Day: March 20, 2005
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Does Paul Graham know about marriages, too?
In his essay How to Start a Startup, Paul Graham throws in the following observation: People who don’t want to get dragged into some kind of work often develop a protective incompetence at it. Paul Erdos was particularly good at this. By seeming unable even to cut a grapefruit in half (let alone go to…
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What’s a rumor? What’s a scoop?
A few weeks ago, Om Malik published Flickr, Yahoo Deal Rumored. Today, Jerry Yang announced that Yahoo bought Flickr while on stage at PC Forum and the Flickr blog appears to be the official announcement, at least for now. Flickr-hoo! is Om’s note calling attention to the fact that he was proven right. Well done.…