February 2010
January 2010
“By law, if the airline denies you a seat because of overbooking but arranges to...”
– What to do if your plane is overbooked: Bumped from a flight? Know your rights. | The Economist
“Over the years, I have learned that my shyness was a coping mechanism. It is not...”
– Edge Perspectives with John Hagel: Reshaping Relationships through Passion
“I’ll often ask a client who’s struggling to deal with the burdens if they can...”
– The Monster In Your Head » Disappearing into the Fire
“Brooklyn’s newest invasive species carries with it a unique threat: unlike...”
– Are Stink Bugs Worse Than Bedbugs? - Gothamist
Seriously?!?!
balade →
It’s a lebanese joint in the east village. Tried it out this past thursday to some disappointment..
Too much staff, uncomfortable seating, pleasant but low grade service, and the unforgivable part—everything came out lukewarm to cold. Much of the food would’ve been decent to really good if it had come out warm-to-hot like it was supposed to. FAIL.
Russ and Daughters - Yiddishisms →
“In just two short weeks Spuyten Duyvil will host it’s annual tribute to...”
– Spuyten Duyvil
BBC - A History of the World in 100 objects →
“Nevertheless, this study suggests that the human brain, like that of mice and...”
– Human grid cells tile the environment : Neurophilosophy
Tripit
++ tripit rocks.
brycedotvc:
Love to see love for our portfolio co’s on Tumblr. I’m with you Daryn- don’t know how I lived without it. And, its just going to keep getting better, so stay tuned…
daryn:
I first heard of Tripit when they launched a couple years back, but though people raved about it, I didn’t really see the need. I had my own system for tagging all of the emails related to a...
“If you heard about Apple’s big announcement yesterday for their super...”
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Woot: The Community: World of Woot: iSThatAllThereIs? Rejected Names for the iPad
“The engineers and I handle customer support. When I tell people that, they look...”
– The Way I Work: Paul English of Kayak (via mikehudack) (via brycedotvc)
“Brock and Balloun played a group of people a tape-recorded message attacking...”
– Mind Hacks: Information channelling
“So business and society: web as platform for connecting, producing, publishing,...”
– irq
“I made a stop at the main NY Public Library on 5th Ave and 42nd St. Three...”
– NY Public Library. (Scripting News)
Where your thrift store donations go (hint: often... →
(via putthison)
Very interesting.
Felix Baumgartner, Space Diving, Space Jump | Red... →
Red Bull sponsoring a skydive to break the 20 mile above surface record set in 1960.
“‘In China if you make a $30 part badly, you just reduce the price to $10...”
– Twitter / Jan Chipchase: ‘In China if you make a $3 …
“Feynman concludes, I really can’t do a good job, any job, of explaining...”
– when richard feynman (3 January 2010, Interconnected)
“I believe there are many managers who have yet to grasp the essential connection...”
– Gary Hamel: Management’s Dirty Little Secret — How to Increase Employee Engagement - Gary Hamel’s Management 2.0 - WSJ
“Social theorists have long recognized that changes in social order have cultural...”
– Sociocultural epistasis and cultural exaptation in footbinding, marriage form, and religious practices in early 20th-century
Taiwan — PNAS
