October 2009
5 posts
San Francisco Voted #1 U.S. City to Visit by Condé... →
Nice email from a user. Day made.
hollrr:
Makes our day every time without fail!
David— I was introduced to Hollrr from a friend of mine that read about your company while flying. As a lover of new products — Hollrr really strikes a cord. I have been working for a startup company in Cleveland, Ohio for the last five years, so I appreciate your platform for “the underdogs.” In fact, I have been developing a new mobile media...
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
An awesome (and free) music festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. I just went this past weekend and it was awesome. A lot of big names (highlight was: Old Crow Medicine Show)
I was wondering why it was free and it turns out, it is funded, every year by ONE guy!
Warren Hellman is the kind of billionaire investment banker who makes it hard to hate billionaire investment bankers....
Hound dog and Orangutan video: the latest odd... →
Amazing….
Surya, the orangutan, adopts Roscoe the hound, and now they’re inseparable
September 2009
6 posts
Six Social Sites Every Fashion Marketer Should... →
'Thinking About You' (Radiohead). Click to listen.... →
Another great one. And, very “me”
'Nice Dream' (Radiohead). Click to listen. →
LOVE this song…
How American Health Care Killed My Father →
Really great article (VERY LONG), but so worth it. The article examines the systemic and economic breakdowns of our health care system, and the importance (but lack of) incentives.
Top 25 Douchiest US college rankings - from GQ →
An example post:
#3 Princeton:
Home of: The Eating-Club Douche
Affectations: They invented affectations!
A peek inside: Most Ivy Leaguers try (unconvincingly) not to mention which college they went to. Not at Princeton.
In ten years, will be: Our boss.
Favorite pickup lines: “Hey, didn’t I see you at the Cap & Gown Club?” “Hi. My father invaded...
Big new feature update! You can now Follow your...
If you are not signed up, SIGN UP! If you are, get back on and try it out….
hollrr:
We just rolled out our biggest launch of new features to date. By far and away the BIGGEST request we had from you guys was to make Hollrr more social…’Let me see what my friends are Hollrring’… and who can blame you, Hollrrers are awesome people! We’re thrilled to announce the rollout of features so...
August 2009
36 posts
Bon Iver - 'Blindsided' →
Amazing song…
Waking Up In Vegas (Katy Perry)
Usually, I post...
All Clunkered Out. The dealers may, or may not,... →
Another good article, on Government’s shortsightedness….
How Cash For Clunkers Failed American Taxpayers →
great article
papilicious:
People love free stuff so much that they seem to ignore the various negative externalities of C4C, including increased dealer negotiation leverage…
“This taxpayer money simply enabled the dealers to avoid having to offer discounts off sticker prices and to extract higher profit margins than they would have otherwise obtained on the qualifying new cars. The program...
Mr. Burd Goes to Washington →
Wanted to also include this article (written by Steve Burd, CEO of Safeway…) as a complement to Alex’s post….
How Safeway Is Cutting Health-Care Costs
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124476804026308603.html
alexsfavorites:
Business will pay for government health care.
Re: Tracks (Bon Iver) →
LOVE this song….
World-champion South African runner is tested amid...
Great headline….
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-worlds-gendertest&prov=ap&type=lgns
Die, Mommy, Die! Why do so many successful women... →
On Feb. 9 Elle magazine published an article on elle.com titled, “Die, Mommy, Die! – Why do so many successful women blather on about their children in the workplace?”
I’m definitely a “girly-girl” and really do like kids. But, like everything, there is a time and a place…
One excerpt: So why do so many accomplished women, even in the most rarefied professional...
“Too much of a good thing can be truly wonderful.”
– Mae West
The Four Most Overrated Things in Life
This website (http://overratedlist.wordpress.com/) can be totally addictive! Check out this guy’s list though - he’s just angry!
Steve’s List ( http://overratedlist.wordpress.com/category/steve-c/ )
May 6, 2009
1. International travel
2. Live music
3. Dogs
4. Dessert
(Steve / Chicago, IL / Age 25)
The commentary back was amazing::
June 5, 2009 at 2:24 am
you...
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees (Click to Listen) →
The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English →
(via papilicious)
Ray LaMontagne - Hold You In My Arms (live). Click... →
"Me" (according to Myers Briggs)
ENFP (Extraversion, Intuition, Feeling, Perception)
You are warmly enthusiastic and imaginative. You see life as full of possibilities. You make connections between events and information very quickly, and confidently proceed based on the patterns you see. You want a lot of affirmation from others, and readily give appreciation and support. You are spontaneous and flexible, and often rely on...
Best Comeback Ever →
Re-blogging this amazing post from kennykellogg.com because I really cant stop laughing and its all captured on 1 single screenshot.
Nice work Alex Bain. I don’t actually know you, but:
1) You “heart” my posts on tumblr. So therefore, I’m already a fan of yours (Clearly I like validation, so keep it up!)
2)You very succinctly (and publicly) reamed out Hegarty. No explanation warranted...
“The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other...”
– Taken from the WSJ Article, “The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare. Eight things we can do to improve health care without adding to the deficit.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574342170072865070.html#printMode
The Big Eat SF: 100 Things to Try Before You Die... →
Have Fun!
“Sign No. 43 it’s summer in SF: Weatherman just hits cut and paste. (Fog, fog,...”
– Taken from a Daily Candy posting….
Genius! Satisfying 2 Unmet Business Needs
From: http://www.springwise.com/life_hacks/useyourlocal/
1) The UK’s Royal Mail makes some 40 million unsuccessful first-time delivery attempts per year, causing no end of hassle for the consumers waiting to receive those packages.
2) At the same time, Britain is losing about 52 of its pubs per week to recession-induced closures.
Taken together, those two statistics underlie the...
A blog devoted to understanding why there are no... →
I thought some of these are hilarious!
“WTANGISF’s an entertainingly thoughtful blog, nay…treatise comprised of extensive essay-ish arguments, each providing a different excuse as to why sweet hookups in SF’re improbable, all broken down with near-scientific precision and unwavering logic”
Highlights include:
On giving up good looking women to NYC: “SF somehow...
Tide Goes....Basic
Back in February (“BB” – before blogging), I sent around an article on P&G, ‘P&G, Others Are Confident Higher Prices Will Stick’. The takeaway was that, despite how bad the recession is, rather than lowering prices, P&G (and others) planned to emphasize the extra benefits they say make their premium-priced products worth the money.
In ads for its Charmin brand, P&G focused on...
“This is a really interesting post! I had never heard this before. That is, it...”
– I know that everyone linked to this fantastic Michael Pollan article, Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch, when it was published last week, but it’s so long that it took me a while to “digest” (bad pun).
I’ve never seen the above argument even hinted at anywhere else. I’d point out that fire is a...
Wilco and Fleet Foxes - I Shall Be Released (Bob... →
More Gomez (click to listen) →
‘Lost Track’. Love this one too.
Gomez (click to play) →
The ‘new’ Gomez album is SO good! This song (‘Bone Tired’) is short, and probably the slowest one but I just love it
“Team, if we get access to Facebook it should only be used for business purposes...”
– Source: Anonymous :)
Hmmmm…..
Kaizen!
Kaizen (Japanese for “improvement”) is a Japanese philosophy that focuses on continuous improvement throughout all aspects of life. When applied to the workplace, Kaizen activities continually improve all functions of a business, from manufacturing to management and from the CEO to the assembly line workers. It’s a “term” you learn in business school…its always great to read about...
First time at In-N-Out Burger
I have been living in California for almost two years now but I had NEVER been to an In-N-Out Burger, despite being a huge burger fan. Yesterday, after watching two friends, Aaron Schweifler and Brian Sterz, complete the Vineman Ironman (140.6 miles!!), a bunch of us stopped at an In-N-Out on our way back to the city.
To find the nearest In-N-Out, all you have to do is call...
July 2009
21 posts
Microcharity uses tangibility and a sense of...
I am really interested to see how this company does. Although my exposure to the social networking world from a business development/creation perspective (versus a user) is very limited (or non-existent!), I very strongly feel that a company’s ability to create transparency and foster personal connectivity amongst the community is a key factor in a) truly engaging its users and driving loyalty...
The Starbucks that isn't a Starbucks
Link to full article below. Here are some of the highlights of the new test stores…(Thanks for the article, Louisa)
The Starbucks that isn’t a Starbucks — officially called 15th Avenue Coffee and Tea — opens Friday morning to glaring media attention and anticipation from customers and competitors.
-Test stores were remodeled in a more rustic style using recycled materials.
-Sell...