May 13, 2013
"People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint."

— Steve Jobs

May 13, 2013
"if I can’t explain it to you, it doesn’t matter if I have the best idea"

— John Greening, Associate Professor at Medill’s IMC program

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Filed under: ideas northwestern 
March 18, 2013
"You don’t create a culture. Culture happens. It’s the by-product of consistent behavior."

— Jason Fried

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Filed under: culture tech 
November 21, 2012

15-Year-Old Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz living in Sierra Leone who scours the trash bins for spare parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators and transmitters.

I watched this video of Kelvin Doe and felt inspired.  I’m also feeling grateful for all the opportunities I have being in grad school because of my parents.

November 20, 2012
Patrick Leahy (D) introducing bill to read your emails without warrants

This needs to be stopped:

CNET has learned that Patrick Leahy, the influential Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, has dramatically reshaped his legislation in response to law enforcement concerns. A vote on his bill, which now authorizes warrantless access to Americans’ e-mail, is scheduled for next week.

Leahy’s rewritten bill would allow more than 22 agencies — including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Communications Commission — to access Americans’ e-mail, Google Docs files, Facebook wall posts, and Twitter direct messages without a search warrant. It also would give the FBI and Homeland Security more authority, in some circumstances, to gain full access to Internet accounts without notifying either the owner or a judge.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57552225-38/senate-bill-rewrite-lets-feds-read-your-e-mail-without-warrants/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title

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Filed under: privacy tech politics 
November 15, 2012
jaymug:

in the early days of Apple Inc, Steve Jobs would occasionally sign computer chips, attach them to Apple stationery and send them out randomly to Apple fans

jaymug:

in the early days of Apple Inc, Steve Jobs would occasionally sign computer chips, attach them to Apple stationery and send them out randomly to Apple fans

(via parislemon)

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Filed under: Steve Jobs Apple 
November 15, 2012
"The internet will provide the alternative to the government media complex that controls the news and most political propaganda"

— Ron Paul

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Filed under: Ron Paul tech 
November 5, 2012
"You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers."

— Steve Jobs

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Filed under: Steve Jobs Apple tech 
September 21, 2012

Quantitative easing explained

September 18, 2012
“This was a very typical time.  I was single.  All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had.” - Steve Jobs

“This was a very typical time.  I was single.  All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had.” - Steve Jobs

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Filed under: apple steve jobs