Thames River, London, at dusk. Doesn’t it look like a city from the future?

Marc Andreesen on Barack Obama:

In 2007 Marc Andreesen spent an hour and a half with Barack Obama:

Smart, normal, curious, not radical, and post-Boomer.

If you were asking me to write a capsule description of what I would look for in the next President of the United States, that would be it.

Andreesen’s piece reads like a letter of recommendation. It’s thoughtful, very analytical, an assessment of Obama’s strengths and how he turns his perceived weaknesses into even stronger strengths. (via TPMCafé)

‘Creative Class’: What Does Your City Say About You?

Newsweek’s Katie Paul discusses how place affects lifestyle with University of Toronto business professor Richard Florida:

Technology makes the world smaller, but it also makes the world spikier…Economic activity is not only becoming more concentrated but also more specialized. New York is great in fashion design and investment banking. San Francisco’s great in software. L.A.’s great in entertainment technology. And Nashville is the epicenter of music production. So if you want to pursue a given career, it’s not just that you can make it in any big city, because now there is a smaller number of big cities that will be the key places for you.

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