July 2010
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Jul 31st
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Jul 29th
“Self Worth > Net Worth.”
– As seen on a wall in Philadelphia today.
Jul 27th
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Jul 27th
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Invisible Tree House in Sweden →
angelabattle: Very cool. I want one!
Jul 26th
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ListenBeastie Boys - “Live At PJ’s” -...
Jul 25th
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Jul 23rd
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“The plural of anecdote is not data.”
– Bitly Chief Scientist, Hilary Mason, reminds us via the above famous quote not to conflate the specific with the generic, all while eating her tuna melt at Hector’s.  Wise words.
Jul 23rd
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“Cow Clicker is a Facebook game about Facebook games. It’s partly a satire,...”
– Cow Clicker, the Facebook Game about Facebook Games.  
Jul 23rd
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The Story Of Bottled Water →
I couldn’t agree with this more.
Jul 22nd
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In Philadelphia, It's Worth 50 Bucks.
Pawnbroker: Burnt my fingers, man.
Louis Winthorpe III: I beg your pardon?
Pawnbroker: Man, that watch is so hot, it's smokin'.
Louis Winthorpe III: Hot? Do you mean to imply stolen?
Pawnbroker: I'll give you 50 bucks for it.
Louis Winthorpe III: Fifty bucks? No, no, no. This is a Rouchefoucauld. The thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design, hand-crafted in Switzerland, and water resistant to three atmospheres. This is *the* sports watch of the '80s. Six thousand, nine hundred and fifty five dollars retail!
Pawnbroker: You got a receipt?
Louis Winthorpe III: Look, it tells time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome, and Gstaad.
Pawnbroker: In Philadelphia, it's worth 50 bucks.
Louis Winthorpe III: Just give me the money.
Louis Winthorpe III: [looking in display case] How much for the gun?
Jul 21st
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Jul 21st
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Jul 21st
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Jul 20th
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Jul 19th
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Jul 19th
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Google Suggest Has a Branded Commerce Bias
I love Google Suggest and often find myself playing around with my query to find interesting entries to see if I can find the personalization or geo-targeted results.  I’d call myself a novice at best in the targeting space, but today, I did a little thought experiment.  Below is a look at what Google Suggest returns as the top entry for every single character on my keyboard for me in...
Jul 19th
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Jul 18th
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Jul 18th
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Loudness War →
bestofwikipedia: The loudness war or loudness race is a pejorative name for the apparent competition to digitally master and release recordings with relatively higher real and perceived levels of loudness.  Extreme uses of dynamic range compression can introduce clipping and other audible distortion to the waveform of the recording.  Modern albums that use dynamic range compression therefore...
Jul 18th
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Jul 17th
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Jul 17th
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Jul 17th
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Jul 16th
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Jul 16th
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“Some who are not paid what they are worth, ought to be glad.”
– Samuel Goldwyn
Jul 16th
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ListenChubb Rock, OC, Jeru - “Return of the...
Jul 16th
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“There was one common denominator for all of these apps that we could use to pipe...”
– Zen Desk comes up with a great use case for the lowly Twitter Favorite.
Jul 14th
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Analyzing LeBron: Heat Without Light? →
As a Betaworks perma-interloper and former number cruncher, I am loving the new data@beta blog concept.  Releasing data and insights to the masses for critique improves the conversation, especially when you have access to so much great data. Below are my comments on the first data@beta post regarding LeBron James’ meteoric ascent (followers and engagement) through the Twitter ecosystem. ...
Jul 14th
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Jul 14th
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Jul 13th
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ListenDJ Riko - “For Those About To Clown”. ...
Jul 9th
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“Objectivity serves its purpose, but in some of the most important realms, its...”
– David Weinberger, a former fellow with the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society [as referenced via http://bit.ly/b3aw2Z]
Jul 9th
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Jul 8th
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ListenGenesis - “Turn It On Again” - Duke. ...
Jul 8th
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Jul 8th
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Jul 8th
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Jul 7th
Jul 7th
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WatchWatch
Jason Putori, Designer in Residence at BVP and ex-Mint designer, explaining “10 Things You Need To Know About Design” to CEOs.  Download and put it in Keynote for the talking points.  Killer.
Jul 2nd
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“A healthy and competitive market brings investment, customers and ad dollars to...”
– Evan’s Blog. Meh.: James Siminoff: Crossing the Line   (via david-noel, david-noel) (via mikehudack) He’s talking about you, Posterous.  For shame the way you’ve brazenly attacked Tumblr and Live Journal in the past couple weeks.  Exploit why people love your service, not how much you...
Jul 2nd
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“For Woot, our vision remains the same: somehow earning a living on snarky...”
– Woot.com CEO Matt Rutledge’s letter to employees regarding the Amazon purchase. File under “awesome.”
Jul 1st
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