January 2012
1 post
John's Tumblr: It's Tough to Compete with Simple →
lilly:
Yesterday we met with a very talented entrepreneur who said this:
“It’s tough to compete with simple.”
He was talking about their product and how hard they’re working to make some basic human needs & expressions as simple as possible — and how if you can crack that nut, it’s very, very hard for…
December 2011
1 post
“Industry analysts are closely observing the fate of RIM (Reverse in Motion),...”
– If Car Companies Were Run Like Tech Companies … - NYTimes.com (via davehyndman)
January 2010
1 post
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September 2009
7 posts
“Last spring, in a far corner of the Internet, an unknown blogger began to piece...”
– The Rising Power of Financial Blog Zero Hedge
“I think less than 20% of the companies we back end up doing what they started...”
– Events Often Overtake Companies
“Not at all. Central bankers have no clue. In the first place, the financial...”
– ‘We still have the same disease’
“It’s just the Island way,” he said.”
– Islanders give from heart to devastated city family
“Goldman Sachs has developed a tradable index of life settlements, enabling...”
– Back to Business - Wall Street Pursues Profit in Bundles of Life Insurance
“Last night Jeffrey passed away. As readers of his blog, you know about his zest...”
– Goodbye Jeffrey
August 2009
23 posts
“We used to have an agency “sex” contest near the end of every year....”
– Veteran ad exec says ‘Mad Men’ really were about sex, booze
“SHOULD the biometric data in defunct registered-traveller schemes be destroyed?...”
– The fate of Registered Traveller data
WatchVideo Session : Denison Witmer
Single point of failure →
“We exposed ourselves to a huge single point of failure called Facebook. I’ve ranted for years about how bad an idea it is for startups to be mobile-carrier dependent. In retrospect, there is no difference between Verizon Wireless and Facebook in this context.”
I wrote about this a lot when Facebook apps first launched.
Watch
“The city once earned more than half a million dollars a year in vending rights...”
– Disabled Veterans Are Hot Dog Vendors to the Museum’s Patrons
“International trade and global financial markets are very good at generating...”
– George Soros, On Globalization, 2003 (via ambivalence)
Gone Forever: What Does It Take to Really... →
Then, in the fading Sunday afternoon light, with his daughter and mother-in-law occupied in the cabin, Sheppard walked down to the dock with Monica and their black lab, Fluke. When Monica looked away, Sheppard helped the dog — always eager for a swim, just as he’d counted on — off the platform and into the Little Red River’s notoriously deadly current.
“46 per cent of the population was born outside Canada. These numbers give...”
– Diverse, talented city a laggard on innovation
“His thoughts on the issue are already clear. Ouellet has been saying since his...”
– Overhauling Canada’s health-care system
“I love that I don’t even know where the key to my house is right now”
– Insider’s Guide: Well beyond potatoes
“Even in countries like Canada and the U.K., there is no intrinsic right to...”
– John Mackey: The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare
Obamasnare
If you have no idea what you are talking about, please do not use my country as an example. Health care is not rationed in Canada by “government bureaucrats”, it is rationed by Doctors who make the best medical decision possible. Surgeons prioritize by need in the same way that emergency doctors, family physicians and nurses all do.
Nobody likes to wait for health care, period. I...
“The tribe has vanished from the face of the earth; and the tale of their...”
– Beothuk
WatchSoylent Green clips as actor compares health care reform to the film
“the monolithic nature of the Wave experience means it will even be a challenge...”
– What Works: The Web Way vs. The Wave Way - Anil Dash
“I’m not saying my husband was throwing a child’s tantrum. No. He was in the grip...”
– Modern Love - Those Aren’t Fighting Words, Dear - NYTimes.com
April 2007
3 posts
“when my car breaks down, I don’t form a club with other people who’s...”
– this american life
“I was born in the back seat of a Yellow Cab in a hospital loading zone and with...”
– Tom Waits
March 2007
4 posts
I am destroyer, I am lover
“spend a lazy sunday”