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February 06 2010

10:26

The relentless search for "tell me what to do"

Seth's Blog

If you've ever hired or managed or taught, you know the feeling.

People are just begging to be told what to do. There are a lot of reasons for this, but I think the biggest one is: "If you tell me what to do, the responsibility for the outcome is yours, not mine. I'm safe."

When asked, resist.

10:23

360° video from Haiti

Whoa. That kinda feels like being there.

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09:52

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09:51

“ 1 "Gone With the Wind" (1939) 202,044,600
2 "Star Wars" (1977) 178,119,600
3 "The Sound of Music" (1965) 142,415,400
4 "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) 141,854,300
5 "The Ten Commandments" (1956) 131,000,000
6 "Titanic" (1997) 128,345,900
7 "Jaws" (1975) 128,078,800
8 "Doctor Zhivago" (1965) 124,135,500
9 "The Exorcist" (1973) 110,568,700
10 "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) 109,000,000
11 "101 Dalmatians" (1961) 99,917,300
12 "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) 98,180,600
13 "Ben-Hur" (1959) 98,000,000
14 "Return of the Jedi" (1983) 94,059,400
15 "The Sting" (1973) 89,142,900
16 "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) 88,141,900
17 "Jurassic Park" (1993) 86,205,800
18 "The Graduate" (1967) 85,571,400
19 "Star Wars: Episode I" (1999) 84,825,800
20 "Fantasia" (1941) 83,043,500 ”

— Why 'Avatar' is actually the 26th biggest movie -- The Live Feed | THR //by number of tickets sold.

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09:37

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February 03 2010

14:47

US taxpayer funds Google raid for Twittercrat

The Register articles by Andrew Orlowski

Lowly product manager, grand title

Don't worry if you have never heard of Sumit Agarwal, until recently a lowly Google product manager. Not many people have. But he's the latest Googler to swap his Segway for a government paycheck, becoming the Obama administration's latest hire.

Offloading malware protection to the cloud

February 01 2010

17:09

Great products are triumphs of taste

Signal vs. Noise

There’s more to building a great product than just studying the market or the technology or competitors. You need to have taste too. You need to understand what “great” means in a big picture sense, not just in your chosen field.

At least that’s what Steve Jobs thinks:

Great products, according to Mr. Jobs, are triumphs of “taste.” And taste, he explains, is a byproduct of study, observation...

11:11

Modern procrastination

Seth's Blog

The lizard brain adores a deadline that slips, an item that doesn't ship and most of all, busywork.

These represent safety, because if you don't challenge the status quo, you can't be made fun of, can't fail, can't be laughed at. And so the resistance looks for ways to appear busy while not actually doing anything.

I'd like to posit that for idea workers, misusing Twitter, Facebook and various...

January 31 2010

12:00

Top 5 artists this week

January 30 2010

22:07

The iPad and Chrome OS Netbooks Are on a Collision Course

Daring Fireball

Good observation from MG Siegler: the iPad and Google’s forthcoming Chrome OS netbooks are aimed at the same space — that between smartphones and PCs.

One major difference: Apple’s iPhone and iPad are clearly on the same page technology-wise and concept-wise, whereas Android and Chrome OS are not. The iPad’s popularity (obviously, at this point, measured in terms of interest rather than sales...

21:26

That $50 Billion Annual Revenue Thing

Daring Fireball

I think it has something to do with this.

Update: Throw Google and Intel into the mix as well. And, to be fair, note that however close their revenues are getting, Microsoft is still way out ahead in terms of net income — the margins on software are better than hardware.

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07:48

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January 26 2010

10:05

Why write a book?

Seth's Blog

If you've never written a non-fiction book, there are a lot of reasons why you might want to. It organizes your thoughts. It's a big project worthy of your attention.

Noted.

But once you've written a book, it's not clear that it's a useful thing to publish one. After all, it takes a year. It involves a lot of people. You need to print a lot of copies, ship them everywhere, create a lot of...

January 24 2010

12:00

Top 5 artists this week

January 23 2010

16:46

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10:04

“ Relying too much on proof distracts you from the real mission--which is emotional connection. ”

— Seth's Blog: Too much data leads to not enough belief

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10:03

“ No spreadsheet, no bibliography and no list of resources is sufficient proof to someone who chooses not to believe. ”

— Seth's Blog: Too much data leads to not enough belief

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08:49

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08:40

“ The fact that Apple does not reveal prototypes but shipping products is the fundamental difference between their entire business strategy and that of the rest of the industry. ”

— Show and Sell: The Secret to Apple's Magic - Tablet - Gizmodo