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iPhone OS 3.0 Adoption Rate

John Gruber — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:06:49 PDT

Very quick uptake; if I were an iPhone developer, I’d drop support for OS 2.2. ★

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And Data for All: Why Obama's Geeky New CIO Wants to Put All Gov't Info Online

Nicholas Thompson — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:00:00 PDT

The Obama administration's most radical idea may also be its geekiest: Make nearly every hidden...

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eBay vs L’Oreal Through a BitTorrent Prism

enigmax — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:37:21 PDT

On Friday the High Court ruled that online auction site eBay is not liable when fake beauty...

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Our soon-to-be outdated beliefs

jason@kottke.org — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:16:47 PDT

From Reddit, a question that yielded a number of thought provoking answers: So many of our...

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Luxury vs. premium

Seth Godin — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:56:48 PDT

Luxury goods are needlessly expensive. By needlessly, I mean that the price is not related to...

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The Game Boy is 20

jason@kottke.org — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:53:56 PDT

The Game Boy just turned 20; here are six reasons why it was so successful. Surprisingly, the list...

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Steve Jobs Admits Failure

MG Siegler — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:22:59 PDT

“Jobs: So I took the title of interim CEO and agreed to come back for 90 days to help recruit a...

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What you say, what you do and who you are

Seth Godin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:29:00 PDT

We no longer care what you say. We care a great deal about what you do. If you charge for hand...

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Whether or which

Seth Godin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:12:00 PDT

Most marketers are busy trying to persuade people to buy their product. Confusion sets in, though,...

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FireTrucks, the Internet and Life and Death

markcuban — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:10:51 PDT

So I’m sitting in traffic in Manhattan. Not moving. In the distance I can hear a firetruck siren...

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Google Book Search settlement gives Google a virtual monopoly over literature

(author unknown) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:44:00 PDT

Writing on O'Reilly Radar, preeminent legal scholar Pamela Samuelson cuts through the distractions...

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Black is the new black

jason@kottke.org — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:32:32 PDT

Rocketboom says that black is in. The most powerful man in the world is black. The greatest...

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Anatomical drawing on a cast

(author unknown) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:47:00 PDT

Heather Tomkins drew this lovely anatomical illustration on the casted arm of her friend, the...

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The first question every web site designer must ask

Seth Godin — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:36:19 PDT

If a client comes to you for a web site, the first thing you need to know is: "Do you want the...

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Switching from Windows to Mac - One Year Later

David Alison — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:19:07 PDT

On February 2, 2008 I was a Windows software developer. I had a house full of Windows based...

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Nothing

Seth Godin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:45:46 PDT

The only thing worse than starting something and failing... is not starting something.

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Secret message hidden in Lincoln's pocketwatch

(author unknown) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:37:00 PDT

Watchismo has the incredible story of an apocryphal anti-slavery message that a watchmaker hid...

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Obamasnacks - banned in Indonesia

(author unknown) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:10:00 PST

According to Yeni, these scrumptious Obama snacks were banned in Indonesia because they were...

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Two angry camels in a car

(author unknown) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:22:00 PST

(Via Why, That's Delightful!) Technorati Tags: Animals

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Emergency (MC) Hammer

(author unknown) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:40:00 PST

Jess Hemerly showed me this photo of a delightful alteration of an emergency hammer box. I asked...

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