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04

Oct

Twitter Digest – 2011-10-04 edition

  • Death of daily deal sites – neatly outlined by the NYTimes – http://t.co/tnZw7IGo #
  • "Self expression is the new entertainment" – Arianna Huffington http://t.co/wgQBOmTq #
  • ouch – Perry used tax breaks to subsidize subprime lenders – http://t.co/iaWfKCGa #
  • Can you say price fixing? Apparently car dealers are flagging low-priced private party sales on #Craigslist to remove the competition… #

30

Sep

Twitter Digest – 2011-09-30 edition

  • Ouch – California has lost $500k jobs to China, mostly in computer & electronics manufacturing – http://t.co/YxwO5ZBW #

29

Sep

Twitter Digest – 2011-09-29 edition

  • If you have Amazon Prime, you also have free access to Instant Video – http://t.co/OvmyK5rn – Just figured this out… #
  • "The Feds are creating a self defeating feedback loop." – Could be a metaphor for a lot of things – source: http://t.co/abAcni8H #
  • If you need to manage Google Apps doc permissions & do audits, check out CloudLock – been using for a bit, it does what it says on the box.. #
  • How the political system works to alienate a whole generation – http://c32.co/zri – you can try to do something about it: http://c32.co/je6 #
  • Perhaps the elites are finally waking to the alienation of a whole generation – http://t.co/T7TiTVhn – then again, maybe not…. #

26

Sep

Twitter Digest – 2011-09-26 edition

  • W Black, S&L crisis vet on '08 crisis: " greatest financial crime in the history … no one senior has gone to jail" http://t.co/uDNd8Ra3 #

25

Sep

Twitter Digest – 2011-09-25 edition

  • Tesco reinvents the grocery store by putting it in the subway, using smartphones to purchase & becomes #2 in Korea – http://t.co/oxxjqcXI! #
  • "The more unpredictable a situation is, the more information needs to be ignored to predict the future." – Gigerenzer (via @pkerderosky) #
  • Wow – Dashcam footage from Japan tsunami – http://t.co/KHyYT4Sd – the driver survived #
  • Turns out carnivorous plants have known all along how to make ultra-slippery, bacteria & ice resistant surfaces -http://bit.ly/rqTyIF #
  • Why does Bank of America own Pizza Hut franchises? http://t.co/7aWchZEF – I understand inheriting assets, but still…. #

24

Sep

Twitter Digest – 2011-09-24 edition

  • Someone at Goldman apparently tried to front-run GS's trades – http://t.co/xici5s2b – yeah, like you were really going to get away with that #
  • Unemployment for under 30's at it's highest level since WW2 – http://t.co/NViMnSYH #
  • The Big Three finally manage to produce a decent compact car – http://t.co/L7cRRINn #

23

Sep

Twitter Digest – 2011-09-23 edition

  • A US blanket maker that was about to have all it's machinery shipped to Pakistan has been revived – http://t.co/2hAgbPPh – very cool #

16

Sep

Twitter Digest – 2011-09-16 edition

  • BBC's Paul Mason on a Greek default http://t.co/oUBf5HoL – Greece headed to an uncontrolled default, Mason's analogy is priceless…. #
  • TSA a waste of time & money according to creator – http://t.co/CM3kBy2e – really, it took this long to figure this out? #

15

Sep

Twitter Digest – 2011-09-15 edition

  • The Greek Endgame – http://t.co/y4BGdHu – if the French & Germans refuse to recap Greek debt today, Greece has 2 weeks of cash left… #
  • Quantifying the size of tax loopholes – http://t.co/4njWOYd – the top 4 are over $2 trillion … #