From Todd Thompson, Citi's ousted head of wealth management, on the fish tank in his office that was dubbed the Todd Mahal (the office, not the fish tank):  “If that gives me a little bit of a leg up with three or four Chinese billionaires, I think I’ve paid for the goldfish bowl.”

John Maeda on the distinction between a manager and a leader:

A manager is the person that designs the construct of a line, sets the expectations for the line to form, thinks through how the line might be best composed and prioritized, and ensures that the queue is executed per spec. On the other hand, a leader is the person that is able to take the line forward in an orderly fashion by setting the example for others, providing the vision for how the line fits into the larger scheme of things, and engages the line-followers in a respectful manner. The manager sets up the win with perfection for her team; the leader executes the win with passion.

There's no way Major League Baseball could say anything else but this about Vote 756. This from Hall of Fame president Dale Petroskey:

"This ball wouldn't be coming to Cooperstown if Marc hadn't bought it from the fan who caught it and then let the fans have their say," Petroskey told The Associated Press. "We're delighted to have the ball. It's a historic piece of baseball history."

NBC's Jeff Gaspin on how shows that fans download from their new online service will self-destruct:

The files would degrade after the seven-day period and be unwatchable. "Kind of like 'Mission: Impossible,' only I don’t think there would be any explosion and smoke," Mr. Gaspin said.

Bill Gates at Harvard (via Anil):

When you consider what those of us here in this Yard have been given – in talent, privilege, and opportunity – there is almost no limit to what the world has a right to expect from us.

Dave Winer:

The API is why Twitter is a coral reef, and Pownce is just a shipwreck.

It's worth reading again.

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Matt Webb: this isn't a story I tell too many people:

I'm shy of services like last.fm because I have a certain public image and letting people know I listen to Dire Straits isn't exactly in keeping with that. Ambient drone and Balearic house on the other hand, I'm happy for people to hear about.  But how absurd! This is who I am! I got over identity issues and pretending to be someone I'm not in my early teens, like pretty much everyone. Hiding my musical preferences is like wearing a mask, right. I should just let it all hang out. Well, kinda.

Harry Reid on Libby's commuted sentence:

Libby’s conviction was the one faint glimmer of accountability for White House efforts to manipulate intelligence and silence critics of the Iraq war. Now, even that small bit of justice has been undone.

Marc Andreessen on short attention span theater:

The obvious conclusion is that most Internet users have not yet even heard of social networking, much less adopted it, much less decided that it has hit some kind of "natural saturation point".

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