October 2008
17 posts
“RIM is a good company that makes good products and so it is surprising that...”
– Steve Jobs on Apple’s Earnings Call
via Daring Fireball: The Phone Company
The entire passage is really great…in Jobs’ words, “if this isn’t stunning, I don’t know what it.”
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Finding a Babysitter Online →
TotSpot parents (and all parents for that matter) are a busy bunch. To the extent we can, we are going try and highlight decent articles from around the web that might be useful and save some time….
“But that was—sigh—then. John McCain has changed. He said, famously, apropos the...”
– Christopher Buckley in his endorsement of Sen. Obama (via adamkatz)
"But that was—sigh—then. John McCain has changed.... →
“ But that was—sigh—then. John McCain has changed. He said, famously, apropos the Republican debacle post-1994, “We came to Washington to change it, and Washington changed us.” This campaign has…
Forget the front desk: Hotels go high tech →
Keep Your Heads Up, Thanks Dogster →
Ted Rheingold, founder of Dogster, has been a source of wisdom for us in the past and continues to be now. Amidst no shortage of doomsayers, Ted offers some advice:
If there was ever time…
Good time for inspiration ;)
brit:
superamit:
Here’s a bootstrapper’s/marketer’s/entrepreneur’s/fast-rising executive’s effort diet. Go through the list and decide whether or not it’s worth it. Or make up your own diet. Effort is a choice, at least make it on purpose:
Delete 120 minutes a day of ‘spare time’ from your life. This can include TV, reading the newspaper, commuting, wasting time in social networks and...
“When it comes to health care, we have a situation that is blatantly...”
– Economic Scene - Ignoring Reality Has a Price - NYTimes.com
“To sell the bailout to the public, everyone from the President on down had to go...”
– Today’s Markets - WSJ.com
“We should encourage the immigration of prime-age individuals. Beginning in 2007,...”
– Greg Mankiw’s Blog
I was talking to Trey about this a few weeks ago…while the most talented people in the world still want to come here, it would behoove us to let them in.
“Officials pretend they’re coming up with policy responses, but much of what they...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - The Testing Time - NYTimes.com
This line is great. How else to explain Paulson’s switching on a dime between ‘the crisis is contained’ to ‘the sky is falling’?
“can not be 100% sure but I think it is very much possible that forward-thinking...”
– Are We Sure About Pending Collapse of Ad-Supported Internet? | Profy | Internet news and commentary
This analysis seems on target. Its very reasonable to believe that companies will be taking a hard look at their advertising budgets; it’s not so clear that extra scrutiny won’t shift...
“Beware of geeks bearing formulas.”
– Like J.P. Morgan, Warren E. Buffett Braves a Crisis - NYTimes.com
“Such a plant, run by robots and Macs, would be expensive to build. In the long...”
– Apple ‘brick’ is a manufacturing process | Computerworld Blogs
Financial innovation isn’t enough. The U.S. needs to find ways to to incentivize more Steve Jobs. People who seek out, create, and sustain true competitive advantages.
Obama releases iPhone recruiting, campaign tool |... →
The number of people who will download and use this app is irrelevent; something like this wins Obama points for even just the appearance of ingenuity…something we haven’t seen much of from the McCain campaign.