My idea to solve the problem of money in politics
Here is my open letter to Jakob Lodwick, the brilliant and recently freed founder of Vimeo and tech brains behind Connected Ventures (collegehumor.com, bustedtees.com).
Jakob,
I’m always coming up with new ideas for sites, but have little time to implement them. As you’re considering ideas, here’s a recent one I’d love to work on with you:
Removing money [...]
Shady Dealings
In the last two weeks Radiohead has been making a ton of news with the release of their new album In Rainbows. There has been a ton of hype surrounding it, as one of the most popular bands around decided to release their newest album directly over the internet and allowed customers to pay what [...]
Bottled v. Tap Water
Okay, the other day I complained about the New York Times with their “Times Select” Feature that they slap onto popular articles so you actually have to pay to read them, well they did it again with another article I was planning on writing about here. Almost came to be that you wouldn’t be able [...]
Intelligent Design
Campaign materials tend to be a dime a dozen and be of the typical “Vote Clinton” button or ‘picture of the candidate with their name and the election year’ variety. Way back in the 60’s Barry Goldwater had a clever campaign with Au H2O. Every now and then you’ll find a clever button or campaign [...]
Breaking News – Verizon Stores Will Be Open Today
As many people know today is D-Day* for the long awaited iPhone, the next generation iPod that is also a phone, is being released today at 6pm. While I am sure lines have been forming for the last few days for the new AT&T phone (because it is a sure sign a product will be [...]
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