April 2012
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March 2012
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Anonymous asked: Hi James. We are bringing the VP Contest to New York City and would like to discuss the availability of conference room and meeting space next week and perhaps one other time over the next 30 days. As part of our strategic alliance with President Obama's StartUPAmerica campaign, we are committed to assisting America' entrepreneurs and startups receive visibility, revenue and branding...
January 2012
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November 2011
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August 2011
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July 2011
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May 2011
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James Wahba's answer to What are the best...
What are the best coworking spaces in NYC? I recently took over the management of SohoHaven and have renamed it Projective Space. http://www.projectivenyc.com . We are located in SoHo, NYC. There are some really cool startups in here and we’ve developed a pretty nice community. (wanderfly.com uber.com gojee.com localbonus.com ecosquid.com ycharts.com layerframe.com atmalinks.com milabra.com...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-8) →
Urgehal (9)
Sodom (7)
Smith Westerns (5)
Darkthrone (4)
Pulp (3)
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April 2011
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WatchI’d surf brown water.
March 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-27) →
Cut Copy (8)
Kurt Vile (7)
Merchandise (6)
Violens (6)
Urgehal (6)
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February 2011
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WatchPBS Frontline - A Revolution In Cairo - A special report from Frontline’s teams on the ground. 53 Mins.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-6) →
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (13)
Cut Copy (10)
The Soft Moon (9)
Behemoth (8)
Moondog (7)
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January 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-30) →
Deathspell Omega (9)
Merchandise (9)
Colin Newman (7)
Minks (2)
Cut Copy (2)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
Cut Copy (52)
Merchandise (9)
Urgehal (8)
Oneohtrix Point Never (5)
Wild Nothing (5)
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Soup: On Social Networking Media and Political... →
jvbrewer:
The Internet is by no means a perfect platform for democracy. In free society, the concentration of personal data on social networking websites could create an opportunity for abusive monitoring and violation of individual privacy. However, in societies without an institutional…
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James Wahba's profile on Quora
Here’s my profile on Quora. You can see the topics, questions and answers that interest me. James Wahba
December 2010
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September 2010
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More on Bezos: 52 Weeks of UX: Customers as Guests →
52weeksofux:
There are lots of ways to think about user experience, but one of the ways I like best is how Jeff Bezos describes how Amazon.com treats their customers:
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Too often we fall into marketing-speak and use terms like “leads”, “prospects”, and other distancing terms. But the way we talk…
My summer music playing stats (on iPod)
1) Return to Surrender by Tamaryn (58 Plays) 2) O.N.E. by Yeasayer (57 Plays) 3) Are You Still in the Illusion? by Violens (56 Plays) 4) Until It’s Unlit by Violens (56 Plays) 5) Answer To Yourself by The Soft Pack (50 Plays) 6) Desire by Thieves Like Us (50 Plays) 7) It Couldn’t Be Perceived by Violens (50 Plays) 8) Despicable Dogs (Washed Out Remix) by Small Black (48 Plays) 9) Acid...
July 2010
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“Jeff Bezos to Charlie Rose:
“Before if you were making a product, the...”
– From Jeff Bezos’ interview with Charlie Rose - PBS
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June 2010
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Full D8 Steve Jobs Interview - 2010
This is an amazing/rare interview with “Our Dear Leader” wearing the usual “Jobsian” garb.
Originally posted by kevinrose:
Definitely worth watching.
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A handwritten "cheat sheet" for Rework, one of my...
To best view the cheat sheet, click Fullscreen.
Here’s the original MOLESKIN version of the Rework cheat sheet.
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[Podcast] Episode #9: All about REWORK (37signals.com)
May 2010
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WatchSeriously? BP, get it together. ASAP.
5:00pm BP spokeperson Robert Dudley - ”Those figures of 70,000 barrels a day, 100,000 barrels a day, I have seen those. I think they’re very alarming figures,” Robert Dudley, the company’s executive vice president said on last night’s NewsHour. “They’re not based on science, and anything like what we’re seeing...
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The Music Industry and Piracy by the Numbers →
Infographic source: http://curseofthemoon.deviantart.com/
April 2010
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Watchthedailywhat:
Lights Out: Time-lapse visualization of European airspace returning to normal after several days of volcanic ash-related air travel disruption.
[good.]
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Rock Band vs. Tech Startups
While I agree with most of this chart, I have some problems with steps #5 and #7. I don’t see a valid reason for a band to sell their rights to their music or sign to a major label (read Steve Albini’s essay “The Problem With Music”). I also don’t think every tech startup has to raise VC money and pray for some type of “liquidity event”. No offense, but...
Eyeballs still don't pay the bills →
“Ning is laying off 40% of its staff and dumping free versions of its service.
But I can’t help but be puzzled by the coverage of this. Here’s TechCrunch on the situation:
While the massive layoffs are obviously a big hit to the company, it isn’t all bad news for Ning: the service is still seeing its traffic grow according to comScore. But traffic growth is no longer good enough for the company...
The Ultimate Goldman Sachs Metaphor Reel (VIDEO) →
Special note to TV reporters: Please do not report on the financial crisis if you have no idea what you are talking about. Just like the scene at the end of Billy Madison, you’re making everyone dumber for listening to it.
“The beer was excellent. “I underestimated how good German beer is,”...”
– How Apple Lost the Next iPhone - Leak - Gizmodo
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Vinegar Hill House in Financial Times
The Financial Times had a nice write up about Vinegar Hill House and the Brooklyn dining scene.
Brooklyn’s laid-back dining scene
By Emily Stokes
Brooklyn’s Vinegar Hill, hidden away on the East River waterfront by the old navy yard, comprises six blocks of charming 19th-century houses built in the Greek-revival style. Once a busy commercial hub for shipworkers, the neighbourhood today is...
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Here’s a presentation made by David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the Ruby on Rails framework and Partner at 37Signals giving insight into how to create a profitable company without VC funding.
RT @gorillavsbear: download some songs from @MexicanSummer ‘s upcoming releases (the mantles, the bitters, the samps, dunes, + more) htt …
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“While “Making Ideas Happen” represents Belsky’s tireless years...”
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I highly recommend Rework to anyone who’s about to start a business or wants to focus their current business on the important things such as cashflow and not just eyeballs. I haven’t yet read Making Ideas Happen, as it has just been released this week. Maybe i’ll get to it this weekend.
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