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Observations on film art : Watching you watch THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:10:00 -0700

Observations on film art : Watching you watch THERE WILL BE BLOOD:

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Twitter, Facebook, and social activism : The New Yorker

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:45:07 -0700

Twitter, Facebook, and social activism : The New Yorker:

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The Plan To Build A Real Starship Enterprise

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:29:16 -0700

The Plan To Build A Real Starship Enterprise:

The ultimate builder mentality.

"When Web 2.0 companies began to emerge, they seemed to gravitate to the importance of social..."

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:30:00 -0700

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When Web 2.0 companies began to emerge, they seemed to gravitate to the importance of social connections. MySpace built a network of people with a passion for music initially. Facebook got college students. LinkedIn got the white collar professionals. Digg, Reddit, and StumbleUpon showed how users could generate content themselves and make the overall community more valuable.

Yet, Web 1.0 companies never really seemed to be able to grasp the importance of building a social community and tapping into the backgrounds of those users. Even when it seems painfully obvious to everyone, there just doesn’t seem to be the capacity of these older companies to shift to a new paradigm. Why has Amazon done so little in social? And Google? Even as they pour billions at the problem, their primary business model which made them successful in the first place seems to override their expansion into some new way of thinking.

”

- Here’s Why Google and Facebook Might Completely Disappear in the Next 5 Years - Forbes

Two brilliant moves that helped create the Apple iOS powerhouse by Dalton Caldwell

Tue, 08 May 2012 07:45:57 -0700

Two brilliant moves that helped create the Apple iOS powerhouse by Dalton Caldwell:

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He's a pitcher, part yogi and part recluse. Impressively - 04.01.85 - SI Vault

Sun, 06 May 2012 07:49:55 -0700

He's a pitcher, part yogi and part recluse. Impressively - 04.01.85 - SI Vault:

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4.12: Mother Earth Mother Board

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:41:20 -0700

4.12: Mother Earth Mother Board:

Amazing article about how the earth is connected by wires. Long and totally worth it.

"This represents a noteworthy virtuous circle - a self-amplifying trend. The development of graphical..."

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:51:19 -0700

“This represents a noteworthy virtuous circle - a self-amplifying trend. The development of graphical user interfaces has led to rapid growth in personal computer use over the last decade, and the coupling of that technology with the Internet has caused explosive growth in the use of the World Wide Web, generating enormous demand for bandwidth. That (in combination, of course, with other demands) creates a demand for submarine cables much longer and more ambitious than ever before, which gets investors excited - but the resulting project is so complex that the only way they can wrap their minds around it and make intelligent decisions is by using a computer with a graphical user interface.”

- 4.12: Mother Earth Mother Board

gaskit

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:51:09 -0700

gaskit:

This is pretty amazing.

iDoneThis blog

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:51:02 -0700

iDoneThis blog:

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"The Museum of Submarine Telegraphy in Porthcurno, England, has a display of wrecked cables bracketed..."

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:14:18 -0700

“The Museum of Submarine Telegraphy in Porthcurno, England, has a display of wrecked cables bracketed to a slab of wood. Each is labeled with its cause of failure, some of which sound dramatic, some cryptic, some both: trawler maul, spewed core, intermittent disconnection, strained core, teredo worms, crab’s nest, perished core, fish bite, even “spliced by Italians.””

- 4.12: Mother Earth Mother Board

Love this.

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:53:15 -0700

Love this.

"I will say that it’s simple to make money out of Instagram. People are already producing and..."

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:18:14 -0700

“I will say that it’s simple to make money out of Instagram. People are already producing and consuming, so it’s a small step to introduce the dollar into this.”

- Instagram as an island economy (11 Apr., 2012, at Interconnected)

Pearls Before Breakfast

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 07:48:44 -0700

Pearls Before Breakfast:

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The Lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:40:06 -0700

The Lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat:

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"We feel that the defining characteristic of cyberspace is the sharedness of the virtual environment,..."

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 07:50:05 -0700

“We feel that the defining characteristic of cyberspace is the sharedness of the virtual environment, and not the display technology used to transport users into that environment”

- The Lessons of Lucasfilm’s Habitat

How Basecamp Next got to be so damn fast without using much client-side UI - (37signals)

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:50:06 -0700

How Basecamp Next got to be so damn fast without using much client-side UI - (37signals):

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Researcher's Findings in the Amazon Pit Him Against Noam Chomsky - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:30:05 -0700

Researcher's Findings in the Amazon Pit Him Against Noam Chomsky - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education:

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Tim Cook’s latest promise to Apple’s employees | asymco

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:50:06 -0700

Tim Cook’s latest promise to Apple’s employees | asymco:

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New Work: Microsoft Windows 8 | New at Pentagram | Pentagram

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:40:05 -0700

New Work: Microsoft Windows 8 | New at Pentagram | Pentagram:

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