October 2007
24 posts
September 2007
31 posts
You know the plot. Young, idealistic teacher goes to inner-city high school....
– Marginal Revolution
If we are honest, I think we must admit that those who have benefited from the...
– Barack Obama in an adress to Wall Street
How to be wrong: measure the mean when you really should measure the median…The...
– Seth Godin
This new organization (unnamed as of yet, code-named MailCo) will be a sister...
– David Ascher on the formation of MailCo, a new organization focused on email and internet communications
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it’s just the...
– John Kenneth Galbraith
Economists weight in on the progress in Iraq →
…stage magicians protect the secrets behind their tricks, and continue to come...
– Jacob Loshin - Magicians innovate without IP law
The Panic of 1907 →
To understand fully the crash and panic of 1907, one must consider its context.
Fair Use Worth More Than Copyright To Economy →
Residents in a Russian province have been urged to take the day off work and...
– Al Jazeera English - ‘Sex Day’ Move To Up Russian Births
The number of smart kids studying computer science peaked a few years ago and...
– The American
I’m -1 on this patch. (Thanks for taking the time and a shot at improving...
– DHH turning over a new leaf?
Comcastic |käm’kastik| adjective hampered; of lesser quality: Your performance today was comcastic.
The No-Fly List Catches an Actual Terrorist Or, at the very least, someone who...
– Bruce Schneier
If the Apple Store sold beer…
Brandon: it was completely packed. I felt like I was in a bar instead of an Apple store
Daniel Morrison: if the Apple Store sold beer…oh god…dangerous. its tempting enough sober
If you don’t have anyone on your founding team who is capable of being...
– Marc Andreessen
Americans invented the Internet, but the Japanese are running away with it.
– Washington Post (via the Google Public Policy Blog)
You don’t need a plan, you need skills and a problem.
– shtikl.com
The goal, it seems to me, is not to create things that are seamless. It’s...
– Seth Godin