January 2009
81 posts
Work: done. Weekend, let’s do this. *slams laptop shut
Headphones on, volume up: http://snurl.com/b0nv5
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Lunch w/ the always impressive @dsldsl to hear about technology plans for EMI. Very cool ideas in play. Look out music industry #insidery
RT Jkretch rather than removing, vids w/ copyrighted music turned into ads for the song + a link to buy. GREAT SOLVE http://bit.ly/Iz7p
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I love the smell of Web analytics in the morning.
Work is reaching impressive levels of mania. Big current.com improvements (including video!) and new tv shows rolling out soon.
Uber hi-res panoramic shot of the inauguration. If you were there and you can spot yourself @reply me: http://snurl.com/arh4f
The Jonas Brothers were just below Obama in the 2008 Google global query ranking?!? Goodness: http://snurl.com/aqwcr
2008 Year End Google Zeitgeist
Fastest Rising Search Queries (Global)
sarah palin
beijing 2008
facebook login
tuenti
heath ledger
obama
nasza klasa
wer kennt wen
euro 2008
jonas brothers
Jonas Brothers? Really? The world is almost as curious about a floppy haired singing group as a president who changed history.
For site archives check out http://www.archive.org Thx @netik!
Personal rapid transit gets another chance at life
“Beneath the tall buildings and alleys of Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City, in a hidden, vault-like space, a unique transportation system may one day whisk passengers back and forth to their destinations, faster than any bus system and more accurately than rail. Instead, it will use small, driverless pods that bear as much resemblance to taxis as public transit.”
Rest of the article at...
I’d love to see a snapshot of Web sites at various stages of growth, 5, 10, 20mm+ uniques. UX evolution would be interesting.
correction, Sunday afternoon. Thx all :)
Tip, Citizen Cake closes on Friday afternoon. If u know the staff (or ask them nicely) they’ll give u unlimited wine/delicacies #sfinsidery
At a dog show. The single most remarkable event I’ve been to in 09. My outfit for next time: pant suit, fanny pack & orthopedic shoes.
Day at the office, oh the glamour. Now off to prep for tomorrow’s festivities which will include DIY brunching & fancified canines.
Netflixed Grey’s Anatomy which I’d never seen. Pretty sure I could be a surgeon, so if you need stitches or a heart transplant let me know
coworker: “do we know if the implementation is working?” me: “we know it’s…more working” I think that’s going to be the tone today
I feel like the Godfather, no request will go ungranted today. All emails will end with “on this, the day of Obama’s Inauguration” #current
Favorite recent dvds
Taxi to the Dark Side: a well-researched and thoughtful look into the policies at Bagram, Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. I loved this film.
Frontline: Sick Around the World: a peek into the health care systems in various countries. Interesting to learn about cost/benefits other countries have managed for their citizens. Having spent time in hospitals around the world, I had a personal interest...
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– via MentalFloss
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