Bill Mitchell

Gemfinder, Spinoff Profiles, Firepad, Crystal Dynamics, Apple, Stanford, Caltech, Reed, Monterey Institute, University High, Irvine, California.

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

Is there any neighbor Russia/USSR hasn't invaded in the past century?

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

Increasingly clear that Apple was just Steve Jobs' powered exoskeleton.

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

@gmail New Compose is driving me back to desktop mail client for 1st time in years. Big step backward for Google.

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

@AmericanAir @dhh Notice they're not sorry for their mistake, just sorry that you're frustrated. Classic non-apology, per Rework book.

[andrew chen @andrewchen]

This Is Why Netflix Will Go Bankrupt - Seeking Alpha http://t.co/9IhSCitEAW

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

Macchiato costs $2, cappuccino $4. The extra milk costs $2. Yet milk is free at the sugar station 10 feet away. Economists, explain.

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

@jasonfried Ultimate compact keychain: fasten them together with Chicago screws. http://t.co/oX8vd9Tjoe

[Michael Koziarski @nzkoz]

Intuit funds lobbyists opposing simpler tax return filing. Amazing how common sense policies can be spun as tyranny http://t.co/ESl7LMyIBV

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

@dhh Er, Caltech is always in the global top 10. But your general point is true: degrees are vague signals compared to actual work.

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

@arw Fun with TSA: Penn & Teller sell wallet-sized Bill of Rights etched on stainless steel.

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

MIT gives its CSEE courses free (http://t.co/26paHjga). The MIT degree is a $300k signal that you learned it. Surely cheaper signals exist.

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

Regulatory stability and transparency are more important than the "amount" of regulation.

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

@elioty This Memrise planting page always returns "could not load the session." http://t.co/jDAlva5f 100% error over several days.

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

@HsuTubeEsq Ranks are imprecise, but conclusion is gold: engineering and Ivy Leagues are clearly high ROI, the rest not clearly so.

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

Colleges ranked by return on investment. Imperfect, but the effort alone is a big step. http://t.co/5BIAdbk3 http://t.co/RUqNvfCM

[Scott Barber @scottybarber]

HFRX indices - 2011 hedge fund performance to Thursday close - http://t.co/5A7nNlW MSCI Developed equities total return is -5% for context.

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

UK govt plans for euro collapse, senior minister says "just a matter of time." http://t.co/UxYRr17C

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

@HsuTubeEsq @GSpier Euro crisis 10x worse for whom? Europe, maybe; US, no. As I wrote 11 weeks ago: http://t.co/PqNE8FC3

[Bill Mitchell @zipflash]

@HsuTubeEsq @GSpier IBM: high ROE, rational buybacks, low debt/FCF, stable rev, self-immolating #2 rival, and big enough for Berkshire.

[andrew chen @andrewchen]

OH: "coffeescript is the fixed gear bike of javascript."