“News that activates your mind. Gives you new information and perspectives. Causes you to think of solutions. Causes you to feel that there is something you can do to make the world better.” – Dave Winer
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Minimum Viable Pivot
“…Just create a new product.” – Dave Winer
Clay Shirky on Newspapers
“For the readers, old habits are not the same as current loyalty. For the advertisers, previous convenience does not translate into planned commitment. For the papers, historical longevity does not imply future resilience.” – Clay Shirky
The Second Falling
“The screen’s gotten better, but when’s the last time you saw an iPhone app do something that made you go, ‘Whoa! I didn’t know that was possible!?’” – Alexis Madrigal “Apple’s momentum will carry it for 24-48 months. But without the arrival of a new charismatic leader it will move from being a great company …
Wobble more.
“So I got this new attitude. Now that I am burned out and I’ll never accomplish anything, I’ve got this nice position at the university teaching classes which I rather enjoy, and just like I read the Arabian Nights for pleasure, I’m going to play with physics, whenever I want to, without worrying about any …
Stunned dot us
“It’s not about “innovation in America” or which tech blog loves startups the most. This is about how Internet technology used to feel like it was really going to change so many things about our lives. Now it has and we’re all too stunned to figure out what’s next” – Alexis Madrigal
To Do: Figure out why I’m here
“After a couple of discussions like that, I realized that he was saying was that I should think about whether that was really the most valuable thing I could be doing … it would be more useful to think about what high-impact things I could do that no one else was doing.” – Michael Abrash
Disconnect Today, Disconnect Tomorrow
“Disconnect for a day or two. Put your phone in airplane mode for most of the day; turn off your laptop’s WiFi for the other 23 hours. Plan a project and complete it without using anything more than your phone’s 3G as a reference manual. The world won’t go anywhere—you just may find that you’re …
Email is the Common Social Network
“Email is the one application that is on every connected device out of the box. You don’t need to visit the app store to access email. It is the lowest common denominator of networked applications. People know how to use email an they check it very regularly.”
Unchecked
“…the new Sabbath Manifesto app, for the iPhone, Android, Blackberry and other smartphones, announces to your social networks and online community through Facebook and Twitter that you are unplugging and will not be available online. Users can also sign up for text alerts that will remind them on Friday to unplug. ” – Tanya Schevitz