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 […]
the letter format all taken of. sigh.
a letter to president obama from bill gross.
dear new yorker,
This is why I love you. This article is ridiculously long, but is was worth the time. It’s a deep-dive into one of the most under-reported and discussed times in Barack Obama’s life– his rise in Chicago politics. With a collection of quotes and research from a wide-spectrum of former advisors, mentors, […]
Two good movies to recommend: Lions for Lambs and Charlie Wilson’s War. Charlie Wilson’s War in particular is fast paced, and an especially high-quality movie. Written by Aaron Soorkin, it contains all of the fast-paced, smartly written dialogue that you expect from the writer of the West Wing, The American President, Jack & Bobby, etc. […]
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.
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 world,
holy crap.
as i look out the window driving down the 101 to Mountain View, I look out over the Bay. The water calmly rocks back and forth, but is strangely tinged with orange. I look up at the sky and it’s completely blanked with grey fog. Actually probably only some fog, and a lot […]
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.)
the donald gives ‘em hell.
15 May
Posted by surya.yalamanchili as Politics, Business, The Apprentice, Investing
This is the donald at his finest. Seriously. You MUST watch it. Whether you agree or not, super-entertaining. And, on balance, I agree with my boy, Mr. Trump.
Watch DT on CNBC.
Agree:
- Oil companies are just having a field day and making a freaking killing. There was a reason why we had public utilities at one […]
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 […]
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 […]
priceless.
from the onion via pmarca.
I’m making this entry despite my fear of posting too much about Obama. I’m not concerned about posting too much about The Wire. Because you can never post too much about The Wire (the greatest show on TV).
Anyway, Obama was asked what his favorite show was. Answer? You guessed it. The Wire.
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 […]
seriously? I want to put aside the blatant fear-mongering, and the I’m-trying-to-scare-the-crap-out-of-all-of-you-into-voting-for-me. Does being mayor of a city for 8 years really make him qualified to be our foreign policy/national defense savior (if one accepted the premise of his ad)? He was resolute and brave on the day of September 11. But how much does […]
There’s a feeling that’s so powerful, you don’t know what to do with. It takes but a second to strike, but once it does, it lingers for hours. I speak of ‘the gap’.
You’re having a conversation or are out with people. Things are normal…you’re engaged and life is great. You’re not really even thinking. You’re […]
I read an article early this AM that Obama gave a stirring speech last night in Iowa. The article said that it was the closest he has come to recapturing the magic of the speech he delivered four years ago at the convention. Naturally, I wanted to watch. Sure enough, there on youtube, was […]
I haven’t seen this clip in forever. But remember when Jon Stewart went on Crossfire (that show with the co-host who wore a bow-tie) and went on to have the most uncomfortable interview ever? I thought it was time to break it out again. Ellen’s dog? Seriously?
Everyone wants to capture someone else’s interest. Marketers. Managers. Singles. Parents. Children. Pets. Everyone. I’ve always thought that getting people intensely interested was actually pretty simple. Capture their imagination. That’s it.
I took advantage of living in a major city yesterday. I saw a movie before it opened in wide-release. The Assassination of Jesse James […]
I haven’t written a movie review in more than a decade. I think the last one I did was for the school paper. But I got to see a sneak preview for the movie “The Kingdom” tonight. And since it doesn’t open until the end of September, and there aren’t really any other reviews out […]
This is the most interesting (and testy) back and forth I’ve seen.
My thoughts” As you can see from this newspaper article, so far I like Obama. I think he did very well in fighting back. The Clinton team has done a masterful job of painting his Pakistan comment as a big Obama blunder and reinforcing […]
I’m driving in to work yesterday. It takes me 3 minutes to get to work, which as it turns out is my attention span anyway. But I digress. I’m driving to work yesterday and I’m listening to NPR. On NPR, they were discussing the state of the Iraqi government. So I’m hearing Iraqi’s talk about […]
Cory Booker is the man. I resist posting about anything political despite the fact that this might be favorite topic because of how polarizing it is. But Cory Booker, current Mayor of Newark, NJ is simply put, the man. He seems to be a genuine guy, who’s obviously brilliant and inspiring. He’s also incredibly sensible– […]
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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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