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"It is interesting to contrast the state of women entrepreneurship in the US with that of the..."

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:16:06 -0500

“It is interesting to contrast the state of women entrepreneurship in the US with that of the developing world. If you look at startup activity there you find women dominate the scene. More than 80 percent of most microfinance loan portfolios go to fund women-led startups. Kiva also sees 80 percent of the loans on its side go to women. Granted, these are very different kinds of startups than US-based tech companies, but it is quite a contrast nonetheless.”

- Jack Hidary: Women Entrepreneurs on the Rise

Lunch with Mayor Gray, talking tech at @Personal office in Gtown...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:17:01 -0500

Lunch with Mayor Gray, talking tech at @Personal office in Gtown (Taken with Instagram at Personal)

The faces of entrepreneurship? (Taken with instagram)

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:15:48 -0500

The faces of entrepreneurship? (Taken with instagram)

By making his Los Angeles-based underwear startup a membership...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:49:00 -0500

By making his Los Angeles-based underwear startup a membership service, you will not only cease to find yourself in a sock or panty deficit, you will stay hip to the latest fashions in the process. (via With Underwear Vending Machines, MeUndies’ Jonathan Shokrian Reexamines Shopping for Basics)

made for people like me.

Amazing. (Taken with instagram)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:35:33 -0500

Amazing. (Taken with instagram)

Planned Parenthood: Open Letter

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:24:16 -0500

Planned Parenthood: Open Letter:

caro:

Breast cancer has ripped through my family so violently that I’m pretty much guaranteed to get it in a pretty nasty form down the road if I haven’t already managed to get mauled to death by rabid howler monkeys. But I have a good job, great health insurance, and an awesome doctor who is already helping me a lot with regard to prevention and early detection. A lot of women aren’t lucky enough to have any of this.

Komen’s decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood’s free cancer screenings for low-income women is yet another reason why the organization disgusts me and will never get a cent from me. It does spend plenty of money on exorbitant executive salaries, showy marketing, and predatory lawsuits against smaller charities that come within a football field’s distance of maybe-possibly-sort-of emulating its logo or messaging. So donate to an organization like BCRF instead, please.

And while you’re at it, I’d recommend throwing some pocket change to Planned Parenthood, which by the way spends most of its time preventing abortions rather than performing them, thanks to educational programs and contraceptive distribution.

(Link via rachelfershleiser)

When a US Airways plane landed in the Hudson River on a freezing...

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:21:52 -0500

When a US Airways plane landed in the Hudson River on a freezing January day in 2009, some of the earliest photos came from users posting to Twitter and Flickr. Now, a new app called Spread is helping more user-generated photos make the news. (via Sell Your Photos to News Outlets with Spread)

LLBean Celebrates 100yr Birthday with Bootmobile!

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:38:17 -0500

The Maine Hunting Shoe upon which the L.L. Bean Bootmobile is quite loosely basedwas born in 1912 and was (and still is) considerably more fashionable than a giant boot with an Ford F-250 underneath it, but any boot you could buy wouldn’t be SEVEN FEET LONGER than the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile, nor would it commemorate a 100th birthday in a big way. Naturally, you want to know what size shoe it is, right? Try 747. No joke. Nor is the way-too-earnest Youtube video where you can learn all about the making of the Bootmobile, Orange County Chopper style. (http://thegoat.backcountry.com/2012/01/26/holy-freeport-maine-its-the-bootmobile/)

This is why I love maine. More on their fun plans here.

Yay! The Cake! (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:17:03 -0500

Yay! The Cake! (Taken with instagram)

This open-source Android app helps protect the identity of...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:06:38 -0500

This open-source Android app helps protect the identity of subjects in human rights videos. ObscuraCam detects faces automatically (you can select any it misses) and then offers various options to obscure them, including blurring with pixels and erasing completely. The app also deletes metadata such as location and camera type. These features grew out of a conference session on mobile tools and human rights and a subsequent hack day that outlined early features. (via Safely Document Protests and Human Rights Abuses with ObscuraCam)

Cardfed is a truly international company. It was started in...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:20:09 -0500

Cardfed is a truly international company. It was started in Amsterdam after founder Ville Kulmala moved there from Finland and incorporated in Hong Kong. Kulmala now lives in Thailand, and his 8-person team is scattered about in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and Helsinki. Kulmala tells me they have physically worked from 25 countries in the past 3 years.

Read the rest of this post… Thoughts on Running a Startup in 4 Timezones

Did you know that the U.S. Office of Immigrations and Customs...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:58:49 -0500

Did you know that the U.S. Office of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been seizing the domain names of websites suspected of engaging in copyright infringement or participating in counterfeit goods sales that violate trademarks? The government has even seized a number of linking sites that don’t seem to be hosting illicit materials. Over this past Thanksgiving weekend alone, ICE reportedly seized over 150 domain names. (via Without Warning, U.S. Government Puts Domains on ICE)

While SOPA’s getting lots of attention, let’s not forget about what ICE is doing - seizing domain names without any due process… Our gov’t is getting out of control.

changetheratio: Jonathan Zittrain does a nice job of explaining...

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:54:01 -0500

changetheratio:

Jonathan Zittrain does a nice job of explaining SOPA, comparing its draconian provisions to China and Iran. He explains more in depth here.

(And sorry, Danny Goldberg, but “you need something to stop theft” isn’t good enough. Proportionality matters.)

Add #blackoutSOPA to your avatar here.

Jessica Valenti: Why The Washington Post's new lady blog is wrong for women

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:47:21 -0500

Jessica Valenti: Why The Washington Post's new lady blog is wrong for women:

jessicavalenti:

Here’s the thing: I will always want more women’s (and feminist) voices in the mainstream media, particularly in politics. There’s an overwhelming byline gender gap and that needs to change. But The Washington Post’s new lady blog, “She the People,” is not a step in the right direction….

Feeling warm and happy tonight (the wine is good too). Wishing...

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:02:31 -0500

Feeling warm and happy tonight (the wine is good too). Wishing the same for all of you. (Taken with instagram)

If you want to give yourself a gift this holiday season, look no...

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:45:16 -0500

If you want to give yourself a gift this holiday season, look no further than the app store. Many iOS and Android apps are discounted for the holidays, and others are completely free (see below). These are limited-time offers, so download them while they’re hot! (get them here: Get It Now: Dozens of iOS and Android Apps Free During the Holidays)

"Major companies with three or more female directors achieved significantly better financial results..."

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:36:27 -0500

“Major companies with three or more female directors achieved significantly better financial results than those with none between 2004 and 2008, according to a 2011 study by Catalyst, a nonprofit research group. In general, they outperformed companies with zero women on boards by 84% for return on sales, 60% for return on invested capital and 46% for return on equity.”

- Female Directors: Why So Few? - WSJ.com

Elliot says goodnight (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 22:35:04 -0500

Elliot says goodnight (Taken with instagram)

Merry Christmas from Samantha, Elliot and Jasper.

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:40:45 -0500

Merry Christmas from Samantha, Elliot and Jasper.

(via quirky - MugStir Hanging Spoon) Very cool spoons.

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:28:41 -0500

(via quirky - MugStir Hanging Spoon)

Very cool spoons.