links for 2006-10-31
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Its lack of a monetization engine as efficient as Google's is the single biggest issue facing the company, period.
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sounds interesting, and also similar to Ooga Labs (both SF based too!)
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“It’s not a stretch to think of Starbucks in a new way as a network. A new channel with 12,500 points of distribution,”
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and get this - they plant a tree for you for every month you're a paying subscriber
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including: Bill Joy, Ed Zander, etc...
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The R2 captures nine gigabytes of data per minute.
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proving that Americans can produce commercials just as weird as the Japanese ones (things get crazy around the 1:05 mark...and just get weirder)
links for 2006-10-23
links for 2006-10-22
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Answer - Pretty much everyone.
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''Steve made some interesting observations early on about navigating content,'' "It was about being very focused and not trying to do too much with the device. The enabling features aren't obvious and evident, because the key was getting rid of stuff.''
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simplicity can go a long way
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"It's easier to catch yourself doing something you shouldn't than always to remember to do something you should." "Only hire people who are either going to code or go out and get users, because that's all you need at first."
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TMac looks like a little kid as he's 6'9"! (found on ESPN's NBA homepage)
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Love the PaperSync concept. (ps: Yahoo, if this app functions anywhere near what it looks like in the demo....please buy this company!)
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Somehow American leadership managed to create a more dangerous world and somehow this is tolerated
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"...if a cat jumps on a hot stove, he'll never jump on a hot stove again. And that’s good. But he'll also never jump on a cold stove again—and that may not be good." "And that’s why men are both less interesting and more predictable than women..."
links for 2006-10-21
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The truth is that both Google and Yahoo! are really good companies with smart people and some pretty terrific assets. You do a disservice to both -- and to your readers -- by canonizing one and Swift-Boating the other.
links for 2006-10-20
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If you've seen the movie and get the design, you'll love it....and if you've only see the movie, you may still love it.
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Buying uncomitted users is a risky business. For Google to monetize that community and leverage that brand they have to change the process that built that brand and community. (also, scroll to the top to see the key purpose for the deal)
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cool way to analyze slow page loads.
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assuming they had the talent, who WOULDN'T want to work for this company?
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I wanted to take a picture of the Picasso with the hole in it so badly that my camera was literally quivering.
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it's not about how much you do but that you do what you say you will by the time you promised
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Upcoming said this event was discovered by me but it was really a co-worker that recommended it.
links for 2006-10-19
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Yahoo has serious, serious execution issues. It is by now obvious that Terry Semel is no match for the Google boys. His contribution was to stop the bleeding after Yahoo got caught in the post-bubble maelstorm. But he doesn't have any feel for the web
links for 2006-10-18
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We want to see how the brand invests food with meanings that convert to the things that Moms most care about, animated kids, engaged dads, and vivid table talk. This consumer wants food that turns into a "meal," meals that turn into "events," events that
links for 2006-10-16
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so far a very good album...makes me glad I own a decent set of headphones
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"my name is bon and 21 minutes ago i'm pretty sure i was Shocked that the word custard isn't in my phone's predictive text"
links for 2006-10-15
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"I certainly don't look at us and think we're business gurus or anything like that. I just think that we were, like, champions of common sense."
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bit late to check this out, but finally looks like Bloglines has some competition
links for 2006-10-14
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4000 text messages a month!! also, min of 3-5 IM windows open at all time. lastly, the kids are pretty good at repelling advertising, yet there being influenced somehow
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note - when there's not a turtle involved, always bet on the hare.
links for 2006-10-13
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Cause who wants to hit Alt-E-S-V all day....but $100??! Seems about $80 too expensive.
links for 2006-10-11
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Am I suprised, by the Google YT deal. Yes. Does it open up a whole new world if they go liability free? You have no idea. (read the end of the post for related thoughts about www.effingreat.com)
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Fund your 401K and IRA to the max, take whatever money is left over and invest 70% in a stock index fund and 30% in a bond fund through any discount broker and never touch it until retirement
links for 2006-10-10
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"The fact that there’s absolutely no performance tie-in and that they plan to leave YouTube as an independent operation alongside Google Video seems to indicate that this is a deal they felt pressured to make."
links for 2006-10-09
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might come in handy
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lots of good advice on taking an idea and turning it into a product
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"The fact is, it takes time and experience to discover what really matters to you, and there are some things you can't rush."
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few interesting tweaks and finally, an updated scoreboard!! prepare to waste far too much of your time
links for 2006-10-08
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I don't think you have money problems until your problems are someone else's benefits. When someone is making money off your money problems you're in trouble.
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ie - have their site get so horribly slow that people just stop using it?
links for 2006-10-07
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Half of the site's users are 35 or older, according to comScore
links for 2006-10-06
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it's like magic...but it's not, it's just flash.
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links for 2006-10-03
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"Guy hooks up a wireless camera on his remote control plane that feeds back to his virtual reality goggles. Plus, get this, he hooked up a gyro to the goggles that wirelessly tells the on board camera to pitch, yaw, etc."
links for 2006-10-02
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"what's up you epic genius freaks, Ima bout to hack a bitch, come assist this"
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