First night game at Michigan stadium.
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Coldplay covering Rihanna’s We Found Love. I’ve been playing this song non-stop.
Indonesia is the country with highest interest of Foursquare (via Royal Pingdom: Social network popularity around the world in 2011). Click to see country comparisons in other social networking sites.
“ When your goal is to achieve work/life balance, you’ll be constantly disappointed and so will your loved ones. But when you approach every day with passion and purpose, whether you’re working long hours to prepare an important presentation or staying up late with your daughter to work on her science project, you can find joy and happiness in whatever it is you’re pursuing at that moment.
The Myth Of Work/Life Balance: Seven Ways To Rethink Your Approach To The Daily Grind (http://www.youngupstarts.com/2011/10/04/the-myth-of-worklife-balance-seven-ways-to-rethink-your-approach-to-the-daily-grind/)
“ I suspect that if you counted the good and bad words people said during intercourse, you’d mistakenly conclude that they were having an awful time.
Dr. Dan Gilbert, Harvard psychologist, on how digital content analysis using statistics still needs more fine-tuning (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/30/science/30twitter.html)
Most common theme in R&B songs: sex appeal, “resources” and “status”. In country songs: commitment and parenting (via 92% of Top Ten Billboard Songs Are About Sex - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire)
I sign off my emails with “Thanks” or “Kind regards”, then my standard signature. (via How Does Your Email Closing Line Come Off?)
![It’s interesting that umich.edu sites were the 8th most popular sites in 1996. Most internet users then must have been University of Michigan students. (via Internet of Yesterday & Today: 1996 vs. 2011 [INFOGRAPHIC])](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lraahm5FuI1qz4bmco1_400.jpg)
It’s interesting that umich.edu sites were the 8th most popular sites in 1996. Most internet users then must have been University of Michigan students. (via Internet of Yesterday & Today: 1996 vs. 2011 [INFOGRAPHIC])
“ Technology, specifically the Internet, has disintermediated and disrupted entire industries. When was the last time you used a travel agent? Doesn’t everyone book their own flights and hotels online? Do you use a stock broker to buy stocks? I haven’t used a stock broker in over 20 years. When was the last time you went to a store to buy music? Does anyone have a secretary anymore? When was the last time you went into a bank and talked to an actual person? Doesn’t everyone use ATMs and bank online? All of these jobs have been severely disrupted and reduced by the Internet. Those jobs, and many more like them, are never coming back.
Don Dodge — How technology productivity kills jobs (http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2011/09/how-technology-productivity-kills-jobs.html)
I’ve been salivating over webOS since Palm first announced it at CES 2009. This weekend, I finally got my hands on a webOS device (the HP TouchPad) — just hours after HP announced it was discontinuing webOS operations. How bittersweet.
