20 Mar 2006, 17:00 p.m.

Nerdvana

Some peers of mine have been wondering whether any of the YCombinator startups actually cure pressing user needs. Leonard points out that reddit and infogami are cool, and that two successes out of eight attempts …

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20 Mar 2006, 13:39 p.m.

Business Names

Man, there are a lot of business out there with "solution[s]" in their titles.

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19 Mar 2006, 15:26 p.m.

Erudition

In this week's column I talk about the word on the tip of my tongue. The most powerful word I've learned in the past decade is probably "satisfice." Researcher Herb Simon coined this word, a …

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18 Mar 2006, 9:50 a.m.

QOTD

"Sales is seduction; marketing is propaganda."

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18 Mar 2006, 7:48 a.m.

Certainty And Judgments

Slacktivist pointed me to a post about morality at Obsidian Wings.

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13 Mar 2006, 20:47 p.m.

Sad Insight

Frighteningly often, the moments of lucid contentment in my life involve consumption. Just now, I felt that complacent blanket as I drank rooibos tea, listened to Belle & Sebastian and Harvey Danger, and read John-Paul. …

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13 Mar 2006, 18:48 p.m.

What Do You Call Someone Who Knows No Languages At All?

Last week's MC Masala did not answer that question but poked fun at my own language foibles. As an aside: If India's Hollywood, Bombay, is called "Bollywood," then shouldn't we call Bangalore "Bilicon Balley" or …

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13 Mar 2006, 9:06 a.m.

Quote of the Day

"That's my meta-weakness: getting into situations where my weakness is applicable."

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12 Mar 2006, 22:39 p.m.

Links While Procrastinating Writing Important Deadline Things

Haikus about Muni, often on the themes of tourists, lateness, and feast-and-famine arrivals. "Religion isn't the opiate of the masses anymore, Karl. IDEs are." My ad hoc campaign to learn the world of programming continues …

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12 Mar 2006, 18:38 p.m.

"Spaced"

Turn-of-the-century British sitcom "Spaced" is pretty funny. Leonard and I watched the entire run of it last night. Of course, it's British, so the entire run is 14 episodes. And you thought Arrested Development was …

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