December 2010
31 posts
“Govindarajan, the Dartmouth professor, presents companies with what he calls the...”
–  David Segal, In Pursuit of the Perfect Brainstorm (via stoweboyd)
Dec 28th
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Dec 26th
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rickwebb's tumblrmajig: From "The Forever War" by... →
What if the compound were overrun? For a time, we had a trapdoor built into the brick wall at the back. It led to the outside world, toward the Palestine Hotel, only a few hundred yards away, which housed a company of American soldiers. Then one day the Americans departed. So we talked about… Thank you, Misters Webb and Filkins, for pointing to another thing for which we can all be...
Dec 26th
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PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: 'A government... →
In the spring of 2009, a Republican strategist settled on a brilliant and powerful attack line for President Barack Obama’s ambitious plan to overhaul America’s health insurance system. Frank Luntz, a consultant famous for his phraseology, urged GOP leaders to call it a “government takeover.” “Takeovers are like coups,” Luntz wrote in a 28-page memo. “They both lead to dictators and a loss of...
Dec 23rd
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“I was handed a card by one of my black prison guards. It said, ‘I only have two...”
– Julian Assange (via azspot)
Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Case study: Using Delicious for all-industry... →
Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
“What are you working on? If someone asks you that, are you excited to tell them...”
– Seth Godin (via azspot)
Dec 19th
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“There was a black-out and a white-out Thursday and Friday as over a hundred US...”
– News Black-Out in DC: Pay No Attention to Those Veterans Chained to the White House Fence | This Can’t Be Happening Good job, America. (via jwisser)
Dec 19th
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The Idea Writers: First Look - Ad Critic News -... →
Dec 17th
Setting Up MobileMe To Send & Receive POP3 Email... →
Dec 16th
The Inhumane Incarceration of Bradley Manning  →
Dec 16th
Dec 15th
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“We were taken to war in Iraq on a lie. Hundreds of thousands are now dead. Just...”
– Michael Moore (via azspot)
Dec 15th
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“Barack Obama won the great tax-cut showdown of 2010 - and House Democrats don’t...”
– Charles Krauthammer (via soupsoup) Love it. Glad to know I am not alone in this interpretation.  (via rickwebb)
Dec 13th
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Gyrowheel - Gyroscopic Training Wheel :: ThinkGeek... →
Dec 10th
“You probably only have to interrupt someone a couple times a day before they’re...”
– Paul Graham from an essay in 2005 (via 37signals)
Dec 9th
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"Friendly Reminder": Fox's Unbalanced Ethics... →
Anyone who still clings to the notion that Fox News is actually a news organization rather than a propaganda machine for special interests — and that it actually is led by journalists who adhere to the code of ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists — must read the leaked memos Media Matters disclosed this morning. Under the heading of “Fox boss caught slanting news reporting,” Media...
Dec 9th
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Dec 8th
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Mac of the future: the graphics | Graphics Cards |... →
Dec 4th
What's with the Mac doomsayers? | Operating... →
Dec 4th
Apple's truck | Computers | Mac Word | Macworld →
Dec 4th
The Insanity Virus | Top Stories | DISCOVER... →
Dec 2nd
Inside the Wild, Wacky, Profitable World of Boing... →
Dec 1st
Don Draper's Revenge - BusinessWeek →
Dec 1st
The splintering of the fourth estate | Alan... →
Dec 1st
Wall Street, investment bankers, and social good :... →
Dec 1st