May 2011
1 post
April 2011
1 post
Watchfred-wilson:
oh hell yeah
officialbeastieboys:
Good people, unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control, the “clean” version of our new album, The Hot Sauce Committee pt 2 has leaked. So as a hostile and retaliatory measure with great hubris we are making the full explicit aka filthy dirty nasty version available for streaming on our site. We hope this brings much happiness, hugs,...
January 2011
5 posts
December 2010
2 posts
November 2010
3 posts
Kanye West →
The video for Runaway is pretty wild. All I can say is that it must be nice to be a hip hop star.
NYTimes: The Crossroads Nation
From The New York Times: OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Crossroads Nation From Bill Clinton’s bridge to the 21st century to President Obama’s new foundation, the next American century is often described vaguely. Here’s why. http://nyti.ms/cYo2uo Get
October 2010
4 posts
“The kind of activism associated with social media isn’t like this at all. The...”
– Twitter, Facebook, and social activism : The New Yorker
Great article by Malcom Gladwell in The New Yorker about the shortcomings of social media to drive social revolutions. Good point of view when almost everything else you read portends the takeover of twitter and facebook over every...
September 2010
2 posts
August 2010
3 posts
How Will You Measure Your Life?
Clay Christensen is a star professor at HBS and wrote this great piece for HBR. I find it helpful to read things like this from time-to-time to keep the important things in life in perspective.
http://hbr.org/2010/07/how-will-you-measure-your-life/ar/1
Editor’s Note: When the members of the class of 2010 entered business school, the economy was strong and their post-graduation ambitions...
July 2010
3 posts
"Slow Motion" →
Great track from Panda Bear
NYTimes: The Medium Is the Medium
The Internet culture may produce better conversationalists, but the literary culture still produces better students. From The New York Times: OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Medium Is the Medium The Internet culture has yet to incorporate the literary culture of traditional bookish learning. http://nyti.ms/9Q4DqG Get The New York Times on your iPhone for free by visiting http://itunes.com/apps/nytimes
““When people call me squirrely,” said John L. Koprowski, a squirrel expert and...”
– Basics - Nut? What Nut? The Squirrel Outwits to Survive - NYTimes.com
June 2010
4 posts
“Secrets corrupt cultures. Secrets cause backstabbing and power plays. They...”
– How to Build a Beautiful Company
Great issue of Inc. magazine this month with TONS of inspiring articles about small companies doing good by their employees and succeeding because of it.
This quote was particularly memorable to me.
“Black Mud” - The Black Keys,...
May 2010
1 post
NYTimes: Shorting Reform
I love Michael Lewis. This hits the points quite well. From The New York Times: OP-ART: Shorting Reform Dear Wall Street: here’s a plan to shape financial reform to your advantage. http://nyti.ms/cIc1k8 Get The New York Times on your iPhone for free by visiting http://itunes.com/apps/nytimes
April 2010
4 posts
“But I see at least one flaw with this plan for domination. I simply don’t...”
– Facebook and the Net - Continuations (via fred-wilson)
“Fear of Sleep” - The Strokes, First...
March 2010
3 posts
NYTimes: Senator Bunning’s Universe
It is truly amazing to me just how dysfunctional politics are today. This article should upset people.
From The New York Times: OP-ED COLUMNIST: Senator Bunning’s Universe Democratic and Republican debates over unemployment benefits and health care show that the parties currently live in different universes, both intellectually and morally. http://s.nyt.com/u/4e-
NYTimes: The Hard and the Soft
How could you think anything is challenging compared to this story? Amazing
From The New York Times: OP-ED COLUMNIST: The Hard and the Soft That Norway won as many gold medals as the United States at the Vancouver Winter Games was no anomaly. Take the story of Jan Baalsrud, for instance. http://s.nyt.com/u/Ywz
February 2010
6 posts
“The promise of the meritocracy has not been fulfilled. The talent level is...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - The Power Elite - NYTimes.com
Interesting piece by David Brooks. I don’t agree with many of the factors he lists but I do think it’s interesting that the promise of a meritocracy has resulted in just as many issues as the good-ol-boy system of the past.
Op-Ed Contributor - Why I’m Leaving the Senate -... →
Good OpEd on issues with current system and some OK proposals for change. At least he’s trying..although he’s doing it at a convenient time after he announces he’s retiring. Politics are so frustrating.
“The Energy Three-Step
1. Dynamic: Get into action to achieve your result.
...”
– Are You Using All Your Resources?
“So announce yourself as a proponent of the platform theory, or sign on as a...”
– Michael Wolff on Internet Predictions (March 2010) | vanityfair.com
Malkiel and Ellis on the 6 Biggest Investment...
1. Overconfidence
2. Following the herd
3. Timing the market - market averages 9.6% return over long periods of time but the average investors returns are over 2% lower because they follow the herd
4. Assume you can spot trends that don’t exist
5. Pay too much in fees - low cost funds perform better than high cost ones and with less turnover which is not tax efficient
6. Don’t...
January 2010
9 posts
“I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and it...”
– Conan O’Brien final Speech “I hate cynicism”
It’s been quoted / blogged a lot but it’s such a great quote that I wanted to acknowledge it as well.
Starwood = My second home
Last year I had 39 stays for a total of 112 nights just at Starwood properties.
“I stopped foldering email when I moved from outlook/exchange to gmail last year....”
– Productivity Hacks
I have never been able to get a handle on the Gmail tagging system vs. foldering. When Gmail introduced the ability to move items to a folder it was a lifesaver. I need to see all the messages I need to respond to and get rid of ones I don’t need (i.e., folder them). ...
“The valuation test. Even if you invest only via broad index funds, you still...”
– Don’t try to time the market - Jan. 6, 2010
While I’ve never tried to time the market, instead relying on a passive investing approach, largely driven by putting money in index funds and thinking little of them for the year, I do think it makes sent to adjust the weighting of your...
“Help I’m Alive” - Metric,...
“Educators say that, for adults, one way to nudge neurons in the right direction...”
– Adult Learning - Neuroscience - How to Train the Aging Brain - NYTimes.com