February 2012
28 posts
Information does not want to be free
Information (content) does not want to be free. Instead, information just wants to be distributed friction-free. That’s a big difference, and also the massive opportunity that should be at the center right now.
Source Andy Weissman
Who cares? →
Caring, it turns out, is a competitive advantage, and one that takes effort, not money.
Like most things that are worth doing, it’s not easy at first and the one who cares isn’t going to get a standing ovation from those that are merely phoning it in. I think it’s this lack of early positive feedback that makes caring in service businesses so rare.
Source Seth Godin
The Biggest Risk to the Economy in 2012, and... →
Modern technologies allow us to shop in real time, often worldwide, for
the lowest prices, highest quality, and best returns. Through the Internet
and advanced software we can now get relevant information instantaneously,
compare deals, and move our money at the speed of electronic impulses. We
can buy goods over the Internet that are delivered right to our homes.
Never before in...
“How ridiculous, right? How absolutely petty and meaningless are the things we...”
– These iOS vs. Android Flame Wars Have To Stop | TechCrunch
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Flickr’s Upcoming Makeover
Flickr’s Upcoming Makeover:
The new photo view will hit on Feb. 28, Mr. Spiering said, and with it comes a new upload interface. Flickr’s uploading page now looks more like an app than a website. Goodbye, retro blue links. Hello, swoopy drag-and-drop.
(Via Shawn Blanc) I’m not sure this will be enough for me to want to renew my Pro membership.
Kenya's Startup Boom →
technologyreview.com
Local programmers and homegrown business models are helping to realize the vast promise of using phones to improve health care and save lives. Erick Njenga, a 21-year-old college senior wrapping up his business IT degree at Nairobi’s…
From The "Um, What?!" Department
parislemon:
Google now asks you to enter your credit card as part of the Gmail signup flow. Bold. twitter.com/rmatei/status/…
— Robert Cezar Matei (@rmatei) February 22, 2012
This is going to go over well.
Wow! I guess Apple has 100 million credit cards and Google wants some of that?
parislemon: What If... (Office For iPad Edition) →
parislemon:
Watching the back-and-forth yesterday about the whole Microsoft Office for iPad thing was nothing if not amusing. The basic rundown:
“It’s coming, here it is.” “That’s not it.” “Yes it is.” “No it’s not, but we didn’t say it’s not coming.” “A Microsoft employee showed it to us.” “No…
The Washington Monthly - The Magazine - The... →
It's Okay To Be Smart: Where we came from:
10... →
jtotheizzoe:
Where we came from:
10 YEARS: The amount of time that it took to sequence the first human genome, at a cost of $2.7 billion.
9.5 YEARS: The amount of time that it would take you to read the human genome, continuously, were it printed in a book. Oh, and that book would be the size of 200…
Magic.
Warning: You Might Be a Terrorist If You Buy Your... →
underpaidgenius:
[…] under new “Suspicious Activity Reporting” guidelines from the FBI, paying for small purchases in cash should be considered a suspicious activity, perhaps tantamount to reading aloud from the Anarchist’s Cookbook in a public space. The flyers, which offer guidelines to the public about how to determine if that strange man in the coat is plotting to blow you up or merely...
Why Don't Americans Elect Scientists? →
jtotheizzoe:
Among the 435 members of the House, for example, there are one physicist, one chemist, one microbiologist, six engineers and nearly two dozen representatives with medical training. The case of doctors and the body politic is telling. Everyone knows roughly what doctors do, and so those with medical backgrounds escape the anti-intellectual charge of irrelevance often thrown at those...
The Titanic Is Unsinkable! →
parislemon:
Is it just me or does every single comment that Samsung product manager Chris Moseley makes to Pocket-lint read like they’re going to come back to bite him (and his company) in the ass in a few years?
“TVs are ultimately about picture quality. Ultimately. How smart they are…great, but let’s face it that’s a secondary consideration. The ultimate is about picture quality and there is...
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How to avoid sounding dumb when you write about...
Via Scoop.it - From the Apple Orchard So, you want to write about Apple? Lots of people do these days. The company is a household name, its financial performance is virtually unparalleled, and it makes products that millions upon millions of users enjoy every single day. Via tuaw.com
“In the Sichuan province of China, there is an abundance of orchards but no bees....”
– Jed Fuhrman, holder of the McCulloch-Crosby Chair in Marine Biology at USC College (via climateadaptation)
“In his book “Time Wars,” Jeremy Rifkin suggests that many of the conflicts...”
– A must read for students of Cyber-Anthropology
MODERN PRIMITIVES
(via wildcat2030)
Hello, Mr. Chips →
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