Monthly Archives: July 2011
"I don't dream at night, I dream all day; I dream for a living." Steven Spielberg
Why nobody knows how to prevent obesity
The 2011 obesity report from the Trust for America’s Health just came out and the news is as bad as ever. Every state has a minimum obesity rate of 20% and not one saw a decrease, while 16 saw an increase. “Twenty years ago, no state had an obesity rate above 15 percent. Today, more …
How could Apple spend its $51 billion cash?
The common advice would be to acquire some hot property like Twitter, Pandora, or Hulu. Doing so would satisfy Wall Street’s insatiable hunger for greedy growth, but wouldn’t be all that strategic. Another idea would be for Apple to invest in itself. A post over on Business Insider highlights this using a thread on Quora. …
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Need a Google+ invite?
Invites to Google+ are open again. Leave a comment are shoot me an email (steve [at] 1×57.com), and I will send you one. Make sure to send/comment the email you use for your google account. Top photo credit: Linda Lawrey
My First Surfboards
I love these boards. They are my coolest toys. I would sleep with them if I didn’t have a pretty lady, so instead I dream about them. Like Mitchell dreaming about Pepe the Spanish-speaking shark in Airborne (see clip far below). Toffler This is my current board, a 7’6 white and blue learner board. It’s …
Teenage Amy Senger
I would have dated her in 8th grade 🙂 it sooo reminds me of the Wonder Years…resist clicking this video…whatever you do!
Heading NXNW…TO THE FUTURE
This week, 1X57 is heading North by Northwest to Vancouver for the World Future Society‘s annual conference, World Future 2011, to kick off a new phenomenon we’ve co-produced, Futurists:BetaLaunch – an innovation showcase slash tech petting zoo featuring 12 ideas in beta that offer an exciting vision of the future. Although this is 1X57’s first …
Summer has started
Cowabunga! A cute 9-second clip of Amy cooling off. Don’t forget Jesse (the dog) following her as she comes sprinting in after the jump
Twitter’s edge is Big Data
Today Twitter announced that it purchased Backtype, a tiny company doing Big Data. The website says the company does “social media analytics” which is pretty much saying “Oprah sits on a couch.” It’s the buzzy-est of buzz words, but if you dig into this you find that the company doing things that everybody wants. Like …