December 2011
4 posts
A Girl You Should Date →
Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve. Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. She’s the one lovingly looking over...
The real divide in America →
Less than a year from the presidential election, the harrowing television graphics, tired sports metaphor and end-of-the-world fundraising pitches are once again upon us. You know the script — Democrats versus Republicans, good versus evil, with-us-or-against-us. Whichever team you happen to be on, you are encouraged to see it as your side’s phalanx lining up on the battlefield against the...
What I suspect Google is up to with Native Client →
I had originally intended on spending a lot more time on this, but as ever perfection is the enemy of good enough, so will just cut to the chase and reiterate the main points I made last week. I’m finding it infuriating trying to get this out cohesively, so please feel free to flag stuff for more discussion. In particular I’m going to try ignoring speculation and “gut...
Steven Levy on Facebook, Spotify and the Future of... →
Even if Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hadn’t been introduced to Spotify two years ago, it was probably inevitable that the two companies would hook up. The European music service had already won millions of fans, thanks to a business model that allowed music nuts to stream any song, instantly, for free. More important, it made it easy for people to share music with one another. This vision—of...