March 2011
33 posts
This is probably old news, but I just found out... →
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Tech vigilante justice →
Some fool steals a macbook air, films himself pop-locking with the laptop’s camera… Justice is served!
PEG 2.0: APPEL AUX STARTUPS FRANCAISES →
pegobry:
Bienvenue aux lecteurs de Presse Citron! Lisez bien ce qui suit avant de me contacter… Merci!
Salut les startups!
Je suis journaliste chez SAI, le vertical “tech” de Business Insider. Business Insider c’est 8 millions de lecteurs uniques par mois, dont de nombreux haut-placés et influents…
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“The two-device solution Simple but bold:
Only use your computer for work. Real...”
– As my very french boss would say: “I am agreed”. My computer is the center of my digital life but sometimes, it’s too much, too hot, too big and clumsy… My iPhone does very well when I am in motion but an iPad occupies a space no other device can: it integrates with my life...
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Regular expression to search for Gadaffi →
I am so glad I can still parse that… There is still hope that one day I go back to writing obscure code for giggles…
dbreunig:
Czechnology has the answer: \b(Kh?|Gh?|Qu?)[aeu](d[‘dt]?|t|zz|dhd)h?aff?[iy]\b (Via Stack Overflow)
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Jalen Rose got punked out by Grant Hill... In... →
As someone that grew up watching the NBA in the 90’s, whose idols as soccer and basketball players are the guys that “play smart”, understand the game, are educated and well spoken. As a black person often accused of “playing white” this means a lot to me. + Grant Hill drinks Sprite!
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I was off today
So I took the opportunity to geek around my TV:
I hooked up my 46 inch plasma TV to my LAN
I installed XBMC server instance on my mac so I could exploit the DLNA features on my TV
I installed a VPN client that emulates an american IP address from France
I added a netflix service that I can stream to my AppleTV to leverage the aforementioned VPN
I streamed Hulu to my TV
I watched...
“Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled,...”
– John Quincy Adams about America intervening in conflicts
HR optimization the Google way. →
I am ambivalent about google. It makes some great things and produces some of the greatest code and tech products around. At the same time they do some really dumb things like Buzz or making highly technical people managers! This makes no sense. I understand that one’s ability to solve problems through code is a sign of intelligence but management has almost nothing to do with this kind of...
“Born entrepreneurs are not necessarily born managers. You need creativity and...”
– NYT article about Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO.
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Google at their best. Facebook at their best.
Very very true… I loved the fact that Google realizes the power it has and uses it in times of crisis… Twitter does it by being itself… But Facebook toppled regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, ‘nuff said.
brycedotvc:
A few months ago I had lunch with an old friend. As is often the case we were talking technology and, specifically, what new apps we were using. He was especially...
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101 Tips for Living
sophiniesom:
thisshouldbeit: puzzler: patlutz:
* Figure out what kind of knot you like in your ties and stick with it.
* Carry a pocket knife. * Buy a tuxedo before you are thirty. Stay that size. * Subscribe to a small-circulation magazine. * It should have a cork-screw. The knife. Not the magazine. * Take pictures. One day it will be fun to laugh at them. * You should never have to match...
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The modesty manifesto →
Article describes how humility is lost on people and how it may doom America… All I can say is I can’t count, I don’t know right from left, I have no discernible skill but : I am well liked and I am a very important person.
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“there’s also skepticism about the education of students who follow a more...”
– CNBC
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“The implication […] is that liberal arts colleges provide a boutique, if...”
– Undersecretary of Education Martha J. Kanter
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#Japan →
How To Write An Advertising Manifesto.
ilovecharts:
via themoosebody:rachelmercer:jeremydwill:fishingforbats:
Also known as the Manifesto Manifesto. Written by the visionary Kim Mok.
From the Apple marketing drawer.
“Software’s perceived weakness is a strength. It can be messy and chaotic,...”
– NYT
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Turing prize goes to AI →
Well to be precise machine learning, which is very cutely explained in there…
“Diffusion curves for radio, television, VCR, cable, flush toilets, clothes...”
– I was reading a scholarly article (read: wikipedia) about innovation…
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Hollowing out of the labor force →
So this article is interresting… I read this article it refers to but I also read this one. I want to put in my two cents…
I agree that the “middle” is being hollowed out. I remember moving to Paris last year and thinking there were two kinds of jobs: those I was over-qualified for and those I was unqualified for. The jobs that I felt I could do (because I had the training...
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This may be the greatest website shared with a few... →
this is basically a mix of: stats + graphs + graphic design + great nerdiness…. It may very well be the most fascinating website EVER… My faves from a quick (half hour) look-around:
Horoscoped
Visualizing blood-tests
Consumer Index
The true size of Africa
The TED talk
“David H. Autor, an economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of...”
– NYT
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Look = message →
I liked that NYT published an article about clothing in the work place, specifically the message they carry and particularly people that dress down…
Steven Frank - stevenf.com: In June of 2010, I... →
Kafkaesque?
stevenf:
In June of 2010, I signed up for a line of service with T-Mobile at one of their retail stores, so I could tinker about with a Google Nexus One handset that had recently and mysteriously shown up at the office for no apparent reason. When free cellphones arrive, I don’t ask questions.
I already…
Software tools for entrepreneurs →
Also has the word solopreneur which I am enamored with.
Totally shoulda become a lawyer... →
AT&T vs. John Roberts. It’s not personal.
I should totally have studied law →
Celine’s bodyguard applies for a green card… Lawyers take it upon themselves to make the point he deserves one.
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