December 2011
1 post
“I hope, that in our archives and historical filings of the future, we do not...”
– Ted Nelson, originator of “hypertext” and project Xanadu
October 2011
2 posts
An Apple A Day: An Obituary →
by Allen Paltrow, Nassau Weekly
My Experience with Jobs and Apple
Update: I have appended this follow-up. All Photos are by Sara Krulwich, staff photographer at the NYT and my mother, with two exceptions. The last is a Reuters picture taken at the event, and the first is credited AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh.
Growing up I was a huge apple fan-boy (fine, still am.) The first NY apple store in Soho opening was probably the coolest thing that happened to me between the...
August 2011
3 posts
Experience with Jobs: Follow up
I’ve been getting a great response to the story, posted earlier today.
First, a challenger approaches! Apparently the “boy in the blue coat” is none other than Alex Godin, son of Seth Godin, and active in the startup community.
My pic:
His pic (via Seth Godin):
What a small world. Alex, there is plenty of room for Apple fans.
Second, to those who wanted to see the...
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Reading Up On Startups
I have a few friends who are interested in startups and startup BD and want to know where to start. This is an email I wrote to a friend, but might be useful to others.
Make a twitter account. Make an about.me page.
The most important person philosophically in the startup world is probably Paul Graham. He is the founder of YCombinator (the most famous incubator) You will miss a lot of...
July 2011
1 post
My Vacation Reading List
I’m about to start a 2 week vacation unplugged in Temagami, Ontario. In order to publicly shame myself into being productive, these are the books I plan to read (or reread as the case may be):
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston
The Big Short by Michael Lewis
The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russel
In The Plex by Steven Levy
A Game of Thrones by...
June 2011
5 posts
The Moth Podcast: Transgender woman returns to her...
“Congress suddenly tweeting less. http://bit.ly/mI8anm Don’t worry,...”
– Megan McArdle, Twitter
Shirky on Ontology
“This is the ontological dilemma. Consider the following statements: A: “This is a book about Dresden.” B: “This is a book about Dresden, and it goes in the category ‘East Germany’.” That second sentence seems so obvious, but East Germany actually turned out to be an unstable category. Cities are real. They are real, physical facts....
“The uncertainty of philosophy is more apparent than real. Those questions which...”
– Bertrand Russel, h/t The Browser