July 2008
24 posts
WatchAnton Talks About The Digg Recommendation Engine on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
A great look into the science and math behind a new feature at Digg
June 2008
16 posts
“I often just sit and look out my office window for a long time, thinking. Why...”
– Talking About Design - WSJ.com
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-29) →
Jamie T.
Killers
The Raconteurs
Maroon 5
Coldplay
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Watchpile:
“Two times a week I travel 6 miles to rent and return movies” (via jakoblodwick)
WatchThe Matt Cohler Exit Interview
David Sedaris: 97% True + 3% Fake = Non-Fiction →
pile:
mpile:
Has anyone noticed how much people are talking about the definition of fiction these days? They are done getting upset at non-fiction being fiction and have started getting worried about fiction really being exaggerated non-fiction. But I don’t get why they are so up in arms––It’s always been like that. Hemingway had one love story and he wrote it over and over because it was...
“I’m like tiger woods, but without the nerves of steel, or the skills, or some...”
– Twitter / dick costolo: I’m like tiger woods, but w… (via fred-wilson)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-8) →
Modest Mouse
Tom Petty
The Dandy Warhols
Arrested Development
Coldplay
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
AppleTV SDK?
bijan:
I’ve been talking & writing about open source and open hardware for awhile. It is a theme that led to our investment in Bug Labs.
I was thrilled to see this post by James Levin on Techmeme this morning and just got around to reading it. His post is right on target especially when he says:
To make Apple TV a hit, Apple needs to turn it into more than a closed box - it needs to turn...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-1) →
Ministry of Sound
Death Cab for Cutie
Coldplay
Blink-182
Bloc Party
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Barack Obama, John McCain, and The Future of...
rickyv:
Will Facebook be sold within the next year? A question I’ve heard asked countless times over the last, well, few years. So here’s some insight — that could very much depend on who wins the presidential election in November. Currently, the federal tax rate for a capital gain (making a profit from an asset you’ve held for over a year) is 15%. Many suspect that with a Democratic...