April 2010
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Top VCs Debate Rising Startup Valuations [Video] →
The venture capital valuations for still-have-that-new-car-smell startups like Quora, FourSquare, Blippy are reaching unprecedented levels, and we wanted to find out why. Top VCs Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway and David Hornik came by the TechCrunch offices to debate the issue. Four month old Blippy is worth around $38 million. Quora, still in private beta, is valued at around $86 million in...
Apr 6th
Modifying desktop interface →
the tool promises to you let you (or developers) modify any application without actually modifying it. To do that, the software constantly looks for easily identifiable elements of an application (dialog boxes, scroll bars, buttons, etc.) and then “alters their behavior” by effectively taking over your display, leaving the actual program running in the background and displaying...
Apr 1st
March 2010
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Ethnics from the bigs to start-ups →
5) Remember that institutional character — like a liquid cupped in your hand — is fragile; easily lost; and hard, if not impossible, to regain. Egomaniacal moves, personal grandiosity, greed, and deception create impressions that are hard to erase. Whole Foods founder, John Mackey, sabotaged the integrity of his own exalted brand, damaging the company’s internal pride and customer admiration far...
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I want to try kumquat  →
Mar 13th
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Freedom to film  in public
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Alexander McQueen's final collection →
Mar 11th
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The Nuclear Warhead-Equipped Ekranoplan Soviet... →
Mar 11th
Google economist comment on printed newspaper... →
A related interview with Andreessen http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/06/andreessen-media-burn-boats/
Mar 9th
Book in the age of the iPad (viewing format) →
Mar 9th
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A intro from Jimmy Guterman (Boingboing) I should say upfront that I’m a big fan of Lawrence Lessig’s causes and his presentation techniques. My favorite might be his 2007 tour de force at TED about John Philips Sousa, Jesus singing “I Will Survive,” and the joys and dangers of remix culture. A few days back he spoke at TEDxNYED about what conservatives can teach the free...
Mar 8th
Praying mantis .vs humming bird →
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Replicators, Innovators, and Bill Gates →
Mar 6th
A Japanese 81-year-old inventor  →
Mar 6th