Hello, my name is Eric Kerr. I'm a 20 year old bloke living in action-packed Ohio. Sometimes, I attend events listed on Upcoming. I network professionally on LinkedIn. I poke people and play chess with them on Facebook. I love music and use Last.FM to keep track of it. I post random thoughts on Twitter. If you'd like to get in contact, you can Email me or we can chat on AIM or Skype.
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"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination."
—John Lennon (via)
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"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."
—Victor Hugo (via)
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How Tweet It Is
“Now think about that for a second. In the midst of chaos—a plane just crashed right in front of him!—Krums’s first instinct was to take a picture and load it to the web. There was nothing capitalistic or altruistic about it. Something amazing happened, and without thinking, he sent it out to the world. And let’s say he hadn’t. Let’s say he took this incredible photo—a photo any journalist would send to the Pulitzer board—and decided to sell it, said he was hanging onto it for the highest bidder. He would have been vilified by bloggers and Twitterers alike. His is a culture of sharing information.”
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I See Your Petaflop and Raise You 19 More
This is a bit nerdy, but I think it’s fucking sweet.
- “With 20 petaflops of computing power, meteorologists could predict local weather down to the 100-meter range. For an event like a tornado, that could mean being able to predict the path that the twister takes through a town, allowing for targeted evacuations that save lives.” -
The $300 Million "Continue" Button
UIE redesigned the site, replacing the “register” button with “continue”, and sales went up 45% - $300 million in the first year.
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