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Dear Internet →
“Here’s an area for both some disruption and some lobbying. Let’s build tools that allow members of Congress to aggregate messages being sent to them, and to associate those messages with congressional districts. Let’s come up with a way for a member to see what their constituency is saying about any particular issue they’d like, and let’s provide that as an...
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In Cornell Deal for Roosevelt Island Campus, an... →
“Of all the applications we received, Cornell and the Technion was far and away the boldest and most ambitious,” the mayor said. A big part of its appeal, he added, was “a tantalizing, groundbreaking partnership.”
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I Ate So Many Cookies →
“Yes, Rebecca, I remember. Sort of.” - Haley Mlotek
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What does it feel like to be an unattractive... →
“Natural beauty fades, of course, but intelligence, empathy, wit, and kindness last forever.” - Anne Halsall
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From zero to Go →
“Once the user has created a personalized turkey it can be shared with friends and family by posting to Google . Clicking a “Share” button (not pictured here) creates in the user’s Google stream a post containing a snapshot of the turkey. The snapshot is a single image that matches the turkey the user created.” -Andrew Gerrand
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Some Are Content to Sit Out →
“To be sure, the Facebook-free life has its disadvantages in an era when people announce all kinds of major life milestones on the Web. Ms. Elser has missed engagements and pictures of newborn babies. But none of that hurt as much as the gap she said her Facebook account had created between her and her closest friends. So she shut it down.” -Jenna Wortham
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Facebook and one-night stands →
“Think about relationships. Create a plan for Facebook that is measured in years, not weeks or months. This will be hard, because agencies and brands will need to work together in new ways. New types of contracts, new types of engagements without a middle or an end. Be patient. Create the best first date you can, then create the best second, third and fourth dates you can, and take it from...
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Why Spotify can never be profitable: The secret... →
“Would this imaginary hot dog establishment be able to generate a profit? Never…” - Michael Robertson
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Data Furnaces Could Bring Heat to Homes →
“Two researchers at the University of Virginia and four at Microsoft Research explored this possibility in a paper presented this year at the Usenix Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing. The paper looks at how the servers — though still operated by their companies — could be placed inside homes and used as a source of heat. The authors call the concept the data furnace.” -Randall...
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