@erinjo *Now* you pick up on that description? I've had it for like five years ;)
SoundCloud just launched a $9.99 subscription service. Actual revenue is here to stay, folks.
@bedroomation They offer scholarships, so I was applying for one. I lived as an Eton schoolboy for a day and a night as part of it. Weird.
I went to a less posh state-run school down the road, but did spend 24 hours at Eton (and refused to ever return). http://www.theguardian.com/education/shortcuts/2016/mar/28/dragon-school-tom-hiddleston-tom-hollande...
"If I had to make it again, I would make it taller." http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/I-Live-in-a-Box-Bay-Area-Illustrator-Says-Crazy-Rents-Made-Him-...
The latest MacBook Pro is shockingly silent, unless I have to recompile lots of things (which happens). Incredibly cool piece of hardware.
Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates!
And to my fellow heathens: happy chocolate spring solstice bunny egg day.
@joshelman The excerpt reads like they were cargo-culting culture: lots of aesthetic details but little understanding of why. Parody of SF.
Infuriating article. Guess what: you can be in favor of private business and socialized healthcare. Zero contradiction. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-theory/wp/2016/03/24/millennials-like-socialism-until-they-ge...
Feeling thankful for my family tonight, and glad I'm close to them, geographically and otherwise. These are the things that actually matter.
Taxes: filed. Happy to pay to support the societal infrastructure that allows me to be successful. Now, if we can talk about those wars ...
HubSpot comes off as a cargo cult, copying some of the aesthetics without understanding why. Surreal piece. http://fortune.com/disrupted-excerpt-hubspot-startup-dan-lyons/
This isn't just about building ethical bots - all networked software authors need to think about these issues. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-to-make-a-not-racist-bot
Current status: bathing in smug self-vindication. https://twitter.com/benwerd/status/702161008807153664
"The Internet pushes things together" is, sadly, insightful. Industries concentrate and become winner-takes-all. http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/03/the-game-of-concentration-the-internet-is-pushing-the-american-news...
Hearing about this and the Land Registry today. So, uh, is Caneron's government doing anything positive at all? http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/25/government-planning-to-repeal-animal-welfare-cod...
Happening right now: https://twitter.com/benwerd/status/713424488516288512 #startups #media #accelerator #funding
Interested in media startups? Don't miss @mattervc's live AMA one hour from now: https://huzza.io/mattervc/live-stream/ama-with-matters-managing-partner-corey-ford #startups #media
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