March 2010
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Is it possible that modern medicine—and by extension modern life—inadvertently...
– Why Women Don’t Want Macho Men, Jena Pincott in the WSJ
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Karl Lagerfeld Interview - VICE →
Well, yes, I know that you care, because you are interested in both high and low culture. That is because there is only culture.
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THERE’S A THING about being capable of a great moment. This city is capable of...
– David Simon, The HBO Auteur - NY Times
He’s talking about New Orleans but he may as well be talking about all the places and people I’ve ever loved. I love David Simon.
You need to move past the mindset that location is the feature. Build products...
– Joe Stump, Location Isn’t a War Between Two Sides, It’s a Gold Rush for Everyone
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What is start-up purgatory, you ask? Start-up purgatory occurs when you don’t go...
– Ben Horowitz, The Case for the Fat Startup
Ben Horowitz has been on a tear recently and I really enjoyed this article. This echoes some of the themes in Albert Wenger’s Winner Take All and Early Stage Valuations. I like a lot of the lean concept precepts, but the problem with that kool-aid...
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Changing the Autofocus Button on Canon Digital...
A while ago, I noticed that my friend Jonathan seemed to have a special setup on his Canon 5d—he wasn’t using the shutter button to auto-focus his subjects. He had decoupled the auto-focus from the shutter button and instead used a button on the back of the camera. I tried it; I loved it.
What’s the point of doing this? It allows you to keep shooting regardless of what’s going...
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