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Harry Marks’ “My Valiant Return to Reading” is hilarious. Clearly making fun of some people that quit the Internet.

Triage is for people who struggle to stay on top of their inbox. It doesn’t try to replace your desktop mail client, but lets you use your downtime to quickly remove the noise and stress.

I tested Triage and loved it. It was released while I was traveling, so I didn’t get a chance to post about it. It’s a brilliant idea to help you keep on top of your email quickly and easily.

This article was posted last November, but there are some great lessons to be learned for anyone that is building a product or company.

Horace Dediu talking about analysts:

So paradoxically, the opinion of those who are highly paid should be treated with suspicion while the opinion of those subject to peer review should be treated with respect. It brings to mind the difference between highly paid fortune tellers and pundits whose methods are obscure vs. poorly paid graduate students whose methods are open to all. Whose opinion is worth more?”

I have a great deal of respect for Horace.

Jeff Bewkes, CEO of HBO’s parent company Time Warner, said on Wednesday that the company has no plans to offer HBO GO without a cable subscription.

This will make a lot of people very unhappy.

I was hoping it was a drinking contest, but they are looking for ideas that appeal to drinkers over 60-years-old.

Jim and Dan discuss Jim being driven to strike someone at a Metallica concert, tarantulas and june bugs, a Volkswagen Beatle with an iPad dock, and more.

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Jeff Hermes wrote a great article about the media’s tendency to wrongly report that someone is a suspect in a heinous act.

Willie Nelson auditions to be Gandalf.

Wow, they must be doing very bad.

Much respect.

James Thomson says this is the biggest update to the app since its initial release.

Seriously?

John Moltz:

At the risk of sounding like your prototypical hipster, today’s rumors just aren’t as good as they used to be. The devices that we hear whispers about now — a smartwatch, a television, a cheaper iPhone—seem lackluster compared to the rumored products of days past—products that, when they actually appeared, changed entire industries.

IBM’s made a short stop-motion animation to demonstrate its ability to move individual atoms.

Tim Cook plans to return to D: All Things Digital when the 11th conference kicks off in late May.

Keep track of the most important moments in your life. Memories tells you exactly how much time has passed since those very special days.

A very simple and easy to use app.

“What a stupid idea,” I thought to myself.

As we finished our coffees, I think he sensed my apathy, and we parted ways. But just before I walked away, he asked a question:

“What do you think about the name we’ve been using? It’s called Pinterest.”

A couple of great stories from Dustin Curtis.

I am living goddamn proof of this people.

Andy Forssell, Hulu’s acting CEO, shared details on how the company is doing, including growth metrics, new product innovation and upcoming content.

Teacher’s Pet is an elegant contextual to-do list and reminder app, designed specially to help you do your job more effectively.

Nice looking app.

Tor Books UK went DRM free a year ago, and hasn’t suffered.

Samsung outdid itself with its Indian launch of the Galaxy S4. It’s even cheesier than the US launch was.

io9:

In the first three days of accepting applications, the Mars One project has received a whopping 20,000 applications, with more than 600 coming from China alone. The project plans to send a select group of colonists to the Red Planet for permanent settlement — with permanent being the key word.The Dutch aerospace project, which is aiming to put four humans on Mars by 2023, started accepting applications and audition tapes early last week.

No chance they make that very ambitious schedule but it’s good to dream. One question: Would you go on the one way trip if it was offered?

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I need some of these. I’m a bear when I get hungry.

The goal isn’t to avoid mistakes, though, but to learn how to recover from them.

There’s some truth right there.