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Mon, 14 May 2012 11:52:52 -0700

Starting today, you can discover the best of Twitter in a weekly email digest delivered to your inbox. This summary features the most relevant Tweets and stories shared by the people you’re connected to on Twitter.

A "Holy Fucking Shit" Quarter

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:28:11 -0800

A "Holy Fucking Shit" Quarter:

parislemon:

Remember back in October when after a rare “miss” by Apple (which was only a miss because analysts are stupid and lazy), the early signs pointed to the potential of a $40 billion quarter? Some thought that was insane given that Apple had never even had a $30 billion quarter before. Well, turns out that projection was a little insane — insanely low.

Try a $46.33 billion quarter.

It’s a number so insane that it even destroys the $42.76 billion blow-out “whisper” number.

As for the early projections of 34 million iPhones sold — which again, some people thought were crazy — also low. Try 37 million.

But hey, Android is winning, right?

As for the other numbers. 15.43 million iPads. A record. 5.2 million Macs. A record. 15.4 million iPods. Not a record, but no surprise — this is the age of the iPhone.

Net quarterly profit was $13.06 billion. Again, holy shit.

That stock you were an idiot for selling after aforementioned “miss”? Up 10% now in after-hours trading, well past $460 a share. By far an all-time high, pushing Apple’s market cap well past $400 billion.

Apple now has $97.6 billion in cash.

I’ll be listening to the call at 2PM PT and posting some follow-up thoughts on TechCrunch. Stay tuned.

thatjenesaisquoi: BOSS

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:18:52 -0800

thatjenesaisquoi:

BOSS

Things first time founders do

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:51:39 -0800

@andreasklinger wrote a nice piece on what first time founders do. I think the list is pretty spot on and I can honestly say we’re guilty as charged. :)

They seek too much advice from too many sources with too many conflicting views.

They plan details about sh*t that never sees the light of day.

They spend hours of pitching to VCs that don’t invest into startups in their stage.

They optimize their ToS before launch.

They underestimate everything apart of one thing: Themselves.

They validate their customer hypothesis with investors.

They launch in one month.

and the list goes on and on. It’s quite hilarious to read if you ignore for a second the gravity of repeating these mistakes.

Unfortunately old and true advice tends to get ignored and not surprisingly, first time founders “think they won’t make the same mistakes as other first time founders.”

Bob Dylan, Love Minus Zero / No Limit

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:39 -0800

Bob Dylan, Love Minus Zero / No Limit

Summify has been acquired by Twitter!

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:01:15 -0800

Summify has been acquired by Twitter!:

Our long-term vision at Summify has always been to connect people with the most relevant news for them, in the most time efficient manner. As hundreds of millions of people worldwide are signing up and consuming Twitter, we realized it’s the best platform to execute our vision at a truly global scale. Since Twitter shared this vision with us, joining the company made perfect sense.

theimpossiblecool: Lennon & McCartney. photo by David...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:36:25 -0800

theimpossiblecool:

Lennon & McCartney.

photo by David Bailey

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"Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant."

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:29:00 -0800

“Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.”

- Joan Didion

The HN homepage in Haiku, an operating system inspired by BeOS....

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:02:00 -0800

The HN homepage in Haiku, an operating system inspired by BeOS. The WebKit-based browser WebPositive is actually pretty usable.

If you’re curious, It’s really easy to try out Haiku in VirtualBox or VMWare using the official VM Image. If you’re using VirtualBox, make sure to configure Network Adapter Type to Intel PRO.

While not that useful over a modern OS, I was very pleased with BeOS when I tried it several years ago, and I can’t help imagine what it could have become…

usersillusions: Apple has made some very subtle updates to the...

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:52:58 -0800

usersillusions:

Apple has made some very subtle updates to the visual design for iOS 5.

via Design Archive

theimpossiblecool: JFK. photo by Arnold Newman

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:08:41 -0800

theimpossiblecool:

JFK.

photo by Arnold Newman

CHEVROLET, Speedometer designs 1941 - 2011

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:02:01 -0800

CHEVROLET, Speedometer designs 1941 - 2011

The Three Stages of Cultivation

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:36:00 -0700

The Three Stages of Cultivation:

The first is the primitive stage. It is a stage of original ignorance in which a person knows nothing about the art of combat. In a fight, he simply blocks and strikes instinctively without a concern for what is right and wrong. Of course, he may not be so-called scientific, but, nevertheless, being himself, his attacks or defenses are fluid.

The second stage — the stage of sophistication, or mechanical stage — begins when a person starts his training. He is taught the different ways of blocking, striking, kicking, standing, breathing, and thinking — unquestionably, he has gained the scientific knowledge of combat, but unfortunately his original self and sense of freedom are lost, and his action no longer flows by itself. His mind tends to freeze at different movements for calculations and analysis, and even worse, he might be called “intellectually bound” and maintain himself outside of the actual reality.

The third stage — the stage of artlessness, or spontaneous stage — occurs when, after years of serious and hard practice, the student realizes that after all, gung fu is nothing special. And instead of trying to impose on his mind, he adjusts himself to his opponent like water pressing on an earthen wall. It flows through the slightest crack. There is nothing to try to do but try to be purposeless and formless, like water. All of his classical techniques and standard styles are minimized, if not wiped out, and nothingness prevails. He is no longer confined.

[Bruce Lee]

Taken with Instagram at Butchart Gardens

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:17:56 -0700

Taken with Instagram at Butchart Gardens

Surprise birthday trip :) (Taken with Instagram at Amethyst Inn)

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 18:51:30 -0700

Surprise birthday trip :) (Taken with Instagram at Amethyst Inn)

In many ways, the work of a critic is easy

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:08:15 -0700

In many ways, the work of a critic is easy:

In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read.

But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new.

The world is often unkind to new talents, new creations. The new needs friends.

Last night, I experienced something new; an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking, is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau’s famous motto, ‘Anyone can cook.’

But I realize — only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere. It is difficult to imagine more humble origins than those of the genius now cooking at Gusteau’s, who is, in this critic’s opinion, nothing less than the finest chef in France. I will be returning to Gusteau’s soon, hungry for more.”

— Anton Ego, Ratatouille