April 2010
14 posts
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"The Internet Has Been a Force for Good"
No. Think Again: The Internet - By Evgeny Morozov | Foreign Policy A compelling case for a reasonable approach to technology. Technology can only do so much, governments can’t change at the whim of a Facebook user. 
Apr 29th
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“One reason new technologies make face-to-face contact and proximity more...”
– Edward L. Glaeser Cities Do It Better - NYTimes.com
Apr 28th
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“Everything we do is becoming inherently social, so we expect our strategists,...”
– How to Get a Job in Social Media: R/GA - mediabistro.com: AgencySpy Bravo Richard Ting, bravo. 
Apr 27th
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M.I.T. Economist Wins John Bates Clark Medal  →
NYTimes.com Interestingness x 100
Apr 23rd
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Apr 21st
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Apple iAd Team Visits Hill Holliday, Shares... →
Some of my thoughts on the iAd platform that were posted on our company’s blog:  The big thing that iAd really does is it brings new thinking into the capabilities of mobile display advertising and it wasn’t brought to you by Google. Google has been badly lagging in all aspects of mobile and Apple probably saw the lack of innovation in the mobile advertising market and decided to put their...
Apr 16th
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Hey there exit strategy
Foursquare is rumored to be worth $100M and Business Insider has a good look at why (it hardly has anything to do with usage): That some company — Google? Yahoo? Facebook? — will believe that Foursquare can gain mass consumer adoption.  That some company will buy or develop a Foursquare rival and that another company will come to believe it needs Foursquare to defend its market...
Apr 7th
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“A great luscious orgy of optimism.”
– David Brooks - NYTimes.com Right on.
Apr 7th
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What 5 Guys Can Do →
Transform economies, create tens of billions of wealth and completely redefine the way we are. Bill Gates Steve Jobs Jeff Bezos Sergey Brin & Larry Page The Atlantic  
Apr 6th
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“In the early 1960s, the psychologist Sam Glucksberg demonstrated that the same...”
– Tiger Woods and the Superstar Effect - WSJ.com
Apr 6th
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Excelerate Labs Brings A Startup Incubator To... →
Something to look out for. 
Apr 6th
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WikiLeaks Provides Its Worth as a Backstop -... →
The power of anonymous. 
Apr 6th
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Apr 5th
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“coopetition,” a mix of cooperation and competition”
– F.T.C. Inquiry Said to Have Prompted Amazon Departure - NYTimes.com Silicon Valley calls it “coopetition,” a mix of cooperation and competition, normal people would call it frenemy. 
Apr 2nd