July 2011
46 posts
“In the middle of a bright Manhattan summer afternoon, the Yankees’ $46 million...”
– Kei Igawa - The Lost Yankee - NYTimes.com
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“The better reason for its demise is that Borders had long lost its competitive...”
– Readers Without Borders, by Annie Lowrey - Slate Magazine
Umm, get off my boat. Now.
“Shark researchers in South Africa didn’t have to go far Tuesday to find a specimen - a 10-foot great white shark leaped into the back of their boat.”
“17 middle-aged people were working out to the pop song ‘The Power’...”
– Scientist: Tae Bo workout sent skyscraper shaking – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs
Behold The World's Largest Photo Ever Taken... →
“Justin Bieber is unbelievably entrepreneurial and most of you will never know it...”
– What Every Entrepreneur Could Learn from Justin Bieber | TechCrunch
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Site that simulates a digital SLR camera →
Great teaching tool!
“Companies are “disinvesting” in California at a rate five times...”
– States court California companies - Jul. 12, 2011
“If I go a week or two without flying, I get really jumpy and really antsy...”
– Traveler flies high with 10 million miles - CNN.com
“A few minutes ago, the Instagram team noticed their servers blowing up. What...”
– Justin Bieber Takes A Picture Of Traffic, Instagram Usage Explodes | TechCrunch
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“But before the harvest, they live amid scarcity and have to think hard about a...”
– The Unexamined Society - NYTimes.com
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“…every network must be designed around a combination of proactive and...”
– Mark Hendrickson, on Content
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“If your email message can be expressed in half a dozen words, just put it in the...”
– Save Our Inboxes! Adopt the Email Charter!
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Vain Monkey Steals Cam to Take These Adorable... →
Funny.
Because of Constitution Error, North Dakota is Not... →
“A constitutional error recently discovered shows that North Dakota has never technically fit the requirements for statehood.” - Everett Rosenfeld
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“Well first, I don’t think competitors kill companies and services. I think...”
– Fred Wilson, in AVC: Why I’m Rooting For Google
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“The best performers set goals for their practice sessions and required...”
– Why Successful People Leave Work Early
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“Why are we still pretending that phone service is at all different from any...”
– iMessage, Skype, Google Voice, and the death of the phone number
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“We left the store positively high on good burgers and even better service and...”
– The Ultimate In-N-Out Secret Menu (and Super Secret Menu!) Survival Guide | A Hamburger Today
The Five Best Things About OS X Lion →
I’m looking forward to Lion!
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“The premise is simple: you get to relive the Civil War as it unfolded. Every...”
– The Civil War Today: One Of The Coolest iPad Apps I’ve Seen In A Long Time
“Costco Wholesale Corp. said Thursday that its June sales at stores open at least...”
– Costco same-store sales rise 14% - MarketWatch
100 (Really) Creative Business Cards | Webdesigner... →
“After the chit chat and handshakes were completed, the room quieted and the...”
– How I Recovered From My Worst Pitch Meeting Ever
BRYCE DOT VC: How I Recovered From My Worst Pitch... →
brycedotvc:
A good friend of mine met with a large fund of funds who is an investor in OATV. After the meeting he pinged me to say how the meeting went and concluded with “they love you!”. That is definitely true now, but it most certainly wasn’t true after our first pitch meeting. In fact, that first meeting…
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“We do not play ads before the film. If I spend $9 or more to see a movie, I...”
– Alamo Drafthouse: Them’s the rules - CNN.com
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“ESPN is now…worth more than the entire National Football League, worth...”
– Book Review: ESPN - WSJ.com
