things of interest that possess some cohesion Tumblr (3.0; @thomped)http://thomped.com/<a href="http://tech.gawker.com/5905359/making-gawker-conversations-possible">Gawker Conversations, powered by Scala</a>: <p><img align="middle" height="360" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17lwxaxecjwgtpng/xlarge.png" width="640"/>Details about the transition, the platform, and the product to follow.</p>http://thomped.com/post/22860086409http://thomped.com/post/22860086409Fri, 11 May 2012 17:42:31 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsphl9C581qz4j35o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bijansabet.com/post/18067713437/earlier-today-i-saw-this-interesting-tweet-from">bijan</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Earlier today I saw this interesting tweet from Chris Dixon.</p> <p>Google is trying their hardest to make a dent in the social universe by creating, or buying or cloning these days.</p> <p>So this tweet can make you think how different things at google might have been if they were able to keep these folks at the company like they did with Android for example.</p> <p>But this isn’t how Silicon Valley works and the world is better for it. Those founders learned some valuable skills at google and built some life long relationships (ev worked with @goldman and @biz at google and it’s no secret that there are a fair number of former google engineers at foursquare).</p> <p>And because california (unlike MA, NY and others) doesnt allow the use of employee non competes the world gets Twitter, Foursquare and Instagram.</p> <p>That is a very good thing and we should celebrate it.</p> <p>Having people leave your company isn’t always a bad thing. Even for the company being left behind. More innovation makes everyone better.</p> <p>(please excuse typos and lack of links. wrote this on my phone)</p> </blockquote>http://thomped.com/post/18081707937http://thomped.com/post/18081707937Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:27:04 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzfkjlug3H1qz61tbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our Siberian outpost!</p> <blockquote> <p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">Instagram</a> at Gawker Budapest</p> </blockquote>http://thomped.com/post/17678416825http://thomped.com/post/17678416825Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:09:49 -0500<a href="http://dashes.com/anil/2012/01/foursquare-todays-best-executing-startup.html">Foursquare: Today's best-executing startup - Anil Dash</a>: <p>A position I agree with though was not fully on the bandwagon until I experienced the execution of Small Business Saturday. Also of note is foursquare migrated their technology to Scala (from PHP?), and did so in a way that was largely transparent to their user base. I’ve been impressed with them even when I was pessimistic (which was due to a not yet realized business model). 4sq is an impressive organization.</p>http://thomped.com/post/15354743261http://thomped.com/post/15354743261Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:15:58 -0500<a href="http://artists.gawker.com/post/6272011464">Gawker Artists: Mark Mann</a>: <p><a href="http://artists.gawker.com/post/6272011464">gawkerartists</a>:</p> <blockquote><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmstxea5NW1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lme4zy4RRW1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lme5011DjC1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lme504jGkP1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lme507Yabw1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lme50akBKx1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lme50eYxXm1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lme50hoPEr1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img 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src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecjaiXWK1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecjfLDji1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecjj1FEi1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecjnvV4A1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecjt16MA1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecjyUYhx1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmeck2HsA41qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmeck7j6Nl1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmeckbnc7w1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecxwBicL1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecxzeS8z1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecy62ub21qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecy90kz31qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecydjOHL1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecyg9i6B1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecym1BsQ1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecypg8m91qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecyvJkkC1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecz0jvju1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmecz5h3y01qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmeczaEyoc1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmeczfWSsO1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmeczjzjZ11qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmed8rCiYk1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmed8xKvb11qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmed91HFEt1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmed96bzu31qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmed9b5P3z1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmed9gKyiv1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmed9mK4WR1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmed9s3ozo1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmed9z3Gpe1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmeda51MSa1qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmedaag1W61qzg2j4.jpg"/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmedagpOD31qzg2j4.jpg"/><p><strong>Mark Mann: The Graflex Project @ Gawker </strong></p> <p><br/>A while back, I bought a beautiful Graflex…</p> </blockquote>http://thomped.com/post/6802884922http://thomped.com/post/6802884922Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:33:00 -0400<a href="http://dashes.com/anil/2010/12/gawker-is-a-blog-just-like-twitter.html">Gawker Is A Blog. Just Like Twitter. - Anil Dash</a>http://thomped.com/post/2063561332http://thomped.com/post/2063561332Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:28:29 -0500“…if you’re not embarrassed when you ship your first version you waited too long.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://ma.tt/2010/11/one-point-oh/">So true!</a></em>http://thomped.com/post/1534400326http://thomped.com/post/1534400326Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:23:42 -0500<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomplunkett/5127152959/">DSC_1310</a>http://thomped.com/post/1450296640http://thomped.com/post/1450296640Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:30:21 -0400<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomplunkett/5127758632/">DSC_1308</a>http://thomped.com/post/1450296903http://thomped.com/post/1450296903Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:30:21 -0400<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomplunkett/5127152261/">DSC_1306</a>http://thomped.com/post/1450297186http://thomped.com/post/1450297186Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:30:21 -0400<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomplunkett/5127152807/">DSC_1309</a>http://thomped.com/post/1450296813http://thomped.com/post/1450296813Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:30:21 -0400<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomplunkett/5127153173/">DSC_1311</a>http://thomped.com/post/1450296496http://thomped.com/post/1450296496Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:30:21 -0400<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomplunkett/5127759326/">DSC_1312</a>http://thomped.com/post/1450296490http://thomped.com/post/1450296490Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:30:21 -0400<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomplunkett/5127152443/">DSC_1307</a>http://thomped.com/post/1450297041http://thomped.com/post/1450297041Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:30:21 -0400“Digg’s collapse has become a cautionary tale for so-called Web 2.0 companies in Silicon Valley, even the current crop of superstars, like Facebook and Twitter. The basic problem is that these new-media companies don’t really have customers; they have audiences. Starting a company like Digg is less like building a traditional tech company (think Apple or HP) and more like launching a TV show. And perhaps, like TV shows, these companies are ephemeral in nature. People flock in for a while, then get bored and move on.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/24/digg-a-cautionary-tale-for-web-2-0-companies.html">Digg: A Cautionary Tale for Web 2.0 Companies</a> (via <a href="http://courtenaybird.tumblr.com/">courtenaybird</a>)</em>http://thomped.com/post/1403182344http://thomped.com/post/1403182344Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:20:37 -0400<a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/happy-birthday-mr-vladimir-putin/story-e6frg6so-1225935640858">Happy birthday, Vlad.</a>: <p>A couple guys have an idea to show girls who “have some political opinion” as a gift to Putin.</p> <p>My favorite opinion: “You put out the forest fires, but I’m still burning.”</p>http://thomped.com/post/1270935199http://thomped.com/post/1270935199Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:23:31 -0400“Most online news consumers aren’t looking for specific stories; they’re looking for something to occupy their time for a few minutes that makes them feel better informed.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/10/when-people-are-willing-to-pay-for-almost-nothing-the-economic-and-emotional-logic-of-web-paywalls/">When people are willing to pay for “almost nothing”: The economic and emotional logic of web paywalls » Nieman Journalism Lab</a></em>http://thomped.com/post/1270241008http://thomped.com/post/1270241008Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:59:32 -0400<a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2010/10/one-thing-the-recession-has.php">The RSS Connection: New Search, Big Data and the Web App Movement - ReadWriteCloud</a>http://thomped.com/post/1270217445http://thomped.com/post/1270217445Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:54:11 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9in7uZiFw1qz4ezso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>More great <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyc2ndskin/sets/72157625035448968/with/5032700805/">pics</a> from <a href="http://nyc2ndskin.com/">2ndSkin</a>. </p>http://thomped.com/post/1210842903http://thomped.com/post/1210842903Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:02:18 -0400ravesupergluedgawker<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9exp2vPDx1qz975wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>More of the awesome from 9/25</p> <p><a href="http://blakeley.tumblr.com/post/1198864744/another-great-one-from-michael-toolan-no-bubble">blakeley</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Another great one from <a href="http://www.michaeltoolan.com/">Michael Toolan</a> (no bubble or projection but still such an awesome shot). If you have any photos of the event please let me know :) </p> </blockquote>http://thomped.com/post/1205566875http://thomped.com/post/1205566875Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:33:05 -0400