1. Like it or not, you can’t have a serious discourse about an art form until you have people whose sole involvement in that art form is criticism. You need, in effect, an independent press. Actually, to be clear, what you need is an economic model that can support a corps of passionate, clear-thinking individuals who are dedicated to vigilantly watching over the progression of the medium. Recent troubles aside, this is why art, film and architecture have achieved such great heights in our society: those art forms are economically robust enough to support a vibrant critical class.

  2. So if you want to come up with organic startup ideas, I’d encourage you to focus more on the idea part and less on the startup part.

  3. This isn’t just a hack that nukes your iPhone, it’s a dual-boot, so you can run iPhone OS or Android.

  4. I haven’t been keeping up with the latest features in jQuery so this presentation by John Resig was very worthwhile to watch.