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A Look At A Chinese Toy Factory - http://www.hemmy.net/2007...
HealingBrush, minus-one, David Gilbert and 14 other people liked this
"China makes 70% of the world’s toys. " Cool pictures
- Steve C
Yea, very intersting to see an actual factory. No shortage of smiles though...
- Louis P.
from twhirl
hemmy.net looks very interesting.
- Ahmet Alp Balkan
中国是世界工厂 把污染留给了自己！
- 佛徒
Gervais + Elmo = Hilarity on 'Sesame Street' - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Tamara, David Gilbert, Chris Cotsapas and 4 other people liked this
My revision to the Google favicon, along with the original.
HealingBrush, alamoon20, Varun Mahajan and 31 other people liked this
I was about to ask that you post them side by side. Yours is certainly less jarring. It's the arc and the dual blue "zones" that bother me with the original.
- Benjamin Golub
I just know the one on the left is sitting in a Googler's directory of alternatives somewhere... I wonder what the rationale was.
- Kevin Fox
Yours is simpler but I still don't like the colors (is there any meaning for the colors btw?) EDIT: Well I guess it's the colors in their logo, but still...
- directeur
I just can't understand the fascination and attention paid to what icon Google has chosen. Why is this even a little important?
- Brian Sullivan
i would still rather it be less colors and not lower case, but i like this a lot better. less of that green is wonderful and the smooth edge of the blue is really nice. much better!
- Rachel Lea Fox
I'm with Brian
- Matthew DeVries
It's not like it's an important 100 year old iconic logo, like Pepsi.
- Matthew DeVries
Well, Kevin's job is design I think, and he's sharing his ideas... The favicon doesn't matter that much for me personally but we still can talk about tastes, don't we? :)
- directeur
I thought we were still carrying over the uproar over the change (which come on, didn't even deserve a thread). I guess I like the one on the left, the split green red makes me stabby
- Matthew DeVries
I obsess over small things. Trust me: you benefit from my obsession even if you never know it.
- Kevin Fox
Kevin, sure we do! UI is all about the smallest details :)
- directeur
until I saw your huge version, I never realized it had a "g" in it, I always thought it was just an abstract color-splotch.
- David Jeske
I personally like the original google favicon a lot. The one with a big multi-colored G. In this version you can hardly see the G. Also the use of so much color on this one clashes with the minimalistic bright colors on white background homepage design theme.
- Bindu Reddy
It might be better if the lower counter was not in yellow. Yellow does not have sufficient contrast against white to make the figure-ground relationship work. Perhaps restrict it to white, green, red, and blue.
- Neil Kandalgaonkar
I like yours, Kevin. Ship it! : )
- Jess Lee
I -think- the new (official) favicon had its weird color blocking in order to (roughly) give each color 1/4 of the total space. I dunno. To me, neither really reads as 'g' that well, and they don't evoke 'google' for me since I think of Google as mostly white. The original favicon used Google's colors much more subtly - one pixel wide lines bordering the white square - and used the capital G, the actual first letter in the official logo.
- Andrew C
Argh, re-reading the official announcement for the 2nd Google favicon ( http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008... ) just drives me insane all over again. If the redesign was to more scalable icons for mobile devices, why are a bunch of them even busier and harder to read?
- Andrew C
I dunno. I'm a visual person. I make my living as a designer. I just can't get bothered about this. shrug
- Jason Wehmhoener
【高画質】PRECIOUS♪MEG - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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alamoon20, David Gilbert, BTAICBW and 2 other people liked this
Magibon: From YouTube to Japan (Pingmag.jp) - http://pingmag.jp/2008...
HealingBrush, OnuRC, David Tapper and 16 other people liked this
Pingmag's interview with Magibon, the girl who made Youtube videos of herself staring at the camera and became really popular in Japan. I wrote a blog post about her a long time ago at http://www.jessyoko.com/blog... and it's still the most popular, most commented entry on my blog.
- Jess Lee
from Bookmarklet
She looks a little strange
- Shevonne
She makes me want to punch babies. >_<
- Alvin Woon
Well... she is a cute little thing. I don't get it though.
- Yolanda
Anime eyes must be the attraction -- emphasized by the distortion of the webcam?
- Brian Sullivan
マギボンて日本以外でも有名なんかね？
- Akira Miyamoto
@Akira: She has fans in other countries as well, but I'd say she's more popular in Japan than anywhere else. She gained fame on 2chan with Japanese users, and it was the Japanese media that invited her to perform on shows and stuff.
- Jess Lee
あーGyaoの取材が来たってやつね そうそう お返事ありがとね @Jessﾀﾝ
- Akira Miyamoto
To, uh, "perform"? With perform meaning stare at the camera and say nothing? What has this world come to? And get her off my lawn! <sigh>
- Adam Lasnik
She has some SERIOUSLY messed up teeth. Better she not talk.
- ld
i spotted a weaboo. u forgot to show the pic celebrarting her scary tooth..i think its part of the phenomenon ;)
- Chris Hofmann
i like her teeth (remind me of a bunny)
- minus-one
she does resemble an idealized anime character, but i fear the attraction/popularity might be a bit more dark in nature.
- Cee Bee
I'm agreeing with cee bee here. I hate to be all jaded and skeptical about such things, but...uh...
- Lainie
cynical perhaps, but the the idolatry of "cuteness" with young female imagery in japan stems from a cultural dysfunction that borders on the illicit
- Cee Bee
She's hypnotizing me!
- George The Writer
I agree with Cee Bee that part of her appeal is she looks younger than her age, which from what I understand, is a prized commodity in Japan.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
This is the worst thing ever.
- Chris Baskind
I think the taboo word we are looking for is hebephilia.
- Alvin Woon
hebephilia, hmm... i prefer to call it "moe" 萌え (don't really like words with "-philia" part)
- minus-one
@Alvin - not really. Finding her attractive though she looks young (but pubescent) would not indicate hebephilia unless it was an exclusive or overwhelming trend in someones preferences. Even at that, she is perfect for the Japanese market anyway. All that said, she has HUGE eyes and she is just damn cute.
- Soulhuntre
This silence and that cute look...it's so scary.
- Ryo / Fuck Facebook
pathogenisation is the only way to deal with uncommon things for freudians :) im happy to be immune to that as a deleuzian lol
- Chris Hofmann
@Chris Hofmann actually, hebephilia is pretty much the word (it gets it right, ne?); it's just that i'm not ready to be called "hebephil"... better "otaku" (・ω・)
- minus-one
I'm not a huge fan of intentional cuteness. Maybe that's why I don't really enjoy this. It just irritates me.
- Lainie
Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008 - http://www.wired.com/gadgets...
HealingBrush, Bob Gannon, david beckwith and 5 other people liked this
"When it came to products, incremental improvements were the name of the game this year. Phones got faster (iPhone 3G anyone?), notebooks turned into netbooks and pocket cameras went from recording standard-definition video to HD."
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
R&D and universities are doing some cutting-edge stuff that we have no idea about. I wonder how I can trick someone into letting me join the Internet2 Consortium? http://www.internet2.edu/
- Shevonne
5 Best Data Visualization Projects of the Year | FlowingData - http://flowingdata.com/2008...
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HealingBrush, Atul Arora, Zekeriya KOÇ and 4 other people liked this
"On that note, I give you FlowingData's picks for the top 5 data visualization projects of 2008. Visualizations were judged based on the use of data, aesthetics, overall effect on the visualization arena, and how well they told a story."
- Erhan Erdogan
from Bookmarklet
last 3 is my fav. BBC show.
- Sinan Ata
WordPress Interface History - http://ma.tt/2008...
HealingBrush, Steven Nishida, Robert Scoble and 7 other people liked this
Where do Nanjing's stray cats end up? - http://www.danwei.org/front_p...
Christopher Harley and David Gilbert liked this
"The cats, which are either stolen pets or strays caught off the streets, end up in restaurants and on local dinner tables."
- clarke thomas
from Bookmarklet
Yikes!
- Christopher Harley
the fact that North Korea will have a 3G network, b4 most of the USA is disturbing http://www.crunchgear.com/2008...
David Gilbert, Jon, the Beartato of FF and MiniMage, sheeple of FF liked this
Human: Technology, you are my servant! - http://blogoscoped.com/archive...
immaterial, David Gilbert and Jérôme Flipo liked this
See a hard drive being made in Seagate's Chinese plant: http://www.fastcompany.tv/video...
David Bisset (sn), Tyson Key, Mike Fruchter and 19 other people liked this
This plant makes more than a million hard drives EVERY WEEK. Employs more than 10,000 people. And probably made the hard drive inside your laptop.
- Robert Scoble
fassssssscccccinating (insert sarcasm here j/k)
- sofarsoShawn
Don't bring a man down. I think it's cool.
- Christopher Galtenberg
Seagate is my sponsor and funds all of the pro "Scobleizer" videos on FastCompany.tv. This is our 100th video. I'll put up a list of all of our videos later tonight.
- Robert Scoble
sofarsoshawn: I just was hanging out with 1938media. He'll laugh when he sees your comment.
- Robert Scoble
That was pretty neat! Great vid Scoble.
- Dan Monzelowsky
More like this please... Thanks!
- tom sparks
Thanks to Rocky Barbanica ( @rocmanusa on Twitter) for doing such a great job on all my videos as producer/camera guy/editor. These wouldn't happen without him. Tom, we'll try, getting access to factories is VERY difficult.
- Robert Scoble
Dr. Apps: yeah, when I said that I knew I was high, but I didn't know what the real price was so I would rather be on the high side than the low one.
- Robert Scoble
Here's a Seagate 500GB internal HDD for only $85 bucks (7200 rpm too, nice!) http://www.amazon.com/Seagate... or you could get the portable one for a $153 - http://www.amazon.com/Seagate...
- Susan Beebe
500GB for $300? You need to shop around more Robert. ;) Good video!
- xero
Seagate 500GB SATA $54.88 - http://tr.im/2193 Seagate 500GB notebook $112.00 - http://tr.im/2195
- xero
Eric Savits over at Barrons had an interesting article about what's up in Seagate's stock price: http://blogs.barrons.com/techtra... -- the fact that a 500gb drive is $55 shows how tough this business is.
- Robert Scoble
Yeah that price point is really low...margins must be incredibly thin right now... So glad i sold off my OEM hardware business in 2000... best move EVAR!
- Susan Beebe
Sounds interesting. Downloading this now to watch later.
- Tyson Key
*Like* if you like the new Google Reader better
ocde.cn, Web20Critic, Richard Anderson and 135 other people liked this
I liked both because the new design is much sleeker and refined than the old one.
- Mattie Kenny
I must say I am liking the new look.
- (jeff)isageek
I can't decide
- Pinksy
Clean, simple, the Google trademarks. (It's also looking a lot like Zoho)
- Gary Burge
I think I prefer the new look, seems cleaner.
- Robert Nelson
Needs a few Greasemonkey tweaks but overall it's better.
- richrecruiter
looks cleaner but less usable to quickly scan things, due to the far lower contrast (no more blue highlight and menu background). Everything blends together on my screen. Will get used to it, i guess. The typography does not look harmonious, they ought to tweak font sizes and spacing a bit.
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
too much white! I would have loved to see it go in a different direction.
- vijay
i got confused. i meant to like this one. looks cleaner for sure. i LOVE helvetireader script though. it kills
- Cee Bee
+1 for Helvetireader! Lots of space and clean to the max.
- vijay
I haven't seen the new gReader.. but you know what still looks gorgeous? Feedly. ;)
- Phil G
I don't like it yet. It feels sharp and poorly spaced. But I'll get used to it.
- Glen Turpin
I like it. If you were new to reader this would be an easier interface to use, IMO.
- Clay Newton
Me like, very sleek.
- Kol Tregaskes
pretty much the only reason i use google reader instead of another web service is that it used to be fast (not anymore) and the social feed websites integrate with it.
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
It's too early to tell, Sarah. It does look -- *brighter*
- Jorge Escobar
I like it, just hope a redesign means that they bring in themes.
- Zach Chisholm
Any idea how to decollapse the navigation pane back again? I don't say a way to undo the evil that I did.
- Todd Hoff
I was expecting something drastic so I'm a little disappointed. Seems like more of the same with a little cleanup. Nothing offensive and certainly no major changes that make it bad.
- Kenton
I'm inclined to say that the new Google Reader is much superior to the old GR.
- Jamelle
Love the feature upgrades, style is a little stark for me.
- Kamath (नमः)
Disagree. I was so used to the previous version. But that's because I live there.
- Louis Gray
I actually didn't like it when I signed in after getting home. Perhaps I was far too used to the previous look? It's practically always open in another tab. But I'm getting used to it, and it's not too bad..
- deepikaur
I like it, but I want to hide the "Friends shared items" from the sidebar. That's the one feature I don't use.
- Larry Hudson
Like, but I also want to see which blogs you put in the B, C, and D-list, Sarah. :)
- Matt Cutts
Looks sweet, but appears to show less articles on the screen at once.
- Mike Reynolds
like the new google reader and i like sarah too
- Zee.
Haven't seen it yet, as I use Feedly.
- Grant Bierman
I like that I can now find the "Add Subscription" button without scouring the left-hand pane for 5 minutes
- Craig Eddy
schweeet! ♥ it!
- AJ Batac
@Mark - very cool link. Thanks!
- Phil G
no like. I'm a change resistant old man
- Threepwood
It's seems much snappier!
- Pras Sarkar
Works for me. An improvement.
- Sean McBride
I think I can definitely get used to it.
- Deborah Fitchett
Oh I remember Google Reader. That thing I gave up around 7 months ago or so when FriendFeed came on the scene.
- Thomas Hawk
me like! :)
- matthew hunt
Some things are better. Two things I don't like is that the font size in the feed panel on the left seems to have doubled, and sometimes keyboard shortcuts don't work.
- Tanath
liek it, but it looks weird with Helvetireader now - and that was soooo nice... well, hope for a Helvetireader and Better GReader greasemonkey updates now.
- Peter Efland
eh
- Charlie Anzman
the shinyness has worn off and I want my old GR back now. [un-liked]
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
The item you're on doesn't dim when marked as read now either. :-/
- Tanath
Found this: http://friendfeed.com/e... (fix GReader with Greasemonkey/Stylish).
- Tanath
The script helps, but it has a downside too. When you mark an item as read with 'm' the highlighting goes away. Why can't anything be perfect? :P
- Tanath
loving most of it - especially the collapsing of stuff, but hoping for themes soon. having occasional problems with the keyboard shortcuts though :(
- siggimus
I miss the refresh button on the feed list.
- Dennis Hostetler
I did like the "mark all read" button on the old one, and did take some time to find the shift+a command to do the same
- clarke thomas
Croudsourcing Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Nick Boucart, Tim Aldiss, Mohamed J and 6 other people liked this
translation - http://skitch.com/duncanr...
Steve C, Michael Leggett, David Gilbert and 4 other people liked this
Too much time in Shenzhen/Hong Kong has made me weak, I'm freezing at 4C(~40F) been wearing heavy fleece jacket indoors.
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Happy Accident Opens Door to Cheaper, Higher-Resolution Cameras - http://www.wired.com/science...
Cheryl Jones, Mark Interrante, David Gilbert and Robert Miller liked this
for the Canon 5D Mark3?
- Mark Interrante
Google Calendar now supports CalDAV: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008... . It's sort of the universal donor of calendars; it will sync with almost anything.
Joel Webber, David Gilbert, India Feeds and 5 other people liked this
London (harder, better, faster, stronger) - http://vimeo.com/2169237...
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David Gilbert, Chris Prince, Jess Lee and Andrew Eland liked this
If you look carefully, you can see how he loops photo sequences, and then pans across the looping sequence. It give a really nice effect. Great technique!
- Chris Prince
He's baaaack! - Jack Bauer returns tonight! - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
David Gilbert, Rocky Barbanica, Jesse Stay and 7 other people liked this
Why am I gonna watch this? Why?
- teh Dork Knight
Because Jack will kick your a** if you don't.
- Got Love For DB™?
Extreme kayaking down UK's tallest dam - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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David Gilbert, Alexey Ivanov, Seth Rubenstein and 7 other people liked this
so where is the part where they enter the whitewater sideways? i wanna see that...
- Chad Kaszer
on GMTV news in the UK this morning
- Dom
China 2.0: A Calligraphy Lesson at the Summer Palace | Global Neighborhoods - http://redcouch.typepad.com/weblog...
David Gilbert and anna sauce liked this
Liked for the awesome picture.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
from Bookmarklet
... which FriendFeed seems to have eaten.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Bug report submitted to FF feedback room here: http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Daniel J. Pritchett
It's showing up OK here
- Evan Sims
Corporate firewall, why hast thou forsaken me?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
US 2008 Election: Results listed by average IQ
David Berrebi, Tanath, john pearman and 54 other people liked this
No comment. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Not commenting is probably the smartest thing to do. :)
- ♥patricia♥
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- l0ckergn0me
That might be obvious but people with a lower IQ are also citizens of the democracy. This indicates to me that people with a lower IQ are simply concerned with different issues than those with higher IQs. It doesn't mean their vote is any less important.
- ·[▪_▪]·
I'd argue that it's because weaker minds (read: those who don't have critical thinking skills) are more easily swayed.
- l0ckergn0me
"Stronger" minds are easily influenced too. You just don't appeal to their beliefs but to their ego.
- ·[▪_▪]·
Indeed, the smart comment is no comment :)
- Mike Reynolds
That's what I thought, Mike. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Leave it to the smarter people in the country who can think for themselves to vote for the right person.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Stupid! If this were median IQ one might draw a statistically significant correlation between IQ and vote cast. Makes me wonder about the IQ of those that pass this stuff along.
- Ryan Petty
this is the same thing from 2004, they just changed the names, it's still silly.
- Anika
this is due to all the in-breeding
- sofarsoShawn
Republicans used to be the party of the upper class, but money = intelligence so we can no longer give Republicans the upper class. Certainly the lower and middle classes belong to Democrats. So what does that leave Republicans? Oh, okay, still no comment :)
- Mike Reynolds
Are they actually trying to say that the average IQ of most of the states is BELOW average? I wonder what percentage of people actually get IQ tests, anyway. My theory is it happens when people are looking for problems, like for those with learning disabilities or who are suspected of having ADHD.
- MiniMage, sheeple of FF
IQ is a broken metric anyway. x:
- Daniel Bruce
Do you really think this helps your cause? In all actuality, it makes you look like a complete fool. "IQ and the wealth of nations" contains no IQ information for the US States. When you do find "average IQ" numbers for US states, they aren't anything like the numbers in this chart. You are makeing a good case for a negative correlation between IQ and the electrion results when you and others push these fraudulent charts.
- John Rubier
from twhirl
Potentially a more honest assessment of IQ by State: http://www.vdare.com/Sailer...
- AJ Kohn
Thanks for the article @msblog. I quote: "And so, politically, the G.O.P. is squeezed at both ends. The party is losing the working class by sins of omission — because it has not developed policies to address economic anxiety. It has lost the educated class by sins of commission — by telling members of that class to go away."
- Mike Reynolds
this is from before the election btw
- mjc
@Bjorn I can understand feeling the notion of the IQ test and score might be contentious for theoretical reasons, but why racist? And why a myth? I mean, IQ tests exist, people exist, smart people and dumb people exist, and often there is a strong correlation between smart people and high IQs, dumb people and low IQs...which part is mythical?
- Neal Jansons
But then Obama got elected by people who had the cultural bias in IQ tests the other way.
- liju
My Sunday morning comment: "still no comment"
- Mike Reynolds
Obama as elitist http://is.gd/21IV
- sofarsoShawn
You people fall for this again and again. More about this silly hoax: http://www.snopes.com/politic...
- Gus
Wow, New Mexico is that high? Must be that Albuquerque is pulling the state upwards. :D
- Steven Perez
Hey, if Connecticut is so smart, then how do they explain Lieberman? Just wondering.
- Steven Perez
Gus: So is Sailer's data bad also?
- Mitchell Tsai
So what IQ were the third party voters? :P
- Morton Fox
Just got my new personal productivity tool! For all the little things i never get around to...
Neo Zhang, Benjamin Golub, James Macgill and 29 other people liked this
i'm skeptical but let me know if it works : )
- Jess Lee
every time i promise myself that i just feel worse when it doesn't get done ;)
- Mike Massey
it's not called "productivity" if you're only producing one thing per day
- Bill Strathearn
That would depend on the thing, wouldn't it?
- Keith Pelczarski
Can any of us write on it?
- Jim Norris
@baba12 I'm very humbled by my trip to China and very pissed off at American media who don't tell American's full picture of what's going on
Dimitar Vesselinov, Kamilah Gill, David HC Soul and 25 other people liked this
Who is American media? Seriously, I'm asking. Occasionally I check out MSNBC. But Tom Friedman goes to China frequently.
- Christopher Galtenberg
What picture do you think the American media should be painting of China? They are quickly industrializing and it's exciting to see how much growth they are able to sustain... It's amazing what 1B+ people can do
- Chris Reichow
Christopher: I watch a lot of media. CNN, MSNBC, ABC, New York Times, tons of different newspaper and blogs. We only see a very small slice of the world on our media. It's not just about China, either. We get tons of celebrity news, but not much about the world.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, you are part of the American media and you are telling us what is really going on. The old guard media is dying. People like you will replace them. Hang in there and keep it coming.
- Steve Olson
Chris: they should tell the American people the truth of why jobs are getting outsourced. It's not just about low cost anymore. Also, when you see the HUGE library and book store here in Shenzhen you see a people who value learning. THAT should be a wakeup call for Americans. Instead of talking about abortion or what Britney Spears ate for lunch they should be worried about how to compete on global scale.
- Robert Scoble
Wow, that IS an eye opener for at least This American!
- Carlton Hackett
India still has a long way to go before it can have the kind of influence economic China wields. India's got a great deal of problems that are not going to be easily solved with the type of gov't in place and the lack of leaders this country has. It amazes me how much India has progressed despite the gov't. The motto running this country that I've seen is "Greed is Good!"
- Pankaj
from IM
I think china has 10 to our 1 new engineer/comp sci graduating every year. that is shocking our lack of new talent
- Bryan Thatcher
from twhirl
Scobleizer, the Americans already had a taste of what China has to offer from the Olympics, especially the opening and closing ceremonies. Wait til people rummage through your flicker photo and video streams how fast China has progressed over the years. :)
- imabonehead
The culture of anti-intellectualism which has seized control of the right in recent years is helping to undermine American competitiveness in the world. Most Americans are unable to make the connection between the rise of a George W. Bush and Sarah Palin in American politics and the decline of the American economy.
- Sean McBride
If you still can't blog, just e-mail me the text with your login and password, and I'll post for you. The whole Web will watch.
- Louis Gray
Louis: the problem is I'm tired by the time I get home so it's all I can do to Twitter and FriendFeed. Blogging? Hmmm.
- Robert Scoble
Now you know how it feels for many of us in China. There is an awful lot more to China than the same old stale stuff.
- Paul Denlinger
American Media?? You mean there are others besides Twitter, Friendfeed, and HuffPost?? :p
- Clarence Chiang
Oh dear ... I was afraid we are being sheltered from the truth...no surprise, but still angry too!
- Susan Beebe
was waiting for this to be blamed on president bush and wasn't disappointed when that happened.
- Jonathan Jesse
I watch almost no TV, but get my news online. One thing I really like about online news is that it is so easy to read what I want to, and skim past the stuff that doesn't interest me. Of course that works both ways. I've not the slightest interest in the celebrity bimbos, so skip that myself, but I could read that and nothing else. I check into a few UK sources too - BBC, Guardian, Telegraph. They give a more balanced world view, in my opinion, than domestic US media.
- Ian May
As someone who works everyday with an offshore Indian development team I'd agree with Pankaj's comments. We (the west) are still outsourcing based on cost but in many cases the offshore teams (particularly in India) aren't mature enough to deal with us. Some of the issues I see regularly are a shortage of good lead developers but loads of green ones, coupled with a culture that promotes teaching over learning.
- Andy Davies
This is a given. All Americans should NOT take our media with anything more than a grain of salt and read international media.
- Patricia
I doubt Americans have any less interest in learning. Their government doesn't pay for their bookstores (or wait, maybe they do - they're called Libraries - I've seen some pretty big ones), so they make wiser economic decisions.
- Jesse Stay
Visiting a bookstore in China is one of the scariest things I did when I lived over there. Not only are their wall after wall of business books (Inventory Management Guide vol. 6, Elements of Human Resources Management in low wage industries, etc) but there is a growing number of 'creative' works coming out. When the creative ideas developed 'in house' in China meet the factory powerhouses, oh holy crap. It won't just be Joe the factory guy looking for work...
- Andrew Leyden
Great insights Mr Scoble, Post China, I hope you do a detailed blog post and perhaps video or two on what you have learned/think
- JimmyJet
The story perpetuated by the media continues to be one of the Chinese government "controlling" everything, especially information, in China. However, I think the vast amount of information out there is simply uncontrollable, despite whatever firewalls are in place. Once they start to take that information and COLLABORATE, then they can truly INNOVATE, and that's what should give us pause...
- Chris Reichow
great that you recognize shortcomings of MSM take on China, but it's what sells. Also, bear in mind that your trip (although you met with perfect people for such a trip) was a "survey course" at best. It takes a ton of effort and time to get perspective on the place and to dig through what people in meetings are actually saying. The truth is probably somewhere in-between. I am personally so happy that you made the trip, and that you will hopefully be a fair-broker of China-related information out there.
- sage brennan
sage: yup, you can only get an incomplete picture, but I've gotten access to stuff that would blow your mind. Unfortunately I can't tell about a lot of it. But there is major disruption happening right in front of us. I'm working on a blog post now.
- Robert Scoble
Robert- i'm glad that you're seeing these things and blogging about it. it's good for others to see. @Sean Mcbride, can you elaborate on anti-intellectualism?
- Patricia
Patricia -- I was referencing a good deal of past discussion here with Robert Scoble and others about know-nothing (and anti-intellectual) trends in the Republican Party in recent years to attack and deride the coastal elites which are most responsible for generating the intellectual capital that is barely keeping America competitive with China, India, Europe and the rest of the world. A nation which ridicules intellectual achievement is heading for immense economic problems.
- Sean McBride
Unfortunately, it's the celebrity news that America in general is most interested in, so that's what kind of "news" media will break and cover. It's what gets ratings and makes money.
- Nathan Johns
Bonaroo - T-Shirts - America Is Restoring - Please Wait - http://www.bonaroo.co.uk/3...
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I think the rest of the world is going to be disappointed when the amount of change does not meet expectations.
- scott anderson
I would say the amount of change just to elect Obama is enough to get the world hopeful and optimistic. As far as being dissapointed, I guess we will see - so far, so good.
- Scott Lockhart
Is this like, server is down because the bandwidth has been exceeded? LOL
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
places closer to Moscow than Wasilla, Alaska - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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I eat breakfast 300 yards from a buncha Russians, which is why I'm a hockey mom.
- George Bounacos
I'm glad Casa Blanca is on the map.
- Rudolf Olah
“The best McCain-Palin 2008 bumper sticker ever!!!” - http://beta.friendfeed.com/e...
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Funny!
- Steve Rubel
First time I've seen via Reshare.
- Russellreno
Hey this is intersting... Reshare feature...ok got it now! thx!
- Susan Beebe
very appropriate, I say.
- Joe Buhler
Biden looks more like Grandpa Simpson. McCain could be Capt. H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock in the ATeam
- Noah David Simon
How dare you soil the name of Maude Flanders.
- hellonm
And what would people say if someone created a Lenny and Carl button..?
- Sprague D
This is the best. I will be reporting ASAP.
- Lon Cohen
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