February 2012
11 posts
“Nobody’s going to get rich off just creating an API — a lot of it depends on...”
– Publishers Enter the API Era | Digiday
“Since October 2010, more than 500,000 people have been infected with cholera in...”
– Abby Goldberg: The UN and Cholera in Haiti
Groupon Buys Hyperpublic, a Local Data Start-Up →
Congrats!
“Virtual goods elegantly fill up the demand curve for an offering. In other...”
– Tony Wright on how to evaluate a paid iPhone app idea. via Buster Benson
I’d never thought of virtual goods in exactly this way, but it makes sense.
(via dianakimball)
“Facebook’s biggest business opportunity isn’t advertising, but something more...”
– Facebook’s future is its social utility, not its social network. | Taylor Davidson
Startup Valuations: Strong Like Bull →
“Increasingly, media and consumer brands are recognizing that social networks are...”
– Awakening Nonprofits’ Sleeping Giant: The Interest Graph « Fenton | Progress Accelerated
Investing in Private (the real reason why... →
My latest thoughts, piecing together Andreesen Horowitz’s recent fundraising, the growth of the private markets, and Facebook.
“Something’s happening on the court, but a good portion of the crowd is...”
– Person of Interest, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin - Grantland
Talking about what happened after the dunk.
January 2012
36 posts
“Ultimately, though, there will probably be a clear second-screen winner around...”
– The Super Bowl Goes Second-Screen | Digiday
“But it’s not just about free. It’s more than that. Soon, it’s going to be GREAT...”
– Making a Million Bucks vs. Reaching a Million People
“In the near future a large percentage of online impressions and IPs will become...”
– Segmenting Location-Aware, Advertising Opportunity With PlaceIQ CEO McCall
“We keep hearing “digital music needs to get to scale quickly for the music...”
– How About This Instead of SOPA? My Proposal for Legislation to Proactively Combat Piracy While Encouraging an Open and Innovative Internet at FISTFULAYEN
“When it comes to shaping the future of the Net, fights about privacy are at...”
– Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Piracy and privacy
How to Be a Great Mentor (And Mentee) →
My post on The Next Web today.
How will crowdfunding impact the venture capital... →
Long form thoughts on how crowdfunding (if approved) could impact the venture capital industry.
“The problem for the content industry is they just don’t know how to mobilize...”
– Support for Internet Bill Wanes as Protests Spread - NYTimes.com
If the content industry knew how to make and deliver content in the ways that made sense for today’s culture, technology and values, then mobilizing people wouldn’t be an issue, and they wouldn’t need legislation...
“If that was the only harm in this legislation, we might write it off as another...”
– Why We’ve Censored Wired.com | Threat Level | Wired.com
TMK's The Fridge: E-commerce is obviously a... →
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“The usage of “intent” is a powerful conceptual idea, and while it still appears...”
– Why digital intent matters, by Taylor Davidson
“Building a product is hard. Building the machine that builds the product is...”
– Five Entrepreneurial Lessons from 2011 | Michael Karnjanaprakorn
“A lot of ups and downs,” Tebow said of his second NFL season....”
– Denver Broncos vs. New England Patriots - Recap - January 14, 2012 - ESPN
The man has perspective, that’s for sure.
“One of the most exciting and disruptive things going on right now in digital...”
– Direct Dialing Intent, by Jonathan Mendez of Yieldbot.
Note: kbs+ Ventures is an investor in Yieldbot.
the new feature puts foursquare more squarely in... →
texturism:
the new feature puts foursquare more squarely in competition with business recommendation sites and travel guides like yelp, zagat and frommer’s.
“local recommendation sites have a one-size-fits-all approach,” mr. crowley said. “everyone is seeing recommendation through the same lens. this way, we’re leveraging data from everyone’s check-ins to tell you what’s interesting.”
mr....
“We should be taking advantages of the intricacies of the devices and building...”
– The Connected14 Strategy | Darren Herman
“My wish for 2012 (more likely for 2013 though….) - Someone will start to figure...”
– Tristan, My Favorite Companies to Watch in 2012
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It’s not Life’s responsibility to make our lives...
It’s not Life’s responsibility to make our lives great. That’s up to us.
Life’s a party, New Orleans, LA, Oct 2011
It’s not Life’s responsibility to make our lives great, happy, meaningful, fulfilling, enjoyable, adventurous. That’s our responsibility, and it comes from every choice we make and and every action we take responsibility for.
Life isn’t against us or for us, it’s there for us to...
“You always see who looked at what. This one queer action—showing who is paying...”
– The Social Network that Stole Christmas (via brianoberkirch)
I’ve played with Path a bit the last couple days, and that’s the most intriguing social aspect of the service. Path is interesting not because it limits one’s friends (limiting filters and inputs can be a personal choice...
December 2011
69 posts
