February 2011
“But I did it. Because I have the entrepreneur gene – the gene that pushes...”
– Home Cook Superstar: ITP’s Women Entrepreneur Festival
January 2011
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“The biggest design decision I’ve made is more of a continuous philosophy: do as...”
– Rands In Repose: Interview: Marco Arment
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The Social Network & My Generationan open letter... →
Joe Gordon-Levitt penned a great response after watching The Social Network.
“المواطنين والمحلات لغوا باسوردات شبكات الوايرلس والمعتصمين في التحرير يستطيعون...”
– “cairo residents remove wifi passwords so protestors can communicate more freely with the rest of the world”
Egypt: Night Falls, After Day of Rage · Global Voices (via naveen)
“This is not a bubble, this is a revolution. ”
– BRYCE ROBERTS
My Venmo 2010 Stats
Sent:- $3,774.44
Received:+ $2,322.80
Net:- $1,451.64
319 payments with 78 friends on 135 days & introduced 27 people to Venmo.
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Great List of NYC Tech Event Stuff →
compiled by unprojects
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The Pheromone Party →
christmasgorilla shared this lovely story of a Pheromone Party his buddy attended.
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I WILL BE THROWING A PHEROMONE PARTY
if you are interested in attending
FILL OUT THIS FORM
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“Imagine it’s 1995: almost no one but Gordon Gekko and Zack Morris have...”
– The First Decade of the Future is Behind Us | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine (via arielwaldman) WE LIVE IN THE MOTHER FLIPPIN FUTURE!!!
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“The willingness to fail gives us the freedom to succeed.”
– Vinod Khosla @ Web2Summit
found via bryce
“I don’t mean to come off as some starry eyed huckster but, from my vantage...”
– Bryce Roberts : Everything will be reinvented
Obesity and Overweight Trends in US →
via bryc3
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This data is wild.
WatchSarah aka ofthegarden put this video together:
“I <3 Wintercheck Factory”, a Christmas video for my life partner-in-crime.
Sometimes my gift ideas far outweigh my skill set, but with the help of some friends and a few hours spent monkeying around in iMovie, I think this turned out a-ok. Much love to Gemma, Nate, Michael, and, of course, Chris, who unwittingly gets roped into all...
Success is an effect
A Vedanta swami once told Tarikh that success was an effect. By which he meant “side effect”. By which he meant the logical, continuing outcome of a continuing process. (Failure is also an effect). And what’s the mysterious Indian philosophical process to engage the success effect? Concentration, Consistency and Cooperation.
Concentration: The ability of the intellect to hold the mind in the...
Who's going to Sundance and what movies are you...
I’ve never been before so please send all tips and tricks my way.
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“Ignore those who can only think in terms of competition instead of the customer...”
– Werner Vogels
while congratulating Team Reddit on an awesome 2010
“I think the No. 1 challenge in a start-up is building the best possible thing...”
– Facebook platform product manager Carl Sjogreen, in an analysis piece I wrote called “Assessing the fate of the ‘Facebook Way’” (via caro)
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“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and...”
– Bill Gates
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I posted this once before but alas search/memory has failed me.
Either way this is a good reminder as we start a new decade.
Thanks @mattlehrer for finding the quote
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“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and...”
– Bill Gates
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I posted this once before but alas search/memory has failed me.
Either way this is a good reminder as we start a new decade.
Thanks @mattlehrer for finding the quote
“It’s often the same with any new, revolutionary thing. People get stuck as they...”
– Steve Jobs
when asked: why is the computer field dominated by people so young?
[In 1985 the average age of Apple employees was 29.]
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