"Yeah, they're Marina chicks who read about this Burning Man party on Daily Candy.
Anyhow, Violet Blue has an entertaining column at SF Gate about San Francisco during Burning Man."
"With AdBlock Plus on Firefox, the only thing I look at when I read newspapers are the ads.
As mentioned above, the biggest problem is having old-school veterans run new media ventures."
"Let's be real: Bill Gates started to soften his public image when the Department of Justice (and similar agencies in other countries) stepped up their investigations into Microsoft's anti-trust behavior.
That said, philanthropy seems to be in Billy's blood, passed down from Mom."
"I'm more inclined to believe that the users decide which services end up being popular, not which VCs or Twitter executives they know.
As a matter of fact, I doubt that most Twitter users can actually name a single Twitter exec, doubly so in Japan, where I imagine teenagers and people in their early twenties using this service."
""Here's your ticket, pack your bag: time for jumping overboard
The transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are
Fighting fire with fire""
"Based on the percentage of independent contractors to regular employees, I'd say that most companies prefer to have the latter.
Also, many Silicon Valley companies have run afoul of labor laws by keeping on contractors for over a year (at which point the state thinks that these folks should be entitled to all the benefits of regular employees (healthcare, vacation, ESPP, stock options, etc.).
The reason why many companies hire independent contractors is to make it easier to terminate the contract if the person doesn't work out."
"You may be right, but if I recall correctly, I think you only need to authorize once per session, i.e., you don't need to enter your iTunes password for each App Store download (freeware or payware).
So if the dude downloaded some freebies before clicking "Buy" on "I Am Rich" product page, it probably would have started downloading immediately.
Anyhow, Apple probably credited the guy."
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