The Get Down Guy

"NASA owes it to the citizens from whom it asks support to be frank, honest and informative so that..."

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:18:40 -0400

“NASA owes it to the citizens from whom it asks support to be frank, honest and informative so that those citizens can make the wisest decisions for the use of these limited resources. For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”

- - Richard Feynman in his personal opinion appendix to the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger accident.

I hope more people start to think about government programs and spending in this way.

langer: Man, I really want to know how the meeting went down...

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:55:53 -0500

langer:

Man, I really want to know how the meeting went down that decided this was a good idea.

Suit 1: “So we’re releasing an API—”
Suit 2: “—a what?”
Suit 1: “Idk, it’s a thing, a thing that coders can use and build stuff for us for free.”
Suit 2: “For free?”
Suit 1: “Yup. We open up our data and then they can build tools that will enrich our platform, all at no cost to us.”
Suit 2: “That’s AMAZING. How do you get them to do it?”
Suit 1: “You just, idk, you just put it out there and they come!”
Suit 2: “AMAZING!! So how are you going to pitch it?”
Suit 1: “We’re going to call them nerds!”
Suit 2: “Wait—”
Suit 1: “No really.”
Suit 2: “You think that’s a good idea?”
Suit 1: “Sure! It’ll be just like gym class in high school.”
Suit 2: “And that’s supposed to work?”
Suit 1: “Nostalgia! It’s always a winner.”

Not a porno shoot. Seriously…

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:00:59 -0500

Not a porno shoot. Seriously…

fascinated: Stumbled into some complaints about the name....

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:00:56 -0500

fascinated:

Stumbled into some complaints about the name. Kickstumbler is now known as Fundhaus.

The name changed, but the mission remains! Now go find and fund some badass projects!

Love this. Kevin and I did something similar with the now defunct Giftabit which used Know About It’s recommendation algorithm to find great Donor’s Choose projects for people to fund. Hope this one works out!

"If you don’t have $1 million in assets or $200,000 in annual income, you don’t qualify and can’t..."

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:51:29 -0500

“If you don’t have $1 million in assets or $200,000 in annual income, you don’t qualify and can’t invest. Until now, venture capital has been a game only for the 1%. A new petition circulating on the Internet seeks to change all that by encouraging Congress to pass a law (Democratizing Access to Capital Act) that would make it possible for anyone to invest small amounts”

- Dominic Basulto (via soupsoup)

Letting everyone invest in companies will be a really bad thing. For every Facebook (which is what keeps most angels investing) there is the money sucking black hole. And even worse then investing in a bad business is the amount of fraud that will happen when less sophisticated investors are allowed in.

Sounds nice but is a really really bad idea.

(via siminoff)

Punish fraud, not people that don’t meet the government’s standard for an investor. Totally restrictive and silly.

After the quote, figured I put up one of Gavin’s best...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:33:00 -0500

After the quote, figured I put up one of Gavin’s best videos of late as well. Apple Scotland.

"Despite Facebook’s refusal to sell information, users are still outraged at Sponsored Stories...."

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:29:09 -0500

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Despite Facebook’s refusal to sell information, users are still outraged at Sponsored Stories. Politicians are piggybacking the outrage. How audacious. This has nothing to do with the government. Facebook costs nothing, and I’m not forced to post anything on there. If I thought a picture of myself in high school was some kind of precious commodity worth millions, I wouldn’t share it….

The government, on the other hand, demands about half my salary, couldn’t care less what I think about it, and if I don’t pay them, I go to jail.

”

- Gavin McInnes

msg: Not sure why the source isnt displayed but I love the...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:35:29 -0500

msg:

Not sure why the source isnt displayed but I love the simple explanation that helps educate people, who are intimidated by numbers and concepts they assume are too complex to understand.

hypem: It’s here!

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:17:32 -0500

hypem:

It’s here!

"My Agenda for America is clear: - I want to end deficit spending and cut federal spending by..."

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:46:22 -0500

“

My Agenda for America is clear:

- I want to end deficit spending and cut federal spending by 43%.

- I want to enact the Fair Tax to stimulate real economic growth and jobs.

- I want to end the manipulation of our money by the Federal Reserve.

- I support the Second Amendment and oppose gun control.

- I oppose expensive foreign wars in places like Libya and Afghanistan.

- I support a woman’s right to choose.

- I support marriage equality for gay Americans as required by the Constitution.

- I support legalization of marijuana, which will save us billions and do no harm.

- I support returning strict adherence to Constitutional principles to our government.

”

- Gary Johnson now running on the Libertarian ticket. Glad he’ll have an opportunity to keep getting this message out.

know about it: introducing the re-imagined pu.ly

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:01:20 -0500

know about it: introducing the re-imagined pu.ly:

knowabout:

When it comes to content consumption, I think there are two primary directions software can be built to help. Software can be built to save you time, or it can be built to kill your time.

knowabout.it was designed from the ground up to be in the ‘save you time’ category. All of our views and…

New from the Ron Paul campaign. It’s long, but worth...

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:42:46 -0500

New from the Ron Paul campaign. It’s long, but worth watching all the way through. Excellent work by their campaign staff.

Wish I had seen this in person. Conference may be watered down,...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:07:14 -0500

Wish I had seen this in person. Conference may be watered down, but a huge step up for SMU.

Twitter : StumbleUpon :: Google : Goto.com/Overture

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:05:15 -0500

porchdog:

Twitter’s gigantic freakin’ revenue opportunity is promoted tweets. And similar to how Google found its business model at Goto.com/Overture, Twitter is taking its cue from StumbleUpon. But first….

Remember when Google didn’t have a business model? Yeah, the Internet and media giant with a valuation of $150-200 billion, $35+ billion in annual revenue, and ~$15 billion in annual cash flow couldn’t figure how to generate revenue while it was growing like a weed before 2000. Then they ‘adopted’ the paid search model; i.e., took it from Goto.com (which became Overture, which was acquired by Yahoo), got sued by idealab (Goto.com’s parent), settled for 2.7 million Google shares (which would be worth over $1.5 billion today if they never sold it - but they did), and yada yada yada for more information, well, Google it.

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Great post from David

A blog from the mind of falicon: why I think knowabout.it is a world changing service...

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:04:37 -0500

A blog from the mind of falicon: why I think knowabout.it is a world changing service...:

falicon:

Consider this sentence:

“I am a Giant fan”

Are you talking about the NFL, the MLB, a grocery store…or maybe a person, a place, or even a thing that you just like a lot?

Without any additional clues, which conversation do you think occurred?

“What is your favorite NFL team?”
“I am a Giant fan”

Thanksgiving pork shoulder

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:35:35 -0500

Thanksgiving pork shoulder

Awesome (nearly finished) video Anthony is doing for Rippers...

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:18:00 -0500

Awesome (nearly finished) video Anthony is doing for Rippers Burgers. I think they’re selling burgers…Yeah, they definitely get to burgers later in the video.

Trying to turn my niece into a basketball player

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:28:59 -0500

A Worthy Cause

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:30:03 -0500

A Worthy Cause:

I don’t usually sign petitions of any kind, but making sure Nickelback doesn’t perform at the Super Bowl is a cause worth standing up for…

Nice! Kurt Vonnegut Kindle books on sale at Amazon for $3.99 each. Stock up!

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:20:04 -0400

Nice! Kurt Vonnegut Kindle books on sale at Amazon for $3.99 each. Stock up!