January 2012
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in 2006, Mr. Plattner decided to shake things up. He took a bottle of red wine...
– http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203430404577092651330963684-lMyQjAxMTAyMDIwNTEyNDUyWj.html
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Amazon’s history is built on releasing products early and often, adjusting both...
– @sogrady on Amazon’s DynamoDB - http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2012/01/19/dynamodb/
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At 5am things are very quiet and serene. Nobody is on IM, no one is texting or...
– http://t.co/dFPzqFXM
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The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question,...
– Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think
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The entire supply chain is in China now,” said another former high-ranking Apple...
– Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class - NYTimes.com
A lot of politics is about patience and picking your opponent.
– http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/us/politics/south-carolina-raises-new-doubts-about-republican-contest.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss
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The only reason we even consider calling them “mobile devices” is...
– Tablets
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My feeling with the bad groups is that coming into office hours, they’ve...
– A Word to the Resourceful
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Tablet Adoption at Work: Infographic →
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Apart from Apple, IBM remained in the business the longest (24 years). Compaq...
– http://www.asymco.com/2012/01/18/the-conditions-for-survival-and-prosperity-of-computer-companies/
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Mobile apps to top 2 million, 500 million sub-$100... →
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Republicans Bail On SOPA/PIPA After... →
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The coding game: Microsoft's Visual Studio gets... →
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Sales or no sales? Learning from Atlassian and Box... →
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AWS takes NoSQL database to the cloud with... →
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Another anecdote concerns a ski resort in the Lebanon. The owner of the ski...
– “Why We Don’t Know What We Talk About When We Talk About Probability,” Nassim N. Taleb, Jan 2012
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‘The short end of the stick’ is by far the most commonly used form...
– That is seriously fantastic. Thank you Internets!
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Black-Swan-Report - KEEPING TABS ON NASSIM TALEB... →
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Nero Tulip became obsessed with trading after witnessing a strange scene one...
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Curious consumers begin scanning QR codes →
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You can’t know enough in a one-hour interview. So, in the end, it’s ultimately...
– http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665840/an-hr-lesson-from-steve-jobs-hire-pirates
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I still contend that Apple’s policies and the design of the App Store itself...
– Free and Low-Cost Apps
The Wisdom of Jeff Bezos, Part 1 - VentureBlog →
(via Instapaper)
If everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you are...
– The Wisdom of Jeff Bezos, Part 1 - VentureBlog
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Accel Leads $52.5M Round In Cloud-Based Data... →
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NPD data suggests 'soft' sales of 4.9M Macs in... →
If we say ZTE started out as a contractor, like those building mass housing that...
– Trickle down globalism churning it’s slow course http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE80G0I620120117?irpc=932
Black leather and working late
Freunde von Freunden: How great is it, when a hot chick wearing black leather on a black leather sofa can make happiness sound cool? I assumed you’d reference a book, death metal or a favorite type of tea.
Maxime Ballesteros: Well, we also bring the constant energy for work.
Jen Gilpin: More than a reference to Dostoevsky, we bring inspiration for each others’ work and debate about it. We bring an appreciation for that.
Maxime Ballesteros: We also share a schedule for life. We work late and that’s comfortable for us. Being with someone who has a normal job, is too hard.
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We have identified a strong correlation between GDP growth and enterprise...
– Forecast Analysis: Enterprise Application Software, Worldwide, 2010-2015, 3Q11 Update
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Microsoft aims at VMware with System Center 2012 →
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Microsoftie takes over HP's strategy →
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Embracing the Spreadsheet: Two Approaches to... →
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Cow Management – Basic Software Business Model One
(Source: http://bit.ly/zDtHBn)