August 2010
I'm boycotting @MTV and @FourSquare and here's... →
drew:
Here is a link to the leading causes of death in America.
This marketing stunt is just that…a stunt. And not a “cause campaign”.
Let me know when you really give a crap, MTV and FourSquare…and we can teach people how to make a real difference. For others, and for themselves.
Maybe Gowalla or Facebook would like to make a real difference? Gimme a buzz folks.
Oh and MTV? Want to squash...
“And there’s a huge, I think, lack of support throughout the country for Islam to...”
– Orrin Hatch
via TPM
(via ericmortensen)
oh look...
un:
Blockbuster is closing.
Good riddance.
Is this official? I have not seen any news on this yet. If it is true watch out for Karma dude. Lots of people are going to lose their jobs. It’s part of the painful process of our economy changing and new technologies rendering old business obsolete. It’s a much needed but very difficult process. Especially if you work for a...
“‘Cause I am tired of working for candidates who make me think I should be...”
– Bruno. The West Wing “Gone Quiet”
via priyapp
(via ericmortensen)
“Head & Shoulders said on Monday it had taken a $1 million Lloyd’s of...”
– Football star Troy Polamalu’s hair insured for $1 million | Reuters
PostLeadership: Netflix vacation policy is only... →
dfdeshom:
What Netflix is doing with both its vacation and pay policies is to make its in-demand engineers feel like rational, thinking adults. The company trusts them to make decisions, and to act in the best interests of both their company and themselves.
Every time I read about Netflix I like the company more.
“Meanwhile, St. Louis Cards now have lost three straight to weak teams since...”
– The Nation (via brooklynmutt)
How successful was The Guild's "Avatar" video?...
stevewoolf:
broadcastassassin:
In a wall post on Facebook today, The Guild asked their fans to tell them how they found the show.
The results surprised me. With just under 250 respondents at the time I whipped out excel and started tallying, I felt there was a relatively significant sample size to work with. This is how it broke down (someone else can make a pretty graph):
Referrer: Number...
“The magic age is people born after 1981,” said Sam Altman in a New York Times...”
– i’ve always said that the dividing line between internet natives and their elder generations is whether or not you had sex or the internet first. this is not far off from that.
People born after 1981 have lower privacy standards, Loopt CEO says - The Hill’s Hillicon Valley (via fred-wilson)
“I could give a flying crap about the political process. We’re an entertainment...”
– Glenn Beck (via jasencomstock, adailyriot) (via thegreg) (via peterwknox)
“The music industry has already been disrupted. The book industry has been...”
– The Full-On Assault On Cable Is Underway
Essential Monday morning reading.
Yes this is. This is why I work at blip.tv. So much opportunity.
(via spytap)
New York Taxi Workers Alliance - Ahmed Sharif... →
brooklynmutt:
mar-see-ah:
Donate to the Muslim cabbie, Ahmed Sharif, who was stabbed and had his throat cut by an anti-Muslim crazy.
He’s has no insurance and four children.
What was that, Glenn?
onefootinthegrave:
jeffcagle:
“And you know, our founders, if you read their speeches and their documents and their letters to each other, when they founded our country, they all said it would happen if the people turned to God.
“So let’s take them as people who knew what they were talking about. What do you say we give the whole ‘let’s turn back to God’ thing a try and see what happens?”...
Linds: “It’s just a game.”
Me: “It’s not just a game and these pigs have wronged me.”
brooklynmutt:
thepoliticalpartygirl:
Obama...
