January 2008
70 posts
The 'evil' in exchanges. →
Exchanges are a hot topic in the social capital markets. They are appealing in the sense of the efficiency they promise. Efficiency is good - and it also has a dark side. This dark-side, which I’m considering the ‘inherent evil’ in exchanges, is their tendency to disconnect/dissociate the ‘buyer’ from the ‘seller’. It comes out in things like the sub-prime...
This biggering is buggering... a call for a new... →
I attended a session for Sustainable Prosperity last week and was left with a pretty big realization that evolved for me into what blurted out in a strategy session for Windfall Ecology Centre on Friday as.. “This BIGGERING is buggering…” Obviously, this is inspired by Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax”, (see the specific quotes here), but it also refers to a growing...
"Is There Really a Human RACE?" by Jamie Lee...
If you have kids, or know kids, or know people who would read a kids book… it’s one of the best ones I’ve found with some of the most important questions we could be asking ourselves as adults. +++ Is there really a human race? Is it going on now all over the place? When did it start? Who said, “Ready, Set, Go”? Did it start on my birthday? I really must know. Do I...
"Biggering" Quotes from "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss
I, the Once-ler, felt sad as I watched them all go. BUT… business is business! And business must grow regardless of crummies in tummies, you know. I meant no harm. I most truly did not. But I had to grow bigger. So bigger I got. I biggered my factory. I biggered my roads. I biggered my wagons. I biggered the loads of the Thneeds I shipped out. I was shipping them forth to the South! To the...
A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods →
OMG!!!! Thanks to craphammer.com for the tip!
“Each of the five [Oscar nominated] films was made for $30 million or less —...”
– Richard Corliss
“So what’s he’s really saying is “thanks Mr. Fed - can you now...”
– Feld Thoughts : Can I Have Some More Crack Please?
“Massive fraud by a rogue trader at Societe Generale SA has led to a €4.9 billion...”
– blog.pmarca.com: Now it’s getting fun…
“Don’t worry about “pacing yourself” - that’s probably...”
– Feld Thoughts : Burning Out He also talks about ‘listening to your body’ and the value of an amazing life partner. Couldn’t be more true.
Scrutinizing shoddy journalism. →
I wonder if journalists who hold a righteous sense of journalistic morality ever think that they will be called to task. Or if rushing for a deadline, and seeking to sensationalize a story, they think, “well… I left a voicemail this morning and they didn’t call me back so I can paint whatever picture I want… after all I did some research… that’s good enough....
“To hopefully redeem some of your faith, we will be raising the Audio Upload...”
– Really truly sorry. « Davidville WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be...”
– Steve Jobs
“American Society has no cohesion, its not a society anymore. Its a chaos. Nobody...”
– Gary Indiana
“In fact, most crazy geniuses become billionaires by making stuff up.”
– Present Imperfect - Written.
The definitive definitions of venturing! →
One of the surprising things that I came out of my latest exploration into the frontiers of venturing and venture investing is a set of definitions. I’m actually not one that likes to debate definitions ad infinitum but I found I needed to clarify things to be able to have meaningful conversations going forward. So here, is what I’ve come up with… for now (I’ll keep...
One of the best songs of all time!...
TSX tanking too... →
Why should we be any different right now… 4.16% down already.
“The U.K. benchmark FTSE-100 dropped 3.9 percent to 5,673.1; France’s...”
– European, Asian markets plunge It feels like I’m watching a big snowball that some kids were innocently rolling around a hilltop and it just plunged over the edge… wondering how big it will get and what it’s going to take out on the way down. Brrr… getting the chills.
Twitter, Tumblr, xigi… « xigibiz blog →
This tumblog becomes subject matter.
Does it matter if Starbucks sucks? →
The fundamental problem with Starbucks is that, bottomline, their coffee is beyond awful. You probably couldnt even call it coffee to be honest. It’s more like a bland tasting - burnt if you’re lucky - brown water. When a run of the mill instant coffee tastes better you know you’ve got problems. Yet people flock to it. Why? That’s the part i don’t get. Especially here...
“Now, I don’t know about you, but as a Canadian I’m not comfortable...”
– Clean Break :: Firing of nuclear safety chief is inexcusable Wow… Harper has really pushed the boundaries here and I think Tyler is hitting at key thing that’s going on. It’s also the governments authoritarian positioning and I think they want to be recognized for it - building the...
I love my full-ear headphones because it helps put me in a focused immersive space. I just happened to turn off the lights to further experience and realized I’d love a similarly enclosed visual experience. That would be cool. Anyone know of anything like this?
Reblogging Yourself
By default, the reblog icon doesn’t show up next to your own posts in the dashboard. Presumably because, well, who would want to reblog themselves? But what if you want to reblog into a channel? Tumblr apparently didn’t think about that. Luckily, it is possible. The reblog URL is formatted like this: http://tumblr.com/reblog/{post-id}. Where {post-id} is the number at the end of every...
TheSteveJobs90MinuteKeynoteIn60Seconds205.mov →
From calacanis weblog…
“# “We have no choice but to revoke failure’s non-optional status,...”
– Feld Thoughts : Failure Is An Option
“But what happens when the leader is a productive obsessive? Well in my...”
– A VC: Executives vs Leaders Amen!
Santana - Oye Como Va This song has been in my...
l.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) →
Photographer Taryn Simon Shoots America's... →
Hackett: Snowing here (Baghdad, Iran) for the first time in 100 years
Simko: Oh wow... New meaning to snow day?
Hackett: Hell is freezing over - time to attack. Ready?
Simko: Hold on! Hold on! Packing the weapons hahaha
Hackett: I dunno if a drawing tablet is gonna cut it for this one
Simko: hahaha TOUCHE
Hackett: Unless you start drawing Mohammed cartoons exclusively
“19 million people living in New York State have the same carbon footprint as 766...”
– Planning For Good: 19 million = 766 million
