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Rare snowfall in the Bay Area

New payment start-up co-founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey

"When I'm standing next to a Prius, and it suddenly starts moving, without warning, in total silence, it can be startling. After a lifetime of standing next to car engines, I expect a whine, or rumble, or something, to accompany automotive motion. In fact, I suspect it's the anticipation of sound that will drive a trend towards EV Audio."

Handy tool for generating an RSS feed for a Twitter list

Videos from the recent Enterprise 2.0 conference

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"Despite calls for the whisper-folk pair to make Øye's house and techno background more apparent, Declaration of Dependence doubles down on hushed Scandinavian understatement. No drums, unless you count slapped fretboards or squeaking fingers: just two voices, two acoustic guitars, and occasional cello, viola, or one-finger piano plinks. Along with sharper songwriting focus, this go-for-broke softness makes for the most durable, rewarding Kings of Convenience album yet– a Pink Moon to past efforts' Five Leaves Left. Barring a last-minute José González surprise, it's also probably the best new full-length of its style you'll hear this year."

It seems like such a simple and whimsical service. You just checkin to places via your phone. But the data that it creates and the way it is published out to your social graph is powerful.

"…listening to customers is not intrinsically good. As always, the key is to synthesize the customer feedback with the company’s unique vision. But that’s often used as an excuse to ignore customers outright. I know I was guilty of this many times. It’s all-too-easy to convince yourself that customers will want whatever your latest brainstorm is. And it’s so much more pleasant to just go build it, foist it on the community, and cross your fingers. It sure beats confronting reality, right?"