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Qik has been nominated as the Best Mobile Startup of 2008 in the Crunchies. I would love for us to win this. If you are as big a fan of Qik as I am, […]
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This morning, over the breakfast table:
ME: Another Oprah book scandal?
HILLARY [visibly pissed off]: Yeah, get this. It’s the ultimate meet-cute story. When he was supposedly in Buchenwald -
ME: BUCHENWALD?!
HILLARY: Wait, it gets better.
She blogs it here, and Nancy here. I have nothing else to add to their nail-hammering posts, except this: I was going through […]
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Mine was excellent, how about yours?
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To remember Pinter’s “contributions to the arts” is a bit like hearing Hitler has died and responding “Ah, the man was very good to animals and loved his dog”. I think it is a breathtaking measure of modern Britain’s social decadence as it implies being an apologist for well documented mass murderous evil can be […]
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If you’ve ever lived in England, I think you’ll appreciate what my friend Jacq has to say about Great Yarmouth and the surrounding towns. It really made me laugh out loud. Sadly, I actually miss that wholly English dreariness!
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The candy is made, the first presents have arrived, and I get to spend the day with some of the best people I know (and their super cute kids). It’s hard to be a Scrooge with circumstances like this!
That said, I do think this is the roughest time of the year. I do not, in […]
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…and the minds of others. From Lifehack, which lists Qik in its Top 10 Web Apps of 2008:
Cue another of my “Wow look how far the Internet has come!” moments here — a few years ago it was a pain in the backside getting a video to load in the browser, and now we can […]
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I’m not Jewish, but many people close to me are. I’ve always been fascinated with Judaism and am daunted by how much I have to learn. (That said, I am sure even the most learned Torah scholars feel the same way.) I quited liked this Chanukah message from Naomi Ragen, passed on by the friend […]
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The idea that making smart investments which prove lucrative is tantamount to getting paid for “doing nothing” is pretty poisonous. It’s typical gutter press, but also strikes me as a sentiment that is widely accepted as true by many people. What a shame.
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Yesterday was the one year anniversary of Qik’s alpha launch. Tonight, we party.
If you’re in the Bay Area, I’d love to see you at our celebration. It’s going to be super chilled out and fun, with some of my favorite people on the planet at The Little Fox. (There will also be food and […]
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Does your heart break at the thought of deprived kids who will get no presents this holiday season? Mine, too. (Proof, I suppose, that I have one.) Thanks to the ease of buying from an Amazon wishlist, you can do something awesome about this without getting up from the computer.
Each year The Family Center provides […]
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I go from hating all the Christmas music (I’ll Be Home for Christmas - kill me now) to enjoying it (Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree - yes, I am LAME). But I’m pretty peeved that you never hear this holiday classic from the Pogues and the late Kirsty MacColl in the US:
That song is so […]
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This might be the best thing I’ve ever done in my life. Thanks so much to 5chw4r7z and Ms. 5chw4r7z for so eagerly and capably picking up the organizational duties since I left town. It makes me so happy to see how much fun everyone is having - especially with all the new people who […]
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Good question and a great vote of confidence for us from Scoble:
What is the hottest new service that you weren’t using in 2007? My nominations? FriendFeed. TripIt. Qik.
Apart from Qik - which I started using in February, only to have my life changed completely and unexpectedly (thanks, Pat Phelan!) - the only service I […]
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