November 2011
99 posts
“The fifteenth week of the season, Todd [Marinovich] made his first trip to New...”
– Todd Marinovich Bio - Drug Problems of QB Todd Marinovich - Esquire
Found via Smart Football. Awesome site.
NBC Universal Threatens Partners That They Need To... →
spytap:
Man, I’m so glad they will also be the largest internet provider in the US. It makes me feel so good knowing they’d never abuse that position.
“I thoroughly enjoyed the inaugural NYC Pipeline Fellowship Conference. More of...”
– Women 2.0 » Pipeline Fellowship to Launch Conference on Angel Investing (December 2 in Boston)
Where Our Interests Take Us →
Oh, the places our interests take us.
Where Our Interests Take Us, Washington DC, Nov 2011
You should come to Melbourne (by @RossHill) →
An ode to Melbourne (or, at least, an catalog of the best coffee shops in Melbourne).
3 Keys to Building Great Financial Models →
My guest post on TechCocktail today about building financial models that work.
Read here.
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Sunspots →
A journey into the sun through a walk in the forest.
Sunspots, Hidden Valley, PA, Nov 2011
Fitocracy Blog: Introducing Fitocracy Graphs! →
Data wants to be understood.
Locked in Battle →
Locked in battle, plotting world domination. Or, at least, game domination.
World Domination, New York, NY, Nov 2011
“It appears that Tumblr built in a day or two what no D.C.-based technology...”
– MediaShift Idea Lab . #DontBreakTheInternet: How The Web Became a Political Force vs. SOPA | PBS (via matthew)
Read the entire post, especially about the need to keep fighting back against SOPA.
“What they taught us at this law firm is how to be a lawyer,” says Dennis P....”
– After Law School, Associates Learn to Be Lawyers - NYTimes.com
Great idea for the law firm to offer a program to teach first-year associates how to practice law. Truly sad that they had to.
And oddly, it seems to fit a lot of what of problems with educational system in general.
“The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is putting millions of dollars...”
– Digital Badges May Highlight Job Seekers’ Skills - NYTimes.com
If this effort it tied into educational platforms like Skillshare to represent achievements and courses completed there, then this could be interesting.
“I like watching someone whose every success is deemed a one-time fluke by the...”
– Tim Tebow inspires DJ Gallo to proclaim “I am a Tebowist” - ESPN
I’m fascinated with Tebow right now. Granted, he’s going to be a FB in 2 years, but I’m enjoying his run as a QB right now.
TribeCon 2011 →
Summaries and pictures from TribeCon 2011.
TribeCon 2011 marked the third annual TribeCon, a conference about communities and technology held in New Orleans, LA. Over the last three years,…
“Right now, Facebook simply doesn’t have the resources to divert attention to P2P...”
– PayPal’s Send Money App, and Why Facebook Never Built P2P Credits Payments | TechCrunch
Less is Mohrer: What plane just flew by? Wolfram... →
cnnmoneytech:
Ever see a plane go by and wonder where it came from and where it’s going? Now you can find out using Wolfram Alpha. I’m not kidding.
A search of “flights overhead” in Wolfram Alpha’s search engine will provide results of all the planes flying by, how high up they are,…
Great Allegheny Passage, Pennsylvania →
Biking through tunnels.
Great Allegheny Passage, Pennsylvania
From the Great Allegheny Passage, Pennsylvania, a stage for a biking adventure.
Ex-Myspace CEO Mike Jones’ New Company Is Part VC... →
“Formal, abstract language is your enemy. The FAQ is your friend.”
– A great post / comment by Ethan Bauley on “Smart Markets”. The preceding thought:
Write for the lowest-common-denominator when you have something new and important (or unexpected) to say.
Read the whole post.
Social-Media ETF Targets Stocks' Popularity →
“The first exchange-traded fund aiming to replicate the performance of social-media stocks is set to launch Tuesday, and it offers significant exposure to Chinese Internet firms.”
Interesting way to capitalize on investor interest. Due to become more popular as more social media companies go public.
“Unlike many investors, Kumar also doesn’t subscribe to the...”
– peHUB » One to Watch: Manu Kumar of K9 Ventures–UPDATED
The Keyframe Bias →
As Diana said more eloquently, read the entire essay.
“In other words, the way you compete in computing now is to do so by focusing on...”
– The Death Of The Spec | TechCrunch
“Consumer Reports now matters just as much as specs do. Which is to say, not at...”
– The Death Of The Spec | TechCrunch
Finally. It’s been a long time coming.