buzzandersen: Social Software Narcissism/Utility Graph (via ztaylor) Drawn by Brad O’Neill for his post “Is There a Magic Zone of Narcissistic Utility?” This seems like a pretty reasonable unified field theory of social software to me. In my opinion, for example, Twitter has come to achieve a near perfect balance of the two axes, while Foursquare is going to have to shift themselves further to the right on the utility axis if they’re going to grow and have an appeal that outlasts the narcissistic appeal of their game mechanics.

buzzandersen:

Social Software Narcissism/Utility Graph

(via ztaylor)

Drawn by Brad O’Neill for his post “Is There a Magic Zone of Narcissistic Utility?” This seems like a pretty reasonable unified field theory of social software to me. In my opinion, for example, Twitter has come to achieve a near perfect balance of the two axes, while Foursquare is going to have to shift themselves further to the right on the utility axis if they’re going to grow and have an appeal that outlasts the narcissistic appeal of their game mechanics.


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autostream: The Lexus… that isn’t very Lexus-ish. Also, I want one of these. Only $330,000.

autostream:

The Lexus… that isn’t very Lexus-ish.

Also, I want one of these. Only $330,000.


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“Seriously, if you’re shopping for an SSD and don’t know the name SandForce yet, you’re not doing it right.”
— Engadget. Today, I put pen to paper and committed to an internship at SandForce this summer. Iiiiiii’m excited!

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fuckyeahcomputerscience: condombyproduct: 9gag: Sergey Brin’s Online Resume

fuckyeahcomputerscience:

condombyproduct:

9gag:

Sergey Brin’s Online Resume


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autostream: The Audi R8 is undeniably one of the most beautiful cars of our time.

autostream:

The Audi R8 is undeniably one of the most beautiful cars of our time.


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“We need to re-think how we compute. Less is more. Pick a standard such as HTML5 and stick to it. No plugins. (Beyond page-agnostic browser functionality add-ons like Ad-Block Plus.) No background services, no download managers, no web-extending formats. If a stock browser less than three years old can’t render it, it isn’t the web. If it isn’t the web, we don’t code for it. JPG, PNG, and a handful of standardized other formats can be direct linked-to.”
—

PsychoSlashDot

Sadly, as long as the marketing goons want their interactive/animated advertising, this will never happen.


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midoriw: So we’re in Disneyland… Behold my dorky company today.

midoriw:

So we’re in Disneyland…

Behold my dorky company today.


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Saw my first A380 “in person” today. Here’s M overlooking LAX.

Saw my first A380 “in person” today. Here’s M overlooking LAX.


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A beach, clear skies, and airplanes taking off into the sunset. Glorious.

A beach, clear skies, and airplanes taking off into the sunset. Glorious.


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Yup.

Yup.


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