James Siminoff

Apr
13th

Fri

I think the future of open-source software will increasingly belong to people who know how to play Linus’s game, people who leave behind the cathedral and embrace the bazaar.

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The Social Context of Open-Source Software

I think the part, “leaving behind the cathedral and embrace the bazaar” is a perfect analogy on many other things happening right now not just in open source and even outside of tech. I need to make up some shirts, “leave behind the cathedral, embrace the bazaar”

(via cacioppo)

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Apr
11th

Wed

chriscantwell:

wired:

On any given night in the U.S., there are approximately 60,500 youth confined in juvenile correctional facilities or other residential programs. Photographer Richard Ross has spent the past five years criss-crossing the country photographing the architecture, cells, classrooms and inhabitants of these detention sites.

The resulting photo-survey, Juvenile-In-Justice, documents 350 facilities in over 30 states. It’s more than a peek into unseen worlds — it is a call to action and care.

I grew up in a world where you solve problems, you don’t destroy a population,” says Ross. “To me it is an affront when I see the way some of these kids are dealt with.

Check out the full gallery over at Raw File.

Striking, striking, striking pictures.

(Source: Wired, via fillup)

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maxistentialist:

Daring Fireball:

If this doesn’t make your day, you’re not hooked up right.

This is great.

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Apr
6th

Fri

You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.

— Henry Ford (via livejamie)

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Apr
5th

Thu

mark[sweep]: The Beer Game -or- Why Apple Can't Build iPads in the US

This is a great post and is something I have thought about a lot. If the US wants to take back certain parts of manufacturing, which I think it needs to, we will need to treat it like a startup at this point. Bootstrapping our way back into the industry is the only way to do it as explained below the web of suppliers needed for a complex product like the iPad might be so deep that it is not a problem you can just throw money at.

marksweep:

When President Obama asked Steve Jobs what it would take to make iPhones in the United States, the late Apple co-founder supposedly quipped: “Those jobs aren’t coming back.”

When I read this, it reminded me of something my dad presented to us as kids a long time ago- The Beer Game.

My dad…

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Apr
3rd

Tue

mattgalligan:

parislemon:

Aaron Sorkin does Network meets Bulworth for HBO.

Sold.

THIS

Going to have to put this in the lineup.

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Mar
28th

Wed

Nope, I have no guilt. I’m not trying to scam anyone, or upload viruses to their computer or anything like that. I simply show products to the Pinterest community. I realize that I’m spamming the crap out of the site, but its nothing personal, just business.

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Steve, 24 year old Pinterest Spammer making over $1k per day, A Pinterest Spammer Tells All

These things are never scalable but I love seeing how creative people find these loopholes to make decent money. The whole interview is worth reading.

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Mar
26th

Mon

It is nice to know that after all of this time PhoneTag still kicks the shit out of Google Voice. I still have people contacting me all the time that left PhoneTag for Google Voice to save money and come back because they can just not stand the crappy transcriptions.

Score one for the little guys:)

parislemon:

Another winning Google Voice transcription.

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Mar
25th

Sun

[Flash 10 is required to watch video]

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Kickstarter - Galileo. Your iOS in Motion.

Just backed this project. It was the video that got me, Oliver does the same thing as this guys kid. Every time I am away and doing some sort of video thing with him he talks to me and then walks around to do something else. Would be awesome to be able to follow him around using something like this.

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Mar
23rd

Fri

kahzu:

Jackie Stewart at Monaco, 1966

Looks like a 1966 GoPro camera

(Source: sharonov)

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Coding is the literacy of the 21st century.

—

Zach Sims, CEO Code Academy

Going Viral: How Codecademy Snagged 200,000 Users in Seven Days

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Mar
22nd

Thu

parislemon: NUTS!

parislemon:

Business Insider on January 6, 2011 after OMGPOP’s $10 million Series B:

IS HE NUTS? This Guy Thinks He Can Beat A $5.5 Billion Company With A $10 Million Funding Round

Business Insider today after OMGPOP was purchased for about $200 million by aforementioned $5.5 billion (now public) company,…

Always nice to see MG putting things into perspective. OMGPOP did something rational, which is getting less and less normal.

The fact that there game could grow so fast in 6 weeks is exactly the reason to sell at a decent price today. Because the next draw something can come anytime and that one might only take 3 weeks to grow as fast.

It is awesome to see the OMG team and investors getting rewarded for staying the course even when it must have seemed a almost impossible task. It is even nicer to see that when they did have everything come together that they stayed rational and made what is probably the best decision for the company, investors and team.

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Mar
19th

Mon

A final thought: On average, you have 78 years total to live. The first 18-20 are spent learning, which leaves 58. Spending 2 years doing something you don’t enjoy is a full 3.4% of your life. What are you getting back for that investment? Money? What are you going to do with that money that will be worth the non-refundable 3.4% of your life? An extra room in your house?

— A Moment of Clarity in the Pursuit of Happiness (via kareem)

Awesome.

(via msg)

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Mar
18th

Sun

Windy day in LA

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