Friday, July 30, 2010
Does Language Influence Culture?
Insightful piece by Lera Boroditsky in The Wall Street Journal,
"Lost in Translation
New cognitive research suggests that language profoundly influences the way people see the world; a different sense of blame in Japanese and Spanish"
Emphasizes things my mom discussed with me growing up...
"Dear, you have to realize Korean language is indirect and not descriptive, so this affects the culture and people. Which is why Koreans are vague and indirect at times."
Also when my cousin was an officer and translator for the South Korean army, he told me that it was frustrating translating from Korean to English because there were multiple ways to translate various sentences. If he didn't know the writer's intent then it was 4 or 5 ways. Of course, there are certain words and descriptions not in English that are in Korean, but he was referring to the general structural differences between Korean and English.
UPDATE: There was a pretty interesting thread on my Facebook page, so I asked some of the people if it was cool to repost their comments here. Good comments and insights from various sides of this topic.
Mike Lanza: A Japanese friend used to work at Microsoft in Tokyo. The working language among employees in the office was Japanese, but whenever a disagreement emerged, they would spontaneously switch to English. Apparently, they felt the Japanese language was a hindrance to resolving disputes efficiently...
Bernard Moon: Reminds me of Malcom Gladwell's "Outliers", which I didn't read but Christine told me about. She discussed with me the chapter on Korean Airlines pilots and how they use to have the highest crash rates in the industry. A study found that it was a combination of Confucian hierarchy and language that led to grave mistakes in the cockpit. A junior pilot wouldn't want to challenge the authority of the senior pilot and would make vague, non-challenging statements, such as "hmm, it seems a bit foggy... it might be difficult to land...". So the resolution was that Korean Air pilots speak English in the cockpit and the result was a dramatic decrease in crashes.
.....
Bernard Moon: Han, Korean has more adjectives and more descriptive words in certain categories, but the structural differences create the indirectness.
I know when my cousin was an officer and translator for the South Korean army (liaison between the Korean and U.S. senior staff), he told me that it was frustrating translating from Korean to English because there were multiple ways to translate various sentences. If he didn't know the writer's intent then it was 4 or 5 ways.
Mike Lanza: When I studied Japanese, I found at least 15 or 20 different words that translated to English as "feeling." My first reation was to think the Japanese can articulate far more nuances of feeling than we English-speakers. This is akin to the discussion about Eskimos having over 500 words for our word, "snow."
After reflecting on the feeling question more, I'd say that Japanese gives many more options than English for obfuscating or lightening a strong feeling. So, I'd venture to guess (I haven't researched this) that they have more subtle "feeling" words, while we have more strong feeling words like "fabulous" or "shitty" or "stupendous" or "horrific".
.....
Paul Y. Ahn: we'll be qualified to make statements like some of the ones made in this thread's comment section once we've attained a native to near-native proficiency in Korean.
as of now, none of the people that have shared their opinions in this thread, including the TS and me, have that level of proficiency, thus, the opinions are inherently (and unbeknown to the communicator) heavily ethnocentric ("englishcentric" or "englishlanguagecentric" may be a better words but i doubt they exist).
for example, the story about Bernard's translator cousin: for every one story about a person's frustration stemming from translating Korean to English, there is another about a person's frustration stemming from translating English to Korean
Bernard Moon: paul, actually it was a common frustration discuss among my cousin's fellow translators in the army. and i don't think you get more concrete proof than crashes decreasing when the language was changed. i believe this was a similar issue among japanese airlines too.
and my wife is a native speaker :)
Paul Y. Ahn: I'd bet on two things:
A. your cousin and his fellow translators are predominantly more comfortable speaking English than Korean and/or have been educated in the States even for a limited period (as are almost all people that play that role in the Korean army). thus, the opinions of their social group also showcase one side of the equation.
B. changing the language spoken in the cockpit from Korean to English was merely one of many significant changes that were made after the results of the study were published. probably one of the more significant changes that were made which decreased crashes and has nothing to do with the language spoken was that now first officers fly the plane and the captains run through their inspection process checklists which is the other way around.
tangentially, I think Malcom Gladwell, the pop sociologist, sucks
"Lost in Translation
New cognitive research suggests that language profoundly influences the way people see the world; a different sense of blame in Japanese and Spanish"
Emphasizes things my mom discussed with me growing up...
"Dear, you have to realize Korean language is indirect and not descriptive, so this affects the culture and people. Which is why Koreans are vague and indirect at times."
Also when my cousin was an officer and translator for the South Korean army, he told me that it was frustrating translating from Korean to English because there were multiple ways to translate various sentences. If he didn't know the writer's intent then it was 4 or 5 ways. Of course, there are certain words and descriptions not in English that are in Korean, but he was referring to the general structural differences between Korean and English.
UPDATE: There was a pretty interesting thread on my Facebook page, so I asked some of the people if it was cool to repost their comments here. Good comments and insights from various sides of this topic.
Mike Lanza: A Japanese friend used to work at Microsoft in Tokyo. The working language among employees in the office was Japanese, but whenever a disagreement emerged, they would spontaneously switch to English. Apparently, they felt the Japanese language was a hindrance to resolving disputes efficiently...
Bernard Moon: Reminds me of Malcom Gladwell's "Outliers", which I didn't read but Christine told me about. She discussed with me the chapter on Korean Airlines pilots and how they use to have the highest crash rates in the industry. A study found that it was a combination of Confucian hierarchy and language that led to grave mistakes in the cockpit. A junior pilot wouldn't want to challenge the authority of the senior pilot and would make vague, non-challenging statements, such as "hmm, it seems a bit foggy... it might be difficult to land...". So the resolution was that Korean Air pilots speak English in the cockpit and the result was a dramatic decrease in crashes.
.....
Bernard Moon: Han, Korean has more adjectives and more descriptive words in certain categories, but the structural differences create the indirectness.
I know when my cousin was an officer and translator for the South Korean army (liaison between the Korean and U.S. senior staff), he told me that it was frustrating translating from Korean to English because there were multiple ways to translate various sentences. If he didn't know the writer's intent then it was 4 or 5 ways.
Mike Lanza: When I studied Japanese, I found at least 15 or 20 different words that translated to English as "feeling." My first reation was to think the Japanese can articulate far more nuances of feeling than we English-speakers. This is akin to the discussion about Eskimos having over 500 words for our word, "snow."
After reflecting on the feeling question more, I'd say that Japanese gives many more options than English for obfuscating or lightening a strong feeling. So, I'd venture to guess (I haven't researched this) that they have more subtle "feeling" words, while we have more strong feeling words like "fabulous" or "shitty" or "stupendous" or "horrific".
.....
Paul Y. Ahn: we'll be qualified to make statements like some of the ones made in this thread's comment section once we've attained a native to near-native proficiency in Korean.
as of now, none of the people that have shared their opinions in this thread, including the TS and me, have that level of proficiency, thus, the opinions are inherently (and unbeknown to the communicator) heavily ethnocentric ("englishcentric" or "englishlanguagecentric" may be a better words but i doubt they exist).
for example, the story about Bernard's translator cousin: for every one story about a person's frustration stemming from translating Korean to English, there is another about a person's frustration stemming from translating English to Korean
Bernard Moon: paul, actually it was a common frustration discuss among my cousin's fellow translators in the army. and i don't think you get more concrete proof than crashes decreasing when the language was changed. i believe this was a similar issue among japanese airlines too.
and my wife is a native speaker :)
Paul Y. Ahn: I'd bet on two things:
A. your cousin and his fellow translators are predominantly more comfortable speaking English than Korean and/or have been educated in the States even for a limited period (as are almost all people that play that role in the Korean army). thus, the opinions of their social group also showcase one side of the equation.
B. changing the language spoken in the cockpit from Korean to English was merely one of many significant changes that were made after the results of the study were published. probably one of the more significant changes that were made which decreased crashes and has nothing to do with the language spoken was that now first officers fly the plane and the captains run through their inspection process checklists which is the other way around.
tangentially, I think Malcom Gladwell, the pop sociologist, sucks
Thursday, July 29, 2010
TechCrunch Social Currency CrunchUp
9:00 – 9:45 am
The Social Currency Investment Thesis
Michael Arrington speaks with Ron Conway and Paul Graham
9:45 – 10:15 am
Social Savings: Building the Next Billion Dollar Business
Erick Schonfeld speaks with Groupon CEO Andrew Mason
10:15 – 10:30 am
Couponing 101: What Tech Should Understand About Brands, Retailer and Consumer Promotions
Heather Harde speaks with News America Marketing Group Sales Manager Ginny Byrnes
10:45 – 10:50 am
New Product Demo: Blekko by Founder and CEO Rich Skrenta
10:50 – 11:30 am
Check Ins, Coupons and Commerce
Tristan Walker, director of business development, Foursquare
Kara Nortman, Senior Vice President, Publishing, CityGrid Media
Shiva Rajaraman, product manager, Twitter
Moderated by MG Siegler
(full schedule)
"Entrepreneur - Venture Capital Alignment" by Jeff Bussgang
Presentation by Jeff Bussgang, a general partner at Flybridge Capital.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
News & Links List
"Why The Most Interesting Man in the World Moves More Units Than Mustafa" Fast Company
"The 2010 Top 25 Women in Tech to Watch" AlwaysOn
"XX Combinator: It's Time To Found A Startup Accelerator For Women In Their 40s" Business Insider, Fred Wilson
"Asia Dominates Top 100 Fastest Internet Cities List" GigaOm
"Wisconsin: Land of Beer, Cheese, and…Startups" TechCrunch
"Map of Boston's Early-Stage Tech Investor Ecosystem" David B. Lerner
"Foursquare hits 100 million 'check-ins'" Telegraph
"Less Than 1 Year Until The Internet Runs Out of Addresses" ReadWriteWeb
"Are Location-Based Services All Hype?" ReadWriteWeb
"The problem with Groupon" Rashmi’s blog
"Galaxy Phones From Samsung Are Worthy iPhone Rivals" WSJ, Walt Mossberg
"Apple’s Rotten Response" Newsweek, Daniel Lyons
"Sorry, No, I’m Not Going to Write a Piece Arguing That Dan Lyons Is a Jackass" Daring Fireball
"iPhony 4: Did Steve Jobs Mislead the Public About Delaying Korean Launch?" Fast Company
"Where Facebook's half a billion users reside" O'Reilly Radar
"The World's Most Valuable Teams And Athletes" Forbes
"Rhee dismisses 241 D.C. teachers; union vows to contest firings" The Washington Post
"The Vast Left-Wing Media Conspiracy" WSJ, Fred Barnes
"Oliver Stone: 'Jewish-Dominated Media' Prevents Hitler from Being Portrayed 'in Context'" NewsBusters
"WikiLeaks Rolled Dice to Raise Its Profile
Website Collaborated With Mainstream Media on Afghan Leaks After Previous Scoops Failed to Win Enough Attention" WSJ
"Former Combat Soldier-Activist Paul Rieckhoff on Wikileaks and Founder Julian Assange" Fast Company
"The 2010 Top 25 Women in Tech to Watch" AlwaysOn
"XX Combinator: It's Time To Found A Startup Accelerator For Women In Their 40s" Business Insider, Fred Wilson
"Asia Dominates Top 100 Fastest Internet Cities List" GigaOm
"Wisconsin: Land of Beer, Cheese, and…Startups" TechCrunch
"Map of Boston's Early-Stage Tech Investor Ecosystem" David B. Lerner
"Foursquare hits 100 million 'check-ins'" Telegraph
"Less Than 1 Year Until The Internet Runs Out of Addresses" ReadWriteWeb
"Are Location-Based Services All Hype?" ReadWriteWeb
"The problem with Groupon" Rashmi’s blog
"Galaxy Phones From Samsung Are Worthy iPhone Rivals" WSJ, Walt Mossberg
"Apple’s Rotten Response" Newsweek, Daniel Lyons
"Sorry, No, I’m Not Going to Write a Piece Arguing That Dan Lyons Is a Jackass" Daring Fireball
"iPhony 4: Did Steve Jobs Mislead the Public About Delaying Korean Launch?" Fast Company
"Where Facebook's half a billion users reside" O'Reilly Radar
"The World's Most Valuable Teams And Athletes" Forbes
"Rhee dismisses 241 D.C. teachers; union vows to contest firings" The Washington Post
"The Vast Left-Wing Media Conspiracy" WSJ, Fred Barnes
"Oliver Stone: 'Jewish-Dominated Media' Prevents Hitler from Being Portrayed 'in Context'" NewsBusters
"WikiLeaks Rolled Dice to Raise Its Profile
Website Collaborated With Mainstream Media on Afghan Leaks After Previous Scoops Failed to Win Enough Attention" WSJ
"Former Combat Soldier-Activist Paul Rieckhoff on Wikileaks and Founder Julian Assange" Fast Company
Monday, July 26, 2010
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Lunsford Group Wireless Industry Snapshot 2010
I recently update an internal document for our firm that I made which serves as a wireless industry "cheat sheet," or quick reference guide. Nothing proprietary, so I thought I would share it with all of you.
Lunsford Group Wireless Industry Snapshot 2010
View more presentations from Bernard Moon.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Lin Yu Chun Sings Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You'
The Taiwanese Susan Boyle... with an awesome bowl cut. It's a better bowl cut than mine from 2nd grade.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Importance of Culture in Building Your Startup
Here are some great articles/links that help you think about the importance of culture in building a new company (Yes, I had to plug in my own:). Also a couple articles below present alternative paths to the traditional venture-backed route of startups, but in either situation culture is still critical for a company to become successful. Remember that the foundational culture matters and the little things are even more important as you create your startup's culture.
"Tony Hsieh: Company culture is #1 priority
CEO of Zappos.com argues for the importance of having company culture and values as top priorities" Vator News
"Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast" InsideWork, Dan Wooldridge
"Is Entrepreneurship Just About the Exit?" TechCrunch, Vivek Wadhwa
"These Companies Are Built To Enjoy" Forbes, Sramana Mitra
"Cash-strapped entrepreneurs get creative" BBC
"Want to be the next Google? Create enduring values" VentureBeat, Bernard Moon
"Tony Hsieh: Company culture is #1 priority
CEO of Zappos.com argues for the importance of having company culture and values as top priorities" Vator News
"Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast" InsideWork, Dan Wooldridge
"Is Entrepreneurship Just About the Exit?" TechCrunch, Vivek Wadhwa
"These Companies Are Built To Enjoy" Forbes, Sramana Mitra
"Cash-strapped entrepreneurs get creative" BBC
"Want to be the next Google? Create enduring values" VentureBeat, Bernard Moon
News & Links List
"Kindle Books Outselling Hardcover Books. “Tipping Point” Reached, Amazon Says" TechCrunch
"Technology & the American Creativity Crisis" ReadWriteWeb
"The Creativity Crisis
For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong—and how we can fix it." Newsweek
"Amazon opens supercomputing service" CNET
"Product Management Software Company Atlassian Takes A Huge, $60 Million First Round Of Funding From Accel" TechCrunch
"Android Poised For Dominance In China, With Global Implications" TechCrunch
"Nokia Board Faces Call for Change on $77 Billion Lost Value" Bloomberg
"A New Generation of Entrepreneurs to Commercialize Innovations" Entrepreneurship Blog
"Site Connects Athletes with Brands Seeking Endorsements" Springwise
"Viewpoint: The murky world of illegal Asian gambling" BBC
"Inside look at LeBron’s free-agent coup" Yahoo! Sports
"Technology & the American Creativity Crisis" ReadWriteWeb
"The Creativity Crisis
For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong—and how we can fix it." Newsweek
"Amazon opens supercomputing service" CNET
"Product Management Software Company Atlassian Takes A Huge, $60 Million First Round Of Funding From Accel" TechCrunch
"Android Poised For Dominance In China, With Global Implications" TechCrunch
"Nokia Board Faces Call for Change on $77 Billion Lost Value" Bloomberg
"A New Generation of Entrepreneurs to Commercialize Innovations" Entrepreneurship Blog
"Site Connects Athletes with Brands Seeking Endorsements" Springwise
"Viewpoint: The murky world of illegal Asian gambling" BBC
"Inside look at LeBron’s free-agent coup" Yahoo! Sports
Sunday, July 18, 2010
East Africa Railway Project: Dead Deal
Our firm’s cause-related project in Africa faced what many companies encountered. It's not called the "Dark Continent" without reason. Our team really wanted to do good and help create change in East Africa, but this became a dead deal.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
South Park: You Have 0 Friends
Amusing... Check it out here.
"Kyle 'friended' the wrong person and now all of his friends are deserting him. His situation is desperate. Kyle looks for help from the one person who has always been there for him."
"Kyle 'friended' the wrong person and now all of his friends are deserting him. His situation is desperate. Kyle looks for help from the one person who has always been there for him."
Monday, July 12, 2010
TEDTalk: Philip K. Howard on Four Ways to Fix a Broken Legal System
"The land of the free has become a legal minefield, says Philip K. Howard -- especially for teachers and doctors, whose work has been paralyzed by fear of suits. What's the answer? A lawyer himself, Howard has four propositions for simplifying US law."
News & Links List
"Google launches do-it-yourself apps for Android" VentureBeat
"YouTube: Why the Flash era isn't over" CNET
"5 Key Trends of 2010: Half-Year Report for The Web" ReadWriteWeb
"By the Numbers: Has Facebook Fatigue Set In?" WIRED
"Accel Partners Seeds Maven Research" peHUB
"HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Q&A Site" Mashable
"The smartest people in tech
What constitutes tech savvy today? An alchemy of intellect, ambition, and that uncanny ability to peer around corners. Some of our choices may surprise you." Fortune
"Tesla Motors CEO can’t handle the truth" VentureBeat
"Elon Musk: 'Why Owen Thomas Is Silicon Valley’s Jayson Blair'" TechCrunch
"Job Growth in U.S. Driven Entirely by Startups, According to Kauffman Foundation Study"
"China group says US uses Facebook to sow unrest" AP
"Poll: 55% Of Likely Voters Think Obama's A Socialist" TPM
Results from Democratic pollsters. Of course, the Left would say this is Fox News' fault or Glenn Beck's fault and not his policies. I don't think Obama is a socialist. I just think "socialist" is just another way that people are framing their displeasure in his presidency.
"The Eggsploited: When Two Markets Collide" The Center for Bioethics & Culture
"YouTube: Why the Flash era isn't over" CNET
"5 Key Trends of 2010: Half-Year Report for The Web" ReadWriteWeb
"By the Numbers: Has Facebook Fatigue Set In?" WIRED
"Accel Partners Seeds Maven Research" peHUB
"HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Q&A Site" Mashable
"The smartest people in tech
What constitutes tech savvy today? An alchemy of intellect, ambition, and that uncanny ability to peer around corners. Some of our choices may surprise you." Fortune
"Tesla Motors CEO can’t handle the truth" VentureBeat
"Elon Musk: 'Why Owen Thomas Is Silicon Valley’s Jayson Blair'" TechCrunch
"Job Growth in U.S. Driven Entirely by Startups, According to Kauffman Foundation Study"
"China group says US uses Facebook to sow unrest" AP
"Poll: 55% Of Likely Voters Think Obama's A Socialist" TPM
Results from Democratic pollsters. Of course, the Left would say this is Fox News' fault or Glenn Beck's fault and not his policies. I don't think Obama is a socialist. I just think "socialist" is just another way that people are framing their displeasure in his presidency.
"The Eggsploited: When Two Markets Collide" The Center for Bioethics & Culture
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
LeBron Backlash, The Beginning
So it begins. The backlash against "King" James, who will now be called "Queen" James and other derivatives for years to come in Cleveland and elsewhere. In ESPN's Bill Simmons' column today ("Welcome to the All-LeBron sound-off"), he had a good summary along with fan emails on what just happened in the sports world:
"For LeBron not to understand what he was doing -- or even worse, not to care -- made me quickly turn off the television, find my kids, give them their nightly bath and try to forget the sports atrocity that I had just witnessed. He just couldn't have handled it worse. Never in my life can I remember someone swinging from likable to unlikable that quickly. I will forgive him some day because I like watching him play basketball, and whether you're rooting for or against him, his alliance with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami created one the greatest "Holy s---, how is this going to play out?????" scenarios in recent sports history. Sports are supposed to be fun, and eventually, this will become fun -- for everyone but people in Cleveland -- because we finally have a Yankees of basketball.
But I will never, ever, not in a million years, understand why it had to play out that way. If LeBron James is the future of sports, then I shudder for the future."
My comments with my friend, Sam, earlier today on Lebron confirming he's not in the same league as MJ:
"Dude, not just in MJ's league but even Kobe's neighborhood. Lebron settled 100% for me that he doesn't have that killer instinct. A man-child that never grew up.
Reminds me of Barkley's old quote on Derrick Coleman. How if he had Coleman's body and skills with his drive and passion that he would have been the greater ever."
Another chat with Frank:
"For LeBron to build his legacy and be considered in the conversation of the top 5 greatest evers, he should have stayed in Cleveland. Built up a title team like MJ, Duncan, Olajuwon, etc. Second choice would have been Chicago where he would have been alpha dog and he would be the one leading them to championships. In Miami, it won't be considered his team. Wade has already won, so in some sense LeBron is following Wade, which is fine.
I don't think it's bad that LeBron doesn't have the same selfish drive that MJ has, but as a sports fan it is a bit disappointing that LeBron is not living up to his potential. I guess I bought into the hype too early.
On a good note, Kobe and MJ are considered assholes, so it seems LeBron doesn't have that rep or demeanor that usually comes with having an extreme killer instinct." Of course Cleveland fans now have different names for him.
More from SI's Michael Rosenberg, "LeBron hardly a king for taking the easy way out with star-laden Heat"
"For LeBron not to understand what he was doing -- or even worse, not to care -- made me quickly turn off the television, find my kids, give them their nightly bath and try to forget the sports atrocity that I had just witnessed. He just couldn't have handled it worse. Never in my life can I remember someone swinging from likable to unlikable that quickly. I will forgive him some day because I like watching him play basketball, and whether you're rooting for or against him, his alliance with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami created one the greatest "Holy s---, how is this going to play out?????" scenarios in recent sports history. Sports are supposed to be fun, and eventually, this will become fun -- for everyone but people in Cleveland -- because we finally have a Yankees of basketball.
But I will never, ever, not in a million years, understand why it had to play out that way. If LeBron James is the future of sports, then I shudder for the future."
My comments with my friend, Sam, earlier today on Lebron confirming he's not in the same league as MJ:
"Dude, not just in MJ's league but even Kobe's neighborhood. Lebron settled 100% for me that he doesn't have that killer instinct. A man-child that never grew up.
Reminds me of Barkley's old quote on Derrick Coleman. How if he had Coleman's body and skills with his drive and passion that he would have been the greater ever."
Another chat with Frank:
"For LeBron to build his legacy and be considered in the conversation of the top 5 greatest evers, he should have stayed in Cleveland. Built up a title team like MJ, Duncan, Olajuwon, etc. Second choice would have been Chicago where he would have been alpha dog and he would be the one leading them to championships. In Miami, it won't be considered his team. Wade has already won, so in some sense LeBron is following Wade, which is fine.
I don't think it's bad that LeBron doesn't have the same selfish drive that MJ has, but as a sports fan it is a bit disappointing that LeBron is not living up to his potential. I guess I bought into the hype too early.
On a good note, Kobe and MJ are considered assholes, so it seems LeBron doesn't have that rep or demeanor that usually comes with having an extreme killer instinct." Of course Cleveland fans now have different names for him.
More from SI's Michael Rosenberg, "LeBron hardly a king for taking the easy way out with star-laden Heat"
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Facebook Open Graph by Maver & Tedford
"John Maver and Jamie Tedford share their thoughts on how Facebook Open Graph differs from Connect in their MITX presentation about the social web."
Facebook Open Graph 6.10.10
View more presentations from MITX.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
News & Links List
"America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs" BusinessWeek
"Android 2.2 demolishes iOS4 in JavaScript benchmarks" Ars Technica
"Google to Push Android Deeper into Asia" Business Week
"All 5 US variants of the Samsung Galaxy S compared" MobileCrunch
"Samsung Bets On Smartphone Success: Samsung is bucking the predominant one-carrier-per-phone model with its Galaxy S smartphone." Forbes
"Why Apple's iPhone 4 Update Won't Fix Your Reception Problem" Gizmodo
"Translation From Apple’s Unique Dialect of PR-Speak to English of the ‘Letter From Apple Regarding iPhone 4’" Daring Fireball
"Asia Now First, Fastest-Growing Region for Twitter" ReadWriteWeb
"Foursquare Launches Location Layers - This is Big" ReadWriteWeb
"'Google Me' Social Network Rumors Fueled: It's Real, Heavily Staffed" Fast Company
"More on Google's 'Facebook Killer'" Fortune's Google's 24/7
"Ask Maggie: On iPhone or Android; the Verizon iPhone; and buying refurbs" CNET
"Meet Cisco Cius: Android tablet for workers, students. Watch out, iPad?" ZDNet
"Cisco announces the 7-inch Cius Android Tablet" CrunchGear
"Everything You Need to Know About Android 2.2, aka Froyo" GigaOm
"Hate your commute? Then pity workers in Beijing, Mexico City" Reuters
"Mel Gibson Puts Foot in Mouth and Production Company in Toilet" BNET
"Three moral dimensions to fight in Afghanistan" The Washington Post, Chris Seiple
"Obama's CEO problem -- and ours" The Washington Post, Fareed Zakaria
"Al Gore Gone Wild: Masseuse Alleges 'Unwanted Sexual Contact' (Updated)" Gawker
"Android 2.2 demolishes iOS4 in JavaScript benchmarks" Ars Technica
"Google to Push Android Deeper into Asia" Business Week
"All 5 US variants of the Samsung Galaxy S compared" MobileCrunch
"Samsung Bets On Smartphone Success: Samsung is bucking the predominant one-carrier-per-phone model with its Galaxy S smartphone." Forbes
"Why Apple's iPhone 4 Update Won't Fix Your Reception Problem" Gizmodo
"Translation From Apple’s Unique Dialect of PR-Speak to English of the ‘Letter From Apple Regarding iPhone 4’" Daring Fireball
"Asia Now First, Fastest-Growing Region for Twitter" ReadWriteWeb
"Foursquare Launches Location Layers - This is Big" ReadWriteWeb
"'Google Me' Social Network Rumors Fueled: It's Real, Heavily Staffed" Fast Company
"More on Google's 'Facebook Killer'" Fortune's Google's 24/7
"Ask Maggie: On iPhone or Android; the Verizon iPhone; and buying refurbs" CNET
"Meet Cisco Cius: Android tablet for workers, students. Watch out, iPad?" ZDNet
"Cisco announces the 7-inch Cius Android Tablet" CrunchGear
"Everything You Need to Know About Android 2.2, aka Froyo" GigaOm
"Hate your commute? Then pity workers in Beijing, Mexico City" Reuters
"Mel Gibson Puts Foot in Mouth and Production Company in Toilet" BNET
"Three moral dimensions to fight in Afghanistan" The Washington Post, Chris Seiple
"Obama's CEO problem -- and ours" The Washington Post, Fareed Zakaria
"Al Gore Gone Wild: Masseuse Alleges 'Unwanted Sexual Contact' (Updated)" Gawker
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Better Ideas Faster: How to Brainstorm More Effectively
From David Sherwin at Frog Design:
"Use these practical methods to help you brainstorm better, smarter, and more effectively, no matter the timeline. Using these methods, you can approach a design problem with the right questions so you can focus your creative energy on finding solutions."
"Use these practical methods to help you brainstorm better, smarter, and more effectively, no matter the timeline. Using these methods, you can approach a design problem with the right questions so you can focus your creative energy on finding solutions."
Friday, July 2, 2010
Funny or Die's Presidential Reunion
"Barack Obama gets a surprise visit in the night from ex-Presidents Bush Sr., Bush Jr., Clinton, Ford, Reagan and Carter to get a few pointers about the Consumer Financial Protection Agency and why it's so important."
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Top 50 Startup Blogs To Watch in 2010
EvanCarmichael.com was nice enough to include me in their Top 50 Startup Blog list. Thanks, Evan! More about his site:
"EvanCarmichael.com is the Internet's #1 resource for small business motivation and strategies. With over 450,000 monthly visitors, 4,750 contributing authors, and 83,000 pages of content, no website shares more profiles of famous entrepreneurs and inspires more small business owners than EvanCarmichael.com."
"EvanCarmichael.com is the Internet's #1 resource for small business motivation and strategies. With over 450,000 monthly visitors, 4,750 contributing authors, and 83,000 pages of content, no website shares more profiles of famous entrepreneurs and inspires more small business owners than EvanCarmichael.com."
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