December 2010
9 posts
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How to make wealth →
This is an old essay by Paul Graham. It’s worth your time to understand what motivates people to move into tech startups.
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“WikiLeaks exists, in part, because the mainstream media has failed to live up to...”
– Michael Moore: Why I’m Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange (via robbyrussell)
Web 5.0 - where your Marketing Degree is shit!
clientsfromhell:
Client: ”We want the interface to be edgy and all Web 5.0.”
Me: ”Web 5.0 doesn’t exist. Web 2.0 is an accepted standard and 3.0 is still just theoretical discussion at this point.”
Client: ”Exactly! If our site is first to market with Web 5.0 we get to set the standards and everybody that comes after will have to pay us royalties!”
Me: ”Ummm… that’s not how Web protocol...
“The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to you at the moment...”
– Robertson Davies (via wordpainting)
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Some movies I watched recently
Skyline
Watched this out of curiosity. Didn’t expect anything. My take on this one? If they didn’t waste the start with lame LA nightlife (parties, champagnes, hot ladies, you get the idea) this might be the next District 9. I like how they did the aliens and their spaceship though.
I think the makers of Skyline wanted to let the world preview what they have to offer in the second...
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Nebulously Fabulous: When politicians... →
rockerina:
Looks like the stupid-baton has been passed on.
Yesterday we endured the embarrassment of a politician making headlines by declaring Facebook a threat to national security, and should be banned.
Brownie points scored for (a pathetic attempt at) defending the reputation of his big boss must be…
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America to collapse in 2025? →
Good read and as a lesson for other nations as well
