Monthly Archives: November 2008

links for 2008-11-15

Man who lost job at Santa Clara startup killed 3, including CEO and another top executive, police say – San Jose Mercury News "An average of 500 homicides occur in U.S. workplaces each year." Foreclosure Vultures – Seattle Weekly (tags: … Continue reading

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links for 2008-11-14

Apartment Therapy New York | The Modernist: Furniture and Naked People (tags: furniture nsfw) Engineering: Suddenly Sexy for College Grads – BusinessWeek "Students who in years past would have flocked to Wall Street are considering careers in engineering and technology. … Continue reading

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links for 2008-11-11

Vacation Rental Site Raises $250 Million – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com Wow, that's a lot of money: "The new round, which is the biggest a tech company has raised since 2000, brings the four-year-old start-up’s total venture funding to $405 … Continue reading

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Why are you still here?

In the Forbes article, The genius behind Steve there is a crazy quote: “This is really bad,” Cook told the group. “Someone should be in China driving this.” Thirty minutes into that meeting Cook looked at Sabih Khan, a key … Continue reading

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links for 2008-11-10

Technology Options Sink – WSJ.com "More than 80% of Silicon Valley's 150 largest publicly traded companies had some employees holding options that had fallen below the strike price as of Oct. 24, according to Equilar, an executive-compensation research firm. Equilar … Continue reading

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links for 2008-11-07

4 Broken Home Dot-Coms (tags: realestate)

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links for 2008-11-06

Family, friends and fans recall the Tuba Man, who dies of injuries from beating | Seattle Times Newspaper (tags: seattle)

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Wow.

Walking to the War Room you could tell the moment the networks declared Obama the winner. At the War Room we watched the McCain concession and Obama acceptance speech. The place was packed beyond capacity, there was empty champagne bottles … Continue reading

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links for 2008-11-04

Herman Miller Embody Review: The Best Chair We've Ever Sat On I think the Aeron looks better. (tags: hermanmiller chair furniture) Morning Light : Official Site A Disney move about the 2300 mile sail boat race, Transpac. Looks a little … Continue reading

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Twitter Updates for 2008-11-03

Starting a new blog. Should I follow the Urbnlivn naming convention or: seattleSOMETHINGblog.com? Nerdy vs Usability. # Wrote about why I switched from Bluehost to Media Temple: http://tinyurl.com/6qfkz8 # @michaelbrandt5 modern homes in Seattle # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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