July 2009
27 posts
“The situation crystallizes our worst fears about Apple’s dictatorial App...”
– Apple’s Chickenshit Approval Process Has Gone Too Far - iPhone - Gizmodo
“When given the choice between obsessing over competitors or customers, always...”
– Three Things I Know, Jeff Bezos (via davidkaneda)
Went To See The Gypsy- Bob Dylan
Free WiFi?
I’m heading off to Europe in about a week and was wondering about how prevalent free WiFi will (or won’t) be over there — any of my itinerant and/or internationally savvy followers know?
1 Thing
davidhoffman:
I am beyond excited to launch the new Next Big Sound in the very near future.
I promise this blog will be exponentially more interesting when I can talk about everything that’s happening.
An update from my friend David. I’m certain he’s got exciting things coming.
I’m up way too late and just heard tomorrow’s newspaper land in my driveway, and it occurred to me that the ‘newspaper delivery man’ will soon be one of those weird things we tell our grandkids about: ”When I was your age, a man — two men actually, a driver and a thrower — would drive around the neighborhood in the middle of the night and throw a big...
“It’s an especially disappointing argument to hear from the Obama...”
– Electronic Frontier Foundation
“I think I was also surprised by the success of something so simple. That’s a...”
– Evan Williams, on the success of Blogger. From “Founders at Work” (via joshuakaufman)
“Few people work at the same company for their entire careers. Protecting...”
– Clause for concern - The Boston Globe
(via bijan)
“We don’t have all the issues solved, but we’ve got a huge amount...”
– Fritz Henderson (CEO of General Motors)
Yes, I’m sure all your new business ideas will help you succeed a great deal. Also, the tens of billions (billions-with-a-B) of dollars of involuntary taxpayer money. Both of those things should help you ‘solve the issues.’
Watch(it actually never gets old)
“First of all, nobody seems to appreciate how goddamn hard it is to make an...”
– Fake Steve Jobs: Let’s All Take a Deep Breath and Get some Perspective
“ChromeOS, like Android, is a bargaining chip. OEMs can wave ChromeOS in...”
– John Biggs
passthemike:
A pet peeve of mine is when people say “Literally” when they are far from it. For example “That literally scared the shit out of me!” Literally? Really? Maybe you shouldn’t be sitting on my couch.
“HalfMask is an experimental approach to masking on password fields. Currently...”
– arc90 lab : experiments : HalfMask - an Experiment in Password Masking
“As a musician, I don’t want to expend any energy whatsoever preventing people...”
– Questions for Jeff Tweedy - Rock of Ages - Interview - NYTimes.com
In May, Wilco’s new album was leaked online a month before the record was released. So the band decided to stream it for free and ask fans to donate to their favorite charity. Brilliant. (via bijan)
