December 2011
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“The myth that small-town moviegoers don’t like “art movies” is...”
– I’ll tell you why movie revenue is dropping… :: rogerebert.com :: News & comment
“I’ve been doing location and mobile stuff for a while - for more than 10 years...”
– Dennis (via brycedotvc)
People that do research reports are like that friend you have that bets on sports and never wins. You have no fucking idea how or why they continue to do the same losing thing over and over again but they do. And the best part is they are always confident that at sometime in...
“Marx is not only selling well, he has also been praised most recently by German...”
– Image via Wikipedia
High praise for Marxism (via crowdsourced)
“five years after personal possession was decriminalized, illegal drug use among...”
– Time to end the war on drugs - Richard’s Blog - Virgin.com
“From 1971 to 1986 a total of 20 satellites were launched, each containing 60...”
– Decades later, a Cold War secret is revealed
Rafer sez: I was just talking to someone this week about spy satellites shooting film back to earth. It hadn’t occurred to them as the only way to do it at the time.
GoDaddy has NOT withdrawn its official... →
“Samsung addresses that inconsistency by again pointing to the differing software...”
– Samsung: no ICS upgrade for Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab because of TouchWiz | The Verge
Rafer sez: I really like the Galaxy hardware, but the only way to buy it is via the OS manufacturer. The hardware manufacturers are figuring out services and loyalty but they’ve got a ways to go yet.
“What most users don’t know is that the new features being introduced are all...”
– Exclusive: Leaked Details of How Facebook Plans To Sell Your Timeline to Advertisers | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0.
“When asked if that boycott extended to investors in those companies, Graham...”
– Paul Graham: SOPA Supporting Companies No Longer Allowed At YC Demo Day | TechCrunch (via sawickipedia)
“The business of humanity has become entertainment, and entertainment is the...”
– Why We Haven’t Met Any Aliens § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
“Diversity in appearance in ads is important, but it’s not enough. “One thing we...”
– Ethnic Groups Don’t See Themselves in Advertising, Digital Content - eMarketer
Rafer sez: Step 1: Stop using ‘words’ like relatable.
“It seems to be celebrated in our tech and startup culture that in order to win...”
– I like how James answered this question about entrepreneurial trends for 2012.
Trends For 2012: Ten Innovators Share Their Thoughts @PSFK
(via heyitsnoah)
“The underwriters let them down. The deal was led by Internet guys at Goldman and...”
– Street Got Zynga Totally Wrong: Top Analyst - Fast Money - CNBC - CNBC
Rafer sez: “Video gaming.” How quaint, though he’s not wrong on the substance of the matter.
“Miyun county, situated at northeast Beijing, is going to invest more than 10...”
– Beijing’s suburban county to build a billion-dollar English-only European town | Ministry of Tofu 豆腐部
/via Global Voices
Meta-Twitter Analysis Shows Happiness Trending... →
Rafer sez: The demo- and psychographic on Twitter completely changed during the period of this study. What this actually measures is that earlier adopters are happier. No shit, Sherlock.
AT&T Kills Bid For T-Mobile, Citing Government... →
Rafer sez: If the US gov’t does this a couple thousand times, we might actually live in a capitalist society instead of a cronyist one.
“There’s no bubble 2.0. And while I’m at it: there was never a bubble 1.0. Let me...”
– Facebook Shareholders Suck…(Or, Why This Is Not Bubble 2.0) | TechCrunch
“Former mayor Brown shares Kos-Read’s opinion. ”If Occupy wants to make a real...”
– Misguided protesters should ‘occupy’ Apple, former SF mayor says
Rafer sez: Untrue and misleading from a guy who has probably forgotten how to speak any other way, but funny nonetheless.
“However, if you want to roam internationally, hope to use Google Wallet, want...”
– Verizon Galaxy Nexus Review: Bigger, faster, cheaper and less Google | 9to5Google | Beyond Good and Evil
Rafer sez: waiting.
Record of a Digital Spelunker: Livable cities are... →
gettliffe:
You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn’t agree that “livable” cities are important. I happen to think that they’re critical to a future we’d actually want to be alive for. But the question of what exactly “livable” means is up for debate.
A good place to start is to observe the ways in…
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suzeeville:
How the Grinch stole Christmas
How Christians stole Winter Solstice festivities
“I’ll keep playing here [on the web] while the rest of you flirt with apps....”
– Scripting News: Why apps are not the future
Lessig Blog, v2: Proposed 28th Amendment →
lessig:
I hear that Publius submitted this to Dylan Ratigan’s Great 28 Debate:
For the purpose of securing the independence of the legislative and executive branches, Congress shall: (1) fund federal elections publicly, at no less than the equivalent of the total amount spent in 2012; (2) limit any…
“What Hillary Clinton is condemning here is exactly that which not only the...”
– Hillary Clinton: Hero and Villain of the Internet - Technology - The Atlantic Wire
#sopa
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In Hague, Clinton Urges Countries Not to Restrict... →
Rafer tagz: #irony #sopa
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