Facebook was so impressed with how Ark repurposed its data that the social network loosely discussed the possibility of buying the startup or at least acq-hiring its founders. There was no offer extended, but Riley tells me “We didn’t even take it that far. We weren’t interested. We wanted to build something bigger.
I predict that Ark will be a big deal, and that, despite Ark’s initial refusal, Facebook will someday purchase them.
Why does Google let people temporarily roll back to previous UI designs? The future is now, damn the naysayers!
File this under “Headlines That Confuse Geeks For A Second.”
Today I resigned from the editorial board of a well respected journal in my field – Genomics. No longer can I work for a system that provides solid profits for the publisher while effectively denying colleagues in developing countries access to research findings.
Read the whole article. It’s a great perspective on a serious issue that is hindering the advancement of scientists and science the world over.
This is where Posterous was headed with Spaces.
This is good news, considering that I drink what I thought was too much coffee (about three cups a day).
Is there a way to do this without making it painfully apparent to him that he’s being diluted to 10%?
I can dwell on the negatives, but I don’t want to miss out on the fact that there’s 150 million people who I can give songs to. You either treat it as just a money drain, like the record companies do. Or you can treat it as it actually is, which is a conduit, meaning it runs both ways. You can either cry about it or make use of it. File-sharing is no different from the rest of the Internet, it is a tool that connects the entire world. It is the cure for Babel.
^ A thing you should read if you use Facebook
The portable music market is gone and it was already leaving when we started […] We just weren’t brave enough.