February 2009
25 posts
“I think I’m the only player who looks at each and every center,” he...”
– - Shaq
(via Toronto vs. Phoenix - Recap - February 27, 2009 - ESPN)
“I’ve always had more faith in the humility insisted upon by history than the...”
– adam’s tumblelog - Most projections are wrong, because they’re based…
I was going to re-blog the original Niall Ferguson quote (“Most projections are wrong, because they’re based on models that don’t really correspond to the real world. If anything good comes of crisis, I hope it...
Jeff Flake is right (Lessig Blog) →
I’m all for earmarks reform, but less convinced of Citizen Funded Elections, which seems like it would raise more questions than it would answer. It’s something I’d like to study more in depth at some point, but intuitively, it seems like incumbants, rich people, or famous people would be at a significant advantage should “upstarts” (like Obama) not have the ability...
The Mark Cuban Stimulus Plan - Open Source Funding... →
“The amount being paid to the music industry, even though [these] games are...”
– Why the Music Industry Hates Guitar Hero (via fred-wilson)
Perhaps more aptly titled “Why Everyone Hates the Music Industry” …I have very occasionally dabbled in Guitar Hero / Rock Band, and I’ll say that I definitely have went ahead and purchased a few new songs from iTunes...
“Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”
– Text of Steve Jobs’ Commencement address (2005)
Happy Birthday to Steve Jobs
“Then again, a lot of this high-priced talent got us into trouble in the first...”
– Wall Street’s Brain Drain Defense - NYTimes.com (via adamkatz)
Better articulated and researched than what I was trying to get at a few weeks ago…
“Here’s the reality: The job creation, innovation and economic engine of America...”
– This was a great response to Friedman’s article, which I, perhaps hastily, endorsed. My main point, and I think Rex does a better job of driving this home than Friedman did, is that America needs to support and foster entrepreneurship — not tired car companies, banks, nor even,...
Howard Lindzon » Craigslist Meets... →
“You want to spend $20 billion of taxpayer money creating jobs? Fine. Call up the...”
– Please let the car companies fail. Please let the banks fail. Please let failing businesses fail and let new, better, stronger businesses replace them. Tom Friedman is spot on here. The best use of our $20 billion cannot possibly be to shore up broken balance sheets at Citigroup and BofA and keep...
NYT Article Skimmer →
I could see this eventually becoming my go-to news-site… something about boxes…
brit:
This is so hot.
Happy Valentine’s Day →
We’re LA’s Favorite Startup →
Last night at Twiistup, we were awarded the Fan Favorite award (to the right is a photo of our awesome Robot Trophy). To everyone who voted online and came by our booth to meet us - Thank you!
More on the TotSpot Blog…
TotSpot’s a Showoff! →
Great news! TotSpot’s been selected as a Showoff for this year’s Twiistup - Los Angeles’ premiere startup showcase event. We’re thrilled to be participating in the event and are hoping to…
“You got it backwards.”
– David Karp to Valleywag on Rumors of Yahoo Buying Tumblr
WatchTotSpot’s a ‘Showoff’ at this year’s Twiistup 5 Competition in Los Angeles.
Vote for us as a fan favorite!
Here’s some more info about Twiistup - LA’s premiere startup showcase event. If you’re going to be there, shoot me an email to let me know so I make sure to keep an eye out.
“Facebook is, he told me, studying “sentiment” behavior. It hasn’t yet used that...”
– Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger » Blog Archive Zuckerberg: Facebook’s “intense” year «
More and more of our lives are taking place online. The implications for researchers trying to understand human behavior are enormous.
