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Links of The Day 10/7/2013

October 7, 2013 by Steven Savage

Hardware has a long tail you may not have considered. Some pretty deep stuff here on hardware, long tail, and hobbyists that you should just READ.
Why do products fail? People don’t know what the hell they do. Worth reading and why “build what you want” can be a blessing and a curse depending on who you are and who you know.
Google released a quick HTML5 building tool for non-coders. May be worth checking out if you want to get a bit of web under your belt easily.
Blackberry’s future is software? I’d say “Duh” as they’re sort of the Sega of mobiles without the Hedgehog. This may revive them and save jobs or provide them, but I’d hold off getting contrarian with them.
A WB exec REALLY wants that Wonder Woman movie. Big danger is that they shoehorn one in and it fails. Contrarian view they throw some unexpected people at it and its a surprise. May I suggest Del Toro because Del Toro?

– Steven “User Friendly” Savage

Link Roundup 10/6/2013

October 6, 2013 by Steven Savage

Twitter isn’t revealing all it’s financial data. Yeah, maybe we need to keep an eye on this – though with the financial shutdown in washington, Twitter is facing a lot of challenges now.
“Gravity” is getting great reviews. Last I checked it had a 98% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes. I’m hopeful this renews interest in space and space stories that are a bit more grounded in reality, even if Gravity has it’s flaws. Worth keeping an eye on culturally.
Ok there really are lost Doctor Who episodes and we will see them. I’m going to be curious as to how they get deployed and distributed over time – as we have a huge amount of ways to do it that weren’t as prominent five years ago or as sophisticated ten years ago. You could learn a lot watching this.

– Steve “Full Financial Disclosure” Savage

Link Roundup 10/5/2013

October 5, 2013 by Steven Savage

And here’s what’s been up in the world . . .

Wondered where the Hastag came from? Now you can find out. Spoiler alert, a guy in SILICON VALLEY.

AliBaba just put a ton of money into app-search engine Quixey. $50 million. First, that’s an important move, so watch them further. Second, that shows an interest in app discovery, which may make the market hotter (relevant or not). #WowALotOfMoney

Lockheed-Martin furloughed 3000 workers due to the US government shutdown. I’m sure we’ll be posting more if this drags on, so keep watching the layoffs. #DamnThatsBad

There’s a new financial scandal on the horizon dealing with foreign market manipulation. Yeah, just what we need now. This is LIBOR-level and could be another blow to the world economy and trust, so . . . yeah this is a depressing roundup. #ReallyAgain

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