Taylor Davidson

"Nobody’s going to get rich off just creating an API — a lot of it depends on what you have to offer..."

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:40:12 -0500

““Nobody’s going to get rich off just creating an API — a lot of it depends on what you have to offer to begin with,” Frons said. “At the same time I think there’s no going back from it. If you have content on the Internet, APIs are the best way to provide access to it.””

- Publishers Enter the API Era | Digiday

"Since October 2010, more than 500,000 people have been infected with cholera in Haiti; more than..."

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:49:27 -0500

“Since October 2010, more than 500,000 people have been infected with cholera in Haiti; more than 7000 have died and still, 200 or more new cases are reported daily. The UN acknowledges that it introduced cholera into Haiti but claims it is not responsible for the epidemic because of Haiti’s weak infrastructure. As IJDH executive director Brian Concannon explains, “It is as if the UN dropped a lit match on a dry field and when a fire began to rage, claimed it was not responsible for the fire.” It simply doesn’t make sense.”

- Abby Goldberg: The UN and Cholera in Haiti

Groupon Buys Hyperpublic, a Local Data Start-Up

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:36:00 -0500

Groupon Buys Hyperpublic, a Local Data Start-Up:

Congrats!

"Virtual goods elegantly fill up the demand curve for an offering. In other words, they accommodate..."

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:06:14 -0500

“Virtual goods elegantly fill up the demand curve for an offering. In other words, they accommodate customers who can happily spend hundreds or thousands of dollars (“Whales”, in Vegas parlance) without having to give up mainstream users (who can still be valuable as evangelists beyond the fact that they give the whales someone to play with).”

- 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)

Imagine on Flickr.#photo Imagine

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:38:48 -0500

Imagine on Flickr.

#photo Imagine

"Facebook’s biggest business opportunity isn’t advertising, but something more core to the how and..."

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:28:15 -0500

“Facebook’s biggest business opportunity isn’t advertising, but something more core to the how and why people use Facebook. Facebook’s future is its social utility, not a social network.”

- Facebook’s future is its social utility, not its social network. | Taylor Davidson

Startup Valuations: Strong Like Bull

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:13:23 -0500

Startup Valuations: Strong Like Bull

"Increasingly, media and consumer brands are recognizing that social networks are great, but keying..."

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:55:26 -0500

“Increasingly, media and consumer brands are recognizing that social networks are great, but keying in on large, well-connected communities of people organized around a single interest topic is even better.”

- Awakening Nonprofits’ Sleeping Giant: The Interest Graph « Fenton | Progress Accelerated

untitled on Flickr.#photo Oyster Bar /cc @carlrnelson

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:59:33 -0500

untitled on Flickr.

#photo Oyster Bar /cc @carlrnelson

Investing in Private (the real reason why Andreessen Horowitz raised $2.7 B)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:07:57 -0500

Investing in Private (the real reason why Andreessen Horowitz raised $2.7 B):

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 lost on its phones,..."

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:24:18 -0500

“Something’s happening on the court, but a good portion of the crowd is lost on its phones, looking at the replay. Those awful “That was so 27 seconds ago” AT&T ads have come true.”

- Person of Interest, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin - Grantland

Talking about what happened after the dunk.

"Ultimately, though, there will probably be a clear second-screen winner around this year’s event,..."

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:04:33 -0500

“Ultimately, though, there will probably be a clear second-screen winner around this year’s event, and that’s Twitter.”

- 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 + FREE. And how in..."

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:24:17 -0500

“But it’s not just about free. It’s more than that. Soon, it’s going to be GREAT + FREE. And how in God’s name do you compete against that?”

- Making a Million Bucks vs. Reaching a Million People

"In the near future a large percentage of online impressions and IPs will become location‑aware to a..."

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:46:32 -0500

“In the near future a large percentage of online impressions and IPs will become location‑aware to a much higher degree, which I personally feel is going to revolutionize online advertising. The demand-side platforms (DSPs) will be able to look at all these different IPs with real context and meaning, because someone like PlaceIQ can take an IP and say, “I can tell you the exact context of this user, in terms of where they live, or their neighborhood.” I can assign a bunch of in‑home demographics, types of cars they own, the likely places they spend their time, if they have kids or not, etc. - all in a scalable and privacy‑friendly way because you’re not necessarily doing it about an individual. You’re still doing it at a slightly aggregate level.”

- Segmenting Location-Aware, Advertising Opportunity With PlaceIQ CEO McCall

"We keep hearing “digital music needs to get to scale quickly for the music industry to succeed”; why..."

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:02:25 -0500

“We keep hearing “digital music needs to get to scale quickly for the music industry to succeed”; why wait for one player to scale when you could scale an industry of players?”

- How About This Instead of SOPA? My Proposal for Legislation to Proactively Combat Piracy While Encouraging an Open and Innovative Internet at FISTFULAYEN

(by @tdavidson)

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:04:00 -0500

(by @tdavidson)

(via Sports // Jake Stangel Photo and Visual Distribution Co. //...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:01:37 -0500

(via Sports // Jake Stangel Photo and Visual Distribution Co. // Taking you there on my magic carpet (of photography))

I had no idea there were conferences for Accounts Payable...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:10:15 -0500

I had no idea there were conferences for Accounts Payable Professionals. (by @tdavidson)

(via AARP 5-City Tour // Jake Stangel Photo and Visual...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:00:03 -0500

(via AARP 5-City Tour // Jake Stangel Photo and Visual Distribution Co. // Taking you there on my magic carpet (of photography))

Meeting. on Flickr.#photo Meeting

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:25:41 -0500

Meeting. on Flickr.

#photo Meeting