September 2010
27 posts
“The last thing we want to happen is to end up with same cuddly relationship that...”
– Why We Sold TechCrunch To AOL, And Where We Go From Here
Sawickipedia: OUCH.
Continuations: We Need An Internet Bill of Rights... →
rafer:
sawickipedia:
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I have met Senator Patrick Leahy in person several times and owe him a personal debt of gratitude. Over the years I have been impressed by how he has conducted himself in politics. He is, however, dead wrong in his introduction of the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA)…
Can we please elect some politicians not owned by corporate...
Continuations: We Need An Internet Bill of Rights... →
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I have met Senator Patrick Leahy in person several times and owe him a personal debt of gratitude. Over the years I have been impressed by how he has conducted himself in politics. He is, however, dead wrong in his introduction of the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA)…
Can we please elect some politicians not owned by corporate Hollywood? Can we...
“Chief of Staff is usually considered a pinnacle job rather than a stepping...”
– Josh Marshall (via ericmortensen)
Rahm I think was very open about this being a stepping stone job. Mayor of Chicago was a job he had openly talked about. One can’t always control timing. Honestly Rahm represents the politics of cronyism and corporatism so I am glad to see him go.
“Once upon a time, a Latin American political party promised to help motorists...”
– Paul Krugman, Downhill with the GOP, The New York Times (via vruz)
Both parties make dubious mathematical and economic suggestions all day long. Demonizing the other side while failing to demonize one’s own side’s ridiculousness is what got us to where we are. The Dems fail on many,...
“The “GOP Establishment”—the people who flatter themselves by claiming to be the...”
– Shakesville: “Where did we go wrong?” (via notemily)
vruz: hence my surprise on the irrationality and deranged behaviour of irreversible self-destruction. for those who like to draw parallels with the extremists of the east, it’s not unlike a sort of passive-aggressive self-immolation.
(via...
“Rather than bang its head against the wall trying to create a competitor to...”
– Google’s social network building blocks for Facebook fight - Sep. 20, 2010 (via datainsightsideas)
Rafer sez: A perfect statement of why it won’t work. Malls without anchor tenants are empty. (via rafer)
The anchor is gmail via goog apps for domain - goog should just focus on building enterprise...
Departing Nokia Exec: Using Android for... →
If the open web is the model then all Nokia needs to do is build a great standards compliant HTML5 browser based device. The OS doesn’t matter and apps don’t matter then. Honestly not sure why the non Apple crowd hasn’t figured it out that the browser as a platform trumps everything else. Yes Nokia is potentially better owning the core for phone functionality but for apps all...
“These investors, known as “super angels” because they have mostly moved on to...”
– So A Blogger Walks Into A Bar…
Rafer sez: As stated a few dozen times, angels only manage their own money. Everyone else is a VC, by whatever trendy name, and their incentives are ever increasingly divergent from founders. They are almost always great people, but that doesn’t correct the problem.
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“I dabbled into witchcraft — I never joined a coven. But I did, I did. … I...”
– Christine O’Donnell In Oct. 1999: ‘I Dabbled Into Witchcraft’ (via nickdouglas)
She’s apparently as nuts aswas kidnapped by aliens former Democrat presidential candidate Dennis Kucinnich
“No matter what you or I believe about climate change, we face an energy issue...”
– I’m Not Schizophrenic (And Neither Am I) | Watts Up With That?
“We do have two Americas. We have the America that’s living in reality. The...”
– Bill Maher (via azspot)
Sawickipedia: Argh. Bill Maher is such a hypocrite. It’s okay to demonize the other side of the fence himself, make it personal, etc. but woooaah criticize the great progressive hope? Now that’s below the belt. Sure the birther stuff is nutzo but so was a lot of anti-bush...
“We do have two Americas. We have the America that’s living in reality. The...”
– Bill Maher (via azspot)
Sawickipedia: Argh. Bill Maher is such a hypocrite. It’s okay to demonize the other side of the fence himself, make it personal, etc. but woooaah criticize the great progressive hope? Now that’s below the belt. Sure the birther stuff is nutzo but so was a lot of anti-bush...
“We do have two Americas. We have the America that’s living in reality. The...”
– Bill Maher (via azspot)
Sawickipedia: Argh. Bill Maher is such a hypocrite. It’s okay to demonize the other side of the fence himself, make it personal, etc. but woooaah criticize the great progressive hope? Now that’s below the belt. Sure the birther stuff is nutzo but so was a lot of anti-bush...
“So I explained to Lucinda, and now to all of you, how Groupon works for the...”
– Facebook (3) | Groupon in Retrospect
Sawickipedia: I’ve heard anecdotally lots of stories about businesses who’ve been burned by the group discount providers like Groupon, et al. And this certainly tempered my long term enthusiasm for the concept as a marketer.
Honestly I think we...
“We do have two Americas. We have the America that’s living in reality. The...”
– Bill Maher (via azspot)
Sawickipedia: Argh. Bill Maher is such a hypocrite. It’s okay to demonize the other side of the fence himself, make it personal, etc. but woooaah criticize the great progressive hope? Now that’s below the belt. Sure the birther stuff is nutzo but so was a lot...
“I emailed Nashua, NH detective Dan Archambault, who told me that only two of the...”
– The real Facebook burglaries story « BuzzMachine
Sawickipedia: You mean the real facts don’t support the knee-jerk sensationalism that was originally “reported”? SHOCKED, i tell ya, SHOCKED. Not.
Seriously color me not surprised.
“It is a “Made in Italy” problem: Enabled by Italy’s weak institutions and high...”
– Chinese Remake the ‘Made in Italy’ Fashion Label - NYTimes.com
Sawickipedia: I love the loophole the Chinese found to exploit the Made in Italy brand (it never says made by italians). Brilliant. Also speaks to the idiocy of where stuff is made vs how its made, by whom its made by, etc.
Greeks, Bonds and Michael Lewis →
heyitsnoah:
Maybe I should just make this site a Michael Lewis fan page and be done with, but I can’t help but point to his new Vanity Fair piece on the Greek financial crisis. As usual he deftly explains what most every other journalist glossed over, assuming that I, as the reader, already understood (which maybe I should have).
My favorite bit probably comes at the beginning of the whole...
“We’re eliminating [the Browns as a potential sleeper team] because God...”
– Bill Simmons: 2010 NFL preview - ESPN
Sawickipedia: Sigh.
“FRANKFURT — Sometime next year, a group of students, retirees and other...”
– In Land of Fast Cars and Trains, Buses Try to Make Inroads - NYTimes.com
Sawickipedia: Ah the joys of central planning. Seriously though - I can’t believe intercity bus travel was essentially illegal in Germany. Nuts. Welcome to the 1970’s.
Cancer: The First Anniversary (and now giving...
Labor Day weekend last year, my wife Katie was told she had Breast Cancer.
Thanks to the incredible team of physicians at the Seattle Cancer Care Allliance, our loving families and the vast support of our friends, Katie is officially in remission.
Katie recovering from her mastectomy
Yes she suffered through chemo and a double-mastectomy, but she is alive and recovering nicely.
Her hair is...