October 2009
“Einstein later described signing the letter as the ‘one great mistake in...”
– Letters of Note: Einstein’s One Great Mistake
“100 mph in eight seconds”
– Launch of the Ares I-X - The Big Picture - Boston.com
“The trunk and branches are long gone, but all living species are the twigs of a...”
– Book Review - ‘The Greatest Show on Earth - The Evidence for Evolution,’ by Richard Dawkins - Review - NYTimes.com
“hard data proving that the least healthy cereals are the ones marketed most...”
– Sweet Spot: How Sugary-Cereal Makers Target Kids - TIME
“Two campers see a bear, and one immediately puts on his running shoes. “You...”
– Microsoft, Google and the Bear - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
“Product development is a conversation with the user that doesn’t really...”
– What Startups Are Really Like
“Don’t worry what people will say. If your first version is so impressive...”
– What Startups Are Really Like
“Like the Lisa, it uses a hand-held “mouse” — a small pointing...”
– 1984 review of original Mac
Letters of Note: Men mellow, Women become... →
“a result of the Higgs boson travelling back from the future to meddle in its own...”
– The Higgs boson and the Enchantment Under the Sea dance
“The best way to to make sure that you are never asked to do something again is...”
– The Pmarca Guide to Personal Productivity - pmarca *ARCHIVE* - bit.ly/1z2b3V
“The VC business is not about grabbing the largest slice of the pie. It is about...”
– The ‘We Need To Own’ Baloney
“8% of Internet Users Account for 85% of all Clicks”
– MediaPost Publications 8% of Internet Users Account for 85% of all Clicks 10/13/2009
“lucky people generate good fortune via four basic principles. They are skilled...”
– Be lucky - it’s an easy skill to learn - Telegraph
Chad Hurley →
“when you know nothing about anything you can become a member of parliament or an...”
– motoring.co.za - Stirling Moss turning 80 - and he’s still racing!
“In Kashiwa, Japan, there was briefly an unusual cafe where you recieve whatever...”
– The no control cafe
“Duct tape programmers. Shipping is a feature. A really important feature. Your...”
– The Duct Tape Programmer - Joel on Software
“Transparency subsumes objectivity”
– The end of objectivity – web 2.0 version
“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll...”
– Robin Blandford [ ByteSurgery.com ] » Ideas are nothing without everything.
