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Author: Kanyi
Collaborative Fund: b.school, d.school, old school, new school
collaborativefund: I was eager to read “Forget B-School, D-School Is Hot” in the Wall Street Journal, as I am a business person who studied at the d.school, and not the b-school. There is nothing like satisfying some mid-week confirmation bias. But after reading (thanks to Tomas Tunguz’s great… Collaborative Fund: b.school, d.school, old school, new school
Why I donated to the Obama campaign
bijan: I voted for our President. I had high expectations and I’m pleased to say I’m happy with many of his accomplishments. But when it comes to privacy and foreign policy matters, well, let’s just say I’m very disappointed and I think a number of promises were broken. I also am troubled that he… Why I donated to the Obama campaign
cheatsheet: shannsational: “And suddenly, I looked at the bull. He had this innocence that all animals have in their eyes, and he looked at me with this pleading. It was like a cry for justice, deep down inside of me. I describe it as being like a prayer – because if one confesses, it is hoped, that one is forgiven. I felt like the worst shit on earth.” This photo shows the collapse of Torrero […]
On hunches, follow them, like the ancient navigators followed the stars. The voyage may be lonely, but the stars will take you where you want to go. (via suzannexie)
Differences in Ruby, PERL, Python, and PHP
Everything about this is dope.
There is a dilemma, to reconcile three time scales: in the short term, the economy; in the middle-range, global well-being generally; and, in the long range, the environment. Matthieu Ricard
The Problem With “Innovation”
Interesting and good. I don’t think this applies to all new apps and features, though. Indeed, any journey up a mountain begins with a step, but lots of steps don’t turn into mountain-climbing adventures. brycedotvc: Last week while prodding a pitching entrepreneur on his competitive landscape I rattled off potential competitor after potential competitor in order to gauge his reaction. After appeasing me for a few of them he paused, mid-sentence, a little befuddled. Then […]
On Lent
I’m doing it for the first time this year: giving up both meat and booze. So far (it’s been a day) it’s proven very interesting, in that it makes me feel like I have to be more intentional about very central actions that I had taken for granted – hanging out and eating. And in having to be intentional about those, I feel like I have to be more thoughtful in the quotidian aspects of […]
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