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dachesterfrench: MGMT - “Congratulations” Video

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:30:48 +0200

MGMT - “Congratulations” Video

"Hackers are unruly. That is the essence of hacking. And it is also the essence of Americanness. It..."

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:38:52 +0200

“Hackers are unruly. That is the essence of hacking. And it is also the essence of Americanness. It is no accident that Silicon Valley is in America, and not France, or Germany, or England, or Japan. In those countries, people color inside the lines.”

- The Word “Hacker”

"In the software business, you can’t afford not to have a hacker-centric culture."

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:32:37 +0200

“In the software business, you can’t afford not to have a hacker-centric culture.”

- What Happened to Yahoo or: “Why hacker-centric culture is the only way for a good software company”. Very interesting in-sight, Thank you Paul.

"… telling David Filo in late 1998 or early 1999 that Yahoo should buy Google, because I and..."

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:50:00 +0200

“… telling David Filo in late 1998 or early 1999 that Yahoo should buy Google, because I and most of the other programmers in the company were using it instead of Yahoo for search. He told me that it wasn’t worth worrying about. Search was only 6% of our traffic, and we were growing at 10% a month.”

- What Happened to Yahoo ?

Man that’s a fine free ride park. I need it. Did some...

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:51:26 +0200

Man that’s a fine free ride park. I need it. Did some downhill back in the day.

"… when those two companies got to another 100 people each we did it again. In the Notting Hill..."

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:17:56 +0200

“… when those two companies got to another 100 people each we did it again. In the Notting Hill Gate area we ended up having 18 different record companies. 18 different switchboards too, we didn’t try to save on central costs. With the combination of them put together, we had the biggest independent record company in the world – the fifth biggest overall.”

- Richard Branson - Richard’s Blog - The art of delegation - Virgin

We love Economist. We hate wires. Company shows how to charge...

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:22:45 +0200

We love Economist. We hate wires. Company shows how to charge phones and everything wirelessly in a not distant future (magnetic field, passive resonators etc.) *NICE*

Good insight: sugar, corn => obiesity etc. It’s a...

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:30:00 +0200

Good insight: sugar, corn => obiesity etc. It’s a political talk and another interesting fact perhaps: only 11% of the U.S. citizens believe/trust in Congress.

Charlie Rose - Jeff Bezos, Founder & CEO, Amazon.com

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:10:48 +0200

Charlie Rose - Jeff Bezos, Founder & CEO, Amazon.com:

New interview as the new kindle has been unveiled.

Customers Buy the WHY-you-do-it

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:24:31 +0200

A wise man told us recently that Customers buy the WHY-you-do-it not the WHAT-you-do. I believe it is true.

Swedish House Mafia - One (Your Name) feat Pharrell - Official...

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:58:16 +0200

Swedish House Mafia - One (Your Name) feat Pharrell - Official Music Video (via dachesterfrench & swedishhousemafiaTV)

Hans Rosling explains the only way to stop population growth at...

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:26:01 +0200

Hans Rosling explains the only way to stop population growth at 9 billion by 2050 and the inevitable role of western society in this global process. He is a founder of Gapminder.org and an outstanding sociology professor in Sweden.

Does a messy room correlate with a messy computer file system?

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:00:00 +0200

I bet this could be an awesome academic research paper subject, no?

"The absolute worst, though, has got to be the attacks for any display of self-confidence. You may..."

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:25:05 +0200

“The absolute worst, though, has got to be the attacks for any display of self-confidence. You may conceptualize the Unites States as a great nation. But it’s also a big tribe, with its own irrational taboos. One of them is: don’t talk proudly about your achievements.”

- Jakob Lodwick who I believe is the founder of VIMEO quits his online publicity. I have never seen this before.

Before midnight.

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:52:54 +0200

Hi everyone, lots of reading and learning going on last couple of months. Dropping by to report that iPad is not hype and the screen of iPhone 4 is amazing. Went to Gravis today in the morning despite that 35°C heat and spent some time playing. How are the new 17” MBPs btw?

"World’s second-youngest self-made billionaire after Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Tanaka..."

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:55:09 +0200

“World’s second-youngest self-made billionaire after Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Tanaka also made his fortune from a social networking site, Gree. He started out at Sony, then worked for fellow billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani at online shopping site Rakuten. Left in 2004 to set up Gree at a tech incubator;”

- #721 Yoshikazu Tanaka - Forbes.com

(via joostlultwel)

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:44 +0200

(via joostlultwel)

Rare Gilles Peterson video interview (2 more coming up). Playing...

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:27:00 +0200

Rare Gilles Peterson video interview (2 more coming up). Playing super good records since about 30 years now and travelling a lot and doing constantly many things he is still into it and keeping it very real. I’m big fan and it was a great pleasure discovering his podcast a couple of years ago.

Some training inspiration for everyone — please do not try this...

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:40:29 +0200

Some training inspiration for everyone — please do not try this anywhere hehe. Damien Walters 2010 (via damienwalters)

"When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy! The networks..."

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:33:10 +0200

““When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy! The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It’s the truth.”
STEVE JOBS
From the fantastic Wired interview in 1996. Definitely give it a read: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.02/jobs.html?pg=1”

- Steve Jobs on media, conspiracy, and giving people what they want