February 2010
45 posts
“Dr. Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, bedazzled the 2010 GSMA Mobile Word Congress in...”
– Telco 2.0: How Google’s Chief Magician Stole the Show
“The effective way to use a cliché is to point to it and then do precisely the...”
– Seth Godin
“Wo Politiker früher ihr Heil und das des Landes im „Poldern“ suchten, also in...”
– FAZ Kommentar
Terrorism: the most meaningless and manipulated... →
“remember who you are” →
“[Goldman Sachs spokesman Lucas] van Praag seems to take obvious pleasure in the...”
– The Epicurean Dealmaker: The Mouth of Sauron
QR-Code Generator →
“Until the CDS market is confined to buyers who have an underlying interest in...”
– James Rickards, former LTCM general counsel
Former LTCM general counsel explains how markets are attacking Greece:
Banks grab their sticks and start pounding thinly traded Greek bonds and pushing out the spread between Greek and the benchmark German CDS price. Step two is a call on the pension funds to put up more margin, or security, as the price has moved in favour of the buyer. The margin money is shovelled to the hedge funds, which...
“Despite having served for years as a distinguished Pakistani diplomat, Akbar Zeb...”
– Pakistani ambassador rejected because his name is NSFW in Arabic | FP Passport
Google Buzz Aims to Tap Users' Social Networks →
“Our task is to use the new mechanics to bring on new dynamics!”
– Jose Manuel Barroso, speaking in the European Parliament and revealing the urgent need to hire a new speechwriter
“News is what somebody wants to suppress. Everything else is advertising.”
– Harold Evans
Make Your Own (Paper) iPad →
“It’s pretty clear which way the causality is running: markets fall, and...”
– Felix Salmon
The green debate goes tribal →
Twitter haiku: a great new way to deliver bad news →
Be sure to read the comments.
“And maybe, just maybe, Goldman Sachs is coming to the realization that its...”
– Felix Salmon
Dear Nokia,
Free navigation on your phone! Sounds great, doesn’t it. Until you start reading the fine print.
My Nokia N79 is less than a year old, has built-in GPS, but is not on the list of supported devices for the latest version of Ovi Maps. WTF?
I can’t even upgrade to the previous version because — wait for it — it must be installed using an .exe file from a PC. Newsflash: I...
“Der schwedische Kunsthistoriker und Gründungsdirektor des Pariser Centre...”
– Kunstgeschichte: Der Mann aus dem Westen
“Wie fühlt es sich an, Inferno zu spielen? Ein bisschen so, als hätte man einen...”
– Computerspiel “Dante’s Inferno”: Das ist die Hölle
“Left the office today and it was still light outside. Spring is coming.”
The world's most generic news report →
“COLORADO SPRINGS — This tax-averse city is about to learn what it looks and...”
– The Denver Post
[synecdoche]
Just listened to this online. Now I’ll have to buy it, I think. Where’s the credit card…
“Investment banks have been told that every bonus issued must comply with the...”
– Telegraph
Caribou – Odessa →
Amazing, Extraordinary, Tremendous: The 3-Minute... →
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Sadly, this isn't satire
How to Protect Your Privacy with Facebook’s New Privacy Settings in 17 Easy Steps
Yup. That’s SEVENTEEN “easy steps”.
Garry Kasparov, cyborg
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iPad therefore iWant? Probably. Why? iDunno →