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inothernews: BLOGUE Anna Wintour, the editor in chief of the...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:37:01 +0100

BLOGUE Anna Wintour, the editor in chief of the U.S. edition of Vogue magazine, waited for the start of the Victoria Beckham show at the New York Public Library during Fashion Week Sunday. (Photo: Timothy A. Clary / AFP-Getty via the Wall Street Journal)

A "Holy Fucking Shit" Quarter

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:00:03 +0100

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.

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

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

Did the stock market finally get a fucking clue re: Apple stock valuation?

One can only hope.

"The women in the network seem to agree with Sandberg that sexism in America is mainly a problem that..."

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:16:18 +0100

“The women in the network seem to agree with Sandberg that sexism in America is mainly a problem that women can fix by being more assertive. Mayer, for example, notes that women have more opportunities in Silicon Valley because there’s no entrenched hierarchy there. Speaking of Silicon Valley, Goler says, sexism is not “a defining characteristic of the workplace today.” She also believes that to raise the issue is debilitating: “For me, that conversation is a complete waste of time. If I spend one hour talking about how I’m excluded, that’s an hour I am not spending solving Facebook’s problems.” Facebook’s director of platform and marketing, Katie Mitic, says that today there is no “glass ceiling but a sunroof.””

- Sheryl Sandberg & Male-Dominated Silicon Valley : The New Yorker

Sigh.

Sometimes, smart and accomplished people are astoundingly clueless.

bohemea: Shirley Manson: Shirley, Madly, Deeply - V #75 by...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:15:22 +0100

bohemea:

Shirley Manson: Shirley, Madly, Deeply - V #75 by Danielle & Iango, Spring Preview 2012

bittentongue: You should sit down. Keanu Reeves made a...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:00:40 +0100

bittentongue:

You should sit down.

Keanu Reeves made a documentary.

I’ll let that settle for a second.

Yes, that Keanu. Could there ever be another?

No, it’s not about holistic healing or hanging by wires all day. It’s about the seismic shift the entertainment industry from film to digital. And he talks to real filmmakers about this important topic. Scorsese (does that guy ever turn down the opportunity to talk about film?). Cameron. Lucas. Nolan. Dunham (for the kids). And it looks like he might have made a thoughtful eulogy, capturing a moment in time as technicians try to make the new as good as the old while purists claim a pixel is not a grain and a skin tone is so much more than a digital array.

I am staunchly pro-film. Digital can look great, but it always looks like digital. I’ll take grain with a drop-off over blocks of under-exposed noise any day. And no one has yet to match the color of Powell or Vidor. (via indiewire)

tanya77: zadi: The Lions Mane Jellyfish is the largest...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:12:19 +0100

tanya77:

zadi:

The Lions Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have been swimming in arctic waters since before the dinosaurs (over 650 million years ago) and are among some of the oldest surviving species in the world.

The largest can come in at about 6 meters and has tentacles over 50 meters long. Pretty amazing when you think these things have been swimming around for so long.

They have hundreds of poisonous tentacles that it used to catch passing by fish. it then slowly drags in it’s prey and eats it.

That is terrifying.

Fascinated.

I saw that guy on SPONGE BOB once.

I am never swimming in an ocean again. Jesus Christ.

"I was reminded of how the Cocoa world felt in 2002 — those days felt like early days again. There..."

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:41:32 +0100

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I was reminded of how the Cocoa world felt in 2002 — those days felt like early days again. There was so much excitement for what we could make and what would come next.

And now it feels like that for the web. Again.

”

- If you don’t read Brent’s blog, you should.

inessential.com: Things I Learned Doing Responsive Web Design

"So what was Lukken’s reward for helping the financial services industry avoid such reforms? Well,..."

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:22:54 +0100

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So what was Lukken’s reward for helping the financial services industry avoid such reforms? Well, Lukken has just been named to head the Futures Industry Association, or FIA, the chief lobbying arm of futures investors.

This follows the Tauzin pattern of revolving-door hires: a government official carries water for a powerful industry, then moves on to take the cushy job with the industry’s lobbying arm once he leaves office.

Among people who follow these markets for a living, the Lukken hire had an embarrassingly over-the-top quality, like a CEO who goes the appearances-be-damned route and puts his 23 year-old secretary/mistress on the board of directors.

”

- Revolving Door: From Top Futures Regulator to Top Futures Lobbyist | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone

There are no words for how much I want to see this. Looks real,...

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:04:00 +0100

There are no words for how much I want to see this. Looks real, for a change. Like the place my parents tell me about.

(via Back in the Soviet Bloc - a 6-part tv series by McBrat TV — Kickstarter)

"Apple: Here is our new phone. It comes in black or white. We will let you sell it."

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:54:25 +0100

“Apple: Here is our new phone. It comes in black or white. We will let you sell it.”

- Daring Fireball Linked List: U.S. Carriers Don’t Want Stock Android Phones

nevver: F Stop This is beautiful.

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:48:35 +0100

nevver:

F Stop

This is beautiful.

Court Rules Meryl Streep Unable To Be Tried By Jury As She Has No Peers - The Onion

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:31:09 +0100

Court Rules Meryl Streep Unable To Be Tried By Jury As She Has No Peers - The Onion :

Oh my God.

Gmail App, Take 2

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:48:39 +0100

Gmail App, Take 2:

parislemon:

I have no idea why it took them a couple weeks to fix a simple bug, but Gmail is back in the App Store. Can’t wait to see the response this time around.

Still unusable in portrait mode. Still just a wrapper. I don’t understand why they embrace mediocrity with such gusto.

"Most people after they win the Nobel Prize just want to go play golf,” said Eldar Shafir, a..."

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:30:03 +0100

““Most people after they win the Nobel Prize just want to go play golf,” said Eldar Shafir, a professor of psychology at Princeton and a disciple of Amos Tversky’s. “Danny’s busy trying to disprove his own theories that led to the prize. It’s beautiful, really.””

- Michael Lewis on the King of Human Error | Business | Vanity Fair

Kristin Scott Thomas to play 'mafia godmother' in Only God Forgives

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:46:28 +0100

Kristin Scott Thomas to play 'mafia godmother' in Only God Forgives:

andnowyoutellme:

You can park her Oscar over there ——>

One can only hope. Many years overdue.

So excited!

So the “good news” lasted 40 minutes? Sounds about...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:49:54 +0200

So the “good news” lasted 40 minutes?

Sounds about right.

"It was in 1979 that Warren had her Damascene conversion—the experience that would lead her to become..."

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:44:00 +0200

“It was in 1979 that Warren had her Damascene conversion—the experience that would lead her to become the nation’s top authority on the economic pressures facing the American middle class, and trigger her passionate advocacy. In 1978, Congress had passed a law that made it easier for companies and individuals to declare bankruptcy. Warren decided to investigate the reasons why Americans were ending up in bankruptcy court. “I set out to prove they were all a bunch of cheaters,” she said in a 2007 interview. “I was going to expose these people who were taking advantage of the rest of us.” What she found, after conducting with two colleagues one of the most rigorous bankruptcy studies ever, shook her deeply. The vast majority of those in bankruptcy courts, she discovered, were from hardworking middle-class families, people who lost jobs or had “family breakups” or illnesses that wiped out their savings. “It changed my vision,” she said.”

- The Woman Who Knew Too Much | Politics | Vanity Fair

Elizabeth Warren used to be a registered Republican.

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Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:00:44 +0200

Symphony of Science - the Quantum World! (by melodysheep) I...

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:30:38 +0200

Symphony of Science - the Quantum World! (by melodysheep)

I love this so much.

via kottke

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Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:34:34 +0200