links for 2009-02-02

I can't believe that Nathan took me seriously … heh.

Jon talking about Drobos and Macs? Like I wasn't going to comment.

"I was lucky enough to be in @Jack’s group, where he first described a service that uses SMS to tell small groups what you are doing. We happened to be on top of the slide on the north end of South Park. It was sunny and brisk. We were eating Mexican food. His idea made us stop eating and start talking.

"I remember that @Jack’s first use case was city-related: telling people that the club he’s at is happening. 'I want to have a dispatch service that connects us on our phones using text.' His idea was to make it so simple that you don’t even think about what you’re doing, you just type something and send it."

"Sixteen years ago, Bill Clinton came to Washington with his own ambitious plans to reverse widening inequality, rebuild the nation's crumbling infrastructure, create an efficient and affordable health-care system and address the growing environmental crisis. But because of raging budget deficits and a towering national debt, he was unable to accomplish most of this. As his secretary of labor, I shared his frustration. Alan Greenspan, then Federal Reserve chairman, and most of Wall Street warned that the nation couldn't afford the risk of runaway inflation." Must temper our enthusiasm…