October 2009
25 posts
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Betacup on Kickstarter →
msg: I just backed the betacup project on Kickstarter I throw away 5 or more of these a week and it seems like it’s time for another way.
Oct 29th
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La Roux - Bulletproof We’ve been waking up everyday this week to this video! It’s fun to get up to, but as I put on my gray or black clothes, I so want to dress in colors like that. Have I been in Williamsburg too long?
Oct 29th
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Oct 29th
“You know who thinks the iPhone 3GS stinks? Steve Jobs. No one is working harder...”
– Daring Fireball (via superamit)
Oct 28th
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Happy 'Quit MySpace' Day" →
yvynyl: “MySpace has what I would consider to be the greatest untapped asset on the internet right now: EVERY FRICKIN’ BAND ON THE PLANET.” There’s still no way I am ever visiting Myspace again. Bands smart enough should get themselves on Bandcamp.com
Oct 27th
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Oct 26th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25) →
Norah Jones (46)  Josh Rouse (24)  Band of Horses (19)  La Roux (18)  Phoenix (17)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 26th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18) →
Phoenix (39)  Mike Doughty (23)  Beirut (9)  Bon Iver (8)  The National (7)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 19th
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“Good SEO techniques are just good web development techniques. They should be...”
– Derek Powazek in a follow up to his excellent post about SEO. (via Barbarian Blog)
Oct 18th
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Oct 15th
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Jon Stewart Takes On 30 Republicans Who Voted Against Franken Rape Amendment (VIDEO) Meet the 30 Republicans who voted Against this Amendment Despicable.
Oct 15th
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“My research revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four basic...”
– Be lucky - it’s an easy skill to learn - Telegraph (via bijan) (via mikehudack)
Oct 14th
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notthatkindagay: soupsoup: Fox News thinks ye gays protest too much. “Gay people aren’t vampires. They show up on camera!”
Oct 14th
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Oct 14th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-11) →
Beirut (106)  The National (30)  Bon Iver (27)  Band of Horses (25)  Vampire Weekend (17)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 12th
iPhone scrolling
jayparkinsonmd: So a few weeks ago swissmiss tweeted about the fact that in almost any (all?) iPhone apps, in order to scroll all the way up to the top, instead of manually scrolling, you can just touch the time and it hyperscrolls to the very top. Since then, I’ve probably added 5 minutes of usable time to my life and respected the iPhone even more than I already do. I’ve always cursed...
Oct 12th
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“Myth: The prize is awarded to recognize efforts for peace, human rights and...”
– The Associated Press: Common misconceptions about the Nobel Peace Prize (via jgh) (via thepoliticalpartygirl) (via soupsoup) (via mikehudack)
Oct 9th
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Oct 7th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-4) →
The xx (45)  Tree Roots (12)  The Sundays (12)  10,000 Maniacs (11)  Beth Orton (11)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 5th
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Oct 5th
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“There’s only one thing I forgot to take into account: NOBODY CARES. Well, that’s...”
– The Kickstarter Blog - Lessons from a Floundering Kickstarter Project The best way to get people to pay attention or do something is to always make it about THEM.
Oct 4th
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Oct 4th
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Oct 3rd
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“Create something that you want to see in the world”
– Evan Williams, Twitter CEO - Twitter Seeks to Build Value, Not Revenue - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com (via bijan and mikehudack) I’ve seen the point made several times that Twitter is a shining example of company that’s become a media darling without, and even because they have no formal PR...
Oct 3rd
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Oct 3rd
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