May 2012
3 posts
The Purpose of Spectacular Wealth, According to a...
via nytimes.com “This could be the most hated book of the year.” A reader’s comment: “So we gave these guys $1Trillion in tax cuts. Where’s the $20Trillion in improvements in the economy?” Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
36 Hours in East London
via travel.nytimes.com I was there 10 years ago before it blew up, can’t believe I didn’t move there. Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
The “Me, Too” Startup Syndrome | Funtrepreneur
via funtrepreneur.tumblr.com so true. Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
April 2012
13 posts
Talent Shortage Looms Over Big Data - WSJ.com
In the meantime, companies will have to be largely self-taught, said Nick Halstead, CEO of DataSift, one of the U.K. start-ups actually doing Big Data. When recruiting, he said that the ability to ask questions about the data is the key, not mathematical prowess. “You have to be confident at the math, but one of our top people used to be an architect”. via online.wsj.com “You...
A High Frequency Trader's Apology, Pt 2
In a previous post I discussed the mechanics of HFT. If you haven’t read it, go read it now. Now I’ll discuss it’s social utility and cost. via chrisstucchio.com Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
A High Frequency Trader's Apology, Pt 1
I’m a former high frequency trader. And following the tradition of G.H. Hardy, I feel the need to make an apology for my former profession. Not an apology in the sense of a request for forgiveness of wrongs performed, but merely an intellectual justification of a field which is often misunderstood. In this blog post, I’ll attempt to explain the basics of how high frequency trading works and why...
Should I Check my Email? | swissmiss
via swiss-miss.com May be? Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
Jaguar surprised by Mad Men cameo
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Coffee Supreme Auckland New Zealand
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Hypocrite: Web freedom faces greatest threat ever,...
The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the creation of the internet three decades ago are under greater threat than ever, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. via guardian.co.uk Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
Silicon Valley’s star designers push aside...
In a highly competitive recruiting climate, it’s not uncommon for even Facebook to encounter top design talent playing hard to get. For the toughest cases, Ms. Aronowitz plays her trump card: She asks Mr. Zuckerberg to place a personal phone call. via theglobeandmail.com Finally! Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
The Instagram Deal: A Mark Zuckerberg Production -...
Mr. Zuckerberg was blunt: Facebook wanted to buy Instagram. Over the next 48 hours, Facebook and Instagram hammered out the details for a $1 billion cash-and-stock deal, the social network’s largest acquisition to date, the people said. By the end of Sunday, the deal was done and announced the following day. via dealbook.nytimes.com Congrats all around! Posted via email from...
The Paper Engineer, Matthew Shlian Lifework |...
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Dyson's In-House Vacuum Spare Parts Drag Racing...
via core77.com Holy cow, this make me want to take my apart and race around the neighborhood. Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
Rare Mac 128K Twiggy prototype on eBay probably...
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Apple overtakes Google - Fortune Tech
At 12:26 p.m. Eastern, Apple’s share price passed Google’s for the first time Source: Bullish Cross It is said that one of the reasons Apple (AAPL) hasn’t split its stock since 2005 is that Steve Jobs wanted to see his company’s share price overtake Google’s (GOOG). If that’s true, it’s a shame Jobs didn’t live to see the screenshot above...
March 2012
5 posts
Who is the Route 29 Batman? This guy. - The...
via washingtonpost.com “Police pulled a man over on Route 29 in Silver Spring last week because of a problem with his plates. This would not ordinarily make international news, but the car was a black Lamborghini, the license plate was the Batman symbol, and the driver was Batman, dressed head-to-toe in full superhero regalia.” Posted via email from...
Done and Doner: RIM Earnings, Sales Fall Short as...
Fourth-quarter earnings excluding one-time items fell to 80 cents a share and sales dropped 25 percent to $4.19 billion, the Waterloo, Ontario-based company said today in a statement. Analysts predicted earnings of 81 cents and sales of $4.51 billion, the average of estimates compiled by Bloomberg. RIM also said Jim Balsillie, its former co-chief executive officer, has resigned from the...
Nice day in SoCal!
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I’m getting sick of the bullshit | Seth Levine
And it feels like a lot of this is for external show. I’m cool; I run a shit hot start-up; I saw [insert big name technorati here] at our company party last night. I’m in such and such company with [long list of other investors] and doesn’t that make me awesome. I’m awesome I’m awesome – look at me!! And not really about building great products or great businesses. via sethlevine.com He is...
Chinese Villagers Use Plastic Bags to Steal...
via micgadget.com WTF!!!!! Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
February 2012
6 posts
Google building 'firewall' between Android and...
Google has “literally built a firewall” between the Android team and Motorola. “I don’t even know anything about their products, I haven’t seen anything,” he said. “They’re going to continue building Motorola branded devices and it’s going to be the same team doing it. via theverge.com So they really spend that money for just the patents?...
LED Surfer | Fubiz™
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Hackathons are nonsense | Scripting News
But there will never be a Julia Child of software. It’s not an art where you can observe the creative process, because that goes on inside the creator’s head. via scripting.com Marketing guy: “But it’s just hacking something up, right?” Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
Never Make Counter-Offers | Bram Cohen
The most devoted, upstanding employees are the least paid, and the most conniving, disinterested ones are paid the most. via bramcohen.com Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
WHAT??? Base-Jumping and Infinite Pools |...
via architizer.com Bat shit crazy. Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
Facebook's Ad Business Is a $3 Billion Mystery -...
But how exactly does Facebook’s ad business work? We still don’t know a lot about that part. The S-1 mentions “advertising” 123 times, and “advertisers” another 117 times. But when it comes to describing how the company actually sells advertising, it is vague. via allthingsd.com It beats the hell out of me too. But hey, profits is profits, as long as it’s legal it’s ok, right? ...
January 2012
21 posts
Happiness Takes (A Little) Magic | The Wirecutter
I owe my livelihood to technology and I love the raw capability it offers us as a tool, but I fear it a bit more than most people do. It’s a tool, but it’s not quite a hammer, because a hammer doesn’t seduce you into sitting around lonely in your underwear for 6 hours at a stretch clicking on youtube videos and refreshing Twitter. I fear technology because I fear that bad...
5 low-profile startups that could change the face...
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Someone Finally Makes “Shit Silicon Valley Says” |...
via techcrunch.com “This app is so elegant.” Classic. Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
Pass the popcorn: Y Combinator startup caught...
via venturebeat.com LOL, enjoy the show. Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
Cicada | Frameweb
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Olaf Hajek at Home in Berlin
via theselby.com That’s my kind of kitchen, but where is the alcohol? Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
Claim Chowder: 'The Apple Bubble Is Ready to...
Claim Chowder: ‘The Apple Bubble Is Ready to Burst’ Leonid Kanopka, writing for Seeking Alpha in November, two months ago: Apple is a great company with wonderful products, but its run is up. It seems to me that innovation is beginning to run dry, and the stock price is overinflated. The stock has begun to fall already dropping from its $426 high. If the economy does not pick up and the...
LMAO!!!! Meet Thorsten Heins the New President...
via youtube.com huh? Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
The New French Hacker-Artist Underground |...
via wired.com “Mention UX to Sylvie Gautron of the Paris police—her specialty is monitoring the city’s old quarries—and she breaks into a wide smile. “ Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
Confessions of a Binge Drinker - The Atlantic
It began at dinner with a group of friends in a popular restaurant. What followed was a series of wines paired to dishes, including some rather unusual wine selections by our very talented sommelier. I became a bit tipsy but, after nearly four hours, delightful conversation, and an amazing meal, what I felt most was satiated. I consumed seven drinks in total, or about two per hour. I finished...
Google Comes Up Short In Q4 Earnings • parislemon
Google Comes Up Short In Q4 Earnings Remember when it would have been a better idea to buy Google stock with the proceeds from your idiotic Apple share sell off? Yeah. That looked like a stupid thing to say 10 days ago. Today it looks like the worst advice ever. After the egg was laid today, Google’s stock immediately plunged 10% (currently down 7.5%). Apple’s...
End of Web 1.0 | Yahoo! Announces Resignation of...
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO - News), the premier digital media company, today announced that Jerry Yang has resigned from its Board of Directors and all other positions with the company, effective today. via finance.yahoo.com End of Web 1.0. Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
Behavioral economics and facebook conspiracy...
With 2011 revenues of about $3.3 billion spread across 800,000,000 users, they’re making about $4 a user a year. That’s pathetic given how much the site is used. via jeffdechambeau.com Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
Apple Cancels iPhone 4S Launch in Beijing After...
via micgadget.com What the hell!? Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
Kids going nuts with stickers...it's art!
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Intermission: Helmets as Art - Design - GOOD
via good.is I want the brain one! Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
Why I Hate Android • parislemon
When I see Google talk about how “open” the platform is, setting it up as the foil to the “closed” (and framed as “evil”) iPhone, I want to scream and rip someone’s head off. It’s not only the most extreme example of being disingenuous that I can ever recall seeing. It’s nuclear bullshit. via parislemon.com Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
Go East, Young Man | NYTimes.com
To the occupiers and their sympathizers, I say vote — not with the ballot, but with your feet. Now that your encampment has disbanded, don’t just leave Zuccotti Park: leave America. For China. At least, that’s what I did. It was the best decision I ever made. via nytimes.com Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »
All of our data journalism in one spreadsheet |...
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Watch a Volvo Amazon wagon race a Ferrari 599......
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Revealing Economic Terrorists: a Slumlord...
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December 2011
7 posts
BBC News - Hong Kong 'most developed' financial...
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Confederate X132 Hellcat Motocycle | Uncrate
via uncrate.com Hot damn!! I will look so ridiculous on one of this. Posted via email from MeTooFull | Comment »