May 2008
48 posts
“the company wanted to find out how many search results to show users—the...”
– We’re all guinea pigs in Google’s search experiment | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
“Most parents just can’t seem to shut up about their children. I’m no exception....”
– Totspot Teaches My Children About DataPortability [invites] - Yahoo! Buzz
“Larry Rosen, author of the 2007 book “Me MySpace and I: Parenting the Net...”
– TotSpot: Web social network for parents and babies — — Newsday.com
Newt Gingrich Talks Tech, Presidential Aspirations →
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is in Silicon Valley today talking about his American Solutions organization, which recently opened an office in Palo Alto. I spent about thirty…
TheRarestWords: Intriguing Semantic SEO Project... →
A mysterious yet intriguing project from Russia has come across our inbox. It is a search-engine optimization analysis tool for Websites called TheRarestWords. For any given URL, like …
Hints of a Facebook Operating System In New Design →
It’s become a common trope to say that Facebook and Google are vying to become the operating system of the Internet. But there are some very clear hints of that in Facebook’s upcoming new…
The Pelosi Problem →
Fred Bergsten, director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and formerly a Treasury official in the Carter administration, writes: By effectively killing “fast track”…
“Many economic issues (e.g., health care, corporate taxation, the trade deficit)...”
– Greg Mankiw’s Blog: In Praise of Gas Tax Hysterics
This is what finally put Hillary to rest…it was just too cynical…McCain should not have kowtowed on this issue…really disappointing
“When total victory did not come quickly in Iraq, the old voices of partisanship...”
– Democrats and Our Enemies - WSJ.com
“Free doesn’t mean “allowed to suck”, or stand for “acceptable downtime”
– Webreakstuff » Free doesn’t mean Fail
I don't think McCain is perfect...this is among...
KLEIN: I've done some research, and um -
MCCAIN: I have too. KLEIN: Also checked, also checked with the Obama campaign and he never, he's never sai -- mentioned Ahmadinejad directly by name. He did say he would negotiate with the leaders, but as you know - Ayatollah,
MCCAIN: (Laughing) Ahmadinejad is, was the leader.
KLEIN: But if -
MCCAIN: Maybe I'm mistaken.
KLEIN: Maybe you are, because -
MCCAIN: Maybe. I don't think so though.
KLEIN: The Supreme, you know, according to most diplomatic experts, the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is the guy who's in charge of Iranian foreign policy and also in charge of the nuclear program, but you never mention him. Do you, you know, um, why do you always keep talking about Ahmadinejad since he doesn't have power in that, in that realm?
MCCAIN: Oh I thin-Again, I respectfully disagree. When he's the person that comes to the United Nations and declares his country's policy is the extermination of the state of Israel, quote, in his words, wipe them off of the map, then I know that he is speaking for the Iranian government and articulating their policy and he was elected and is running for reelection as the leader of that country. Yes sir, go ahead.
“As a serial procreator, therefore, I make no apologies. When I welcome Peter...”
– Mankiw on pro-creation / population growth
“The question amid this supposed change election is: Who is going to end this...”
– Talking Versus Doing - New York Times
WatchSitting Down With Seven-Time NBA Champion Robert Horry - ESPN Video
“Of course, those playing this game know that, in the long term, currencies...”
– Gabor Steingart: America and the Dollar Illusion
Google Analytics - 20 Ways to Fix Analytics.... →
Analytics is a hot space; Google should act soon lest it cede ground to startups like Nuconomy (very impressive) and Woopra (lots of potential)
Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger » Blog Archive Why... →
“You really just employed a simile comparing a proprietary OS to addictive drugs?...”
– ivan krstić · code culture » Sic Transit Gloria Laptopi
“According to economics department Chair James H. Stock, when the department...”
– The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Gen Ed Frustrates Some Disciplines
Harvard’s new GenEd curriculum is a travesty — the first casualty of the post-Summers era. After the Faculty told Summers to butt-out of the Curricular Review process, no one amongst them ultimately stepped up and took...
Coming Soon: A Web-Wide Social Network? -... →
cinealoido: Moves by Google, Facebook and MySpace Point to Crumbling Walls in the Social-Media Space
A VC: Disqus and Seesmic Pair Up For Video... →
Just last night I was saying that Disqus could eat Seesmic’s lunch by releasing video comments into its platform; this seems to be the only lasting, practical usage that I see coming out of Seesmic. I won’t go to a video ‘conversation site’ because Seesmic gives me no reason to have or want to have conversations there. But putting Seesmic in places where conversations are...
“There is something really evil about taking thousands of the world’s smartest...”
– Fake Steve on Google and their use of the worlds’ smartest and brightest. (via gtmcknight and henno) (via david)
AK - I know you love this quote.
WatchPowerset Launches Showcase For User Search Experience
This strikes me as very underwhelming. It seems like a search engine built for people who don’t know how to use keywords and a ‘find’ tool.
That would be great if they didn’t need to attract early adopters who are very proficient at finding what they’re looking for using Google; but they do. Technology products...
“So, this is an additional argument for MicroPR: forcing PR firms to approach us...”
– /Message: The Growing Backlash Against PR Spam, And The Rationale For MicroPR
If a PR firm is not on Twitter, it’s not doing its job
“Bottom line is this: the only innovations worth making are the ones involving...”
– The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: Why Dell will not bounce back
Hat-tip to AK for the link.
Someone finally used the 'chat' thing on the...
Guest: oh. what is totspot do
me: parents can create pages about their kids to share with friends and family
Guest: oh that is great idea
very hard for most with blogs
i have three kids
two wives
three kids
sorry just very angry today
i would do totspot if only one wive could see not the other
can u do that
me: haha...
well...you could just not invite her to the site
are multiple wives common in estonia?
Guest: no no no
haha
i have one wive now
me: oh
lol
an ex-wife
Guest: you cnat have two at same time
ahh yes
me: right...
of course
Guest: i cant handle one at a time
two would kill me
Greg Mankiw's Blog: Time for Harvard to Move? →
adamkatz: Professor Mankiw has a good idea (he has lots of them, on this cold rainy May day, this one just stands out). I think this is officially added to my list of lifelong goals — getting a Harvard campus in Los Angeles; it just makes too much sense.
Can You Become a Creature of New Habits? - New... →
“We are now forced to determine if our idea is worth a book or an article or a...”
– Pride comes before a tumble - Los Angeles Times
Lovely…
Fly Through Airport Security →
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Cool!
by Brian Solis
Nope, that’s not my headline, I borrowed it from Clear.
We’re all busy these days and the last thing any of us want to do is stand, needlessly, in…
Skitch.com + Skitch = fast and fun screen capture... →
Shared by Michael B
I’m going to try this…recommended by Duncan Riley at TechCrunch
Skitch Web
Official Google Reader Blog: Share anything.... →
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“Facebook is a Ponzi scheme. A handful of VCs have created the illusion of an...”
– The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: The problem with Facebook
“Anyway, if I were fortunate enough to own an NBA team, I would never, ever, EVER...”
– ESPN Page 2 - Simmons: Farewell to the S.S.O.L.
Here! Here!
Achieving Universal Coverage at No Extra Cost →