April 2011
Monday afternoon time waster: "Tetris Heaven"
iheartchaos:
Last week, xkcd had a comic depicting what Tetris would be like in Heaven, and only a couple days later, someone turned that idea into a playable Flash game. And as it turns out, it’s a pretty fun Tetris game, with giant heavenly blocks coming at just the right time to clear out the board for you, fixing (nearly) all your Tetris fuck-ups.
Play it here
“The New York Times, which assembled its WikiLeaks coverage into ebook form,...”
– The newsonomics of the digital cafeteria » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism (via soupsoup)
“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a...”
– Maya Angelou (via imfantasyparade)
5 Crippling Beliefs That Keep Writers Penniless...
5 Crippling Beliefs That Keep Writers Penniless and Mired in Mediocrity COPYBLOGGER | 18 APRIL, 2011 http://pulsene.ws/1lBo5
The problem with the tech world’s “swing for the...
The problem with the tech world’s “swing for the fences” approach SIGNAL VS. NOISE | 18 APRIL, 2011 http://pulsene.ws/1lT60
David Heinemeier Hansson:
The startup scene is too focused on “swing for the fences” type of ideas, either it’s going to go bust or it’s going to be this lavish, extreme success. I think we’d be better off with less of a focus on that and more of a focus on...
Car and Driver - The Hit List: 10 Top Debuts from...
The Hit List: 10 Top Debuts from the 2011 New York Auto Show – 22 APRIL, 2011 http://pulsene.ws/1o5RP
Alfred Kahn's brave 1977 bid for clear corporate...
Alfred Kahn’s brave 1977 bid for clear corporate prose BOING BOING | 23 APRIL, 2011 http://pulsene.ws/1ooC0
Husqvarna lawnmower remote for iOS: a lot less fun...
Engadget 22 APRIL, 2011 http://pulsene.ws/1o8lF
How to create advertising that sells by David...
SIGNAL VS. NOISE | 19 APRIL, 2011 http://pulsene.ws/1mA1B
Read the full text.
Survey reveals Mac and PC people think differently
Survey reveals Mac and PC people think differently TUAW | 23 APRIL, 2011 http://pulsene.ws/1owv8
According to the results of a massive survey by Hunch.com, Mac people are frequently young, vegetarian city-dwellers who like modern art, liberal politics, and independent films. Meanwhile, Windows supporters tend to be older, more conservative, and more likely to compare talking about...
Tracy Morgan makes a point about piracy
REDDIT TOP NEWS | 23 APRIL, 2011 http://pulsene.ws/1oswx
fascinated:
Choosing between empowering all (and accepting all parts of the quality curve) or curating, and empowering just some (but hugely increasing quality) makes lots of food for thought.
The agenda Published on Seth’s Blog | shared via feedly mobile
The job of the CEO isn’t to check things off the agenda. Her job is to set the agenda, to figure out what’s next.
Now that more and more of us are supposed to be CEO of our own lives and careers, it might be time to rethink who’s setting your agenda.
“Sometimes,’ said Pooh, ‘the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
– A.A. Milne (via kari-shma)
Seth Godin: The four horsemen of media--here comes...
Seth Godin:
The first is when you talk about yourself. Directly to people who care to hear you out. The second is when you pay someone to carry your message. Media for hire, we call it advertising. The third is when you cajole the ‘editorial’ side to talk about you, with authority. Publicity is often worth more than advertising, but it’s pesky in that it doesn’t perform...
Jalopnik: Obsessed With The Cult Of Cars →
It was 47 years ago today when the Ford Mustang was officially unveiled by Henry Ford II at the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York and simultaneously in dealer showrooms. The world met the pony car and judging by the fact Ford immediately sold almost 22,000 Mustangs, it liked what it saw.
Photos: 2012 Boss Mustang 302 via Ford Motor Company
10 Tweetable Lessons in Marketing Analytics and...
10 Tweetable Lessons in Marketing Analytics and ROI | Business 2 Community
Navigated from KDPaine’s PR Measurement Blog
The Mountain on Vimeo →
The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.
Excuse the typos. I wrote this on my iPhone.
The Coffee Vs. Tea Infographic Lays Out Each... →
Via Lifehacker
Daring Fireball: Cutting That Cord →
John Gruber: A Cursory High-Level Overview of the Current Status of Cloud-Based Syncing and iOS Devices
So I’m thinking the iPad and iPhone won’t drop their connection to iTunes running on a PC in one fell swoop. It’ll be incremental, with new-device activation and software updates coming next. At that point, you’ll be able to use them without owning a PC. If you want to sync large libraries...
“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and...”
– Abraham Lincoln (via kari-shma)
Why Social Media Reinvigorates the Market for... →
