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The screw up ... (1)
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Lookie here ... it's a Last.fm commercial - first time I've seen one of these ... The Screw Up - Last.FM Commercial - I get the joke, but I must admit that I'm not too crazy about this one (perhaps because I have 3 teenage daughters...). Well, maybe this is just a video made by a Last.fm fan and not a real commercial.Shared by jtuchscherer (12)Contribute comment -
PC reads unadulterated Spam (4)
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John Hodgman recreates spam emails verbatim and reads them in his best small-midwestern-college poetry reading voice. Does Apple know he’s doing this? Can’t they make him sign an NDA or sue him?Contribute comment -
Greg Grossmeier: To 5 of my closest friends (1)
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(if you can’t see the video, click here, yes, flash, sorry.) What are you going to do? Just sit there?Shared by jtuchscherer (12)Contribute comment -
September Madness (51)
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Any college basketball fans who’ve been watching the bank failures and consolidations recently will understand and appreciate this September Madness chart. This was reportedly created by a general partner at Sansome Partners named Mark Slavonia. I wonder if the U.S. Congress will make it to the Final Four. Click for larger view. Crunch Network: MobileCrunch Mobile Gadgets and Applications, Delivered Daily.Shared by Adam (35) AdamB (22) adamkcarson (19) AJ (270) Alex (46) Andrew Stillman (1) Aron (17) Brian (7) Bryant (6) cwills (23) darrellsilver (23) Dave (10) Dave (21) David (98) Eric (7) frjohnsen (29) Gil Creque (19) GP (47) imma (20) James Forbes Keir (23) Jeff Fedor (18) jeffmincey (23) Jon (28) jrsquared (14) jtuchscherer (12) Kells Nollenberger (19) Lee (15) leonard (26) Lockhart (4) Mark (22) Marque (22) Matt (18) Matt (16) Michael V (16) Nate (9) Nick (5) Paul (18) Paul (26) Rach (11) Ricardo.Borelli (21) Richmarcia (20) Ritu (715) rveguilla (20) Satej Sirur (19) Sean T.-S. (20) Seany G (23) Spidra Webster (3) TNLNYC (21) trevor (20) Vishal (17) Warner (49)Explore read nine notes- Aron said: Amazing.
- jeffmincey said: i'll put my money on BofA vs the Queen for the win with the US being reverted back to colony status.
- jtuchscherer said: This is funny
- cwills said: omg, sad but funny.
- imma said: i wonder who the mega-mega-bank will be
- Bryant said: For those march madness fans...
- Michael V said: i put my money on tax payers
- Lockhart said: Final Four bracket, Wall Street style.
- Nick said: Ha, wonder who will win?
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Slo-Mo Video: People getting punched in the face while doing stuff (10)
onI’m a sucker for high frame rate video, and this video has it all. Water droplets bouncing, cigarette smoke billowing, party blowers unraveling.. Oh, and people willingly getting punched in the face, all in glorious slow motion. Awesome. [John Wiseman Via T+1]Shared by Alejandro (11) Gene Locklin (48) Jason (13) jtuchscherer (12) Kenny (23) Lynn (34) Ooble (33) Paul (19) Shad (9) Vinny (20)Contribute comment
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Official Google Blog: Our position on California's No on 8 campaign (81)
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As an Internet company, Google is an active participant in policy debates surrounding information access, technology and energy. Because our company has a great diversity of people and opinions -- Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals, all religions and no religion, straight and gay -- we do not generally take a position on issues outside of our field, especially not social issues. So when Proposition 8 appeared on the California ballot, it was an unlikely ...Shared by Alex (18) Alex Porter (20) Alex Trafford (33) Allison (24) André Lobo (20) Andrew (34) Andrew Ferguson (21) Areric (3) astroprof (14) atul (155) bamboowarrior (6) Benjamin (13) Bryan (13) c0wb0yz (26) Casey (36) charleshudson (21) Cloud (19) Corey Porter (20) Costantino (23) Dan (20) Derek Powazek (2) Derek van Vliet (21) Derrik (97) donlbe (24) dryan (27) Dustin (23) eEditor (5) Eric (19) federico silva (38) Fran Correas (18) Geoff (20) Guillermo Esteves (45) Haidong (17) homo superior (21) James (13) Jason (50) jason lange (2) JDAL. (19) Jeff (61) Jeffrey (12) Jill (31) John MacAdam (21) Jonathan (13) Jordan Bouvier (6) jtuchscherer (12) Juan Antonio Navarro (14) Justin (17) Ken (17) Kerk (9) Lee (18) Lienna Jael (6) Matt (15) melcorind (27) Moishe (20) Orri Ganel (17) papachatzis (43) Patrick (23) pilgrimjohn (20) PoliticalNetNews (141) Rabid Cow (19) Reid (20) Reto (21) Reza (10) Rialtus (19) Richard Burckhardt (20) Roshan (22) Ryan (14) Sacca (4) Samuel F. (7) Sanchez Toledano (13) Satyajit Grover (19) Scott Johnston (11) Steve Rhodes (0) Tom (8) Tony Chang (11) Ubqtous (23) Wesley Donehue (124) yudai hanza (9) Zane Shelby (9) zeb (41) Zhasper (68)Explore read 14 notes- Fran Correas said: ¡Viva Google!
- Tony Chang said: A bold decision for a tech company. Good job, Sergey.
- Satyajit Grover said: Right on!
- Jonathan said: interesting...
- Matt said: I am proud to work for a company that takes a stance on such an important social issue.I urge all my friends to vote No on prop 8, and if you have friends in California, please urge them to do the same.
- jtuchscherer said: Wow, Sergey Brin is getting political and encourages everybody to vote against the same sex marriage ban. I like ;-)
- Rialtus said: Hear hear!
- Andrew said: What the...Google's really trying to get into morality? Look, it's all good to have personal opinions and all that, but come on. This doesn't even have to do with technology (if it was net neutrality, it would be one thing. But gay marriage???)
- Haidong said: there is an all time rumor that the two founders are 'special' friends. hmm...interesting
- Ken said: YES!!
- John MacAdam said: disappointing that Google would use this platform to promote their support of Homosexuality. If they truly wanted to remain unbiased they should have kept their mouth shut
- eEditor said: Google rules the internet. It's too bad they can't get their own Moral Compass widget to work. Marriage should be defined between one man and one woman, period.
- Bryan said: Oh you didn't. Snap!
- c0wb0yz said: Google soutient le mariage homosexuel et défend sa position. S'engager dans le débat public sur une question sociétale, pour une entreprise, c'est à ma connaissance une première. Google n'est décidément pas une boite comme les autres.
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The U.S. Government Engineered The Current Economic Crisis (77)
onThese people (the U.S. government) need to be stopped. Every time we get ourselves into an economic mess, there’s usually some milestone idiocy we can point back to as the government action that made the meltdown inevitable. Take the current housing crisis that has now spread to the financial markets in general. The cause was too-easy credit that fueled a massive increase in housing prices as people bought houses they couldn’t afford with mortgages they ...Shared by Adam (23) Aditya (16) Adrian Bacon (82) Aeh310 (19) anand (26) andrew dahley (16) Ben Shoemate (73) bigstrings (17) Bill (20) Bob (12) Brandon Henak (15) BritCrit (15) Bryce Schober (11) Carl (103) Chip R (11) Chris (24) ChrisOfSpades (14) Christopher Gizzi (51) cvander (21) Dan McCall (26) Darian Rawson (49) Devin (12) Devin (6) DreamWarrior (14) Ed (19) Eli Dourado (20) Eric (13) evo (21) exists (22) Gaufre (21) Gene (19) GP (47) Graham (11) gzub (6) Haidong (17) Hokey (27) hyderabadblues (24) idham (13) James (23) James (20) James Andreasen (20) Jason Nielubowicz (20) Jason Sares (19) Jason Shultz (25) Jay (13) Jeff (47) Jennifer Lance (39) Jim (13) Jonathan (22) Josh (13) jtuchscherer (12) kennethjayden (11) Leon (19) Linkletter (20) LJ (19) Mark McKay (63) Matthew Bookspan (11) mithrandi (20) morgan180 (47) Mudiam (18) Nolan Eakins (24) nyenyec (19) Pascal Sijen (18) Paul (26) Raphael (10) Ricardo.Borelli (21) Ritu (715) Ryan (27) Sam (41) Scott (14) Seth (7) Seth (24) Sharto Pagan (23) Svitlana (24) Tiffany Rowe (0) Warrick (17) Yishuai (20)Explore read 12 notes
- James said: That's one scary graph...
- Matthew Bookspan said: Well no shit.
- Leon said: Yep
- Bill said: I'm disgusted by the whole thing. Not entirely surprised that it all began during the Clinton administration. I guess all of us responsible folks, who purchased homes within our means, will have to foot the bill for the idiots that didn't have enough sense to do the same, and the banks (and government) that allowed it to happen. As I said, disgusting.
- Chip R said: I know greed and large unregulated corps had a lot to do with our current situation, but I tend to agree that government policies trying to socialize housing was the spark that ignited the fire.
- Eric said: Great blog. It explains the problem in the simplest form. Wallison looks like a genius.
- Haidong said: too late to say so. it's always easy to comment on something after the result has come up
- Jay said: When I hate to say this, the moving up of interest rates in India may help us in the long run. But since I had borrowed money for home nearly four years ago at one of the lowest interest rates, it really pains to mention this, banks/builders have profiteered enormously due to this. And is still happening in India. Don't know when the mad people would come out of their craze to buy realty, which they can't afford.
- jtuchscherer said: And another politcal note from a tech blog about consumer credit.
- Brandon Henak said: Exactly what I was talking about here: http://gop3.com/2008/09/27/bailout-thoughts-the-freedom-to-fail-in-free-markets/
- Devin said: Still think Clinton/Greenspan = High Flying 90's?
- Raphael said: offensichtlich war die Krise nicht so unoffensichtlich
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The real difference between liberals and conservatives: Jonathan Haidt on TED.com (6)
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Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most. And he challenges all of us to step outside of our moral Matrix and pledge to work toward a more civil, productive political process. (Recorded February 2008 in Monterey, California. Duration: 18:42.) Watch Jonathan Haidt's 2008 ...Contribute comment -
How the Hell Did Matt Get People to Dance With Him? (17)
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A couple of weeks ago Matt gave an Ignite talk at Gnomedex about his experiences dancing around the world. If you've seen the video you'll enjoy his talk - plus it ends with bonus footage of 100 of us dancing with him.Shared by AJ (270) bender (16) Burad (16) cvander (21) denao (18) Eugene Alvin Villar (14) gautamg (8) Jay Liew (67) jtuchscherer (12) Kenneth (12) mathowie (18) oniryx (19) richhand (38) RomanT (13) Shawn Smith (22) Tim McAlpine (48) urbansheep (21)- cvander said: I really like the presentation challenge.
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Two thousand twenty two (7)
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Today, it was brought to my attention that HTML 5 Editor Ian Hickson, in an August 27 interview with TechRepublic outlined a timetable for the “new” spec, which began life back in 2003. Hixie suggests HTML 5 will reach the “Proposed Recommendation” stage sometime in 2022. Go ahead, read it again. It’s not a typo. Two thousand twenty two. I immediately stopped reading. Didn’t even bother with the rest of the interview. Why? Because it ...Shared by dobata (338) dwk (2) jtuchscherer (12) Katie (13) Mike F (723) Pål Degerstrøm (32) Wolf (35)Contribute comment -
Web 1.0 Job Sites Have New Competition: PaidInterviews (16)
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At DEMO08, a new type of job web site launches today: PaidInterviews. Unlike today's traditional (ahem, boring) job sites like Monster.com or HotJobs, PaidInterviews combines social networking with a more sophisticated job matching algorithm to deliver a Web 2.0-style web site that will appeal to today's youngest career-seekers: Generations X and Y. Why PaidInterviews? Many of today's web sites for seeking employment seem like they haven't been updated in years - many don't even offer ...Shared by Andrew (1) ckaroli (42) Corvida (15) Dzey (19) Haltse (19) hunikal (23) jtuchscherer (12) kevan (20) Kevin (6) kramed (20) patarakin (21) Rob (22) Ryan (8) Steve M. (47) ultraviolet (34) zbikos (75)- jtuchscherer said: Recruiting (sorry: Hiring) 2.0 is really taking off.
- Haltse said: Yet another site that takes the search and turns it into a Find:)
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We gotta start makin' changes (2)
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Today we are relaunching one of our oldest and most popular Global Awareness layers, the Altas of Our Changing Environment by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). This Google Earth layer now showcases 187 sites around the world (over twice the original) with a special emphasis on environmental change in Africa over the past few decades.Tied to the recent publication of the 400 page book, Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment, this layer allows you ...Shared by jtuchscherer (12) Role (16)Contribute comment -
Google Implements Social Graph API and hCard in Profiles (115)
onthis February, Google released its Social Graph API, which allows developers to give users the option to easily find data on their social connections around the web. Google itself, however, hasn't really implemented any of this technology yet. Starting today, however, it seems Google is starting to surface some of this information from your Social Graph in your Google Profile, which might be a first sign that Google is planning to do more with these ...Shared by !&# (103) adam (1105) Alan Dean (85) Alex Ryan (0) Andrei (26) Andrew Terry (26) Andy (18) Anthony Romano (4) aNTwNHs (80) atul (155) audi (20) Ben Shoemate (73) Benjamin (551) Bjoern (27) Brian Landau (22) brokekid (264) Bruce (27) Cai Chen (6) charlie anzman (126) Chris Newman (2) Chris R. (32) Chris Ryall (21) ChristianAnderson (12) Claudia Chez Abreu (22) Corvida (15) Cosmin (14) dani (24) Deep.ed (93) Dimitar D (22) dobata (338) DOCBook Howto (201) Dominik (48) Edo (23) Elroy (38) elsterama (45) FelipeC (19) folkert (8) graywolf (15) gregoire (14) guttertec (28) guy (477) hao (6) Harper (112) Henk-Jan van der Klis (18) Henri Bergius (2) Hervé (32) Hisham (37) iAlja (71) iskandr (13) Jamin (67) Javed (171) Jeff (21) Jeppe (10) Jeremy (64) Joakim Lind (2) joamag (17) Joe (138) jtuchscherer (12) Justin Baum (10) Karl Söderström (10) karmona (0) Kathy (120) kcearns (18) Kerry (14) Kevin (10) kukoo (20) Leena (1134) leo (12) Leon Ridge-Cooke (15) losamorales (16) Magnus J (9) Mao Yu (8) marchbox (21) Marianne (28) Marshall Kirkpatrick (30) Marshall Sponder (29) Matthew Bischoff (20) mattnz (13) Michael (39) Miguel Angel (42) mndoci (65) Mushin (55) Nate (43) Nick Cobb (118) nicoladecarne (4) Nihar (23) nikan (59) Niklas (24) Niva (1) onlythoughtworks (16) partout (22) perspikace (22) Phil (8) Phreak 2.0 (46) Pierre (20) probefahrer.alex (1) Régis Gaidot (9) ramyon (34) Richard (18) Roger (117) Schade (20) Sébastien (4) SMC (97) sryo (25) StevieB (58) Syed Akram (1) symtym (22) Tal Siach (550) Tibor (20) Trebel (20) ultraviolet (34) Votis (18) w0lfh0und (506) whatevernevermind (26) 小草莓 (26)
- Jeff said: Another online profile. At least this one auto-detects some stuff from existing profiles using the Social Graph API
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The danger of laughing at your customers (32)
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The other day I went to sell some books at The Strand bookstore. They have a separate desk in the back for selling books. I brought in a bag and two clerks started sorting through them. Then another guy lined up behind me. One of the clerks said to him, “You here to sell books?” He said, “Yes.” The clerk responded, “Wait in the line outside.” The guy went outside. Thirty seconds later he was ...Shared by Aaron (21) Abhilash (18) Andrew Ruess (152) AnilG (19) Ben V (21) Bramha (20) Brian Landau (22) Dominik (48) Dr. Ernie (37) Dylan Bennett (27) Earl E Morningwood (31) Elliott P. (20) Eoin (20) gabopagan (33) J.Wo (18) Jason Ardell (14) John (23) jschultz (40) jtuchscherer (12) Martin Gordon (27) Moah (20) Nick Campbell (21) Nirav (42) rhl (14) RLivsey (21) Rob (14) Rodrigo Leme (17) Ryan Parman (1) shrutes (19) SiliconViper (38) Steve (24) Tim (71)- Martin Gordon said: Sadly, we do this *all* the time.
- jschultz said: This is a valuable anecdote even if you don't work in traditional customer service. We all service customers in some form.
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DoubleSlash will UMTS-Landkarte erstellen (1)
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Die Firma DoubleSlash aus Friedrichshafen will mithilfe von Nutzern eine UMTS-Landkarte für Deutschland erstellen. Dazu kommt die Mess-Software SpeedTrack zum Einsatz, die aufzeichnet, wie schnell eine mobile Datenverbindung ist. (HSDPA, API)Shared by jtuchscherer (12)Contribute comment -
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/at-loss-for-words.html (65)
onHave you ever been stumped in finding the right words to search for? Back when I was planning my wedding, I had a list of wedding songs in mind, but the problem was that I couldn't remember any of the artist names or song titles. So I started typing into the Google search box parts of the lyrics that I did remember -- and like magic, I saw suggestions with the artist name and song ...Shared by Andrew Girdwood (32) Andrew Terry (26) Andy Beal (26) Angus (32) atul (155) Brandon (23) Brian Landau (22) Chandoo (38) charlie anzman (126) Chris Schrier (26) Compuwizard123 (41) Dana Lookadoo (37) DarkBls (50) Dave E. (24) David Bradley (38) Dennis Laumen (23) Devlin D (28) Donnie Berkholz (20) DrBaher (21) Eddie (19) ewbrown (15) gizmo (29) Herman (32) Htoo Tay Zar (5) Iñaki Arrieta Baro (29) itsoinky (38) Jamieasp (24) Javed (171) Jeff McIntire-Strasburg (105) Jeremy (16) Jonathan Sterling (32) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (104) jtuchscherer (12) Linden (13) LouCypher (94) Matthew Bischoff (20) Maxine (41) Meromo (11) Michael (32) Mike F (723) NanoTech (12) OrcsBR (32) Peter N (17) pneal (27) Powera (31) prattmic (15) Ra Osolage (7) rchk (47) rexy (27) Robert Birming (19) Robert van Bregt (20) Rodrigo Leme (17) Roel (19) Satej Sirur (19) Scott Clark (14) Sebastian (3) Seth (32) spsneo (24) Tad Chef (244) Umesh (20) Voyagerfan5761 (43) xeal (15) Željko Filipin (10) Zhasper (68) மயூ-Mayu (20)Explore read eight notes
