incidents of voter fraud in the last 10 years. Serious issue? I think not. This is purely to suppress voters that Republicans don’t want to vote.
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Advertisers cautious of move to mobile →
Internet users may be flocking to mobile devices, but profits have been scarce as many advertisers remain wary of the new medium.
Mobile internet use accounted for 10.1 per cent of media use in the US at the end of last year but attracted only 0.9 per cent of the total money spent on advertising, according to US research firm eMarketer.
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July 2012
31 posts
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Don Norman & John Maeda on #innovation #design... →
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The Story of Steve Jobs: An Inspiration or a... →
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Photo Essay Reveals The Explosive Growth Of... →
This is absurd. We should decriminalize drug use, stop spending money on prisons and fund education, healthcare, and yes even high-speed rail.
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Old Spice is not just creative but data driven.... →
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Steve Ballmer and Marissa Mayer Face the Same... →
Fair and balanced analysis of Microsoft’s and Yahoo’s problems.
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Google’s Marissa Mayer Becomes Yahoo’s Chief →
Wow! She doesn’t need the money, it must be the challenge, which is good for Yahoo! The folks at Yahoo! deserve a great leader and by all accounts, Marissa Mayer is one.
