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Eijah

发表于 2018-05-02 circumvent aacs drm

In 2007, a hacker named Eijah got fed up with the way DRM prevented him from being able to play the content he paid for. He decided to fight back against the AA…

Noom: Saeju Jeong

发表于 2022-08-01 jeong saeju noom

When Saeju Jeong moved from South Korea to the U.S. in his mid-20's, he barely knew anyone, didn't speak much English, and had only $5,000 in savings. Today, he…

Complexly: Hank and John Green

发表于 2023-01-10 complexly hank adchoices

In 2007, brothers Hank and John Green lived thousands of miles apart, so they started posting video blogs to each other on a strange new platform called YouTube…

Paperless Post: James and Alexa Hirschfeld

发表于 2024-09-30 paperless alexa paper

In 2007, when James Hirschfeld got the idea to start an online invitation company, the first person he turned to for help was his older sister, Alexa. Together,…

Stanley Engerman on Slavery

发表于 2006-11-22 stanley engerman authored

Stanley Engerman of the University of Rochester talks about slavery throughout world history, the role it played (or didn't play) in the Civil War and the incen…

Mulligan on Redistribution, Unemployment, and the Labor Market

发表于 2012-12-03 recession redistribution mulligan

Casey Mulligan of the University of Chicago and the author of The Redistribution Recession, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in the book. M…

spam (noun) [Word Notes]

发表于 2026-10-06 noun glossary spam

Please enjoy this encore of Word Notes. Unsolicited, unwanted, and sometimes malicious electronic messages indiscriminately transmitted to a large number of peo…

怀旧手记｜iPhone初代：乔布斯眼中理想的手机是怎么样的？

发表于 2026-11-02 2007 ipod os

这一天，我已经期待了两年半。——史蒂夫·乔布斯初代iPhone的发布 2007年1月9日，在旧金山举行的Macworld Expo大会上，时任CEO史蒂夫·乔布斯首先宣布了一则重要消息：将用了30年的公司名「苹果电脑公司（Apple Computer, Inc.）」更名为「苹果公司」（Apple Inc.），去掉「…

Mark Roberge, Chief Revenue Officer, HubSpot

发表于 2015-06-01 roberge hubspot sales

When Mark Roberge joined HubSpot in 2007, he had never run a sales team. So he stuck with what he knew how to do and created a system of hiring and development …

WeWork: Miguel McKelvey

发表于 2017-06-19 mckelvey adchoices wework

In 2007, architect Miguel McKelvey convinced his friend Adam Neumann to share an office space in Brooklyn. That was the beginning of WeWork: a shared workspace …