October 2009
149 posts
Why virtual economies defy the rules of your old... →
“Make yourself uncomfortable. Bite off more than you can chew. If you want your...”
– “Hello Sorld!” : Make Yourself Uncomfortable
Technology reduces the value of old people →
(how’s that for a controversial headline!)
The most important question to ask before taking... →
“The only thing for certain is that everything changes. The rate of change...”
– Slow Capital
“Turn a user into a passionate customer *before* making them sign up for your...”
– Designing for social traction: Turn a user into a passionate customer *before* making them sign up for your service - Sachin’s Posterous
How To Measure The True Stickiness (And Success)... →
How FriendFeed uses MySQL to store schema-less... →
What’s in a name – Tips for naming your startup →
“Companies never seem to have enough people. Everyone you hired comes to work...”
– me
“I agree that visionary young people are worth backing and we do a lot of that at...”
– A VC
“News of Google’s free navigation software, which provides turn-by-turn...”
– Motorola Droid Makes Its Debut - WSJ.com
Being Successful as a Distributed Team →
checking out Pivotal Tracker
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Have a Fabulis Halloween. My new mix is now available for free download. http://bit.ly/3ghfmq
Making money takes practice like playing the piano... →
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) in... →
The economy will recover in 2011… or will it? →
“Hackers value precision and accuracy. Great hackers have to be precise and...”
– Startup School: Hackers and Salesmen | ShopTalk Blog
“Android doesn’t have to beat the iPhone. It just has to be better than Windows...”
– Microsoft, Google and the Bear - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
Microsoft, Google and the Bear →
China’s Facebook Few — 14,000 and Falling →
The number of Facebook users in China is dwindling. Or to be more exact: falling off a cliff. And not by choice, as anyone who has tried to access Facebook in China recently knows.
The Y Combinator Startup School 2009 Summary →
“In today’s world, popular social networking sites like Twitter and...”
– Twitter, Facebook ‘costing British economy £1.38bn’ - International Business - Business - The Times of India
Are Humans Still Evolving? →
“In the beginning of Twitter someone said ‘twitter is fun - but it’s...”
– Biz Stone, Twitter
“Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger”
– Tony Hsieh, Zappos
The Best Quotes From Startup School →
WatchBits of Evidence
What Startups Are Really Like →
Google launched major update to google maps mobile yesterday. Better street and sat views. Better directions. Layers options. Love on bberry
“NBC’s moving Leno to 10pm is a classic case of business managers not...”
– My Mom.
How Crocs Crashed →
Tony Hsieh (CEO, Zappos) On Delivering Happiness →
Mark Pincus Talks About Becoming A Great CEO, With... →
Who Needs the Ivies? →
“Facebook’s latest evolution of the news feed is huger than huge —...”
– me
GooMart: Is Google the Wal-Mart of the Web? →
“You shouldn’t think of joining a startup as just joining a company. You should...”
– The ideal startup career path — cdixon.org – chris dixon’s blog
“If you’re going to be successful selling digital goods (or physical goods), you...”
– Lessons I’ve Learned Failing to Sell a Premium Digital Product | LifeDev
Facebook accounts for 1 in every 7 UK page views →
“The Web Spends 8 Billion Minutes Online Everyday Using Facebook”
– The Web Spends 8 Billion Minutes Online Everyday Using Facebook
Starting a business isn’t as crazy and risky as... →
Do you want to work at Twitter? →
“You’re not smart. You’re hard working. That’s all you have.”
– The Watchtower of Destruction: The Ferrett’s Journal - The Economics Of Fear
Ask HackerNews: What's the best webapp UI you've... →
Startup Success Factors from a minter →
The Myth of Usability Testing →
Three sysadmin mistakes start-ups make →
