Apple’s iPad arrives in stores tomorrow and reviewers agree that it’s a magic revolutionary new class of computer. But you shouldn’t buy one. Not yet, anyway.
Let’s break this down.
First-generation Apple products are for suckers.
Do Something: Let’s Hear It for the Little Guys | Fast Company
We’re obsessed with leadership. Bookstores have entire sections devoted to leadership. Corporations spend thousands upon thousands of dollars on leadership retreats. At some universities, you can even major in leadership. Venture-capital money flows like water into the hands of founders who are labeled “visionary” and “at the vanguard.” And what’s sexier these days than the words “I started my own blah blah blah”?
The World’s Best Infographics: A Sneak Preview of ‘Data Flow 2’ | Slideshows
For infographics and design nerds, there are few books as useful as Data Flow, a compendium of data visualization experiments ranging from the poetic to the absurd to the wonky.
California’s Contracting with Small Business and Disabled Vets Exceeds State Goals
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California state agencies in two of the last three years exceeded goals for contracting with small businesses and set a record for contracts with firms owned by disabled veterans, the Department of General Services announced today, releasing reports for the 2007/08 and 2008/09 fiscal years .
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New Thiel’s Deals! | Paul Thiel
A new edition of Thiel’s Deals is out detailing “deal flow and human capital opportunities in the California counties of Orange, San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino.”
It’s always informative. Click here to check it out.
Online Dating-Profile Picture Myths | blog.okcupid.com
In looking closely at the astonishingly wide variety of ways our users have chosen to represent themselves, we discovered much of the collective wisdom about profile pictures was wrong.
The State of the Internet | Fast Company
For example, there are about 740 million Internet users in Asia alone; Facebook serves 6 million page views per minute, requiring 30,000 servers; and there are 148,000 new zombie computers created each day by hackers using botnets:
Vodkas That Are Weirdly Awesome|Asylum.com
What if we told you that a group of savvy vodka-preneurs were concocting vodkas that used ingredients like bacon, hot dogs and scorpions?
Should You Stop the Pop? | DivineCaroline
As a lifelong knuckle cracker, I’ve heard the spiel dozens of times—you know, keep popping and…
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Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Legislation for Green Tech Manufacturing Equipment Sales Tax Exemption to Create Jobs
For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Contact: Aaron McLear/Kira Heinrichs
916-445-4571
Building on his commitment to clean technology growth in California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed SB 71 by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) to create a sales tax exemption for the purchase of green tech manufacturing equipment in California. This tax exemption is a part of the Governor’s California Jobs Initiative, a legislative package that will create or retain at least 100,000 jobs.
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