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"A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists."
- Don Marquis
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rantnrave:// What's so charming about TWITTER is that people read my tweets as if they were to be debated and not just the facts that they are :-)... JOFFREY would totally be one of the RICH KIDS INSTAGRAM... Don't have any insider information, but interesting to see content strategy arming up at YAHOO and thus entering a game they can win... Is there an SMS app that shocks the ass of the person pocket dialing you?... Kids React to WALKMAN Technology With Shock and Horror.... A good PASSOVER meal is way more potent that any VALIUM, VICODIN, PERCOSET, etc... "If we can just get rid of these journalists, editors, fact checkers, photographers, production assistants and interns." - Someone said this, I'd bet on it
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born curious
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The inventor of everything
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How an egotistical genius convinced Silicon Valley to invest hundreds of millions in his shoddy science It's a sunny morning in Camarillo, California, and the fields along Pleasant Valley road are full of berry pickers in colored sweatshirts moving swiftly to gather ripe fruit.
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The Remarkable Story Of How Alibaba Defeated eBay In China
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Alibaba, the enormous Chinese e-commerce company, is about to file for an IPO in the U.S.But one of the most crucial time periods in the company's history came in the early 2000s, when the still-new Alibaba battled out with the behemoth eBay to gain e-commerce dominance in China.
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Video Now
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From October, 2013 until February, 2014, Video Now visited newsrooms across the United States to interview and observe reporters and editors producing video journalism.
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30 Under 35: Fashion Influentials That Will Shape the Next Decade
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Whether it's number of Instagram followers, business acumen, intrinsic steez, or just an ambiguous thing called "potential," influence is a tricky thing to calculate. But for these bloggers, designers, editors, and style eccentrics, you don't need Google Analytics to know their impact has something fashion itself often doesn't: longevity.
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Cautiously Welcoming Our New Computer Overlords
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Last Friday, M.I.T.'s Initiative on the Digital Economy hosted a conference, in the basement of the Times building, on "The Second Machine Age," a book by a pair of M.I.T. business-school professors, Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee.
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Truth in Advertising: Can Congress Regulate Photoshopping?
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As I wandered through the halls of the Cannon House Office Building, a stately Beaux Arts behemoth that sits kitty-corner from the United States Capitol, I kept thinking how strange it was that I'd come to Washington, D.C., of all places, to be lectured about truth -- specifically "truth in advertising."
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The Role of Print in Our Technological World
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Posted: Print Article In our hyper-connected world, people have grown accustomed to getting answers immediately. My generation has grown up with the mindset that if you have a question, just ask Google. We tend to take the wealth of information online for granted. At least, I used to.
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'Fargo' Boss on Appeals of Anthology Series, Cable vs. Broadcast and a Future Beyond Season 1
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FX heads to Fargo with showrunner Noah Hawley, revisiting the "Minnesota nice" made famous by the Coen brothers Oscar-winning feature film of the same name. Hawley ( My Generation) heads to cable for the first time with the 10-episode anthology that explores what would happen the day after Frances McDormand's detective Marge Gunderson solved the case depicted in the film.
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not enough to be smart
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ē The Heart of Dropbox
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Last Thursday, after waking up to the news of Dropbox's most recent announcements, I couldn't have been less impressed. To quote myself from a chat I had with a friend: "Dropbox is an unfocused mess." But then I actually watched the event.
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The Death of Rizzoli
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On Friday night, I met up with several friends on Fifty-seventh Street, for Rizzoli Bookstore's final hour of business. All of us were onetime employees of the store, drawn together to commemorate the imminent demolition of that building, a landmark from our youths.
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The Feud That's Endangering Boxing
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LAS VEGAS-On Saturday at the MGM Grand, Manny Pacquiao took down Timothy Bradley for the WBO welterweight title. Pacquiao-a congressman in his native Philippines-is one of the most popular fighters in the world, and Saturday's rematch against Bradley will go down as one of the biggest fights of the year.
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A brief history of brand love: The evolution of viral advertisement
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In the age of experience-based marketing, some brands want us to do more than just buy their products. They want us to interact with them, to love them. Dan Wieden, legendary adman, described this desire for active participation when he said: "Brands are verbs. Nike exhorts. IBM solves.
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Silent Partners
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Caddies get special treatment at The Masters. They're fed well, and generally regarded more like patrons than the help. They even get to wear fancy white onesies! I kid, but they deserve to be treated as well as their bosses at all times. Their role is complex and difficult.
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Gaming giants turn to titles as console launch buzz fades
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The next generation of video game consoles has exceeded expectations, but the platforms face a long road to true mainstream success. By Peter Suciu FORTUNE -- Anyone looking to declare a victory in the video game console showdown between Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One had better be prepared for a long wait.
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How Acxiom Ties Online Ads to Purchases in Stores
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Google is testing a way to measure whether its online search ads spur sales in physical stores, working with data companies including Acxiom and Epsilon. The data companies have been doing similar work with other online giants. Acxiom has worked with Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL, says Josh Herman, Acxiom's vice president of partner and product strategy.
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Revealed: USAID Cuban Twitter contractor given secret level clearance
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A firm contracted by the U.S. government to help set up a Twitter-like network in Cuba held "secret" level security clearance and was warned the operation could involve "classified" work, according to documents seen by Al Jazeera. And the documents show that the program was managed by a section of the U.S.
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When Cedric Moodie Met Michael Jordan
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Photo by Sam Riches. In their purest form, every minor league is a reflection of the greater systems that live above them. Scattered in small cities across North America, they are transitory homes, humble launch pads shuttling bodies forward, further into the sports stratosphere, or providing a side stage for it to fade out.
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How Zuck met Oculus: The story behind Facebook's big bet on virtual reality
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CEO Brendan Iribe recounts the steps leading up to the $2 billion deal. Mark Zuckerberg's acquisitions have a formula: They never, ever leak because they come together quickly. Facebook ( FB)'s $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp, for example, was reportedly sealed over chocolate-covered strawberries on Valentines Day, and the deal announced four days later.
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TV Everywhere is Dead, Long Live TV Everywhere
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Back in the olden days of over-the-top TV (all of four or five years ago), the concept of TV Everywhere (TVE) was led by the pay-TV operators. The goal was to embrace the Web, and the new-fangled "over-the-top" world of Netflix and others, but in a cautious and manageable way.
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Rocking 9 to 5
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Love to listen to music at work? You're not alone! Recent research reveals that two in three people (61%) listen to music in the workplace and best yet, that listening to music at work leads to happier employees and boosts office morale and creativity.
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Michael Fertik: Can You Afford Privacy?
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Last month, my friend and noted author Julia Angwin published an op-ed piece in The New York Times asking whether privacy had become an expensive good. The article details, in part, the wide array of privacy software and hardware she's tried.
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What's next for Dropbox?
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The file-syncing startup has launched a suite of new tools designed to capture a greater share of your online life. FORTUNE -- Last week, cloud file storage company Dropbox unveiled an array of new tools designed to capture a greater share of your online life.
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The Beautiful, 60-Year Evolution of the Formula 1 Pit Stop
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There's an adage in auto racing that races are won in the pits. But it hasn't always been that way: the super-fast pit stops of today, conducted by highly-trained crews that are more athlete than mechanic, are the result of a long road of innovation that's often overshadowed by the cars themselves.
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