Eric Friedman

topherchris: Original here. Future.

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:23:36 -0400

Original here.

Future.

"In the first few months, they were getting one customer monthly wanting to pay in Bitcoin; now it..."

Sun, 05 May 2013 09:37:38 -0400

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In the first few months, they were getting one customer monthly wanting to pay in Bitcoin; now it happens three to five times a week. In one case, a customer paid 4 Bitcoin for what was then $48 USD worth of cupcakes. When the price spiked to over $200, that sale turned into an $800 one. Longson says she was tempted to convert her Bitcoin over to USD then, but she and her husband decided to keep her Bitcoin bank.

“Bitcoin is in its infancy. I’m mostly showing my support for it,” says the freckled, red-haired Longson, who is six months pregnant. “I realize it’s a volatile market and I might take a loss, but it’s interesting to be involved in. It leads to really interesting conversations about how our economy is based on arbitrary people deciding how much a $1 is worth.”

”

- Living on Bitcoin (via wearethedigitalkids)

The Gong Show: Disruption From Left Field

Sun, 05 May 2013 09:09:06 -0400

The Gong Show: Disruption From Left Field:

thegongshow:

Apple is running a new ad in which there is one simple line of dialog:

Every day, more photos are taken with the iPhone than any other camera.

Simple, tight, concise message. And the ad is beautiful.

When I saw this ad, my first reaction was a simple, emotional response to the raw,…

anime-backgrounds: Akira. Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. Created...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:39:39 -0400

anime-backgrounds:

Akira. Directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. Created by Tatsunoko Production, TMS Entertainment.

Reblogged because I don’t see enough Akira in my feed.

Fred Wilson Dot VC: The Double Edged Sword of Technology and the Need for Values

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 08:57:40 -0400

Fred Wilson Dot VC: The Double Edged Sword of Technology and the Need for Values:

continuations:

If ever we needed a reminder that technology can both make our lives better and more terrifying this week provided plenty of them. Pressure cookers for cooking and bomb making. Fertilizer for agriculture and explosions (sadly also used in the Oklahoma City bombing). Social…

Michelle Sun: Connecting the Dots

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:44:42 -0400

Michelle Sun: Connecting the Dots:

‘You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all…

Great post

laughingsquid: Tiny Half-Inch Papercraft Millennium Falcon

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:32:53 -0400

laughingsquid:

Tiny Half-Inch Papercraft Millennium Falcon

Photo

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 07:57:12 -0400

Netflix Series Spending Revealed

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:57:41 -0400

Netflix Series Spending Revealed:

parislemon:

Andrew Wallenstein of Variety reports on a panel featuring CAA TV literary agent Peter Micelli, who spoke about Netflix:

“The cheapest show is $3.8 million an episode,” Micelli told a crowd of more than 500 lawyers in the entertainment business. “‘House of Cards’ started at $4.5 million and (executive producer David) Fincher took it way above that.”

It ain’t cheap, but with Microsoft, Amazon, Redbox, Verizon, and others now getting into this game, there’s little question in my mind that this will be the future of television.

THE REAL WEIRD TWITTER IS THE ESPIONAGE TWITTER

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:49:26 -0400

THE REAL WEIRD TWITTER IS THE ESPIONAGE TWITTER:

kadrey:

criminalwisdom:

Is Twitter being used as a numbers station?

‘GooGuns posts nothing but strings of letters and numbers, like b39e65fa00000000 in intervals of about five minutes on average. The string of characters always ends with zeroes, occasionally with the location service turned on, so you can see that 554705fa00000000 was allegedly tweeted from the “Region of Khabarovsk.” This has been going on all day and all night, for years, with more than 318,000 tweets posted since 2009. But why?’

(Source: Linkmachinego)

Number stations in social media?

Any coincidence that the radio numbers thing went off recently?

usemeth: almost there

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:17:23 -0500

usemeth:

almost there

joshpremuda: A. B. C. Always.

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:16:17 -0500

joshpremuda:

A. B. C.

Always.

fastcodesign: It’s wild to think of what is going on beneath...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:10:51 -0500

fastcodesign:

It’s wild to think of what is going on beneath you. Here is An Unbelievable Glimpse Of The Tunnels In Progress Beneath New York City

The pictures show the current progress of the MTA’s East Side Access project, one which doesn’t actually involve a subway but rather will connect the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal for the first time. It’s currently expected to open in 2019. It involves a lot of digging.

joebagofdoughnuts: I can’t really explain why, but abandoned...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:09:55 -0500

Abandoned Mill from 1866. Sorrento, Italy

Holey trinity

The Hotel del Salto, Tequendama

St Dunstan-in-the-East EC3R

St Etienne

Ivy Ruins

joebagofdoughnuts:

I can’t really explain why, but abandoned places like this have always fascinated me. Maybe it’s the stories they can tell. So much more interesting than the cut and paste type of architecture that has become the norm today….

Great set of photos

evangotlib: beekspeak: This just blew my mind! HOLY CRAP Big...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:57:59 -0500

evangotlib:

beekspeak:

This just blew my mind!

HOLY CRAP

Big fan of the Tarintino universe connection.

"Many think of management as cutting deals and laying people off and hiring people and buying and..."

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:17:04 -0500

“Many think of management as cutting deals and laying people off and hiring people and buying and selling companies. That’s not management, that’s dealmaking. Management is the opportunity to help people become better people. Practiced that way, it’s a magnificent profession.”

- Clayton Christensen Wants to Transform Capitalism | Wired (via mbb)

teendrama :: hello my name is dennis.: Just found this interview that I did w/ Gothamist back in 2004 (!!) -- almost 10 years ago and just after we launched...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:44:12 -0500

teendrama :: hello my name is dennis.: Just found this interview that I did w/ Gothamist back in 2004 (!!) -- almost 10 years ago and *just after* we launched...:

1. You’ve created “Friendster for the mobile phone” in the form of a new service called Dodgeball.Social. How does this work and is it just some scheme to facilitate spontaneous hooking-up?

The idea is pretty simple: use your cell phone to tell us where you are and we’ll broadcast your…

dpstyles: Oh hai @Foursquare logo on a huge Windows Mobile...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:39:53 -0500

dpstyles:

Oh hai @Foursquare logo on a huge Windows Mobile billboard on 34th Street!

Photo

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:16:57 -0500

"Strategy is five choices,” Lafley said. “What is winning; where am I going to play to win; how am I..."

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:06:24 -0500

““Strategy is five choices,” Lafley said. “What is winning; where am I going to play to win; how am I going to win where I play; where are my core competencies that are going to enable me to win where I play; and what management systems and measures are going to help me execute my strategies?””

- Business Insider (via khuyi)