March 2009
22 posts
“Pay attention to what people do, not what they say. There’s a big difference...”
– Chris Wanstrath (thanks, jnunemaker) (via marco)
Best BBQ for #SXSW
I asked Twitter for the best BBQ in Austin for the South by Southwest conference. Here are the responses I got:
County Line
5204 Ranch Road 2222, Austin, TX (512) 346-3664 www.countyline.com
“pretty good” -defcon_5
Iron Works
100 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701 (512) 478-4855 www.ironworksbbq.com
“has been reco’ed by a 5 time attendee” -dekkerd
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“I would rather regret the things that I have done than the thing I have not.”
– Lucille Ball (via an Honest Tea bottle)
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started”
– Mark Twain (via recruiter) (via mikehudack)
Shorty caught on camera
From the new Shorty Awards tumblr:
Missed the Shorty Awards? Our generous supporters at the Knight Foundation were kind enough to record highlights from the night including Shaq’s video message to Twitteronia:
We tried to keep the Shorty Awards in true Twitter form (140 character acceptance speeches, votes as tweets, etc.), and we thought of taking it to the logical extreme: holding the...
“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched...”
– Reid Hoffman (via entrepreneurwisdom) (via hiten) (via rafer)
“My life has been a series of well-orchestrated accidents; I’ve always suffered...”
– Evan Williams (via entrepreneurwisdom)
“Why do officials keep offering plans that nobody else finds credible? Because...”
– Paul Krugman
You know things are bad when even Paul Krugman is making sense.
I'll take the B-word over the N-word any day
It’s almost comically ironic that nationalizing banks (the “socialist” thing) benefits rich creditors, as Martin Wolf points out, while letting insolvent banks go bankrupt (the capitalist thing) would save poor taxpayers.
“Western equity investors have been spoiled beyond recognition. I mean, if you...”
– Going Private
Watch“It’s no wonder young people love it. (According to reports on young people by middle-age people)”
“You will become known for doing what you do. This may sound obvious, but it is a...”
– Jonathan Harris
Two of the most lyrical --and underrated--... →
musebin:
Two of the most lyrical —and underrated— musicians in jazz, playing duets of inner America. Steal Away by Charlie Haden & Hank Jones fredseibert loved it