September 2010
kratlee asked: they're in the upstairs freezer.
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“Art without commerce is a hobby.”
– Joe Bastianich
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“All of our engineers are designers and our designers are engineers. When you...”
– Subtraction.com: James Dyson on Engineering vs. Marketing (via slantback)
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Facebook is not worth $33,000,000,000 →
Minority investment valuations aren’t real Facebook is now supposedly worth $33,000,000,000, but that number is entirely based on what star-struck minority investors have paid for a tiny slice of the company. The company has supposedly taken just under a billion dollars in venture capital and small secondary-market sales of stock. So the actual money that has changed hands is just 3% of the...
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“I’m interested in delicious awesome fried dumplings, the location of which...”
– The Dumpling Effect: The Trouble with Coolhunting your Dinner (via jsmakr)
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Video demo of ABC's My Generation synchronized app →
Users run the app while watching the show — either live or recorded — and it will stay synced with the section of the episode you’re watching by “listening” to the audio from your television, using the built-in microphone. From there the app will present you with polls and quizzes related to what you’re watching, along with other interactive elements.
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“Technology coverage can’t just be about gadgets and gizmos: it’s the story of...”
– Alexis Madrigal lays out the vision behind our brand spanking new Technology Channel
(via theatlantic)
i’m really glad this is happening. i’ve wanted the world of tech to evolve this way for a while (especially since i have previous, first-hand, professional experience).
it’s...
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Why We Relate to Louis CK →
Really, cable’s FX deserves a lot of credit for giving Louis the freedom to create a show as unique as Louie. As Louis himself told an audience at a Hilarious screening in New York last night, the only reason he agreed to do the show was because of the terms they offered him: money up front and 100% creative freedom. For the pilot, they wired him $200,000 and aired whatever he sent back. He didn’t...
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“In a world where labor does exactly what it’s told to do, it will be devalued....”
– Seth Godin (via azspot)
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“I only bring this up because I’m fascinated by the degree to which brains have...”
– Scott Adams Blog: Future Generations Steal from Themselves 09/01/2010 (via peterwknox)