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American Civil Liberties Union : Surveillance Society Clock - http://www.aclu.org/privacy...
Chris Weige, Morton Fox, abacab and 2 other people liked this
"Using data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, the ACLU has determined that nearly 2/3 of the entire US population (197.4 million people) live within 100 miles of the US land and coastal borders. The government is assuming extraordinary powers to stop and search individuals within this zone. This is not just about the border: This " Constitution-Free Zone" includes most of the nation's largest metropolitan areas. We urge you to call on Congress to hold hearings on and pass legislation to end these egregious violations of Americans' civil rights."
- Jason Wehmhoener
from Bookmarklet
Amazon's Kindle obsession: Bury the printed book - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13...
Mitch Ratcliffe, Jose Furtado, Cliff Gerrish and Brett Kelly liked this
I am amazed by the number of friends of mine who tell me they see most of the startup scene just disappear in the next months/year on crisis
Dimitar Vesselinov, DC Crowley, Bruce Lewis and 26 other people liked this
In the 87 crash, I was long on Symantec stock, and we hadn't IPO'd yet, and everyone was saying to me what they are saying to you now -- it'll take 10 years for the market to recover from this, so forget about startups (which is what Symantec basically was). Didn't turn out that way. We IPO'd 2 years later, the market had completely recovered. Not saying that'll happen this time, but no...
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- Dave Winer
I think this is good to happen now. takes the pressure off the tech sector performance and puts it on problems that have been building since late 70's.
- SolidSmack
from twhirl
Sure, if people get distracted from the real work of building their companies by all this turmoil, they'll fail. But it's the same bunch that will already be distracted by something.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
from twhirl
loic, what do you think? it has got to have an effect on the scene, don't you think?
- Şekip Can Gökalp
from twhirl
There will be a shake out of bad business models, lifestyle business companies (feature based companies) that didn't deserve large venture rounds and unfortunately some legitimate companies who might have survived in more risk tolerant times will suffer. But this is the 3rd tech / market downturn I've been through as an entrepreneur, and each time my companies and those of friends grew in these times and came out stronger. Many of the big success stories of recent memory occurred grew out of the 2001-2003.
- Austin Hill
I don't think it'll disappear but no doubt in my mind that it'll shrink.
- Patricia
I've seen maybe 3 downturns- and in each, innovators and entrepreneurs are separated, the wheat from the chaff, and those that survive are stronger for it. It's always an interesting time. Everyone seems to be starting a social media company now- as folks hunker down and get IBM-style jobs, others will stand out from the crowds. @Austin ++
- anna sauce
It may hasten the demise of those that were weak or prevent weak ones from securing funding. Disappear? No. As noted above, we are on the cusp of a tech bubble one way or the other IMO. Far too many start-ups have that 1.0 mentality of ... build the brand, get the eyeballs, and figure out monetization later. When a critical mass of these types of startups exist you know a correction isn't far off.
- AJ Kohn
On 9/11, I was walking down to the Potomac River to try and get a better view of the Pentagon on fire. I walked past a building and saw some suits going in with a suitcase and a presentation 'tube' and slides and I remember saying to myself 'what kind of person is actually conducting business on a day like today'. I later found out that was the question VCs were asking for the next few months--what kind of startup thinks they can get funding in a time like this. Unfortunately we're now in a similar time.
- Andrew Leyden
Don't forget it costs a lot less to make startups these days. A reduction in available capital isn't as critical now as it would have been not too long ago. It is a bigger issue for small companies trying to get medium and medium to large, however.
- Louis Gray
Could get ugly, start-ups might need a business model other than being acquired.
- tim
I think it will really get ugly.
- Loic Le Meur
On the bright side, there's going to be good money to be made in automation and software that can drive cost savings in companies.
- kris. nuttycombe
Most startups will fail. This is always true.
- Soulhuntre
from twhirl
@Loic: Ugly or not, we are sure to become more creative.
- Loren Heiny
Loic it is an experience that counts! If you do not make it in one company you go to the next! This is what business is about.
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
i doubt it will disappear... might slow down a bit, but we'll see. (not if i have anything to do with it tho)
- dave mcclure
Maybe some/most of the current puffery will go away, but it will make way for services that ad REAL value. Services that save you money, connect you with jobs, aggregate buying power or enable you to trade good and services will be in demand.
- Trevor Lee
Any more ideas on best social media analytics solutions/companies? I have Radian6, Buzzlogic, Umbria, Seer Interactive...
Dimitar Vesselinov, Al Stevens, Nicholas James and 5 other people liked this
Joel - by far and away the best package you will find is from a small UK company called Market Sentinel. http://www.marketsentinel.com/service... . I have also had a look at Radian 6 and assure you that the toolset that these guys use is quite the most powerful software I have seen with up to 80% accurate AUTOMATED sentiment analysis. Please email me at paul dot fabretti at gmail dot com if you would like more first-hand knowledge. It makes Radian 6 look like a beta testing system.
- Paul Fabretti
Kontagent is the new system from Albert Lai (Bubbleshare). http://www.kontagent.com/ It's getting some good reviews. http://venturebeat.com/2008...
- Andrew Leyden
Up the downturn: How to survive in tough economic times - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13...
kamla bhatt, Randy Ksar, Mitch Ratcliffe and 2 other people liked this
When the market is soft smart guys pull away from the pack gaining share and hiring exceptional people.
- Dave Martin
The invest-during-downtimes approach has always paid off. It's not just technology business that can benefit--manuy of the biggest brands have grown from the lowest lows of the economy at large
- Mitch Ratcliffe
from twhirl
NYT Magazine has a long story on Internet trolls http://tinyurl.com/5h6rx3
Frank Roche, Dean Terry, Jeff Quinton and Mitch Ratcliffe liked this
Malwebolence? Now there's a pun that's not working. Wow.
- Jim Hanas
Sounds like junior high school behavior is becoming the predominant cultural. Don't believe it, but it rings true of the particular case of trolls.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
from twhirl
What happens if the ball stayed there? - http://deadspin.com/5022428...
John Ruth, Mo Kargas, Mitch Ratcliffe and 4 other people liked this
If you didn't see this Friday and you're baseball fan, check it out.
- Steve Rubel
from Bookmarklet
I assume it's still in play. Though I suppose it could be a ground rule double? Regardless, you'd think the walls would have a slightly more angled top to prevent something like that...
- adam christensen
i remember for some reason that it would be ruled a home run and that is why some walls have "yellow" along the top so the ump can see it. I could be wrong though.
- Lou Paglia
It was still in play and a home run if it fell over the other way
- paul mooney
if the yankees are on the field, it's a dead ball ground rule single, if the yankees are hitting, its a home run.
- Allen Stern
Even the umpiring crew on the day were not too sure on this ...
- Patrick Jordan
I'm guessing ground rule double
- Mike Doeff
I believe the ball is simply in play. It "staying there" would be the same as a ball laying untouched in the middle of center field. So - the only way it could have been a HR is if it fell over the fence or the person hustled his way around the bases. I could be wrong - but that's the most logical explanation I have for that scenario.
- George Smith
The pictures on the Globe site are amazing http://www.boston.com/sports...
- Steve Rubel
Found it myself: It's Megastudy.net. Two articles: http://is.gd/w2i and http://is.gd/w2m - One English teacher earned more than $2M last yr!
Mitch Ratcliffe and Rich liked this
BMW's fascinating GINA Light Visionary Model design study - http://digg.com/autos...
Sean Oliver, Mitch Ratcliffe, Travis Koger and Wil liked this
"dang... thats slick."
- Jason Calacanis
Now you just need to wrap that skin around a Tesla and you will have one seriously coool vehicle. Even more so than it already is!
- Travis Koger
CGI for vehicles -- very cool.
- Mitch Ratcliffe
i've got almost 50% as many friends on FriendFeed after 5 months of using it as I do on Twitter after almost 18 months. that, after writing a post bout how twitter pays my rent. conclusion: FF makes adding friends much easier than twitter does
Mitch Ratcliffe, Tsega Dinka, Hutch Carpenter and 11 other people liked this
I couldn't agree more - so much easier!
- Stephanie Zimmerman
You have much hipper friends than I do. I have to follow the cyper friends or I get nothing!
- Laurent Courtines
from twhirl
I remember that great post Marshall. I still see its easier to add friends in Twitter than in FF. How come you see it easier in FF?
- Lasse
I guess its because you see people you are not directly following so it's easier to find interesting people to follow. Mind you I'm new here so I'm reserving judgement till I have a few more than zero friends :)
- Dave Pook
What you should know about Google I
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10...
Deepak Singh, Krishnan Subramanian, Mitch Ratcliffe and 8 other people liked this
Gotta love the photo with the fan on the floor of the data center.
- Kevin D. White
Wow, Google probably has "200,000 servers" ... amazing!
- Susan Beebe
Nice article of how things work at Google.
- Daniel Schildt
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