Ian J. Wessman's

Five ¢ents

A tumblog on advertising, design, business, innovation, and technology. Adjusted for inflation.
  • May 25th

    ★ @hackernewsbot: After the age of scarcity… http://t.co/ZhydMnRb

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  • All the Water on Europa, vs. All the Water on Earth

Fantastic. Let’s go.

(For reference, our moon is 37.9% larger than Europa.)

    All the Water on Europa, vs. All the Water on Earth

    Fantastic. Let’s go.

    (For reference, our moon is 37.9% larger than Europa.)

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  • ★ @bmf: The fundamental problem of debugging, explained by @bdudney: “Computers are irritating: they do what we tell them, instead of what we want.”

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  • May 23rd

    ★ @MrAlanCooper: When you are competing against an entrenched incumbent, super high quality is your only effective weapon.

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  • In a tech environment where you can go from pivot to a billion dollars in barely a year, perseverance is lunacy.
    –

    Steven Levy, regarding the circumstances that led to Sidecar

    What a heartbreaking statement.

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  • ★ @leeclowsbeard: The challenge often lies not in creating something simple, but in keeping it that way.

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  • May 19th

    ★ @bradfordcross: Robotic microspine gripper meant to attach to asteroids in space. Looks like a pretty solid design. http://t.co/7veoFLkp via @prismatic

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  • May 17th

    ★ @mikeloukides: Steve Souders: build your mobile web app first, then build native http://t.co/5fbOa3jT

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  • May 16th

    ★ @rands: Please learn to write: http://t.co/saPPVIBS

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  • May 10th

    ★ @CBCTerry: NASA’s James Hansen: Canada’s tar sands mean “game over for the climate.” http://t.co/9zYnkVuC

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