From Twitter 02-25-2011

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• From Twitter 02-24-2011 http://dlvr.it/HY2YM
  
• Why You Aren’t As Successful As You Want To Be http://dlvr.it/HZkVB
  
• For booksellers, the future is brighter than it seems http://dlvr.it/HZnp6
  
• Quote of the Day: Wisconsin Humor http://dlvr.it/HZtlc
  
• "Colonizing Space" is a Dirty Phrase: Stop Using It http://dlvr.it/Hb0Nh
  
• It's Time for a Vendetta Against Email http://dlvr.it/Hb53X
  
• Disposables Debate: Can Recycling, Materials Innovation Make Plastic Bag Bans Obsolete? http://dlvr.it/HbF65
  
• RT @jchutchins: Fuck, dude. I was paying my short story writers back when I did OBSIDIAN, and I didn't have a fucking pot to piss in. PA ...
  
• RT @Greendrv: RT @jaygarmon: Making rules is admitting failure http://dlvr.it/HVS5X
  
• RT @JohnStamos: contrary to the rumors, i am not replacing charlie sheen on two and half men. however, martin sheen has asked me to be ...
  
• Shervin Pishevar: “Twitter and Facebook are shields against future genocides” [TCTV] http://dlvr.it/HbSf5
  
• Friday YouTube: Predator - The Musical http://dlvr.it/HbbL0
  
• RT @jchutchins: HAH! "Damn right, I shot first..." http://amzn.to/dV0Bau
  
• Twitter, Time Shifting, Technology & Television http://dlvr.it/HbhBZ
  
• Google updates search to massively bias original content http://dlvr.it/HbmyT
  
• How to Use Backupify http://dlvr.it/HbrQq
  
• Quora on Designing an Organization That Designs Better Products http://dlvr.it/HbvyQ
  
• Seriously, Timothy Johnson, Your Idea Of How To Do PR For Clients Is A Joke http://dlvr.it/Hbzwz
  
• New Google navigation bar is not +1: it's for managing your online identity http://dlvr.it/Hc3Lc
  
• Star Wars redesigned as a gritty American western film -- with Action Figs! (hat tip @torbooks) http://dlvr.it/Hc7c3
  
• Consumer Reports Confirms Death Grip In Verizon iPhone http://dlvr.it/HcMPX
  
• Fred Wilson: “Marketing Is For Companies Who Have Sucky Products” http://dlvr.it/HcQBT

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From Twitter 02-24-2011

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• How the Bubble moves to main Street http://dlvr.it/HTMPn
  
• 'The Way Is Open If We Want to Take It': The Dystopian Spirit in 21st-Century SF http://dlvr.it/HTTJK
  
• DailyDirt: Spaceships On The Drawing Board http://dlvr.it/HTZV5
  
• 5 assumptions about social search http://dlvr.it/HTfCR
  
• Death By Air And Thunderbolt: Is It The End Of The Line For The MacBook? http://dlvr.it/HTl3F
  
• RT @robmay: Everything I learned about doing a startup came from doing a startup... not reading blogs about it.
  
• The Privatization Of Public Data Sets A Bad Precedent http://dlvr.it/HTsxM
  
• Louisville Kickstarter: Help Jenn Stout Make Her New CD http://dlvr.it/HTz6j
  
• Lunch? LUnch!!!
  
• Yet Another Person Sues Google Because They Don't Like Pornographic Results When People Search On Their Name http://dlvr.it/HV42Y
  
• Trust and utility http://dlvr.it/HV9YD
  
• RT @jaymgates: Gmail, I do NOT accept your failure this morning. Shape up NOW. This is your final warning.
  
• SciFi Library in WA Needs Funds http://dlvr.it/HVGTn
  
• Yahoo To Shut Down MyBlogLog On May 24 http://dlvr.it/HVLGK
  
• Making rules is admitting failure http://dlvr.it/HVS5X
  
• New ways to experience better collaboration with Google Apps http://dlvr.it/HVXKR
  
• Success, Joy and Health are Contagious (So Be Careful Who You Work With) http://dlvr.it/HVbyq
  
• RT @tmbg: If they want to bring it back, have 'em call us! RT @hodgeman We believe we have the name of the exec who cancelled SCHOOLHOUS ...
  
• Trailer: Source Code http://dlvr.it/HVqc7
  
• What Watson did next http://dlvr.it/HVwp4
  
• Can America Function More Like a Fiscally Responsible Company? It’s up to Us, the Shareholders http://dlvr.it/HVzrG
  
• RT @cascio: Wondering which superhero Joss Whedon is going to kill in the #Avengers movie. Has to be someone we care about (so Hawkeye l ...
  

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Making rules is admitting failure

Image via WikipediaI'm stuck on a couple of writing projects at work, so I write this today as a mental gear-greasing exercise. Here's the TL;DR summary for the attention-deficient.

All company rules exist because of a failure of management.

I'll explain what I mean by way of example. At a place I used to work, we published a lot of online content. During one of our regular rounds of "management has a new idea to change everything" there arose the notion of updating our massive backlog of old articles to make them relevant again. Not the worst idea ever, until it came to the execution.

What happened to the FIRST American flag raised over Iwo Jima -- the one that DIDN'T appear in the famous photo?

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Sixty-six years ago today, one of the most recognizable and inspirational military photographs in history was taken: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. On Feb. 23, 1945 a group of five US Marines and one US Navy corpsman were photographed erecting an American flag atop Mt. Suribachi during the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima. The iconic image came to win Pulitzer Prize, serve as the inspiration for the US Marine Corps War Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery and -- perhaps most importantly -- to represent the courage and valor of American armed forces (particularly the Marines) during the second World War.

Not bad for a backup plan.

The flag immortalized in Joe Rosenthal's famous photograph was the second US flag raised atop Mt. Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Another US flag had been raised a short time earlier, one that the rather more famous (and larger) US flag was brought in to replace.

What happened to the first US flag raised atop Mt. Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima?

From Twitter 02-22-2011

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• From Twitter 02-21-2011 http://dlvr.it/HF9Jf
  
• Forget the Glamour, Focus on the Grindstone http://dlvr.it/HGTNm
  
• I Will Check My Phone At Dinner And You Will Deal With It http://dlvr.it/HGZTQ
  
• The Wayward Time Traveler: Old-School Science Fiction Flame Wars http://dlvr.it/HGfk0
  
• Asymmetrical mass favors, a tragedy of our commons http://dlvr.it/HGltb
  
• Ten Reasons Why Your Content Strategy Fails http://dlvr.it/HGwmK
  
• Why You’re Pissing Off Half Your Facebook Fans http://dlvr.it/HH0JV
  
• Does Re-Imagining Lord Of The Rings From The Perspective Of Mordor Violate Tolkien's Copyrights? http://dlvr.it/HH4yT
  
• The obsession with next http://dlvr.it/HH9pH
  
• Physicists Discover Quantum Law Of Protein Folding http://dlvr.it/HHJMD
  
• Are Google's Best Days in the Past? http://dlvr.it/HHPqf
  
• RT @warrenellis: Gadaffi's speech seems to boil down to "Everyone is on drugs except me. Also I am Batman."
  
• RT @shervin: Somewhere in the recesses of his insane mind Ghaddafi knows his time is up.
  
• RT @TIME: "I'd rather not be well known. Because that involves doing your hair everyday." @feliciaday gets nerdy with @Techland | http:/ ...
  
• Lunch? Lunch!
  
• It's time for Google Docs to work offline http://dlvr.it/HHVc6
  
• If You're Still Betting On Adobe Flash For Anything Mobile, The Joke's On You http://dlvr.it/HHZRV
  
• YA book about abuse may be banned from KY library (hat tip @LAGilman) http://dlvr.it/HHfrB
  
• A Newly Fertile Crescent http://dlvr.it/HHxxl
  
• Space colonisation logistics http://dlvr.it/HJ1nr
  
• RT @digiphile: "We're seeing a disintermediation of leadership"-Ben Scott. No longer need single charismatic leader to lead a movement. ...
  
• Maryland Corrections Agency Demanding All Social Media Passwords Of Potential Hires http://dlvr.it/HJ543
  
• 2 Serial Social Media Lead Killers http://dlvr.it/HJ7wX
  
• ‘I see fear’: Criminalizing Mexican workers in Kentucky promotes 21st Century bondage http://dlvr.it/HJC4L
  
• RT @DavidUzumeri: In remembrance of Dwayne McDuffie: The funniest internal Marvel correspondence I've ever seen. http://is.gd/SRxY9H
  
• We lost Dwayne McDuffie today. Most of you don't know who that is. The world is lesser on both counts. http://dlvr.it/HJGlR
  
• Will your 2011 Plan stand up to investor scrutiny? http://dlvr.it/HJKvn
  
• How Lawyers For Settlers Of Catan Abuse IP Law To Take Down Perfectly Legal Competitors http://dlvr.it/HJWj0
  
• Barnes & Noble Sales Jump Led By Digital Products http://dlvr.it/HJZPt
  
• What happens after Yahoo acquires you http://dlvr.it/HJdLq
  
• Creating a Product Focused Startup Culture http://dlvr.it/HJh6J
  
• Solving The Hacker News Problem (Alex Payne/al3x) http://dlvr.it/HKSG5
  

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