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This Is Why Your Startup Failed: The Magic of QuoraBut one popular Quora topic holds interest for anyone interested in the human condition: Why Did X Fail. Quora now contains referenda on the likes of Google Buzz, Google Wave, Facebook Places, Friendster, "personalized news startups," witch burning and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." (Actually, Why Did X Television Show Fail has its own sub-topic, but the only other question is about "Arrested Development.")Letters of Note: Neil Armstrong to the EMU Gang
I remember noting a quarter century or so ago that an emu was a 6-foot Australian flightless bird. I thought that got most of it right.
It turned out to be one of the most widely photographed spacecraft in history. That was no doubt due to the fact that it was so photogenic. Equally responsible for its success was its characteristic of hiding from view its ugly occupant.
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- The history of the Apple tablet stretches all the way back to 1979 with the Apple Graphics Tablet. Liquidpubs traces over thirty years of the development of touch-sensitive interface concepts, from the bashful to the Figaro. [From: liquidpubs]
- Apple is shutting down app approvals during the holidays, so get your genius 'Angry Birds' competitor in by December 22nd. [From: CNN]
- The 'Deal With It' meme goes next generation with Riker's beard. [From: Geekosystem]
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