February 2012
14 posts
“The ultimate vision for Facebook is to become a social CRM operating system for...”
– How Facebook Wants to Change the Ad World | Digiday
“I’ll give the last word to one of my students. The Gleick incident, he said,...”
– Should Global-Warming Activists Lie to Defend Their Cause? | Cross-Check, Scientific American Blog Network
I am very strong believer that the ends don’t justify the means. Justifying the means will lead you often in directions you don’t wish you had gone in the end. I wish more folks...
“Even with a possible Kantian justification for Gleick’s actions, such actions...”
– Gleick’s Testimony on Threats to the Integrity of Science | Climate Etc.
Words of wisdom re: the politicization of science.
“As the world’s largest social network, it faces intense scrutiny from consumers,...”
– For Facebook, Risk and Riches in User Data - NYTimes.com
So will Facebook suffer all the slings and arrows, while the other players monetize their data under the radar? I believe the answer is already yes.
(via jryu)
“Brad Forrester, chief executive of the ConAm Group, which manages about 50,000...”
– Homes Aren’t Selling, but It’s an Apartment Landlord’s Market - NYTimes.com
“By closing time, we were all getting pretty sloppy with our affirmations,...”
– Female Friends Spend Raucous Night Validating The Living Shit Out Of Each Other | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
I love the Onion.
I Tried To Watch Game Of Thrones... →
rickwebb:
parislemon:
Hollywood’s core piracy “problem” is perfectly captured in this one cartoon by The Oatmeal.
In fact, I’ve had this exact debate with myself. I really want to watch Game of Thrones. But I’m not an HBO subscriber because I’m not a cable subscriber and unfortunately, the two go hand-in-hand, no matter what I’m willing to pay.
Speaking of “willing to pay”, okay fine, I...
“Welcome to the meme-ification of the sitcom, a phenomenon in which the latest...”
– ‘Parks and Recreation’ and Other Sitcoms’ Hashtags and Memes - NYTimes.com
“Executives’ assessment of how they spent their time differed from the...”
– Where’s the Boss? Trapped in a Meeting - WSJ.com
“My turn now. Journalism is not about being an expert in twenty different things....”
– Paris Lemon and the No Good, Very Bad Day
“I’m an easy target; if someone wants to get a point across — just...”
– Miami Heat’s LeBron James won’t apologize to Kendrick Perkins, tired of blame game - ESPN
LBJ you are an easy target because you pulled a very public move to make yourself King Douchebag in the eyes of sports fans. And unlike Kobe and Jordan who internalized the criticism and got...
If you met me for AngelList advice
caterpillarcowboy:
Here’s what I’ll tell you:
- AL is for finishing your round. Don’t bother until you have 25-50% of your raise already committed. Since you shouldn’t raise less than $500k*, $200k should be minimum. Except in rare cases, you should also be launched with meaningful # of users or customers. My rule of thumb is 1000 users or 100 customers but that can vary.
- AL is an exercise...
“Sales > R&D. It is somewhat surprising that sales expense is greater than...”
– Why Facebook Clearly Belongs in the 10X Revenue Club « abovethecrowd.com by Bill Gurley
The comment on how Facebook’s ad business isn’t really that self serve is very interesting to me.
So, are you going after 'Lean Startup' now?
rafer:
I gave a talk last evening at the JFDI Bootcamp in which I pushed on how people were applying the Lean Startup ethos. Because I’m a known PITA, a couple people asked me if I was attacking the ethos itself. I’m not. Blank’s work (and by extension Ries’s) are great, should be followed at the beginning of most Internet ventures, will save lots of founders years of grief, etc. I’m all in.
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