February 2012
122 posts
“It’s worth remembering that the original movie made only $300,000 at the box...”
– Michael Ian Black, speaking with our John Surico, on the possibility of another Wet Hot American Summer movie. (via villagevoice)
Dan K's Blog: Everyone's a Critic: Unpacking... →
dfkoz:
Everyone has had this experience: you’re trying to decide what movie to watch, so you see what Rotten Tomatoes has to say. What you find fairly often, however, is confusing: This Means War receives a 25% rating from critics and a 72% rating from audiences, while 8 Mile nets a 76% rating from…
“Cohen’s eight person start-up [Coursekit] is just one of hundreds of start-ups...”
– Tech Start-Ups Choosing New York City Over Silicon Valley (CNBC)
New York Magazine's List of Other "Seinfeld"... →
inothernews:
George Costanza: “I lie every second of the day. My whole life is a sham!”
Jerry Seinfeld: “You’re going to really see me being a phony, now. I hope you can take this. Maybe you should go in the other room.”
George Costanza: “Just remember. It’s not a lie … if you believe it.”
Jerry Seinfeld: “If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right.”
...
“They say that President Obama is a Muslim, but if he isn’t, he’s a secularist...”
– E.J. Dionne (via langer)
“GitHub wasn’t supposed to be a startup or a company. GitHub was just a tool that...”
– accidental entrepreneurship FTW
@defunkt (via brycedotvc)
“As is true with diamonds, houses, my hair, and life generally: go big or go...”
– BK
On my internet / iphone wish list
A plug in or app that automatically dials me in to conference calls. Recognizes my email address and cell phone number so I don’t have to deal with dial in numbers or better yet, pin code entries.
“Five wealthy people, led by Dallas industrialist Harold Simmons and Las Vegas...”
– Five people. FIVE PEOPLE are controlling 25% of the national conversation.
We need campaign finance reform, and we need it now.
25% of super PAC money coming from just 5 rich donors
(via world-shaker)
this is a crazy stat.
“The fact that Teach for America — which pays almost nothing and can place its...”
– Wall Street Steps In When Ivy League Fails (via jared)
the main reason TFA is successful in competing is the clarity of the path and the multitude of exit options.
So excited about this series from GA →
Huge fan of both books written by Tom Kelley (David’s brother):
The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO’s Strategies for Defeating the Devil’s Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization
and also
The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America’s Leading Design Firm
“i realize that going out on a tuesday can be considered...”
– an awesome (aggressive) friend of mine.
If You Watch The Bachelor... →
here’s Courtney’s website. (via @angrygirlfriend)
Where are the best places in NYC to learn how to...
Have been using MySQL a lot at work lately, and myself and the other person working in direct marketing at HowAboutWe are both learning Python (Learn Python The Hard Way by Zed Shaw) for fun…but would love to take it to the next level and start learning how to use this for analytics.
Any leads on classes / books / people that’d be cool to talk to?
Hit me up at kate [dot] huyett [at]...
reecepacheco.com: The Actual Cost of Meetings And... →
reecepacheco:
On Thursday, I posted about how meetings can easily take up a huge chunk of one’s time. Meetings are a very necessary part of doing business, however not all meetings are directly conducive to actual work. They are for that dirty, dirty word: “networking.”
But I know this as well as anyone…
great post by @reece on meetings. the cost of meetings is why i teach my skillshare...
“Over a lifetime, a medical student who specializes can expect to earn $3.5...”
– via
When boomers retire from the doctor profession, primary care dies. And that quote up there is by far the number one reason why. An extra $3.5 million is hard to turn down. (via jayparkinsonmd)
IPad Killing Printer Use, Paper Sales [Survey] →
emergentfutures:
Paul Higgins: has certainly happened with me. I will email documents to GMail that I need to read or take to meetings. I will send documents to my iPad that I use to run workshops - run sheets, timings , etc. Also send presentations to my iPad into Prezi Viewer so I can practice them on a train or plane. The important difference to my laptop is ease of carrying and the speed of...
“Duhigg notes the efforts Target must make not to “spook” customers with obvious...”
– - Nathan Jurgenson, Predictive analytics and information camouflage – The New Inquiry
Jurgenson coins the term ‘information camouflage’: companies that mine data about us, discern a pattern they can exploit, and then conceal that knowledge by randomizing the torrent of ads and promotions they send...
“Microsoft’s biggest miss was allowing the world to finally see the truth behind...”
– - Patrick Rhone, Microsoft’s Biggest Miss
(via underpaidgenius) i agree with exception of excel. nothing else comes close still
“Microsoft’s biggest miss was allowing the world to finally see the truth behind...”
– - Patrick Rhone, Microsoft’s Biggest Miss
(via underpaidgenius)
Ventureminded: Thoughts From an Aspiring VC: Is... →
adambesvinick:
After all the drama around Groupon’s IPO, it seems like the company has remained relatively quiet and there hasn’t been too much excitement around the stock. Since its IPO, GRPN has gone as high as $31.14 per share and as low as $14.85, and now the share price has settled at $20.26. And as I’ve…
“We have a government that says it’s okay to eat Twinkies and Cocoa Puffs and...”
– From sustainable farmer Joel Salatin. Quote captured by Amy Eddings on WNYC Culture blog. (via newanddifferentsun) great perspective
