Sean Kelly

"When underdogs choose not to play by Goliath’s rules, they win, Arreguín-Toft concluded, “even when everything we think we know about power says they shouldn’t.”" - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

I love Malcolm Gladwell's work!!! - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

""The most interesting aspect of the Internet is none of the technology features; it's putting people in communication with one another, very broadly. Whether that's through Web sites that allow people to publish to a large audience with amazing efficiency and lower cost per unit people that you communicate with; or it's email or Chat or other means to put people in more direct two-way communication. The strength of the Internet is with what people will do with that communication capability."" - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

"“Everybody turns their knobs” — that is, adjusts the control parameters and coefficients of their models — “so they aren’t the outlier, because the outlying model is going to have difficulty getting funded.”" - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

"In 1973 the cultural anthropologist Ernest Becker proposed that the fear of death drives us to protect ourselves with "vital lies" or "the armour of character". We defend ourselves from the ultimate terror by engaging in immortality projects, which boost our self-esteem and grant us meaning that extends beyond death. More than 300 studies conducted in 15 countries appear to confirm Becker's thesis. When people are confronted with images or words or questions that remind them of death they respond by shoring up their worldview, rejecting people and ideas that threaten it, and increasing their striving for self-esteem." - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

I love Fred Wilson, "If I spent a considerable part of my day reading business plans, referencing people on the way in, I might be able to take five or six meetings. But even if they were all successful, I'd still get less successful meetings that day." - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

"To try to eliminate uncertainty, USA TODAY asked etiquette and hospitality experts and hotel companies for advice on what to tip at hotels in the USA. Their responses aren't consistent in every instance, but there's a consensus for some common tipping situations:" - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

Fully agree! - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

Another spot on article from Scoble - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

Classic - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

"Typically users fall into two camps: those who prefer to collaborate around files and documents, and those who prefer to interact with content and other people directly on web sites. The differences between these two working styles goes much deeper than mere user preference or alternative ways of getting things done as the “mind-set” of working with files affects how people work, attitudes toward security and the impact of governance." - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

"As Om notes this could spell trouble for messaging services like MSN but I wouldn’t be surprised if Microsoft isn’t working in a back room somewhere to try and build in XMPP support to Windows Live Messenger. The user base is just too big for them to ignore." - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

"Winston-Salem, NC (AHN) – Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that some elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men may be caused by a hormone normally occurring in the body. What the findings mean is the antigens are not necessarily a predictor of the need for a prostate biopsy, which can lead to numerous health ailments in males." - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

Seriously cool. Can imagine many other uses for this. - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

Nice article - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

"AUSTRALIAN super funds, once among the best performers in the world, have been among the worst since the financial crisis began, losing an extraordinary 20 per cent of their value last year and recovering just 1 per cent in the first half of this year." - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

"Microsoft announced that it was opening up its Outlook format and giving external programs access to mail, calendar and contacts." - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

This is huge!!! - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

"That's why a man like Hong Kong contrarian economist Marc Faber warns in his Doom, Boom & Gloom Report: "The future will be a total disaster, with a collapse of our capitalistic system as we know it today." - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

Great article arguing News Corps utter hypocrisy. - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

Clever stuff. Can't wait to get my hands on one. - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

"What would a webzine for geeks be without a top ten hottest list. Here you go guys (and girls),  the JUL’s top ten hottest girls in tech." - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet

"Google never says how many servers are running in its data centers. But a recent presentation by a Google engineer shows that the company is preparing to manage as many as 10 million servers in the future." - Sean Kelly from Bookmarklet