. I can't believe I actually know someone who has written two books! Looks like great summer reading for all you ladies out there.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Meg Donohue's All the Summer Girls
My friend Meg Donohue is out with her second book, All the Summer Girls: A Novel. I can't believe I actually know someone who has written two books! Looks like great summer reading for all you ladies out there.
. I can't believe I actually know someone who has written two books! Looks like great summer reading for all you ladies out there.
Dad's birthday: Steak and Star Trek
Awesome time for my dad's birthday. Two of his favorite things: Steak and Star Trek
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Two Videos Every Tuesday
Back again with Two Videos Every Tuesday. If you missed Seven Links Every Sunday, take a quick peak back.
Behind the Scenes at Radiolab - one of my favorite podcasts. Perfect for long drives in the car.
Radiolab Behind the Scenes from Radiolab on Vimeo.
Daniel Tosh on the Greatest Nerf Hoops Dunker of All Time - Love Tosh, love the ESPN guys. Very entertaining.
Behind the Scenes at Radiolab - one of my favorite podcasts. Perfect for long drives in the car.
Radiolab Behind the Scenes from Radiolab on Vimeo.
Daniel Tosh on the Greatest Nerf Hoops Dunker of All Time - Love Tosh, love the ESPN guys. Very entertaining.
The One-Person Product – Marco.org
This is one of the best blog posts I've ever read. It's Marco's recount of how Tumblr started. He was the first employee and built most of the infrastructure. Read the whole thing. This is how dreams evolve and become reality and then become world changing.
You can tell there is a lot of love between Karp and Marco. This is one of my favorite segments.
The One-Person Product – Marco.org:
"Even though Tumblr was never a one-person company, it usually felt like a one-person product.
David always had a vision for where he wanted to go next. I was never the “idea guy” — in addition to my coding and back-end duties, I often served as an idea editor. David would come in with a grand new feature idea, and I’d tell him which parts were infeasible or impossible, which tricky conditions and edge cases we’d need to consider, and which other little niceties and implementation details we should add. But the ideas were usually David’s, and the product roadmap was always David’s."
You can tell there is a lot of love between Karp and Marco. This is one of my favorite segments.
The One-Person Product – Marco.org:
"Even though Tumblr was never a one-person company, it usually felt like a one-person product.
David always had a vision for where he wanted to go next. I was never the “idea guy” — in addition to my coding and back-end duties, I often served as an idea editor. David would come in with a grand new feature idea, and I’d tell him which parts were infeasible or impossible, which tricky conditions and edge cases we’d need to consider, and which other little niceties and implementation details we should add. But the ideas were usually David’s, and the product roadmap was always David’s."
Monday, May 20, 2013
First Date
Reminds me of my second date with Vanessa where we went to Coit Tower and overlooked the city. :)
First Date:
First Date:
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Seven Links Every Sunday
Welcome back for another episode of Seven Links Every Sunday. If you missed yesterday's Six Links Every Saturday, check it out.
Eight Nerds Get Rich Off a Game - These guys invented the greatest board game of the last 10 years, Cards Against Humanity. I can't recommend it enough. But they're still all doing their day jobs. Why? Because according to one of the founders, "The game is too stupid to do full-time." :)
Mediocre Ideas, Showing Up and Persistence - Excellent. The last line is especially true.
Retail Investors Come to Life - Anecdotal for sure, but this is a big deal. If retail investors hop back into the market, this upswing has more room to run. Sadly most will be getting back in after selling at the bottom in 2008.
A Working Class Couple and Their Art Collection - Fantastic story.
Xia Long Bao Inflation - James Hong, of Hot or Not, checks in on his favorite Chinese Inflation Index.
$40,000 - Tim Calkins, one of my favorite Kellogg Professors, explores healthcare rationing in Europe. I cringe every time I see stats that say something like, "European countries spend half as much as America on healthcare." That's because they don't pay for some drugs and procedures that could save lives. At the same time, we only have so much money in the system. This dilemma is what makes getting healthcare costs under control so difficult.
I'll leave you with a song - With Bay to Breakers going on in San Francisco today, it feels like we need a "good times with friends" kind of song. Here is Band of Horses - Great Salt Lake.
Eight Nerds Get Rich Off a Game - These guys invented the greatest board game of the last 10 years, Cards Against Humanity. I can't recommend it enough. But they're still all doing their day jobs. Why? Because according to one of the founders, "The game is too stupid to do full-time." :)
Mediocre Ideas, Showing Up and Persistence - Excellent. The last line is especially true.
Retail Investors Come to Life - Anecdotal for sure, but this is a big deal. If retail investors hop back into the market, this upswing has more room to run. Sadly most will be getting back in after selling at the bottom in 2008.
A Working Class Couple and Their Art Collection - Fantastic story.
Xia Long Bao Inflation - James Hong, of Hot or Not, checks in on his favorite Chinese Inflation Index.
$40,000 - Tim Calkins, one of my favorite Kellogg Professors, explores healthcare rationing in Europe. I cringe every time I see stats that say something like, "European countries spend half as much as America on healthcare." That's because they don't pay for some drugs and procedures that could save lives. At the same time, we only have so much money in the system. This dilemma is what makes getting healthcare costs under control so difficult.
I'll leave you with a song - With Bay to Breakers going on in San Francisco today, it feels like we need a "good times with friends" kind of song. Here is Band of Horses - Great Salt Lake.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Six Links Every Saturday
Back again for Six Links Every Saturday. If you missed my "Seven on Sunday" from last week, click through and take a look.
I Hate Motivational Anythings - My friend Ed Aten, Founder of CopThis, on motivation. Reading this is like drinking a cup of coffee. You are going to be fired up.
Give Them an Inch and They Take $773M - Little optimizations matter in high volume businesses.
Japan is Getting the Wrong Type of Inflation - We're in a weird place right now with the financial markets and interest rates. The Japanese Central Bank and the Fed are pursuing wildly irresponsible interest rate policies. The stock markets are going crazy and everyone keeps on taking more and more risk in the debt markets as they reach for yield. It's so weird and speculative but the Central Banks think they have it all under control. The author of this article makes some great points about how you can't really control which kind of inflation you get (asset prices (they want) vs. industrial materials & goods (don't want)) and predicts an unhappy ending in Japan.
Mariano Rivera Breaking Bats - For 15+ years Mariano Rivera has been the closer for the New York Yankees and the best in baseball. The crazy thing is that all his success is built on one pitch - the cut fastball - which swerves onto the hands of left handed hitters at the last second. Here are some great visuals on how much his ball moves.
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart - It's been a while since I read such a well written column on sports heartbreak. Reminded me of some of Bill Simmons best columns back in the day. Btw, if you like music documentaries, then you should check out the fantastic Wilco documentary with the same title.
A Large Ambulance Bill... - Great little story from the Ben's Friends Support Network. It will put a smile on your face.
I Hate Motivational Anythings - My friend Ed Aten, Founder of CopThis, on motivation. Reading this is like drinking a cup of coffee. You are going to be fired up.
Give Them an Inch and They Take $773M - Little optimizations matter in high volume businesses.
Japan is Getting the Wrong Type of Inflation - We're in a weird place right now with the financial markets and interest rates. The Japanese Central Bank and the Fed are pursuing wildly irresponsible interest rate policies. The stock markets are going crazy and everyone keeps on taking more and more risk in the debt markets as they reach for yield. It's so weird and speculative but the Central Banks think they have it all under control. The author of this article makes some great points about how you can't really control which kind of inflation you get (asset prices (they want) vs. industrial materials & goods (don't want)) and predicts an unhappy ending in Japan.
Mariano Rivera Breaking Bats - For 15+ years Mariano Rivera has been the closer for the New York Yankees and the best in baseball. The crazy thing is that all his success is built on one pitch - the cut fastball - which swerves onto the hands of left handed hitters at the last second. Here are some great visuals on how much his ball moves.
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart - It's been a while since I read such a well written column on sports heartbreak. Reminded me of some of Bill Simmons best columns back in the day. Btw, if you like music documentaries, then you should check out the fantastic Wilco documentary with the same title.
A Large Ambulance Bill... - Great little story from the Ben's Friends Support Network. It will put a smile on your face.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Friday's Favorite Tweets of the Week
I'm going to start a feature every Friday where I post my favorite tweets from the week. These are going to be funny. Promise not to judge my sense of humor. :)
'Nice guys' are just regular assholes who know when to shut up and listen.
— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) May 17, 2013
In case you missed Ian Kinsler's slide tonight. This makes Manny Ramirez LOL i.imgur.com/9yAkYRE.gif
— Busted Coverage (@bustedcoverage) May 17, 2013
Apparently Neil Armstrong used to tell unfunny jokes about the Moon, and follow them up with "Ah, I guess you had to be there."
— Bill Murray (@BiIIMurray) May 16, 2013
Can I use Grindr to find a gay man to tell me if my outfit is okay?
— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) May 15, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Google IO Slide: Cameras Then & Now
Twitter / pkedrosky: Good slide from Google IO showing ...:
Good slide from Google IO showing difference between (papal) events then and now: Cameras everywhere - twitter.com/pkedrosky/stat…
— Paul Kedrosky (@pkedrosky) May 15, 2013
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