June 2012
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Jun 29th
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Jun 29th
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Jun 29th
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One Week Left to Apply for Analyst Job
thegongshow: We’re at one week left to apply for the open Analyst slot at Spark Capital.  After next week, we’ll close off new submissions and start processing through all the applications we’ve received.  All candidates should receive next steps shortly thereafter. Cool job alert!
Jun 29th
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Jun 24th
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Jun 22nd
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Jun 21st
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“If you asked people in 1989 what they needed to make their life better, it was...”
– Sep Kamvar
Jun 21st
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“YouTube users upload 48 hours of video, Facebook users share 684,478 pieces of...”
– How Much Data is Created Every Minute? (It’s actually 46,732 [new posts published on Tumblr each day])
Jun 21st
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“This is exactly the kind of thing that is unique about the Internet. No prior...”
– Continuations: Duolingo and Why We Need to Protect the Internet 
Jun 20th
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Beyoncé Palettes →
I love Beyoncé. I love colours.
Jun 19th
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Is Technology Fostering a Race to the Bottom? →
connected-io: Very good roundup of some of the open questions as we enter the “connected economy” A new group of technology start-ups is building online platforms to facilitate offline transactions in this new informal economy: renting out your spare bedroom (Airbnb ) or Volkswagen (RelayRides ); hawking yourself as a handyman (TaskRabbit ) or personal chef (Kitchit ); selling custom-made...
Jun 17th
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Jun 17th
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The Best Songs of 2012, so far...
Jun 15th
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Jun 13th
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Jun 8th
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“What we have to remember is that we can still do anything. We can change our...”
– This is an absolutely beautiful piece on The Opposite of Loneliness in the Yale Daily News.  It was written by Marina Keegan (Yale, Class of 2012) to be distributed at her class commencement. Sadly, she passed away in a car accident the week before. She was 22.
Jun 8th
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Jun 8th
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Jun 5th
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Jun 3rd
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20 Things I Should Have Known at 20.
inoveryourhead: 1. The world is trying to keep you stupid. From bank fees to interest rates to miracle diets, people who are not educated are easier to get money from and easier to lead. Educate yourself as much as possible for wealth, independence, and happiness. 2. Do not have faith in institutions to educate you. By the time they build the curriculum, it’s likely that the system is outdated–...
Jun 3rd
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Jun 3rd
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Jun 2nd