January 2010
WatchPresident Obama Takes Questions at GOP House Issues Conference | The White House
“We needed a strong counterbalance, a constant messaging campaign that, every...”
– Email from New York - emptyage
I’m kind of reblogging myself here (but quoting someone else!) but only because I thought this was so well said.
“I’m staying out of this whole iPad debate because I find the entire thing...”
– notes on “no wireless. less space than a nomad. lame.”
Andre Torrez.
Quietly One of the Most Brilliant Minds on the Web (tm)
“Some of the biggest complaints come from programmers that say the closed system...”
– I Love Walled Gardens, by Rory Marinich
Email from New York →
For the last couple of days, my friend Jason and I have been talking via email about Obama. Both of us supported him in the campaign, and both of us have been more than a little disheartened in the…
“What is your name, and what Muni routes do you tend to use around SF?
My name...”
– The N-Judah Chronicles interviews Mike.
Muni Failures Hit Newsom's Twitterfeed | NBC Bay... →
nickdouglas:
Nice, Mike.
Oh no.
“I’ve spent my professional career doing basically two things: making websites...”
– Derek Powazek - What I Hope Apple Unleashes Tomorrow
Derek’s post is about the iPad pre-game, and we’re all done with speculating about that now, right?
And yet this passage really struck me. I’ve spent the past twelve years jumping back and forth between print and the Web....
Frantic Steve Jobs Stays Up All Night Designing... →
“Here’s the plan: You build a small Gawker Media design desk. It’s just a...”
– The future of designed content « Snarkmarket
“The commercial - one of the finest examples of physical comedy to hit the...”
– Wal-Mart commercial an instant hit online
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Built to Spill (7)
Grizzly Bear (4)
Animal Collective (4)
Neutral Milk Hotel (4)
Joanna Newsom (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“We all know deep down that this civilization is doomed. Or even if it...”
– Waiting for the Apple Tablet, with Joel Johnson
“It’s sort of hard to believe that all the hype from CES is already over...”
– HotHardware
The rest of this story is just blah blah blah more tablet speculation and innuendo. Whatever. Who cares. Wait and see. Etc., etc.
But that first sentence is absolutely true. Big trade shows bury product announcements.
“Why did OFA fail? Because it didn’t really change the way politics worked....”
– Why hasn’t the Obama administration lived up to its webby promises? - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine
“Ten years ago, otherwise-sensible companies were paying millions of dollars to...”
– Anil Dash - Don’t let Twitter, Facebook, Google be the only game in town
“A hundred years is not eternity, but you are not Shakespeare, and it’s a start.”
– Posthumous Hosting and Digital Culture
“That the Consumer Electronics Show is held in Vegas is no accident. It’s a...”
– Show and Sell: The Secret to Apple’s Magic - Tablet - Gizmodo
“The Democrats are a clapped out, gut-free lobbyist machine. The Republicans are...”
– A Looming Landslide For Brown - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
“Tumblr has been an Alexa Top 100 site for a while and is still growing strong....”
– Why Tumblr is kicking Posterous’s ass
Ethan Hein on Apache →
For any of these tracks: who is the beat’s composer? Is it Jerry Lordan, the Incredible Bongo Band’s rhythm section, Kool Herc or whichever DJ first had the idea to loop the break by itself, or the…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
Vampire Weekend (12)
Billie Holiday (11)
John Coltrane (11)
Stan Getz & João Gilberto (10)
Nina Simone (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“In the case of tweets, the key is to identify “reputed followers,”...”
– Technology Review: How Google Ranks Tweets
Watchslummingitwithmark:
What Police brutality is like in Denmark.
Copenhagen is one of my favorite cities in the world—largely because it’s such a bike-friendly place. I probably wouldn’t wear a helmet either. And really, who doesn’t want a hug from a cop?
“We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on...”
– Official Google Blog: A new approach to China
Bravo, Google.
“No, the reason I’m going to miss Bill Clinton is that watching him these...”
– What I’ll Miss About Bill Clinton - TIME
This essay, penned by Conan O’Brien in 2000, remains one of my favorite reads nearly ten years later.
“I’m sure Kerrigan knows a lot more about running shoes and injuries than I...”
– Do Running Shoes Cause Running Injuries? A Few Insights on a Dismal Science
“Android fanbois are just as likely to confuse brand identity with personal...”
– Copy and Paste - i to one
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-10) →
Kid Cudi (30)
Girls (23)
A.C. Newman (23)
Creedence Clearwater Revival (20)
The Mountain Goats (20)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jook Recipe - NYTimes.com →
Seismograph cam →
“She looks straight at me and says, “You’ll definitely freeze, you...”
– Freezer Burn - The Bold Italic - San Francisco
I love swimming in the Bay. Everything about it is remarkable to me. I come out feeling alive and pure and new. And ready for coffee.
“The pathetic fallacy is a category mistake. It’s the false attribution of human...”
– Obama and the left : The New Yorker
Some of my lefty loved ones have been so frustrated with Obama and the Democratic leadership of late. I’ve been having a hard time articulating that I when I don’t exactly agree with them it’s not because I am satisfied with the current state of things, but...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-3) →
Spiritualized (16)
Mad Men (15)
The Mountain Goats (13)
Animal Collective (12)
Spoon (11)
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