Jimmy points me to this article, "Why most discovered true associations are inflated," by J. P. Ioannidis. As Jimmy pointed out, this is exactly what we call type M (for magnitude) errors. I completely agree with Ioannidis's point, which he seems to be making more systematically than David Weakliem and I did in our recent article on the topic. My only suggestion beyond what Ioannidis wrote has to do with potential solutions to the problem. His ideas include: "being cautious about newly discovered effect sizes, considering some rational down-adjustment, using analytical methods that correct…
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Why most discovered true associations are inflated: Type M errors are all over the place [Applied Statistics]
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Ray Comfort is a Half-Wit and a Libelous Scalawag [The Primate Diaries]
21 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pmNow that his plan has backfired drastically (his own website has removed the link to his "Introduction" of Darwin's book) and more people were offended by his distortions than anything else, let me briefly point out some useful information. Comfort makes the following assertions in his introduction: Adolf Hitler took Darwin's evolutionary philosophy to its logical conclusions [and] the legacy of Darwin's theory can be seen in the rise of eugenics, euthanasia, infanticide, and abortion. As the National Center for Science Education has pointed out: This is simply hyperbole on Comfort's part. -
The Open Laboratory 2009 - one of the last calls for submission! [A Blog Around The Clock]
21 Nov 2009 | 11:27 amReminder: Deadline is December 1st at midnight EST! Here are the submissions for OpenLab 2009 to date (under the fold). You can buy the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions at Lulu.com. Please use the submission form to add more of your and other people's posts (remember that we are looking for original poems, art, cartoons and comics, as well as essays): Make sure that the submitted posts are possible (and relatively easy) to convert into print. Posts that rely too much on video, audio, color photographs, copyrighted images, or multitudes of links just won't do (I won't even include them here -… -
Which is more intense. Cats or Chipmunks? [Greg Laden's Blog]
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Toaster Sunshine channels Jack White for science and technology outreach [Terra Sigillata]
21 Nov 2009 | 11:02 amAt the recent U2 Academic Conference, I had the opportunity to be at the local premiere of It Might Get Loud, a much-more-than documentary of the electric guitar as told through the careers of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, U2's The Edge, and Jack White of The White Stripes and Raconteurs. For the record, I thought that White was going to be totally out of his league - while I wouldn't call him a "legend" as billed by the producers, I left being incredibly impressed with his background and breadth of abilities. Related to the movie trailer below, I had an exchange with Toaster Sunshine, a…
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Turtles with Facebook Urged to Vote in #openwebawards [VIDEO]
21 Nov 2009 | 12:48 pmThe finals of our annual Open Web Awards are hotly contested, with 170,000+ votes cast since Wednesday. Among the most active categories: the top videos and channels on YouTube. Popular YouTube channel CardGamesFTW has a strategy to help it beat out the competition: turtles. At least, a humorous clip linking turtles, Facebook and people called “Steve” aspires to drive more votes for the channel in the “Funniest YouTube Channel” category. The competition is tough, however: competitors include top YouTubers ShaneDawsonTV, Smosh, loadingreadyrun and RayWilliamJohnson. If… -
Bing Accused of Censoring Simplified Chinese Language Searches
21 Nov 2009 | 11:25 amThe New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof is controversially asking web users to “Boycott Bing“, claiming that Bing is censoring Simplified Chinese queries even outside the People’s Republic of China. Last night, Bing responded to Kristof’s Friday afternoon posting, citing a programming bug but failing to deny the censorship claims. To us, both sides of the argument seem lacking. Boycott Bing? Kristof’s complaint is part of an ongoing debate: should US companies censor their search results to appease Chinese authorities? Those in favor say it’s simply good… -
GrandCentral Website Shuts Down Next Month: Download Your Data and Contacts
21 Nov 2009 | 9:26 amGoogle has already transitioned GrandCentral users over to Google Voice, and now comes the final step in that move: Google is shuttering the GrandCentral website and telling users to download any old messages and contacts they have on that site. The GrandCentral site will be closed on the last day of the year – December 31st – and a further reminder will be sent before that date. In a mail to users today, the company advised: The GrandCentral website is shutting down – GrandCentral is now Google Voice. Dear GrandCentral User: We’re writing to let you know that we will… -
Tila Tequila Continues Her Ustream Video Meltdown [LIVE VIDEO]
21 Nov 2009 | 1:19 amSocial media is a double-edged sword. Due to its unfiltered nature, it can be a powerful promotional tool. However, it can also publicly expose our problems. Former reality TV star Tila Tequila is an unfortunate but prime example. Some backstory: Tila Tequila is one of the most popular artists on MySpace, was the subject of an MTV reality show, and most recently filed assault charges against San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman, which were subsequently dropped. Fastforward to Wednesday, November 18th. That night, Tila had a very public meltdown on her Ustream page. She waved around a… -
UNDERDOG: Google Android Smashes Apple iPhone in Reader Vote
20 Nov 2009 | 9:20 pmWe’ve been matching up popular web services, applications and mobile apps against each other in heated one-on-one battles here in our weekly Faceoff Series. Last week Microsoft Office bested Google Docs in a head to head race for the title of office suite champion. This week we turned our attention to a rather timely battle being waged on the mobile front, between Apple’s still wildly-selling iPhone platform and Google’s slower to boil Android mobile operating system. Apparently the latter has been gaining some ground, resulting in our first unexpected upset victory in the…
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Gawker: Valleywag
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Hidden Forces Baffle the Twitterati
20 Nov 2009 | 3:04 pmNeel Shah got his scandal-phone returned; Kevin Marks got retweeted by ghosts and Al Yankovic was surrounded by nobodies. The Twitterati were haunted, in a good way. Neel Shah, Page Six gossip and former Gawker and Radar-ite, was glad his phone didn't end up with the likes of his present or past employers. (He should be.) Tech pundit and Berkeleyite Andrew Keen articulated an ideology of what might be called, if you're avoiding Rush Limbuagh-isms, "femifascism." British Telecom's Kevin Marks hopes that's an iPhone you're discreetly working in your pocket. Singer Weird Al Yankovic does this… -
Microsoft Let NSA Spooks 'Enhance' Windows 7
20 Nov 2009 | 9:47 amA National Security Agency director just bragged to a Senate subcommittee about his agency's close "cooperation" with Microsoft to, err, "enhance" how Windows 7 guards a user's privacy. Doesn't that just make you feel all warm and fuzzy? The spooks at the NSA are, of course, notorious for their role monitoring internet activity, and for their use of warantless wiretaps to monitor U.S. phones, often illegally. So computer users could easily be worried to hear that the NSA has "partnerships" with Microsoft, which makes their operating systems; Intel, which makes their wireless chipsets; and… -
Regretsy Book to Be Not Quite as Good as Regretsy.com
20 Nov 2009 | 9:28 amThe heretofore anonymous founder of Regretsy, the blog that appropriately mocks your dumb arts-and-crafts projects, has been outed. Because she got a book deal! New blog-to-book trend: Saying right up front the book will be more paltry than the blog. Speakeasy reports that the Regretsy mastermind is April Winchell, well-known comedic human. Notably, her new book publishers admit: "We're not going to use everything from the Web site," said Jill Schwartzman, the purchasing editor at Random House. "The ones we're going to pick are the ones that work for a book-reading audience." So read… -
Why Google's New OS Is For Losers
19 Nov 2009 | 6:57 pmA Twitter engineer said Google's new "Chrome" OS is something you resign yourself to; a CNET writer said it's something you are infected with; and Mediaite might hang out awkwardly on Tumblr with it. The Twitterati were ruthless. Twitter engineer Alex Payne is, needless to say, not impressed with Google's new "Chrome" operating system. Financial writer Heidi Moore is, needless to say, as unimpressed with Best Buy as Alex Payne. CNET's Rafe Needleman is, needless to say, as unimpressed with sleazy sales tactics as Hedi Moore, as unimpressed with Google Chrome as Alex Payne and, for all his… -
Yahoo's Lesbian 'Don Juan' Backhands Lindsay Lohan
19 Nov 2009 | 5:46 pmCourtenay Semel, the sapphic spawn of former Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, is quoted in the lesbian magazine Curve dissing former lady friend Lindsay Lohan. Then she complains that the media twists her relationships. The nerve of this one. Courtenay Semel, for those who are not familiar with her heiress-level fameballing, is not a shy and retiring person. A person does not make out with her attention-craving girlfriend Tila Tequila on red carpets because she mistrusts the media; a person does not scream at a club bouncer to "just fucking Google me, you dumb fuck" because she mistrusts the media; and…
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A VC
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The Story Of My Avatar
20 Nov 2009 | 2:36 amI saw this tweet when I got up this morning:hey @fredwilson - whats the story behind ur avatar? While longtime readers know it, I figure many of you don't. So here it goes. Starting about four years ago, Howard Lindzon started commenting actively on this blog. He was funny, he was smart, and I enjoyed our banter in the comments. One march vacation, our family made a short stop in Phoenix, where Howard used to live. He emailed me and offered my son and me two tickets to the Suns game. We took him up on that and that's how we met for the first time. It turned out Howard was… -
Ten Meetings Per Day
18 Nov 2009 | 3:44 amI was explaining how I go about finding deals yesterday to a friend of mine and I thought I ought to explain it to everyone.I write this blog. It's like a broadcast channel of "what is interesting to me." I market it every way I know how and I get somewhere between 70k to 100k unique readers of it every month between web, rss, and mobile.As a result, I figure entrepreneurs and others have a pretty good idea of what I want to see and what I don't. And I believe they can self select. And for the most part, they do a great job of that.Given that dynamic, I take meetings, as… -
The Power Of Instant Approval
16 Nov 2009 | 3:51 amBack in the early days of web video, it wasn't clear who would win the competition for video upload to the web. There was YouTube, Vimeo, and the big dog was Google Video. I tried all of them. YouTube was by far and away the best experience.Google Video required you to wait for days to see the video you uploaded. It was so annoying that I wrote this post exactly four years ago today (how's that for a coincidence?). This line sort of sums it up:Posting stuff to the Internet has to be instantaneous. What if wrote this post on Tyeppad and it took me 10 minutes to see the… -
My Social Recruiting Summit Keynote Talk
15 Nov 2009 | 8:10 amOn Friday I posted some of the key themes I'll be addressing tomorrow in my keynote. I spent this morning assembling them into a deck that I'll use in my talk tomorrow. Here's a final draft. Please let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions/critiques/copy edits, please leave them in the comments. Social Recruiting SummitView more presentations from fredwilson. -
Social Recruiting
13 Nov 2009 | 5:43 amI'm giving the keynote talk at the Social Recruiting Summit in NYC on Monday. I've been working on my presentation over the past few days and some themes are worth talking about.1) Since we started Union Square Ventures in 2003/2004, we have only been involved with one retained search. Our portfolio companies have certainly used search firms, but our use of them has been extremely rare. We prefer to source candidates ourselves using our networks, and increasingly our social networks.2) We sourced both of our junior investment professionals, Andrew Parker and Eric Friedman, with blog…
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Ben Casnocha: The Blog
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Book Notes: From Poverty to Prosperity
20 Nov 2009 | 11:50 pmFrom Poverty to Prosperity: Intangible Assets, Hidden Liabilities, and the Lasting Triumph Over Scarcity by Arnold Kling and Nick Schulz sketches out "Economics 2.0" -- economic models to understand a world driven by the positive forces of creativity, innovation, and advancing technology. A theme that runs throughout is the centrality of entrepreneurship and innovation to economic growth. The authors explore it themselves and via transcript-interviews with several of the most prominent living economists. This is a book for people interested in economics first, entrepreneurship second, and… -
Experts Who Predict the Future
19 Nov 2009 | 2:32 pmThis week I witnessed two presentations by New York University professor Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, a noted political scientist and futurist. His latest book is called The Predictioneer's Game and claims to use complex game theory to predict political and economic events. He claims his predictions have been 90% accurate, which is why the CIA and others pay close attention to them. He never told us exactly how his models work, except to say several times that they are "very complex." As he spoke about the world and proffered future events -- Iran will not develop a nuclear weapon, Colombia and… -
Quote of the Day from Cormac McCarthy
18 Nov 2009 | 2:20 pmContinuing the James Ellroy theme of talented people being obsessed, here's writer Cormac McCarthy in a rare interview with the WSJ:I'm not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.The pointer is from Roger Ebert's very interesting Twitter feed. Elsewhere in the interview McCarthy explains why he doesn't travel.Of course, most Americans are not working on activities that drive them to suicide. The average American spent nearly five hours a day watching television in last year's TV season. It's the… -
Book Review: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
16 Nov 2009 | 9:56 pmThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a marvel of a memoir: a remarkable story of a materially impoverished yet highly intellectual family, told in the humane and empathetic voice of one of the daughters, Jeannette. Apparently, I'm not the only one who loved it: more than 2.5 million copies are in print, the book spent over 100 weeks on the NYT Bestseller List, and it has 1,330 mostly five-star customer reviews on Amazon.com to boot. Here's the description: Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose… -
Reasons to Follow Sports (and Bill Simmons)
15 Nov 2009 | 9:48 pmOver the last ten years my interest in sports has shifted away from closely following teams and players and towards:1) maintaining cultural literacy and facilitating social bonding by understanding the basics of the most popular sports and the most important facts associated with them (e.g. who Lebron James is or which teams are in the NFL Superbowl).2) following how sports generally affects culture and the economy. What's the economic impact on a country when its team wins the World Cup?3) using the rich examples in sports to learn about widely-relevant ideas. #3 is most important to me. For…
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TechCrunch
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TechCrunch Interviews (The Very Happy) Skype CEO Josh Silverman
21 Nov 2009 | 1:59 pmSkype CEO Josh Silverman can’t stop smiling in this video interview we recorded in Menlo Park this morning. And no wonder – despite serious legal and spinoff drama, Silverman has managed to close his multi-billion dollar spinoff of Skype from eBay. His legal troubles have evaporated. Skype is growing like a weed. And he’s managed to keep his job running the business. Life is good. All he has to do now is manage board meetings with two of the more forceful personalities on the planet – new investor Marc Andreessen and cofounder/new investor Niklas Zennstrom. Well, that… -
Google Calendar Starts Testing “Sneak Preview”
21 Nov 2009 | 1:57 pmGoogle Callendar is testing out a new feature that should make scheduling events a tad easier than it used to be by allowing you to see at a glance if the event you’re creating will conflict with the schedules of the people youre’ inviting. Dubbed “Sneak Preview”, the feature’s name is perhaps more exciting than its actual function, but it should prove to be quite useful. The feature is apparently in a limited rollout right now, so don’t be surprised if you don’t have access to it. Once you’ve activated Sneak Preview (assuming you have access to… -
Bloosky Acquires Tracking202
21 Nov 2009 | 1:52 pmMost TechCrunch readers have never heard of Tracking202. But affiliate advertisers love the service, which manages advertising campaigns on Facebook, MySpace and other platforms. In fact, Tracking202 was at the center of the Facebook click-fraud issue that we reported on earlier this year. Tracking202 users saw a certain number of clicks on ads via the Tracking202 interface, and far more on their Facebook admin pages. The company is self funded and has a number of customers who pay for the premium hosted version of the service. Today they’ve announced they’re selling the business… -
2010: The Year Android Will Shake Its Money Maker
21 Nov 2009 | 1:31 pmEditor’s note: More and more mobile app developers are deciding to make apps for Android, even though it still doesn’t have the same reach as the iPhone. In this guest post Kevin Nakao, the VP of Mobile for Whitepages, makes the argument for taking the Android plunge now (as he is preparing to with a new Whitepages Android app launching next week). Follow him on Twitter @knakao Mobile games publisher Gameloft might have thrown in the towel on Android, but that is a mistake. I certainly understand why they gave up on Android. Since launching in February of this year, our own… -
Facebook’s iPhone App Is Broken. Who Will Fix It?
21 Nov 2009 | 12:43 pm10 days ago, Facebook developer Joe Hewitt rocked the iPhone development world when he announced that he would stop making iPhone apps because he was fed up with the way Apple is running the App Store. This is significant since Hewitt was pretty much solely responsible for one of the most popular (and best) iPhone apps out there: Facebook’s. And now, just a little over a week later, we may be seeing the downside of Hewitt’s decision. The Facebook iPhone app is broken, and has been for a while now. Every single user profile page contains zero updates or posts. Instead, each loads a…
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Honey and Lance
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A Hot Guy Sent Me Chocolate Covered Strawberries
19 Nov 2009 | 5:57 pmSo, I’ve been helping one of my ex students from back in the day get into grad school. As a token of appreciation, he sent me a dozen gourmet chocolate covered strawberries from Shari’s Berries. (Photo credit Shari’s Berries – buy some, they’re amazing! And no, I’m not an affiliate) Since it is a bit unusual for me to receive refrigerated Fed Exes at work (to say the least), the coworker who accepted the package insisted that she watch while I open it. I knew he was sending me a present but I didn’t know what it was…sweet! I shared a few… -
So Much Sex I Lost Count
16 Nov 2009 | 4:01 pmAfter over 3.5 years, Jake and I still have an awesome sex life. We don’t do it every day, but then again, we were long-distance so much of the first two years that was never the norm for us in any case. I’d say that we average 3 times a week usually, with the odd week off due to one of us traveling, getting sick, or having a period (okay, only one of us has ever needed a week off for that, and fortunately, it doesn’t appear that I’ve ever dedicated an entire blog posting to one!). Still, when you’ve been together for awhile, things do get a bit routine if… -
I Made Out With My Co-Worker Again and Then Said The Worst Line Ever
14 Nov 2009 | 2:33 pmI’m back! After acting like a monumental pussy on my last date, detailed in this post, I made some adjustments and got my swerve in working order. Here was my Monday night… I met my co-worker, Nancy, and her best friend, Liza, at a downtown sports bar for Monday Night Football. I had absolutely no expectations about this evening and was simply going to watch the game and enjoy the company. The bar was packed. During the course of the game, the three of us opened every set within eyeshot. I’ve hung with Nancy and Liza a few times before, both are very attractive… -
3.5 Years and Counting…
12 Nov 2009 | 6:09 pmToday is three and a half years since Jake and I met. Things are going great! I don’t have much to add, so I am throwing in a recent e-mail exchange. Enjoy! A Game Jake, You made me so happy this morning when you said that I was the best thing in your life. I try really hard for that to be the case (even though like I said in my card earlier this week I feel like I fail a lot). [Note: I'd gotten him a card and a bottle of wine for being patient and covering some expenses for me until my freelance check came in.] I think you deserve good things and I think that relationships… -
A Typical Date With Lance and Why Intimacy Matters on First Dates
8 Nov 2009 | 11:28 amFollowing up on Honey’s post about safety and my post about keeping it real, I wanted to lay out how I generally do first dates. Much of this involves strategies and tactics that I learned from studying pickup. Keep an open mind, especially if you’re a chick, because this will sound off-putting at first. I’ll draw some conclusions and give recommendations at the end. This post does not cover bar pickups, day game, or other quick seduction methods. My Typical First Date I used this format for close to two years and it’s very effective. It’s flexible and you can…
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Brazen Careerist
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The Horrible, Horrible Truth Hidden In ‘Twilight’
20 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pmSo the eagerly anticipated new movie about abstinence vampires and the women who love them comes out today. And I’ll admit, I’m not a fan. I tried reading the books (well, the first one, anyway). I couldn’t get past the first 100 pages. I tried watching the first movie, and wound up leaving the room after the first hour*. I wanted to understand this trend; I really did. But I’m just not in the demographic that enjoys this sort of thing. Maybe my problem lies in the central conceit of the story’s romance between the two characters, which has been elaborated on… -
I’m An Addict…Of Coffee
20 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pmI believe in starting my day out by taking the time to brew fresh coffee. It is the pause before the storm. I love the sound my coffee machine makes as it brews. It reminds me of the way my grandparents coffee percolator used to sound every morning when I would visit them growing up. (Percolators make terrible coffee by the way, they just sound cool) I look forward to the smell of coffee brewing. There is nothing like coming into the kitchen in the morning and smelling the coffee, it smells like…victory. Pouring the first cup and taking the first sip is what it’s all about. Pouring… -
Jared Allen And Mullets. Oh yeah, And Marketing.
20 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pmIf you’re new to Analogous Friday, welcome to the your awesomeland. This is a little doo-dad I do every week (on a Friday, no duh) where I share with you a wicked video that I’ve come across for your entertainment. Then, after said entertainment, I’ll make some asinine analogy for how it relates to marketing and business. Then, in the comments, you continue the analogousness and come up with your own. So, those are the rules, kiddos, let’s get ready to rumble! Today’s video features Jared Allen of the Minnesota Vikings, but you don’t even have to be a sports fan to… -
Gen Y, I’ll Be Your Mentor
20 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pmAs an older member of Gen Y, I know that I have a wealth of knowledge to impart to my younger generational brethren. I help out as a “coach” to potential new hires at my company where I talk to them about the firm or give interview advice. On a larger scale for the past 4 years I have been guest lecturing at Penn State University where I always try to give real world honest advice. I talk about being a professional, dealing with office politics, minding one’s personal appearance and online brand, and most relevant to seniors… how to get a job in today’s market. -
Announcing the Winners of the Brazen Careerist Brand Rock Stars Contest!
20 Nov 2009 | 10:22 amCongratulations, Krista Reaves (@kristamarie1)! You just won a Garmin GPS! Here is Krista’s prize-winning tweet: Congratulations to our runners ups, too. Each Brazen Careerist member listed below will be receiving a $25 iTunes gift card: Mary Qin (@laelene) Mario Awad (@marioawad) Connie Rice (@daytonafood) I had a lot of fun with this contest! One of the coolest parts was that some of the brands we were talking about jumped into the conversation. Which tells me that there are more brands out there that are starting to “get it.” Thanks again to…
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Modite by Rebecca Thorman
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How happy are the congressional districts?
17 Nov 2009 | 8:00 amThe happiest districts are among the most affluent in the nation. Six of the top 10 are affluent and physically magnificent California communities. The least happy districts are mainly places of extreme disadvantage, inner-city neighborhoods in Detroit, Cleveland, South Philly, the Bronx, or Appalachia. There are a couple of slight anomalies – wealthy Grosse Point, Michigan, is lumped together with poor inner-city Detroit neighborhoods (wonder why that would be?), and given the devastation of greater Detroit it’s not surprising that even the rich would be less happy then elsewhere. And… -
Embrace white space
16 Nov 2009 | 6:43 amThe same concept of using “white space” can be applied to our careers. As young professionals, it’s so easy to open our mouths as a way to overcompensate for our lack of experience or to fill the silence with rhetoric. Consider your favorite leaders: they choose their words carefully. Sometimes they nod and think rather than speak. Great public speakers have learned to master (and rely on) white space. Via Ms. Career Girl. -
“Dating” Other Couples
15 Nov 2009 | 7:38 amphoto via WeHeartIt. As all my friends have coupled up, life is dramatically different. In short, my girlfriends and I got a little boring, we rarely have girls’ nights anymore and worse yet, they went and chose partners that aren’t all that compatible with my boyfriend and I. Sometimes it’s awkward to hang out with other couples and Ryan and I have only found a few couples that we genuinely enjoy going on a night on the town with. The dynamics are complicated. The females need to get along and the males need to get along so that even though you’re going out as a… -
Dog or SUV?
13 Nov 2009 | 7:12 amI don’t own an SUV or a dog, but I would love a dog if I had a dog-walker for the Winter months… I was surprised to learn that a dog could be just as bad an SUV according to some new research. Either way, SUVs still suck. New Scientist took a look at the relative carbon impact of owning a dog (or cat, or hamster) and owning an SUV like a Toyota Land Cruiser. The results, plotted in the chart above, may surprise you. Take a look at the original article to see if you agree with the methodology, or if you can even put an environmental price on your furkid. Via Good Magazine. -
Get a prenup for your marriage
11 Nov 2009 | 8:49 pmphoto via WeHeartIt. Marie McKinney argues: Prenups at face value seem to fly in the face of pretty much everything a marriage stands for. Prenuptial agreements seem to say “I promise to love you forever… but when that doesn’t work out I want $500,000 for every year we were married” … What I’m trying to say is that we don’t like the idea of prenups because they suggest a lack of faith in the marriage when the marriage contract itself seems to have little to no faith in the marriage either. I actually think prenups suggest some maturity in communication. If you can…
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Mark Cuban
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Google, Murdoch, Madoff
13 Nov 2009 | 2:58 pmHows that for a title. Just thought it would be a fun day to rehash some old posts that made me look a little prescient Today the feds arrested 2 programmers that worked for Madoff. I wrote this in January: Jan 18th 2009 10:11AM Im taking a flyer here, but if they were to put me on the case, the first people I would talk to are the software developers. Somewhere along the line there was a software program written or modified that allowed Madoff to enter the numbers he made up, who they were paying out cash to and would print the checks and statements. Its very unlikely that it was off… -
Rupert Murdoch and Google Part 2
10 Nov 2009 | 1:05 pmIm going to simplify this as much as possible. I probably should have just included this in the first post. Here are the best and worst cases of Newscorp opting out of the Google Index 1. Best Case: They opt out and see an increase in revenues and commitment to their sites because people choose to go directly to their sites. For those sites behind a paywall, they generate more revenue than when the site was free. Other sites notice their success and copy Newscorp, choosing to opt out of the Google index. The opt out choice turns out to be the better business move for any and all sites… -
Rupert Murdoch to Block Google = Smart = Twitter has changed it all.
9 Nov 2009 | 8:40 amRupert Murdoch has said that his Newscorp sites are going to block Google indexes. Of course, all the netizens freak out when this happens. Which I love. I love to tweak all the internet information must be free bigots. They get so damn religious about information on the net that they lose what little objectivity and awareness of the real world they had in the first place. First a little enlightenment for all of you that think Murdoch is making a mistake. This is not 1999, nor is it 2004, nor is it 2006, nor is it 2008. The calendar is about to turn to 2010. What worked and made sense… -
Adding Facebook and Twitter Followers – A Little One on One ?
6 Nov 2009 | 8:39 amI was thinking of ideas on how to add twitter and/or facebook fan page followers. I dont have a real need to have to do so. I was just curious about ways to do so. Think of it as one of those things my minds wanders off to while Im working out. One thing that poppedup as what I thought was a decent idea was the idea of rewarding those who refer and/or generate followers to my pages on twitter (@mcuban), or on FAcebook (/markcuban) a unique page where they were the only person approved to have access and for some period of time, they would have exclusive access for questions and answers. So… -
Keyboards, Phones and NetBooks
6 Nov 2009 | 8:23 amSome people wondered why I stayed with my Sidekick despite still not getting my contacts back and all the troubles the network had. The answer is easy. They keyboard is so above any beyond any other phone, I can type a good 50 words per minute on it. (Its amazing how fast my thumbs are on this thing) Which in turn allows me to answer emails quickly and accurately. I dont lose any productivity when Im on my Sidekick compared to sitting in front of my desktop or full sized laptop. To me, thats money in the bank. Thats not to say I never stray and try new phones and alternatives. I do. …
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Chris Brogan - Social Media Expert
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The Serendipity Engine – Web 2 Expo Speech
20 Nov 2009 | 1:33 pmChris Brogan The Serendipity Engine – Web 2 Expo Speech - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-ser... yesterday from chrisbrogan.com - Comment - Like -
How Much Time Should I Spend On Social Media
20 Nov 2009 | 5:33 amChris Brogan How Much Time Should I Spend On Social Media - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-muc... yesterday from chrisbrogan.com - Comment - Like -
Start a Moving Business – Overnight Success
18 Nov 2009 | 7:30 pmChris Brogan Start a Moving Business – Overnight Success - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/start-a... Wednesday from chrisbrogan.com - Comment - Like damn, I thought you really *were* starting a moving business. I thought it was some kind of oblique play, "okay, now that I'm famous, I'll follow the dream I've had since I was a kid, buy a truck, start a moving business". Disappointed. :-) - Cameron Reilly -
Warning: Watching This Video May Lead to Work!
18 Nov 2009 | 10:19 amChris Brogan Warning: Watching This Video May Lead to Work! - http://www.problogger.net/archive... Wednesday from Google Reader - Comment - Like -
Stop Humping My Leg
18 Nov 2009 | 9:13 amChris Brogan Stop Humping My Leg - http://www.chrisbrogan.com/stop-hu... Wednesday from chrisbrogan.com - Comment - Like
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Learn Something New Everyday
9 Nov 2009 | 8:31 amAbout a year ago I decided to dedicate an entire month of my life to consciously learning something new every day. To track my learning I blogged about my daily learnings. Today, via one of my favorite bloggers (swissmiss) I found a site completely dedicated to the concept of Learning Something New Everyday. I love the simplistic visuals of this site and of course the bright colors. Here’s today’s lesson: And a few of my favs from previous days: -
PR for Gen Y Entrepreneurs
3 Nov 2009 | 7:52 pmthe following guest post was written by Matt Wilson of Under 30 CEO With the hype of Twitter everyone wants to know–how do I use this tool to successfully grow my business? The answer is public relations. As described by Wikipedia “Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing the flow of information between an organization and its publics.” What better tool to have than a platform where you can send messages out to the publics on behalf of the company? But I’m a startup, nobody cares about my company So, let’s start at stage one, it’s time to get press… -
The world bursts at the seams
23 Oct 2009 | 7:32 amThis morning inspiration is brought to you by Starbucks, well actually a photo of a Starbucks cup. You can see other “The Way I See It” Starbucks photo contributions in this Flickr Group. -
Following Your Passion
18 Oct 2009 | 5:27 pmI have a confession … I subscribe to Oprah’s E-Newsletter. For shame, yes I know, I’m not a stay at home housewife and as a career women I hate the which jeans look best on your butt articles but ya know I do find a lot of quality stuff in the vast media that is Team Oprah. On this lazy Sunday, I particularly enjoyed reading Celebrities Discuss Following Their Passion. I’m not a celebrity gossip fan but I do love life lessons of people doing what they love to do. Here’s a great quote from Aisha Tyler. Check out the rest if you’re interested. Nothing really… -
For the Love of Books: Social Networking for Bookworms
17 Oct 2009 | 6:43 pmUp until age 25 I always thought I wasn’t really into books. I read the books I was required to read for school and that was about it. At 25, things changed, perhaps it was a quarterlife crisis or becoming single again but for some reason I discovered that I really am a book person. Now, I’m not a typical girl when it comes to my book interests. I am a non-fiction, business and development book kinda reader. To give you an idea, the last few books I’ve read were Trust Agents, Outliers, and Tipping Point. I think in the past 2 years I’ve only read one stereotypical…
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Charlene Li - Author, Speaker, Analyst
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@andrewspong Thanks for the link to European social media examples - very helpful! http://is.gd/4Zt2C
21 Nov 2009 | 12:57 pmCharlene Li @andrewspong Thanks for the link to European social media examples - very helpful! https://www.google.com/account... 2 hours ago from Twitter - Comment - Like -
@melissavandew Thanks for voting! We're feeling the luv!
21 Nov 2009 | 12:56 pmCharlene Li @melissavandew Thanks for voting! We're feeling the luv! 2 hours ago from Twitter - Comment - Like -
@herrkrueger That is very cool! I hope you enjoy reading @Groundswell on the Kindle!
21 Nov 2009 | 12:56 pmCharlene Li @herrkrueger That is very cool! I hope you enjoy reading @Groundswell on the Kindle! 2 hours ago from Twitter - Comment - Like -
@nicholasgill Thanks again for all the great European social media case studies. You were great to send them!
20 Nov 2009 | 9:13 pmCharlene Li @nicholasgill Thanks again for all the great European social media case studies. You were great to send them! 18 hours ago from Twitter - Comment - Like -
What are your favorite European social media examples? Need to beef up my case studies for two upcoming speeches.
20 Nov 2009 | 5:37 pmCharlene Li What are your favorite European social media examples? Need to beef up my case studies for two upcoming speeches. 21 hours ago from Twitter - Comment - Like
