February 2011
Revealing the Man Behind @MayorEmanuel - Alexis... →
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“Where did the name Girl Talk come from?
When I first got started years ago...”
– One on One: Girl Talk, Computer Musician - NYTimes.com
“Cute: The whole idea of naked password is to encourage your users to enter...”
– Naked Password - jQuery Plugin to Encourage Stronger Passwords
“But at times, the prolonged effort to pander to younger viewers was downright...”
– Oscar Courts the Young With Franco and Hathaway - NYTimes.com
“In fact, in digital media, illustration is missing in action, and its absence is...”
– Subtraction.com: The Sad Story of Illustration on the Web
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5 of This Year's Oscar Nominees You Can Watch... →
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“There comes a day in the life of every social network when programmers realize...”
– The Friends Facebook Insists You Have « Thought Catalog
“Before blasting the first human into space in 1961, the Soviet Union fired off...”
– Sotheby’s to auction 1961 Soviet space capsule | Reuters
Man Who Temporarily Disables Facebook Account... →
Amazon Prime →
khuyi:
Incredible analysis of Amazon Prime on Quora. (And more here). Highlights:
- $900 year spent by the average Amazon Prime member in their first year of Prime membership (2009 estimate by Gene Munster at Piper Jaffray) - $400 year spent by members in the year before becoming a Prime member (2009 estimates by Munster) - 82% of Prime members buy on Amazon even if the item is less expensive...
“It is perversely fitting that the child whose birth was the catalyst for Dooce...”
– Heather Armstrong, Queen of the Mommy Bloggers - NYTimes.com
Spotify closer to Universal deal | Reuters →
Just launch already.
“But a distracted mind, trained so expertly by those ubiquitous social media...”
– Why I Love the Kindle « Thought Catalog
