Fun video from Fast Company wherein Nike CEO Mark Parker recounts a discussion with Apple’s Steve Jobs in which he asks Jobs for advice and hears in reply: “Nike makes some of the best products in the world [...] But you also make a lot of crap. Just get rid of the crappy stuff and [...]

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So it may not be until this coming weekend that I have a chance to sit down and jot down some of the many memorable experiences I had at the Boston Marathon on Monday.  Tuesday plunged me into a busy work week, and there’s no time for ruminating. The short story is, I finished at [...]

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Ernesto on April 17th, 2010

Number pickup at the Boston Marathon Expo at the Hynes Convention Center, Saturday, April 17.

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I may be a geek, but on marathon day, running trumps tech, and I’m sure not going to be fiddling with a phone, sending status updates or tweeting during a race.  Still, it occurred to me this week that there ought to be a way to get the Boston Marathon AT&T Athlete Alert system that [...]

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