October 2009
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"Birthers" Rarely Leave U.S., Less Likely To Vote,... →
These people scare the f*** out of me.
Oct 29th
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“The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.”
– Ayn Rand (via @spinosa) We’re big fans of Ayn Rand here @OvertimeMedia and Atlas Shrugged is required reading for any entrepreneur.
Oct 29th
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The Sports Business Exchange » Featured Young... →
We got to meet @jpbrunelle and the rest of the LacrosseAllstars crew last night.  Great team, and we’re psyched to start working with them. Congrats on the write-up here in The Sports Business Exchange.
Oct 28th
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Rain-out
me: i think i'm going to work here today and come by all day tomorrow and friday
Joe: whatever
me: ha, have you looked outside?
Joe: This, coming from a kid who forces people to constantly shower outside.
Oct 28th
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On Over Engineering
I love my (lazy) engineer. danspinosa: During our meeting with Fred Wilson last week he mentioned something fairly obvious about our company: we have too few engineers  (i.e. just me).  He was making the point that one particular path for our company could see it thrive (netting a few million a year in profits) with a small 10-12 person staff (7 engineers or so).  But it started me thinking...
Oct 27th
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Oct 26th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25) →
Thursday (43)  Minus the Bear (35)  The Smashing Pumpkins (18)  Saves the Day (12)  Tool (10)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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What Startups Are Really Like →
Paul Graham writes about the “surprises” founders saw in their experience at YC.  I’m happy to report that none of these are surprises to us (anymore) since building HomeField. By reading Paul Graham from the start, we expected a lot of what is written here - though as he says, maybe not to the extent that we expected.  The stuff we didn’t expect, well, now we know. ...
Oct 26th
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Never Enough Competition | from This is going to... →
@ceonyc has a great point here.  Competition is good (the market is proven). “In fact, I’d beware of spaces where absolutely no one is playing.  Capital moves pretty efficiently.  If anyone else thought there was money to be made in what you’re doing—I find it hard to believe no one else would be trying it.” It’s execution that matters.
Oct 26th
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Oct 23rd
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“If you’re not going to take risks and you don’t think the future is bright, the...”
– Tim Armstrong, AOL’s CEO (via bijan)
Oct 23rd
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Thoughts about "the winner takes it all"
Love this post from @bijan. He’s absolutely right here. In our experience building HomeField, we’ve learned of a number of competitors who offer feature X or feature Y or Z.  Some of them are great features (and some aren’t).  But we’ve purposely tried to avoid the ‘feature creep’ that so often spreads software too thin.  Applications can so easily lose focus...
Oct 22nd
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ListenI Want a House by Twin Sister. I came across this...
Oct 21st
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Weekend Highlights
I realized I neglected to post last weekend’s highlights. Here they are: Friday night: A sunset walk, a nice birthday dinner for @daisyames in North Beach, San Francisco and a great stay at the Olympic Club. Saturday morning: Beating the Olympic Club with just a skeleton crew from the NYAC. Meeting John Gagliardi, founder of Maverick Lacrosse, and talking about the industry. Driving...
Oct 20th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18) →
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down (2)  Modest Mouse (1)  Yeah Yeah Yeahs (1)  Al Green (1)  Coldplay (1)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 19th
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WatchWatch
Absolutely unreal goal by a 9 year old hockey player from Maine at the Boston Garden (via @PTMaddigan).
Oct 16th
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WatchWatch
I’ve always been a fan of Rob Machado - as a surfer and as an individual, doing what he’s passionate about and creating change in the world. While surf movies typically have a lame history at the box office, I’m excited to see this and I hope they capture his story well. At the very least, there should be some awesome surfing. ‘The Drifter’ by Pro Surfer Rob...
Oct 15th
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“Tweets are the new digital signature for fans. If an athlete tweets at them they...”
– Original via @jpbrunelle
Oct 15th
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SEQUENCE OF THE WEEK: WHITE SHARK BREACHES IN LA |... →
Despite being a surfer, I love sharks.  I heard about this while I was in LA over the weekend.  Amazing…
Oct 15th
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“My research revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four basic...”
– Be lucky - it’s an easy skill to learn - Telegraph (via bijan) Absolutely true.
Oct 14th
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UX + Fun = Viral. This VW project is awesome.
So cool… ryangraves: Posted via web from Ryan Graves.organized | Comment »
Oct 14th
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Facebook Terms of Use Violation: Self-loathing →
My friends once jokingly made up the “I hate Reece” club (in real life).  I then took it upon myself to create the “I hate Reece” group on Facebook… Today - 4 years later - Facebook took it down: The group “i hate reece.” has been removed because it violated our Terms of Use. Among other things, groups that are hateful, threatening, or obscene are not...
Oct 12th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-11) →
Red Hot Chili Peppers (4)  Yeah Yeah Yeahs (4)  Strange Animals (2)  Kanye West (2)  Vampire Weekend (2)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 12th
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Oct 7th
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when loyalty turns to revenge: a tribute to brett...
i may not be able to pronounce the name - Fav-ray, Favrr-e, Faar-ve - but it’s hard to deny Brett’s ability, and more importantly, his passion. daisyames: tonight the minnesota vikings play the green bay packers. brett favre is teaming up against the team he previously spent 15 years of his life as the star quarterback. this is the same team that helped him become the nation’s...
Oct 6th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-4) →
Badly Drawn Boy (11)  Sigur Rós (8)  Prefuse 73 (7)  Pinback (6)  The Appleseed Cast (5)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 5th
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Weekend highlights:
A great Friday at Brown catching up with alumni old and new before the @BrownLacrosse 2009 commemoration. Spending a couple nights at home on Cape Cod, particularly a nice dinner with my parents at the family restaurant, The Beachmoor. Realizing my truck, overdue for an inspection by 1.5 months, was also due for re-registration… 6 months ago.  #igotluckywhenthatStateTrooperdidntnotice ...
Oct 5th
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ListenDigging this track today… tuneage: Free...
Oct 1st
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