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Digital Strangelove (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:45:51 -0400

Digital Strangelove (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Internet)

Dear MySpace: You shoulda' been doin' the hardcore music thing one year ago

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:23:27 -0400

About a year ago I said:

“…MySpace will slowly emerge as the new record label of the decade, if they continue to focus on music networking.”

Maybe a little to late. Tumblr might have a better shot now.

In today’s Financial Times:

MySpace abandons race with Facebook

By Matthew Garrahan in Los Angeles

Published: October 22 2009 00:03 | Last updated: October 22 2009 00:03

…

“Owen Van Natta, a former Facebook executive who replaced Chris DeWolfe as chief executive of MySpace six months ago, said the company instead aimed to become an online hub for music and entertainment.”

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“Mr Van Natta wants to capitalise on MySpace’s status as a leading online music destination and used a presentation at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco on Wednesday to unveil new features that enhance its music credentials.”

The company has struck a deal with Apple’s iTunes store to allow its users to buy tracks without having to leave the MySpace site. It has integrated iLike, a music application company, and launched Dashboard, an interactive tool for bands and musicians, as well as compiling the largest catalogue of music videos on the web.

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“There is a movement around the socialisation of the web,” he said. “People want to experience [what’s available on] the web with other people.”

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Here’s to the Crazy Ones

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0400

Here’s to the Crazy Ones

The Best Package Designs in the World!

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:00:00 -0400

The Best Package Designs in the World!

Link

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:04:43 -0400

Link

Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

"Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your destiny..."

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:49:00 -0400

“Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up. No one’s written your destiny for you.”

- Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama Back to School Event - September 8, 2009

"you can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show..."

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:48:00 -0400

“you can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.”

- Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama Back to School Event - September 8, 2009

Video

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:31:48 -0400

"There is nothing more difficult to manage, or more doubtful of success, or more dangerous to handle..."

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:00:00 -0400

“There is nothing more difficult to manage, or more doubtful of success, or more dangerous to handle than to take the lead in introducing a new order of things.”

- The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli

"Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties AND at the same..."

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0400

“Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties
AND at the same time
Confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.”

- Jim Collins, Good to Great

"Curiosity killed the catechism Understanding and wisdom became the rhythm that I played to And..."

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0400

“Curiosity killed the catechism
Understanding and wisdom became the rhythm that I played to
And became a slave to master self
A rich man is one with knowledge, happiness and his health”

- Common, Gaining One’s Definition, One Day It’ll All Make Sense

"Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a..."

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0400

“Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a ‘genius’ is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework”

- Thomas Edison

Ambigram board - flip it upside down and it the exact same...

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:12:00 -0400

Ambigram board - flip it upside down and it the exact same thing.

"Turnin nothin into somethin, is God work And you get nothin without struggle and hard work"

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:02:37 -0400

“Turnin nothin into somethin, is God work
And you get nothin without struggle and hard work”

- Nas, Doo Rags, The Lost Tapes

Sir Ken Robinson, Schools Kill Creativity

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:35:09 -0400

Sir Ken Robinson, Schools Kill Creativity

"creativity, which I define as the process of having original ideas that have value, more often than..."

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:34:04 -0400

““creativity, which I define as the process of having original ideas that have value, more often than not, comes about through the interaction of different disciplinary ways of seeing things””

- Sir Ken Robinson, Schools Kill Creativity, minute 13:28

"Trading: In and out of ownership in companies in a matter of days or even minutes. You really are..."

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:54:50 -0400

“Trading: In and out of ownership in companies in a matter of days or even minutes. You really are adding no value to anything. In essence, you’re just trying to take money from someone else….in a legal, honorable and honest manner.”

- Recognize what trading REALLY is (and then dominate it) - Andy Swan

The Capitalist Manifesto: Greed Is Good, Fareed Zakaria

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:09:00 -0400

The Capitalist Manifesto: Greed Is Good, Fareed Zakaria

"Over the past quarter century, the global economy has doubled every 10 years, going from $31..."

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:08:45 -0400

“Over the past quarter century, the global economy has doubled every 10 years, going from $31 trillion in 1999 to $62 trillion in 2008. Recessions have become tamer than ever before, averaging eight months rather than two years. More than 400 million people across Asia have been lifted out of poverty. Between 2003 and 2007, average income worldwide grew at a faster rate (3.1 percent) than in any previous period in recorded human history. In 2006 and 2007—the peak years of the boom—124 countries around the world grew at 4 percent a year or more, about four times as many as 25 years earlier.”

- The Capitalist Manifesto: Greed Is Good, Fareed Zakaria