December 2008
50 posts
“It is also a mission uniquely relevant to this moment in history. We stand at...”
– Irving Wladawsky-Berger: Managing across Borders and Cultures
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Spoon (10)
Bon Iver (6)
John Scofield (6)
Cut Copy (6)
Curtis Mayfield (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Some Perspective
About six months ago I took my first full time job out of undergrad at a major investment bank in NYC. From a few months before graduation, and continuing with an ever increasing frequency since, people have asked if I’m nervous about losing my job. The easy answer is always, ‘no, I think my position is relatively secure’ - and indeed, without going into the justifications here,...
Watch“Semantics is cold comfort when it comes to humanity”
-Jon Stewart interviews Mike Huckabee
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Spoon (10)
Curtis Mayfield (6)
Cut Copy (6)
John Scofield (6)
Bon Iver (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Soon the Internet will be able to do 6.5 billion channels, so everybody on Earth...”
– Bogus WSJ Story on Net Neutrality - David Isenberg
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“I have some concern here that since the caching servers that Google proposes to...”
– Bogus WSJ Story on Net Neutrality - David Isenberg
Watchjstn:
Snow! (here’s a clip straight out the camera if you’re curious)
The 5D Mark II is so impressive.
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Google's Countdown to 2009 →
Courtesy of Alex
The 100 Best Tracks of 2008 - Pitchfork →
Nice Lala.com widgets (via almostthere)
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Network Neutrality a Myth?
With regards to my prior post, further perspective on the Wall Street Journal article:
“Google has been caught red-handed negotiating deals with ISPs to host servers inside the building, just like Akamai does. The semi-technical press thinks this is some sort of a game-changing event:”
http://bennett.com/blog/2008/12/google-gambles-in-casablanca/
“Google caches within an...
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The Ruckus About Network Neutrality
This morning the Wall Street Journal published a story claiming that Google had approached broadband providers with hopes to secure higher quality content delivery services. A concept anathema to most Network Neutralites, Lawrence Lessig is even cited as “softening” his position on NN to allow for this kind of differentiation.
Lessig responds in a post here in which he appears to...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-14) →
Vampire Weekend (241)
Spoon (22)
Cut Copy (12)
T.I. (10)
Kanye West (10)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Over the years, Mennonites have become known as one of the historic peace...”
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mennonites
Wikipedia at its finest
Strategy is Something You Can Learn →
CEO of Atlassian on the basic principles of business. Interesting post with good links at the bottom.
Woot Off!
Woot! Woot! Woot!
Still haven’t bought anything from Woot! - anyone ever been succesful there?
WatchI know I know this is old news, but if you are slow like me check it out.
I came in last place in my Fantasy Football league.
kanamit:
talliesmokestoomuch:
Leonard Cohen -...
alexrosen:
You know what I sort of hate? Sometimes, when you get really excited about a YouTube video and play it for your friends, about halfway through you realize that the video is longer than you thought and now everyone sort of wish they weren’t watching it.
…But now that YouTube is in HD that won’t be a problem anymore. Everything is funnier in High Definition.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-7) →
Vampire Weekend (67)
Cut Copy (17)
Equalizer (8)
Sigur Rós (7)
T.I. (4)
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“In June, 2005, Bernanke was sworn in at the Eisenhower Executive Office...”
– This week’s New Yorker article on Bernanke (via alexrosen)
Google Friend Connect Now Open To All Websites →
This is great and all, but any “battle” between FB and Google seems to miss the point. At first glance I would toss my hat in with Friend Connect, given its more open capabilities (OpenID, Yahoo, AIM, Google), but the fact is that until Friend Connect can pull data from Facebook or Facebook Connect can pull data from Google’s camp, no “standard” will ever emerge.
But...
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Cut Copy - Out There on the Ice - In Ghost...
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WatchLawrence Lessig provides insight into the Barack Obama he knows and admires.
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Cut Copy - Lights and Music - In Ghost Colours
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Joost now available for iPhone/iPod touch →
Filed under: Multimedia, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
Joost, the on-demand video streaming service that came to the Mac a while ago, has now made its way to the iPhone and…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-30) →
The Killers
Coldplay
Bon Iver
Gary Hustwit
Ambulance LTD
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Photography, and the Tolerance for Courageous... →
As I’ve started shooting photos more often, I’ve picked up on some interesting patterns: habits, if you like. And, as I struggle to absorb the insane physics of capturing light with some glass…
New Yorkers Tipping Less →
From New York Magazine:
Waiter Nightly tips on a weekend, precrisis: $250 Now: $180
Bellhop Daily tips, precrisis: $70 Now: $45 to $50
Bartender Nightly tips on a good night, precrisis: $350 to $400 Now: $200
Cabdriver Tips on a weekend night shift, precrisis: $70 to $80 Now: $50 to $60
Counterman Daily tips on a good day, precrisis: $120 Now: $80
Shoeshine Guy Daily tips, precrisis: $80 to $100...
gOS Cloud
Go check out gOS Cloud. It’s a stripped down linux distro designed for the cloud as operating system. It can run client applications ‘embedded’ in the browser in new tabs, and it even has a cute little dock for those of us still stuck in the ‘stone age’ of client side operating systems. Ewww.
Good OS, the company responsible for gOS Cloud, is focused on developing...
My roommate just gave me an early channukah present: The New York Times from the day after Obama’s election. Priceless.