July 15, 2009 at 5:16am
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Il problema è che è difficile vivere senza qualcuno che ti apprezzi, è una cosa naturale, qualcuno che ogni tanto ti dica che Einstein e Mozart ti fanno una pippa, che sei il vertice dell’evoluzione della specie, cose così.
Bertrand Russel diceva che si vive meglio quando ci si rassegna all’idea di essere delle schiappe, che è indispensabile per essere felici e via dicendo. Facile dirlo quando sei Bertrand Russel, per tutti gli altri c’è l’autocelebrazione.
— cloridrato di sviluppina » Blog Archive » Lusingato e abbandonato
As the NT architect, Lucovsky was clearly pretty vital to Microsoft, so when he went in for a meeting with Ballmer in 2004 to let him know he was leaving, you can be sure the CEO was a bit on edge. “Just tell me it’s not Google,” Ballmer reportedly said according to court documents (for a case surrounding another Google ex-Microsoft hire). When Lucovsky said it was Google, Ballmer allegedly picked up a chair and threw it across the room. What he apparently said next, will live on forever in Internet history. “Fucking Eric Schmidt is a fucking pussy. I’m going to fucking bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I’m going to fucking kill Google.” Schmidt, is of course, Google’s CEO. When Lucovsky still wasn’t convinced, Ballmer alledgedly went on to say, “Google’s not a real company. It’s a house of cards.” A house of cards that still stands. And one that will presumably keep standing after Lucovsky’s departure.
— Google Loses Engineering Director Who Once Caused Steve Ballmer To Melt Down
July 12, 2009 at 6:32am
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Qual è il futuro dei media tra carta e online?
«Inevitabilità: è inutile spaventarsi per qualcosa che accade malgrado noi. Le nuove generazioni si informano in maniera diversa e in edicola non ci vanno. La variabile che possiamo sfruttare è il tempo. Se corriamo ai ripari una parte del sistema può ancora salvarsi. Il buono sta nel valore enorme che hanno i contenuti. Ci stiamo dimenticando che l’autorevolezza è data dalla qualità e dal valore dei contenuti che offriamo. Ci saranno morti e feriti, ma chi fa bene il suo lavoro alla fine non potrà che essere premiato».
— «Troppo tardi per le news a pagamento» - Corriere della Sera
July 10, 2009 at 2:09pm
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LOCKE: Ludovico Buonarrati, Michelangelo’s father. He was a wealthy man. He had no understanding of the divinity in his son, so he beat him. No child of his was going to use his hands for a living. So, Michelangelo learned not to use his hands. Years later a visiting prince came into Michelangelo’s studio and found the master staring at a single 18 foot block of marble. Then he knew that the rumors were true — that Michelangelo had come in everyday for the last four months, stared at the marble, and gone home for his supper. So the prince asked the obvious — what are you doing? And Michelangelo turned around and looked at him, and whispered, sto lavorando, I’m working. Three years later that block of marble was the statue of David.
— Hearts and Minds transcript - Lostpedia - The Lost Encyclopedia
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