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Holy smokes. DK on Jeopardy. Nice! josefa7: Tumblr/David Karp...

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:19:35 -0400

Holy smokes. DK on Jeopardy. Nice!

josefa7:

Tumblr/David Karp on Jeopardy

parislemon: petervidani: lol Fuck yeah, evolution.

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:17:47 -0400

parislemon:

petervidani:

lol

Fuck yeah, evolution.

"It’s about moments in life that are great but don’t last. They don’t go on, but you always have the..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:17:31 -0400

“It’s about moments in life that are great but don’t last. They don’t go on, but you always have the memory and they have an effect on you. That’s what I was thinking about.”

- Lost in Translation is really one of my favorite movies of all times. So, so good. So, so true.

—-

Sofia Coppola on Lost In Translation

(via stoweboyd)

Dave Duffield, @aneelb & @reidhoffman at HBS company of the...

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:09:50 -0400

Dave Duffield, @aneelb & @reidhoffman at HBS company of the year award. Congrats @aneelb!

Sunken Diamond. Best place in the world to catch ballgame. (at...

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:56:55 -0400

Sunken Diamond. Best place in the world to catch ballgame. (at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond)

"Think globally, hack locally."

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:49:33 -0400

“Think globally, hack locally.”

- Code for America Brigade (via codeforamerica)

Soon enough. :-) (at Escondido Elementary School)

Sat, 04 May 2013 14:11:22 -0400

Soon enough. :-) (at Escondido Elementary School)

"We do not own Collins’s decision. His courage is not ours. He owes us, and our society,..."

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:57:24 -0400

“We do not own Collins’s decision. His courage is not ours. He owes us, and our society, nothing more than he already has given us. He made the decision, I hope, knowing one thing quite clearly, and that is that history is not predictable. It does not move in a straight line, let alone in a straight line to glory. History is a river, with currents and eddies and backwashes, and if you just let yourself drift with it, you will not necessarily find your way from the source to the sea. If every river moved straight and true, from bad to good, from historic crime to ultimate redemption, herring would rule the world. It has been said in too many places now already that the best thing about what Jason Collins did this week was to prove how “normal” his announcement was, and how little an impact it seemed to make, and how supportive most of his fellow athletes were. We will see how “normal” the country will allow his life to be going forward. Oh, we shall surely see that.”

- Wonderful piece in Grantland reacting to Jason Collins’ decision yesterday.

A crucial reminder that nothing about history is inevitable. That history happens because we all make choices to stand for what we believe in. We make history, or it happens to us.

Amazing & inspirational for Jason to do this, but it’s just a step.

Jason Collins comes out - Grantland

nprfreshair: Was there ever a more charming letter writer than...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:27:50 -0400

nprfreshair:

Was there ever a more charming letter writer than Vonnegut?

slatevault:

In which Kurt Vonnegut modestly offers his talents to the JFK campaign. Our favorite line? “On occasion, I write pretty well.” http://slate.me/11QNcwA

"As much as you can, knowing it’s a subjective thing — you’re dealing with human..."

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:27:16 -0400

““As much as you can, knowing it’s a subjective thing — you’re dealing with human beings — but you always look for a certain talent level, and we like to think about somebody’s work ethic, what they’ve proven as far as what type of teammate they might be,” Popovich said. “In our vernacular we talk about people who’ve gotten over themselves, [who] can cheer for teammates’ success, as well as their own. When you find those kind of people, they’re more interested in the group than they are themselves. That’s a winning formula in most cases.””

- This is ostensibly an article about the differences between how the Spurs and Lakers approach building & winning, but I find it to be just as relevant to how we build winning organizations.

As some folks know, I moved around a lot growing up, but spent my high school years in San Antonio, right when they went from horrible to not-as-horrible by drafting David Robinson, a role model in many, many ways. And I know that most folks think watching the NBA, let alone the decidedly low drama Spurs, is about as exciting as watching paint dry.

But ever since Popovich got there, and then Tim Duncan, it’s just been an incredible organization to watch. They’re so committed to developing players, so committed to finding them wherever they are in the world, so committed to winning over the long term and in the right way.

It’s easy to focus on the superstars — and just like sports, in a lot of ways the technology world is indeed driven by superstars — but having an amazing team top to bottom, and a mindset that you’re always going to be developing each person, and developing the team overall — in my view this balance is the key to long term, durable success.

This quote just captures so much about what makes the Spurs special, and what makes some of the companies I’m involved with the same.

NBA playoffs 2013 - How San Antonio Spurs made them a sweeping success against the Los Angeles Lakers - ESPN

david: Some awesome updates for iPhone today! An extremely...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:02:51 -0400

david:

Some awesome updates for iPhone today!

An extremely good and useful Tumblr release today.

"It seems to me that this is native advertising as it should be. … The content is genuinely fun, just..."

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:18:31 -0400

“It seems to me that this is native advertising as it should be. … The content is genuinely fun, just as it is fleeting and unobtrusive. … These are the sorts of native ad projects that help change some of the traditional polarity of the advertising and publishing relationship. This is where we really see marketers challenged by publishers on behalf of users to make their advertising more fun and engaging on the consumer’s terms.”

- MediaPost: Tumblr Brings Its Native Ad Format To Mobile (via david)

No idea how Emily (or others) do this job. Live TV is incredibly...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:19:26 -0400

No idea how Emily (or others) do this job. Live TV is incredibly hard, and they’re dealing with so much info so fast, just super complex. (at Bloomberg)

On BloombergTV with Emily Chang in a few. Looking at my badge...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:14:12 -0400

On BloombergTV with Emily Chang in a few. Looking at my badge picture, I seem to have been incognito last time. :-)

Full of banana.

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:54:42 -0400

Full of banana.

roelofbotha: It is remarkable to see the strong rating...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:08:31 -0400

roelofbotha:

It is remarkable to see the strong rating distribution for Tumblr’s mobile application. It is a testament to the team’s dedication to delivering a compelling mobile first experience.

zachklein: I believe a startup should feel like this.

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:04:41 -0400

zachklein:

I believe a startup should feel like this.

There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make....

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:23:46 -0400

There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make. #dschool (at Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford (d.School))

Judging with Aditya, Dustin & Somesh at the d.school for the...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:58:44 -0400

Judging with Aditya, Dustin & Somesh at the d.school for the GoodJobs challenge. (at Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford (d.School))

Playing around with the new RX-1. So far, pretty nice pictures....

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:49:33 -0400

Playing around with the new RX-1. So far, pretty nice pictures. :-)