October 2009
marseeah:
I am still a little in awe everytime I see Louboutins on the street, worn by real women.
Ditto. And I’m not ashamed that I can spot Louboutins from 10 ft away.
Facebook's Priorities
hiten:
rafer:
Image by MrTopf via Flickr
If you are going to accept the live-or-die risk of being completely dependent on FB, please make some effort to understand their priorities. The effect of this week’s FB platform changes was completely predictable in October 2008.
Several people have called me in the last 48 hours asking, “Why won’t FB let us pay them for app notifications and are...
Are you on the list? →
sarahcooley:
Blog post about twitter lists. It’s starting to feel like a popularity contest.
Funny, I hadn’t bothered to spend any time with lists. Guess I should now.
Amazon.com
joshmohrer:
Our Amazon.com store, which integrates tightly with our website order manager, constitutes less than 1% of our sales, but has really grown this year, particularly in the last 6 months:
Products Revenue May 24 $609.59 Jun 43 $1,130.41 Jul 71 $1,757.28 Aug 89 $2,293.96 Sep 108 $2,809.32 Oct 138 $3,564.28
What’s interesting is that I set...
Watchevangotlib:
soupsoup:
Jon Stewart eviscerates Fox News. One of my favorite Daily Show takedowns of all time.
So good, all the way to the end.
One Truth About Technology Architecture: Loose...
continuations:
One of the great things about being focused on investing in web services is that the technical challenges faced by almost all of the companies in the Union Square Ventures portfolio tend to be the same. The solutions on the other hand vary widely. Some companies rack their own servers, others are at traditional hosting companies and some are entirely in the cloud. Some use...
“Thus, the most important question to ask before taking seed money is: How many...”
– The most important question to ask before taking seed money cdixon.org – chris dixon’s blog
"Take as much as you'd like"
hiten:
kadavyinc:
That’s what the Southwest flight attendant said as he offered me bags of peanuts. People will naturally police themselves, only taking 1 or 2 bags (I took two), but the offer to “take as much as you like” pays dividends in customer experience.
P.S. This is written from a Southwest plane - yes, this plane has WiFi (Skype & the like thankfully blocked).
No amount of...
USO Fundraise
evangotlib:
I know most folks on Tumblr are against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But there are thousands of Americans stuck over there and they’re not coming home any time soon.
Help me help some US soldiers call home. I currently have 282 Tumblr followers. For every new follower I get until 300, I will donate $15 which equals a 45 minute pre-paid phone card.
I’ll Tumble proof of each...
““Along the way, here we are a 14-year-old Internet company that somehow got...”
– Yahoo begins journey back to respect
Rafer sez:
Am I to interpret that Y! expects they can raise operating margins by adding more human editorial?
(via rafer)
That is exactly what I thought when reading that. Didn’t former CEO Terry Semel prove that Yahoo The Media Company was a bad idea?
“2. The New Marcom Manager/ Captain MoonRocket
He is much cooler than you....”
– VC in DC: 6 More Troublemakers you meet in a start up
“If the odds of picking a particular letter at random are one in 26, doing it...”
– ABC polling director Gary Langer, on the odds that the message spelled out in Schwarzenegger’s letter is a coincidence. (via newsweek)
I know this is all just for fun, but this is nonsense. Words in the english language are not uniformly distributed — the number of words starting with A is not the...
Since they last won a World Series (last century),...
soupsoup:
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soupsoup:
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Not counting the luxury tax. They’ve averaged a payroll over $200 million/year since the largest post-season choke in major league sports.
Here’s hoping for a Philly sweep.
As much as I loathe to defend the Yankees, at least they put their money back into the team.
There are big market and small market teams that don’t give a shit...
November NY Tech Meetup →
innonate:
Here’s the lineup:
5 Min: MongoDB Daylife Solvate AdMeld Belgrave Trust
NY Tech Minute: Neighborhoodr UrbanInterns Maggwire SuperGlued Klickable
Also, be sure to join everyone at the NY Tech Meetup after-party, where Avi Flombaum of DesignerPages.com and Spencer Fry of CarbonMade.com will be DJing and buying the first 100 people drinks at The Black Door (127 W. 26th St. Betwn 6th...
“Most fans would be thrilled to have nine post-season appearances and a World...”
– Anthony De Rosa (via peterfeld)
I don’t buy this. All fans want their teams to win championships; nobody aspires to be mediocre. Even Mets fans start every season hoping this season is “the one”. There is nothing wrong with being disappointed if your team fails to achieve success.
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gregb:
Mos Def, Black Thought, Eminem freestyle cypher. Premier on the decks.
Lawd.
“So, we asked New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. at last night’s...”
– Times Publisher Compares Print Media to the Titanic — Daily Intel (via notesandlinks) (via infoneernet)
Watchsuitep:
seagull:
browncoats:
1st 30 seconds of Castle
Happiness! Captain Mal!
I’m a space cowboy, bet you weren’t ready for that. Yes, I was not ready for this last night, and I about screamed when I saw it. God I miss that character.
Watchgbattle:
Tracy Morgan on Campbell Brown bringing 3:30 of straight talk and insight followed by 0:05 of pure hilarity.
Free cheesesteaks to hungry New Yorkers. →
sarahcooley:
Tomorrow, Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation is hitting the road to share Philadelphia’s favorite sandwich, the cheesesteak with the people of Manhattan. To kick off Game 1 of the World Series, GPTMC will land at Shorty’s, a cheesesteak shop and sports bar, and will be handing out 500-750 free cheesesteaks to hungry New Yorkers.
The With Love World Series party...
10 examples of minimum viable products - Venture... →
“If Apple can launch a smartphone without Find or Cut-and-Paste, what can you cut out of your product requirements?” – Sramana Mitra
USV-backed foursquare uses Google Docs to collect customer feedback. No code, no maintenance.
Fliggo sells it before they build it.
Grockit puts up a notify-me-when-you-release form on steroids.
Auto e-commerce site uses manualation and flintstoning for...
“[The last fifty years] produced a persistent increase in asset prices vs....”
– Bill Gross: One of Our U.S. GDPs Has Gone Missing
Philly Tumblr meet-up
davidkaneda:
phillymeetup:
So, after much pushing from nearly everyone in Philly with a tumblr, I agree its time to look at all your pretty faces in person again. I’ve got some name tags, stickers, and table tents ready to distribute. Let’s aim for the second week in November. Give me suggestions and I’ll set something up. Where and when are best for you?
I might drive down from NYC for...
Watchzachhale:
The Shake Weight For Men
Inappropriate.
“Chicago rats fed a diet of sausage, pound cake, bacon, cheesecake, and Ho Hos...”
– Weekly Review—By Paul Ford (Harper’s Magazine)
A summary of this article.
(via dalasverdugo)
(via marc)
“Microsoft has no choice but to make a leap of development faith, by abandoning...”
– Joe Wilcox, Microsoft should dig into the WebKit to stop Google from framing IE (via webkitbits)
Am I alone in thinking this would be a bad thing? We need diversity in our renderers. Right?
(via mikehudack)
Why?
(via zachrose)
Competition. The same reason that we needed Gecko to compete with...
Does Microsoft Matter?
brycedotvc:
I’ve been asked to speak at a retreat for a group of senior Microsoft technologist next week. I presume their first, second and third choices fell through, but I’m looking forward to it regardless. They’ve specifically asked me for a read on trends we’re following at OATV and a pulse on how Microsoft is perceived by start-ups. I’ve got the first part covered, but I’m hoping to...
Olark: Live chat on your Website
jesseddy:
I’ve been using Olark for a few months and I’ve really enjoyed it. While I haven’t had too many chat inquiries, it’s a great tool and it’s super easy to sync with Adium and with Growl alerts as long as I’m online, I can see when anyone goes to my Website.
“Usability evaluations are good for a lot of things, but determining what a...”
– A List Apart: The Myth of Usability Testing (via davidkaneda)