June 2009
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“Filling little gaps in another company’s product lineup is snatching nickels...”
– Joel Spolsky (via davemorin)
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Vark.com question of the week
Alexandre: Whose voice is that maniacal laugh at the end of Michael Jackson's Thriller?
Me: Vincent Price.
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The Stills — “Killer Bees”
In Session...
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“Undoubtedly Microsoft is pioneering the R&D 2.0 model… — an...”
– Navid Radjou
I wonder what enrollment figures for university anthropology programs look like these days.
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You are the future of philanthropy →
Katherine Fulton on TED.com
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“A new report published this week by researchers at Stanford University suggests...”
– Report: 90% Of Waking Hours Spent Staring At Glowing Rectangles
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The Dearth of Artificial Intelligence →
For the CompSci nerds among us
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“And once you train someone that downloading a 2 GB video costs $2 in...”
– Stacey Higginbotham, “ISPs Should Decide If They Provide a Utility or a Service”
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“If you’re the kind of person who prefers freedom to security, who feels more...”
– Pico Iyer, “The Joy of Less”
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“This is why I won’t throw out my analog TV or retire its rabbit ears any...”
– Paul Saffo, “Save that old TV — there’s a message in the ‘snow’”
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“As with print-based media, Internet-based distribution generates only a tiny...”
– Henry Blodget, “Sorry, There’s No Way To Save The TV Business”
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“As you know, Canada was once a global leader in the telecom field. Companies...”
– Michael Geist before the Senate Transport and Communications Committee
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A university for the coming singularity →
Ray Kurzweil on TED.com
Ray Kurzweil’s latest graphs show that technology’s breakneck advances will only accelerate — recession or not. He unveils his new project, Singularity University, to study oncoming tech and guide it to benefit humanity.