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Larry Ellison: I remember when Steve [Jobs] was my neighbor in Woodside, Calif., and he had no furniture. It struck me that there wasn’t furniture good enough for Steve in the world. He’d rather have nothing if he couldn’t have perfection.

And I jokingly said, “The difference between me and Steve is that I’m willing to live with the best the world can provide. With Steve that’s not always good enough.”

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Daring Fireball Linked List: Fortune Interviews Eight Business Stars About Steve Jobs (via superamit) (via davemorin)

I could not work for Steve Jobs.

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November 6, 2009
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photo iPhone users find gadget-ownership three times more attractive than a college education in a person (in fact, more than anything else in a person), while the reverse is true for BlackBerry users. Both groups think old gadgets are a turnoff at a similar rate: 29 percent for BlackBerrys and 34 percent of iPhone users. (via Does Owning Old Gadgets Really Make You Less Attractive? )

iPhone users find gadget-ownership three times more attractive than a college education in a person (in fact, more than anything else in a person), while the reverse is true for BlackBerry users. Both groups think old gadgets are a turnoff at a similar rate: 29 percent for BlackBerrys and 34 percent of iPhone users. (via Does Owning Old Gadgets Really Make You Less Attractive?

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November 6, 2009
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photo les membres de réseaux sociaux ont 40% plus de chances d’aller dans un bar (via Les réseaux sociaux tissent des liens bien réels - Etreintes digitales) Les reseaux rendent … alcoolique (??)

les membres de réseaux sociaux ont 40% plus de chances d’aller dans un bar (via Les réseaux sociaux tissent des liens bien réels - Etreintes digitales)

Les reseaux rendent … alcoolique (??)

19 hours ago

November 5, 2009
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a lot of the shine has come off Digg. And while it still drives a tremendous amount of traffic, it’s amazing to see just how completely it has been eclipsed by Twitter, which in turn is still just a drop in the Facebook bucket.
— A Little Perspective (Digg, Twitter, Facebook)

1 day ago

November 5, 2009
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photo bowfolk: (via catprism) Giulietta masina

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Giulietta masina

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November 5, 2009
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photo bowfolk: nickdrake: Alexey Galushkov Retroatelier Nice

bowfolk:

nickdrake:

Alexey Galushkov

Retroatelier

Nice

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November 5, 2009
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photo Members of the public were asked to vote on 10 of the greatest achievements in science, engineering and technology, selected by the museum’s curators. Nearly 50,000 votes were cast by visitors to the museum’s London galleries and online via its website. (via X-ray voted most important modern discovery - Telegraph) The poll, one of the events marking the museum’s centenary year, singled out the X-ray machine as the scientific advance with the greatest impact. Penicillin came second, followed by the DNA double helix, the Apollo 10 capsule, the V2 rocket engine, Stephenson’s Rocket, the Pilot ACE - one of the first computers, the steam engine, the Model T Ford motor car, and the electric telegraph.

Members of the public were asked to vote on 10 of the greatest achievements in science, engineering and technology, selected by the museum’s curators. Nearly 50,000 votes were cast by visitors to the museum’s London galleries and online via its website. (via X-ray voted most important modern discovery - Telegraph)

The poll, one of the events marking the museum’s centenary year, singled out the X-ray machine as the scientific advance with the greatest impact.

Penicillin came second, followed by the DNA double helix, the Apollo 10 capsule, the V2 rocket engine, Stephenson’s Rocket, the Pilot ACE - one of the first computers, the steam engine, the Model T Ford motor car, and the electric telegraph.

1 day ago

November 5, 2009
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On Tuesday, PayPal hosted its first developer conference in San Francisco to officially open its platform to software developers who want to include payments in their Web or cellphone applications. With the new platform, any software developer can relatively simply embed PayPal’s technology in an application. An application could be as simple as ordering and then paying for a pizza with one click on a cellphone. Or it could be as intricate as a way for corporate accounting departments to pay vendors without mailing checks.
— PayPal Seeks New Ways to Use Its Payment System - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

1 day ago

November 4, 2009
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David Bowie - Life On Mars

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Not fond of Bowie here but this one is decent

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November 4, 2009
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photo Gauging traffic to these sites is notoriously difficult. Digg, for example, gets a unique pageview from a shared link, even if the user doesn’t actually go to Digg.com. According to recent figures from Compete, Digg has 44 million unique users per month, StumbleUpon has 5 million unique users, and Delicious 1.5 million. Bob Buch, vice president of business development for Digg, argues that the first step for newspapers that want bookmarking to work is to trim the number of options they offer—what he jokingly refers to as “Iconistan”. Then, he suggests newspapers better integrate Digg into their site using a widget. Finally, he recommends that they think of the Web as a beat rather than a repository for print articles. (via Social Media ROI: Digging for Traffic - Newspaper Association of America: Advancing Newspaper Media for the 21st Century )

Gauging traffic to these sites is notoriously difficult. Digg, for example, gets a unique pageview from a shared link, even if the user doesn’t actually go to Digg.com. According to recent figures from Compete, Digg has 44 million unique users per month, StumbleUpon has 5 million unique users, and Delicious 1.5 million. Bob Buch, vice president of business development for Digg, argues that the first step for newspapers that want bookmarking to work is to trim the number of options they offer—what he jokingly refers to as “Iconistan”. Then, he suggests newspapers better integrate Digg into their site using a widget. Finally, he recommends that they think of the Web as a beat rather than a repository for print articles. (via Social Media ROI: Digging for Traffic - Newspaper Association of America: Advancing Newspaper Media for the 21st Century

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November 4, 2009
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