January 2008
31 posts
“Innovators are motivated by a very pure thing — to make meaning.”
– Guy Kawasaki, The Art of Innovation
“From a recruiting perspective, the problem is that the people I consider to be...”
– Recruiting the Top 1 Percent - Joel Spolsky - Fog Creek Software - Internship
“Related to the above is the idea that when you change the rules (context) around...”
– academhack » Blog Archive » Twitter for Academia
“Once students started twittering I think they developed a sense of each other as...”
– Awesome line. That is a great way to explain twitter.
academhack » Blog Archive » Twitter for Academia
“We are not doing anything revolutionary here,” Ms. Honan said. “Coffee, and food...”
– Sounds like Ms. Honan is hedgehogging.
Overhaul, Make It a Venti - New York Times
“The immediacy of the messages helped the students feel like more of a community,...”
– Where were teachers like this when I was in college. Granted twitter wasn’t around so…
Wired Campus: A Professor’s Tips for Using Twitter in the Classroom - Chronicle.com
“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough...”
– Leonard Bernstein
“Among other things, documenting the day to day utterances of my most quotable...”
– The description of Oak’s tumblelog. I’m humbled, truly and deeply and truly.
The Quotable Nunemaker and Other Stories
“…because i’ve decided to try to be more like nunes… starting...”
– Twitter / Chas Grundy
in which Steph and I realize we have no cash for...
me: did you find any change?
steph: no...just a button
me: is it worth anything?
steph: no...it's not even a real button
me: not a real button? what...it's a fake button?
steph: yeah.
me: so it's not worth as much as a real button then...
“Having created a phone, it’s a lot harder than it looks,” he said. “We’ll see...”
– In regards to google and their work with android.
The Passion of Steve Jobs - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog
“If you’re not worried that you’re pricing it too cheap, you’re...”
– The MondayMorningMemo© of Roy H. Williams
“amir, i want you to go camping with jake in the ice cream forrest.”
– http://www.jakeandamir.com/post/24393144
“Erin are you printing war and peace?”
– joe, because Erin was printing a ton of papers
“Your customers are better storytellers than you are. Deal with it and let them...”
– think jose » Hit me on my iPhone
“Numbers and money follow; they do not lead.”
– Quote: Numbers don’t lead
“if Colombo I would peter faulk her…”
– American Idol contestant, singing love song to paula abdul
“The processor is as thick as a nickle and as wide as a dime.”
– MacRumors.com : Macworld San Francisco 2008 Keynote Live Coverage
“MacBook Air is 0.16” to 0.76”. The thickest part of the MacBook Air...”
– MacRumors.com : Macworld San Francisco 2008 Keynote Live Coverage
“Small. Fast. Reliable. Choose any three.”
– That is an awesome tagline. SQLite Home Page
giving up rebel ways
me: you can only use gimp if you are a certified rebel i think
me: and it's illegal in canada so be careful
bkeepers: I think I was at one point, and then decided that I cared more about productivity
“I’m not quitting my job and traveling the world to eat sheep testicles”
– Chas, grundyhome.com » Blog Archive » 2008 is the year of…
“it had the vista.”
– some guy at matuba today
“There are two kinds of people in the world: those who are humble, and those who...”
– Unknown