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So many quotable quotes in this video. Thank you HN'r dang for submitting it.

Marshall McLuhan was the man. I really liked his blend of truth-seeking mixed with his helping attitude. He was completely open, willing to tell anyone his views. A very brave man because he was unafraid to sound foolish. He struck out on his own path and spoke up, even though he suffered from stammering, but he knew enough words and handy phrases to bypass that verbal disability with ease.

I've read McLuhan's corpus, from beginning to end, yet every time I see him speak, his words, so carefully selected, become a revelation once again.

Can we have another McLuhan now, please? For our time? No. There's only one Marshall McLuhan. Just like there's only one genius of every type and age of their time, we'll not see his kind again for a long time. Thank goodness this man was with us, wrote so many books, was not unwilling to be recorded for posterity. A pioneer whose message has yet to be understood.

The best graphic designers listen to the nerds, the sales team, the CEOs, the VPs, and every stake-holder in between. They design a "look" that pleases the CEO, who sells it to the board, who tells the VPs to implement it, who tell the sales team to accept it, who tell the nerds to build it.

The best designers are not prima donnas who force their ideas on the company. They build the design the big guy wants, takes the check, and waits for the VPs to call him back to make changes.

Looks pretty cool. In your blog you wrote "Disporia" instead of Diaspora. I guess they're one of your main competitors, so knowing the correct spelling is important.

For inspiration, comparison, pricing plans, you can check out KickApps, Nexopia, Ning, ShoutEm, slinkset, SocialGO, Yammer

I love these "Help me name my business" kind of questions on HN. It allows me to go a little crazy with my creativity. Anyway, here are my ideas.

First, the serious ones (stupid ones to follow)

Parts Smart

Parts Mart

Car Gutz

Purr-fect Auto Parts

The Autocrat (or The Auto-Crat)

The Auto-Dialler

The Auto Loader

Now, as promised, the ridiculous ones (the ol' reverse-psychology trick of telling your customers you're serious by giving yourself an un-serious name)

Mister Smarty-Parts

Major Partz

Underhoods

Captain Sparky

The Great Crate

Heap o' Fixin's

Drivin' Monkey, The Car Parts Junkie

I Heart Parts

Mister Friendly's Autocracy

Sloppy Jalopies

Thank you jamesbritt for finding this link. This has to be one of the greatest things I have ever seen on the internet. Seriously. The sheer amount of information I can gleen from these interviews is worth so much more than almost anything I can think of. I'm busily copying many interviews and pasting them in plain-text format in order to read something when I have no internet or for when the end of the world arrives, whichever comes first. I'm resisting reading them online, though I have succumbed a few times. Congratulations to the Paris Review for making these available and again to jamesbritt for thinking of posting this link on Hacker News.

Hi Alex Here are my ideas. I apologize for mixing up the good ones with the stupid ones.

TossitAndProfit

BoxitAndHawkit

FillPhilsBox

RustyDustyMustyAndBling

CashForYourStash

OneMansTrash

AnotherMansTreasure

SloughOffYourToffStuff

WrapYourCrap

HunkOfPlunkForYourFunkyJunk

KnickKnackBricABrac

BarmyGitsKaboodles

FackYerTackle

LesMoore

JackDawse

LowellWatt

SellDeezTingsMon

TallyMansBananas

MoolaNoFoola

DoshForTosh

TankitAndBankit

I think he could maybe use 20.com to sell items that cost just twenty bucks. Divided up into categories, such as Home, Office, Computer, Books, Jokey items, it might make a good place to visit to buy birthday or Christmas presents, etc. Or maybe it would just offer web services that cost $20/month or $20/year.