The Gmail Downgrade (4)
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Looks like gmail has allured microsoft’s finest designers to create their new sign in page. What a disaster. Google would have been much more successful if they allowed people to actually customize their email as opposed to giving them 30 ass ugly themes to chose from and imposing the sign in mountains on everyone. I understand corporate America needs a means of escaping their office environment, but the road paved with hotmail aesthetics isn’t likely ...
MIT Smart Customization Seminar (2)
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I attended MIT’s Smart Customization Seminar last week and had the chance to spend the day with some of the brightest minds working in customization and open innovation. The day was filled with great presentations and I collected notes on the best. Zazzle Jeff Beaver, Zazzle co-founder, was there along with a few other Zazzler’s to talk about the launch of their new partnership with Keds. NIKEiD and other services allow you to pick the ...
Google further cements its over... (1)
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Google further cements its overlord status by making millions of LIFE magazine photos available for search. How about those Mormons?
What would Bill Gates do? (2)
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It's odd how asking yourself the simple question "What would Bill Gates do?" can bring a clarity-inducing shift of perspective to seemingly intractable problems. I don't why it works, but it does. Depending on the problem you're facing, you can replace Bill Gates with Steve Jobs, or Warren Buffett, or the Pope.Here are some fictional examples:Q. What should you do with that troublesome employee who never seems to quite make the grade, no matter how ...
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Nate said:
It would be great to solve problems like Bill Gates--if you were Bill Gates with all the ambition, savviness, and raw intellectual horsepower.
巴菲特任经济顾问与美元政策演变:看好长期贬值 (1)
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巴菲特任经济顾问与美元政策演变:看好长期贬值值班编辑：卫星 Blogbuffett转载 转载自：证券时报 美国当选总统奥巴马组阁的第一件事情，就是任命巴菲特和谷歌CEO担任总统经济顾问。尽管巴菲特出任经济顾问并不决定他对美元的立场观点会付诸实际，但是其关于美元长期贬值的观点还是具有重要意义，甚至巴菲特在全球四处投资也将伴随他就任总统顾问而极具研究分析价值。 谨慎稳健的战略 巴菲特从来不会进入不熟悉和没有把握的投资领域，那么现在巴菲特愿意接受总统经济顾问这一职务，可能预示对于美国经济乃至于美国金融危机他早就胸有成竹，对美国的变革他也早有明策。巴菲特毕生谨慎稳健的投资策略和在全球极具战略性的前瞻投资，可能给美国市场以更大的信心。巴菲特还很早就表示出对创新衍生品的反感回避态度，以及对加强金融监管的迫切要求，那么下一步市场中掉期违约清算这个关口和次贷坏账，就没有感性理由再持悲观怀疑的立场。最重要的是，巴菲特这些独具的特质对市场信心的正面影响，并不是做给美国之外的批评者和非议者看的，甚至可以由此认为，次贷危机演变至目前的金融危机，真正具有破坏性和杀伤性的力量还是美国本土力量。 美元长期贬值的摊牌 布什政府以财政部长保尔森为首力推强势美元政策，而巴菲特则看好美元长期贬值，奥巴马接任总统之后，美元政策就必须最终摊牌，是巴菲特顾问转向支持强势美元，还是继续实行长期贬值策略，抑或为美元政策换一种包装？很显然，强势美元政策与美国遭受恐怖袭击和经济金融困局直接相关，其更真实的目的在于维护美元在全球的强势地位。但是全球新兴货币纷纷壮大强盛，区域本币结算势头强劲，更多国际经贸合作越来越向“去美元化”的方向演变，美元已经没有维持其全球强势的机会了。也可以认为，强势美元已经彻底告别历史了。这也符合巴菲特关于美元将长期贬值的观点和全球四处投资的策略。如果要巴菲特彻底反向支持强势美元，既不合乎其性格特质，也不符合实际趋势，最终摊牌的结果可能是出乎市场预料的，但至少是需要重新包装的。 重塑领导权的梦想 巴菲特除了抄底救市之外，还接连回拒了贝尔斯登、雷曼、美林和AIG的援助请求，而巴菲特为自己麾下富国银行争取到了资产担保债券、收购美联银行和一级经纪商资格，成为不折不扣的塑造派系实力的代表。这些都不能不充分揭示出，危机之中真正的破坏和杀伤力量正在美国金融部门内部，只是高度发达的金融部门反而难以分清纯粹的正反两方，唯有政策方向的权威性才能从根本上号召市场转向。正如巴菲特放弃拯救债券保险商和他本人麾下拥有庞大的保险商阵营，巴菲特担任经济顾问在普通投资者中的影响甚大，但在金融部门的上层建筑之内，充其量是不同派系力量的分化组合，甚至巴菲特出任经济顾问很大程度上也是他本人职业退休的一种过渡。次贷危机和金融危机本质上也是美国式的资本主义调整内部结构关系的一个过程，但无论如何，巴菲特作为一个特殊的代表，在美国上层精英阵营维护团结、重塑全球领导权的努力过程之中，还是具有很典型的意义。 Blogbuffett郑重声明：专栏文章仅代表作者个人观点。刊载此文不代表同意其说法，不构成任何投资建议。投资者据此操作，风险自担。如果您发现本专栏有侵犯您的知识产权的文章，请联系我们 ，我们会删除该文章。转载本专栏文章、图片，请注明出处。
More fuzzy neighborhoods (1)
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Flickr uses Where-On-Earth IDs to map percieved boundaries of neighborhoods and other regions — much like my Neighborhood Project does with Craigslist data, using Alpha shapes instead of blobbies — and raises the same questions about collective intelligence. (via Michael)
Crackulous comming soon (1)
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those dev over at hackulous sure are doing theyre best to make sure cracking, downloading and installing appstore apps can be done by a five year old. and theyre latest project is no different.==================================== Crackulous in beta testing====================================from hackulousCrackulous takes the concept of xCrack, and takes it to the next level. By turning it into an iPhone application, and adding a full GUI, cracking is now easier than ever! Now people who aren't technical at ...
Redeeming Time (1)
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“Every moment and every event of every man’s life on earth plants something in his soul. For just as the wind carries thousands of winged seeds, so each moment brings with it germs of spiritual vitality that come to rest imperceptibly in the minds and wills of men. Most of these unnumbered seeds perish and are lost, because men are not prepared to receive them: for such seeds as these cannot spring up anywhere except ...
Typeface.js is a javascript sol... (1)
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Typeface.js is a javascript solution for embedding fonts. The supported browsers include Firefox 1.5+, Safari 2+, and Internet Explorer 6+. I haven’t tested this out, but it looks like it may be an alternative to Flash based solutions for custom fonts.
Calling out Jakob Nielsen’s site design (1)
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Hank Williams busts out the brutal honesty: UI Guru Jakob Nielsen’s site is unreadable. And John Gruber concurs. Every time I end up there, I wonder idly why I’ve never gotten around to reading through what looks like great content. And after a few moments I close the window because the colors are so awful. And why doesn’t his 10 Best Application UIs of 2008 awards announcement actually link to the winner’s sites? Seven of ...
America Wins A Taco, Arts Community To Cash In (1)
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View Larger Map Tampa Bay Rays short stop Jason Bartlett stole third base in last night’s major league baseball world series thus winning all Americans a taco from the renown eatery Taco Bell. Oh yes, fast food and baseball units America once more! Democrats and Republicans, artists and sports fans a like can retrieve this windfall next Tuesday October 28th, between the hours of 2-6. In order to make taco collection easier for the art ...
As good as Apple is for creatin... (1)
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As good as Apple is for creating buzz around their new products, and really breaking the mold when it comes to industrial design, they have to figure out a way to make people feel less stupid for having their old products. Yesterday morning I thought my MacBook Pro was pretty sweet. Now it just looks stupid. So does my old iPod. Great marketing of course, to get me out to the Apple Store and spend ...
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