April 2011
8 posts
Visa Makes A Strategic Investment In Disruptive... →
david-noel:
vruz:
—via joshuanguyen:
I think this is huge for small businesses to feel comfortable with Square.
vruz: hope they don’t get to influence the direction of Square much.
Smart move, agree with both Josh’s and vruz’s comments.
Confirmation bias - the hidden danger of online... →
mattlehrer:
roelofbotha:
Confirmation bias is a tendency for people to favor information that confirms their preconceptions regardless of whether the information is true.
Very true although not just an online problem. People tend to stick to their favorite sources (Fox News vs MSNBC, NYT Op Ed vs WSJ Op Ed, church as a social hub vs elsewhere, etc.) more and more both online and off.
Jack's: twttr stories →
jacks:
From: jack Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2006 Subject: twttr work To: Noah Glass
twttr stories
Monday
registering by giving mobile # and confirming with PIN Basic tests for that exists and passes. Could you check the view for it, Jack? Thanks! registration through email invite with PIN
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Continuations: The Orders of Magnitude of Talent... →
continuations:
I have always loved the videos illustrating orders of magnitude of scale. It simply seems a marvel that the world around us encompasses all these different scales. It turns out to also be a useful way to think about ability when you are recruiting. Talent comes in orders of magnitude. Before…