September 2010
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What the Hell is Sarah Lacy Thinking?
There’s a proposition on the California November ballot to legalize marijuana. Sarah Lacy must be smoking some already. Her TechCrunch post “Now that the Recession Officially Ended….Whatever Happened to that Other Shoe?” is so out of touch with reality—what else could it be? That:
Sarah is so much the rich bitch living inside the Silicon Valley bubble she is clueless about...
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“It was sickening enough when British oil giant BP set new standards for...”
– Matt Taibbi, “BP’s Shockwaves,” Rolling Stone issue 1114.
There’s nothing quite like a good story lead, and Matt Taibbi is a craftsman when it comes to wit, sarcasm and the catchy phrase. He works vulgar and sarcasm the way other artists shape clay.
Do you have news media...
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Oh My Goodness
Earlier today, Michael Gartenberg, my boss from when we both worked at JupiterResearch, retweeted Pete Bernard’s “development goodness,” which linked to Sam Jarawan post “Why I love Windows Phone 7 Development.” Somebody has got to save the world from all this goodness.
On Oct. 24, 2006, I posted to the defunct Microsoft Monitor blog (JupiterResearch is gone,...
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AP Should Not Credit Bloggers
I don’t share some bloggers’ enthusiasm for Associated Press’ new policy crediting them. On September 1st, the wire service issued advisory: “AP announces guidelines for credit and attribution,” which includes bloggers. AP shouldn’t credit bloggers because it opens way for lazy reporting and undermines the news organization’s reputation and credibility...
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Mama Knows Where to Get the Goods
What a simply smart idea—set up outside the grocery store and collect food donations for the needy. September 5, 2010, I spotted Mama’s Pantry in front of Ralph’s supermarket in San Diego, Calif.’s Hillcrest neighborhood. on. The concept of fundraising food shoppers is so mind-boggling sensible, it’s stunning more charities don’t go to the food source—the local...
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'Can Ping Be Saved?' is the Wrong Question
Apple’s social music discovery service isn’t even a week old and Fortune blogger Philip Elmer-DeWitt is asking: “Can Ping be saved?” Oh yeah? One million signups in 48 hours is such a failure. There are thousands of CEOs or product line managers who would say: “Gimme that problem. I’ll suffer through the failure of gaining 1 million customers in just two...
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Ping's Alternate Reality
Ping, Apple’s “social music discovery” service, has changed the selection of “Music I Like” to half Snow Patrol songs, one of which I’ve never played. LOL.
I’ve finally figured out what’s going on. Apple technology is so good, so innovative, so remarkable that Ping pulls music choices from an alternate universe. The music is what another Joe...
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