November 2007
7 posts
Ants and grasshoppers →
Free Rice →
FreeRice has two goals: Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site. Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street child in a poor country, improving your vocabulary can improve your life. It is a great investment in yourself. Perhaps even greater is...
Facebook vs Opensocial
In 1995, Microsoft believed that its proprietary development tool, codenamed “Blackbird”, would be the dominant platform for creating rich online experiences. While it would eventually evolve into a tool that created reasonably standard HTML, Blackbird’s ability to make attractive and pleasing aesthetic experiences for MSN was considered a no-brainer to replace regular HTML for...
“It s amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always...”
– Jerry Seinfield
“The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.”
– Abbie Hoffman
Change the game →
When you destroy the barriers in an existing industry, everyone loses… except you.