February 2010
14 posts
“Writers tend to work early in the morning, or late at night, when brains are...”
– Scott Adams: Like a Night Watchman (via marco)
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“When we commandeer the emotional lives of our employees we waste a valuable...”
– Grant McCracken, referring to companies that attempt to control their employees’ emotions and personalities
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On Monday evening, inspired by Jason Kottke, I spent some time exploring Chatroulette. The concept of Chatroulette is simple… connect via webcam to a random stranger. And in this case, simplicity is sublime.
In an article for New York magazine, Sam Anderson writes:
The internet has always been defined by (and drawn much of its energy from) the tension between chaos and control—and over the...
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WatchJohn Oliver absolutely eviscerates attendees to the RNC Winter Meeting, held in Hawai’i… the only state in the US with nearly universal healthcare.
I particularly love his responses to the conventioneers; they just continue to babble nonsense (and obviously ignore his questions) as he points out the ridiculousness (and cluelessness) of their talking points.
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Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, the senior Republican on the Budget Committee, welcomed Mr. Obama’s invitation [to a health care reform policy discussion]. But like many in his party, he expressed concern that the session would be used as “an arena for political theater.”
—Robert Pear and David M. Herszenhorn, in their NY Times story “On Health Bill, G.O.P.’s Road Is a New...
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“The bulk of humanity doesn’t want a computing experience it can tinker with; it...”
– Jeffrey Zeldman, on the iPad
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“If you want to be influential, lead by doing, not by talking, and certainly not...”
– Mike Davidson, referring to our bold new world of endless self-promotion, a.k.a. the social web