January 2012
“When you look at those two videos [2010 vs 2012] side by side, it almost appears...”
– “New foursquare intro video distances them from the check-in” sur AboutFoursquare (January 26th, 2012)
My favorite part of running this company is seeing people “get” the transformation from “game mechanics and checkins are cute” to “with 1.5bn checkins, we can change the way you experience your...
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
parislemon:
A lot of people have asked for my take on The New York Times piece yesterday about the true cost of making Apple products in China. Let me first just say that it’s an important piece full of good reporting by Charles Duhigg and David Barboza. Parts of it are very sad — sickening, really.
But let’s be honest. The post focuses on Apple because Apple is now arguably the most successful...
“In case you were wondering, xoJane writer Julieanne Smolinski prefers not to be...”
– Xojane News, Video and Gossip - Gawker
“The top-level goal for most people is to convince others they are the...”
– Mark Hendrickson on social networks | The Uphill Battle Of Social Event Sharing: A Post-Mortem for Plancast (via courtenaybird)
Whoa, that’s something to chew on.
“The speaker for the last 10 years has been an influence peddler in Washington,”...”
– Freddie Hired Gingrich for Business Goals - Bloomberg
“Newt Gingrich’s former consulting firm released a second contract with Freddie...”
– Freddie Hired Gingrich for Business Goals - Bloomberg
“But the message Dodd most seemed to want to get across was that “the white noise...”
– Sundance 2012: MPAA’s Chris Dodd Calls Piracy Defeat a ‘Watershed Event’ - Hollywood Reporter
Rafer sez: If you start the negotiation at a reasonable place, it may well end at a reasonable place. If you start by proposing to end Free Speech as we know it, you are asking for an out of control...
“New details from Newt Gingrich’s contracts worth $1.6 million with Freddie Mac...”
– Newt Gingrich rallied Freddie Mac’s troops - POLITICO.com
“He’s [Romney’s] not going to pay more than the law requires, and I don’t...”
– Buffett Blames Congress for Romney’s 15% Rate - Bloomberg
“Diplomats say there is a risk that governments in Asia, which rank among Iran’ s...”
– Iran Urged to Negotiate as Europe Agrees on New Sanctions - NYTimes.com
“The assets of the Iranian central bank within the European Union will be frozen...”
– Iran Urged to Negotiate as Europe Agrees on New Sanctions - NYTimes.com
“It will also cover the export of key equipment and technology for the sector.”
– Iran Urged to Negotiate as Europe Agrees on New Sanctions - NYTimes.com
“Under the deal, the members agreed not to sign new oil contracts with Iran and...”
– Iran Urged to Negotiate as Europe Agrees on New Sanctions - NYTimes.com
“It was on the debate stage that the pugnacious Gingrich arguably revived his...”
– http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/21/MNS61MSNO1.DTL&type=politics
“The same candidate who on Thursday decried “the destructive, vicious, negative...”
– Newt Gingrich and the press: Secret pals - Ginger Gibson - POLITICO.com
DiFi documenting her corporatist priorties
rafer:
Rafer sez: Here’s the form letter back from DiFi in/re my opposition to PIPA. Even in the form letter, the right of private companies to use the government as their guilty-until-proven-innocent hammer is prioritized over the DOJ’s potential ‘independent’ actions. I’d feel just a little bit better if she were at least ashamed of her astonishingly corrupt cronyism. Apparently not.
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“The Internet has become an integral part of everyday life precisely because it...”
– Ron Wyden, articulating the Freedom To Innovate Agenda
Sen. Ron Wyden: My Letter to the Internet (via fred-wilson)
“Consumer demand for organic foods has helped Uncle Matt’s Organic Inc. grow from...”
– Organic Crop Insurance Cost Spoils Growth - Bloomberg