dear hand baskets,
when people ask me what i’m buying these days (stock-wise), I respond, “hand baskets.”
“Hand baskets?” they respond.
“Yeah, everything seems to be going to hell in a hand basket these days, so I might as well own stock”.
(Credit goes to my boy Graig for coming up with that one)
But still, Mr. Basket, you […]
dear wall street journal,
it’s not you, it’s me. Actually, that’s a lie..it’s totally your fault (no one ever means that line, do they?). You’re one of the last major papers that actually matters. New York Times. Wall Street Journal. USA Today. You’re all clear national brands and all of you will almost certainly survive, and […]
p.s. linkedin, bear stearns, and iran!
02 Jul
Posted by surya.yalamanchili as Technology, Politics, Business, Marketing, News, reading
P.S. Random chunks. Wondering what LinkedIn does? Watch the video.
P.P.S. Incredible article in Vanity Fair on what went down at Bear Stearns. Ridiculously fascinating read.
P.P.P.S. What the hell is going on with Iran? The New Yorker tells you. And it’s not exactly going to warm the heart.
p.s. Amid policy disputes, Qaeda grows in Pakistan
for you, my rage is boundless.
27 Jun
Posted by surya.yalamanchili as Technology, Politics, Life, Personal, News
dear media,
I once was sad for you. I wondered what the impact would be gone after you were gone. Of course, main-stream media (MSM), we’ve been predicting your demise for well over a decade now. Everyone said the Internet and new-media was going to kill you. And, once, I was terribly sad for this.
I’ve always […]
dear barack obama,
Everyone’s wondering who you’ll pick as your running mate. I must admit, I’m quite curious as well. Both you and McCain face a wide-open field of candidates and big deficiencies with the electorate that you’re going to need to account for. I feel pretty confident that your worthy adversary, John McCain, will end […]
Dear Barack Obama,
If, you, unlike almost every politician I’ve ever heard (Cory, of course this doesn’t include you), actually tells it like its…we’re going to be cool.
So, those who know me understand my new (last few years) position of remaining non-partisan and working hard not to endorse any individual candidate. Barack, this position has been […]
Via eotw. It’s a two-for-one special here today. A great video courtesy of Chris Matthews freaking out. What a point though. how many of these talking heads (on both sides) reference terms, events, etc that they actually have no clue about?
(the background on this is bush, overseas, seemingly calling out obama as an appeaser.)
So Fareed Zakaria has a helluva cover story for the latest Newsweek. OR maybe I’m biased because his article overlaps massively with the book that I’ve feebly been attempting to write. The article is sensationally titled “The Post-American World”, but the substance of the article is actually decidedly optimistic.
I’ve been writing since December of […]
random mix:
from the left (and be taken w/grain of salt): “the myth of the surge”
a good piece on the current (and future investment market)…mirrors a lot of my sentiments: “shape of the future”
the new yorker on “the news business”
some good ones!
Politics is often a very ugly thing.
I read Jeff Jarvis’ blog, Buzzmachine, because he’s a very smart and interesting guy. And I’ve enjoyed it over the past few years. Recently Jeff has been hitting Obama pretty strongly on his blog. And today, he comes out with his reasons for supporting Hillary. And he does this […]
The Iowa caucuses provided my interest for the week (and a brief viewing of the premier of Celebrity Apprentice proved to be much amusement for my roommates and me). Considering my previous post of Rudy’s commercial, and a little subsequent discussion on it, it’s only fitting that I just read a New Yorker article on […]
I love reading. While I delight in reading books, like most people, it’s a constant struggle to find the time. And so given this tension, I’ve found myself absolutely adoring in-depth magazine articles. They’re that happy medium. The New Yorker, New Republic & The Atlantic most commonly have articles I enjoy. The Wall Street Journal, […]
This story is truly amazing. The first time I read it I had goosebumps.
His sliced ear was hanging off his face and his blood was pooling at his feet as 56-year-old Amarjit Singh stood on the corner looking desperately for help.
Then Singh gazed back up Second Ave. toward the Texas Smokehouse restaurant, where he had […]
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an Internet entrepreneur turned Brand Manager. I've “returned” to my roots and today focus on emerging media strategy. And strange as it is, if I look familiar its because I was on the TV show The Apprentice. And, yes, I know it was terrible.
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