November 2009
45 posts
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple,...”
– Charles Mingus (via funkadelicer) (via sanabananana) (via gouachegalatea) (via notational) (via infoneernet)
“Food Stamps now feed 1 in 8 in America and nearly 1 in 4 children”
– The Safety Net - Across U.S., Food Stamp Use Soars and Stigma Fades - Series - NYTimes.com (via tedr)
“You can’t operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to...”
– Steve Ross (via verymuch) (via infoneernet)
“There’s certain days that remind me why I ran for this office. Then there are...”
– President Obama (via david) (via chrishughes) (via davemorin)
“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via kari-shma)
“Sri Lanka plans to release the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the...”
– Sri Lanka Plans to Let Tamils Leave Camps - NYTimes.com (via kingsley2)
About time!
“Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our...”
– Eric Hoffer
“All successful businesses start as an idea in the back of an insane...”
– Humble Beginnings - The First Starbucks Store | Dustin Curtis (via hiten)
“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as...”
– Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese’s (via hiten)
“3. They don’t realize that most Muslims aren’t Arab. Going back to point #1, the...”
– A peculiar American ignorance indeed. The countries with the largest number of Muslims in the world are, in order: Indonesia, India & Pakistan. All of them are democracies (at least in name), and 2 of them have never really been a threat to peace in the USA.
Jillian C. York » stuff white...
“You are what you believe yourself to be.”
– Paulo Coelho (The Witch of Portobello) (via kari-shma)
The Future Is All About Context: The Pragmatic Web →
infoneernet:
The semantic Web has long been heralded as the future of the Web. Proponents have said that Web experiences will some day become more meaningful and relevant based on the AI-esque computational power of natural-language processing (NLP) and structured data that is understandable by machines for interpretation.
However, with the rise of the social Web, we see that what truly...
“Sequoia’s Roelof Botha said he only invests in companies that let consumers...”
– Good Question! The Eight Best Questions We Got While Raising Venture Capital
Sad to hear this from a one of the top VCs. Sure, encouraging people to ‘sin’ can drive traffic, but is traffic alone the end of a company? Meaningless, and, in this case, destructive engagement?
Is there anyone...
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be...”
– Albert Einstein (via kari-shma)
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept...”
– Robert Frost (via kari-shma)
Oxford Word of The Year: Unfriend →
infoneernet:kateoplis:
Unfriend: v. To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.
“It has both currency and potential longevity,” notes Christine Lindberg, Senior Lexicographer for Oxford’s US dictionary program. “In the online social networking context, its meaning is understood, so its adoption as a modern verb form makes this an interesting choice for Word of...
The paradox of the busy
infoneernet:notentirely:
The busier you are, the more likely you will be on time. Busy people manage their time well because it is valuable. They develop rules to avoid frittering away the day. Competent people adjust; ambitious people improve their skills. If you can get better at your job (and time management is a big part of most jobs), then you will be given more responsibility.
...
“Goals first. Then strategy. Then tactics.”
– Marketing Strategy vs. Tactics « Brand Insight Blog (via hiten)
Google Poised to Become Your Phone Company →
infoneernet:
Google is set to become your new phone company, perhaps reducing your phone bill to zilch in the process.
Seriously.
Google has reportedly spent $30 million to buy Gizmo5, an online phone company. The service is akin to Skype — but based on open protocols and with a lot fewer users.
Seen at Wired
“Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.”
– Virgil (via reluctantbuddha) (via infoneernet)
“We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring.”
– David Grayson (via julie911) (via quote-book) (via infoneernet)
If It's Broke, Fix It →
infoneernet:
So here’s my modest manifesto: We must position ourselves as the champions of students and faculty and their right to read and learn without the hindrances and barriers built into commercial products that are trying to cash in on artificially-created information shortages.
That’s the fundamental idea of a library—to provide access, to lower barriers, to be the advocate for the...
Good Judgment Comes with Experience, But... →
rafer:
Rafer sez: A beautiful remark. I tend to use, ‘Sometimes you get what you want and sometimes you get experience.’ This one’s probably better.
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your...”
– Maya Angelou (via kari-shma)
