punctuative!

Mar
4th

Wed

…immigrants are critical to the country’s long-term economic health. Despite the fact that they constitute only 12% of the U.S. population, immigrants have started 52% of Silicon Valley’s technology companies and contributed to more than 25% of our global patents. They make up 24% of the U.S. science and engineering workforce holding bachelor’s degrees and 47% of science and engineering workers who have PhDs.

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[via]

Just like any company, our country’s long-term success relies on talent attraction and we need to step it up. Something to keep shouting as the recession elevates unemployment and hardens views on US citizen job retention.

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Mar
1st

Sun

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Paul Curerri - The Heavy Deal

“Sing me something moxy”

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Feb
18th

Wed

Fix it, then do it with your Valentime! (SNL from Saturday)

Friend: “Ok, now go save the VC world…fix it, then do it! Do it!”

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Feb
17th

Tue

“How long will it be before you come out of the subway and you hold up your screen to get a better view of what you’re looking at in the physical world?” [via]

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Feb
16th

Mon

John Hodgman on his newfound fame (via mac v. pc ads) and public recognition:

“People will say, ‘You look like that guy from the commercials.’ And I say, ‘Yes, there’s a good reason for that…I’m very self-similar.’”

It bothers me when actors/actresses real-life personae differ sharply from their portrayals. Hodgman’s doesn’t seem to, and yet the mental takeaway is so different: dry, fantastic humor from the man (endearing), and dry, pathetic material from the man in the ads (off-putting). Interesting.

Platform allegiances aside, I’d love to see Hodgman stage an off-camera, impromptu PC comeback. I bet he beats the creative pants off of Mac-actor Justin Long. I bet he beats the pants off of just about anyone.

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Feb
14th

Sat

Digging the new College Humor Show. Internet entrepreneurs should feel at home with the backdrop. Maybe not the ball pit or the taco truck, but the open space and free-wheeling youth. Kudos, Sam Reich.

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Feb
12th

Thu

Create your own island.

Leslie Lyons is queen of the polaroid.

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Feb
11th

Wed

It’s like two little porcupines going around, and you don’t want to touch each other because you might get stung.

— Palm CEO Ed Colligan regarding intellectual property posturing (here, Palm v. Apple)

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Feb
10th

Tue

Caught this one in the last New Yorker and laughed out loud. Guitar Hero/Rock Band experts do deserve musician status.

FYI - Kindle just landed New Yorker distribution. An undercover Monday boon.

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“Jailer” by Asa

Heard Asa on NPR tonight and fell for her. She overlays an upbeat tune against lyrics with a painful/difficult message…stitching hope into truth.

“I want to heal with my music - not only Africans, but people around the world.”

YES.

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