September 2009
August 2009
WatchMore kitten.
WatchChris and Kelly are fostering these 5-week old kittens for a month, until they are of adoptable age.
“TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey social studies teacher has been charged...”
– NJ Teacher Accused of Selling Grades for $1, 400 - NYTimes.com
Oh Jersey. The corruption runs deep.
“5. Charge early, charge often. There is no shame in putting a price on your...”
– On Startups by Dharmesh Shah
Our pricing plan system is built for flexibility - we can charge any sorts of plans we want, which helps us experiment and offer custom discounts.
Reblog with your first job and age you started...
asie:
biteofpythias:
Grocery store produce department. 14 yrs.
Cheesequake Pharmacy, 15
Shelving books at my local public library, 15. I loved it — discovering all the books people were reading, learning about new authors, and wandering into sections of the library I’d never been to before was just the best thing. And the people were all so nice!
“Ethics, not extraction. Think lobbying’s awful — but smart? Think again....”
– Four Rules for Constructive Competition - Umair Haque - HarvardBusiness.org
“Awesomeness, not lameness. Yesterday, entire industries spent fortunes...”
– Four Rules for Constructive Competition - Umair Haque - HarvardBusiness.org
Love this guy.
“Higher-order innovation, not unnovation. In the 21st century, even a mandate...”
– Four Rules for Constructive Competition - Umair Haque - HarvardBusiness.org
Twitter Valued at $5-10 Billion
moulicohen:
Respected tech blogger Robert Scoble wrote yesterday that he believes Twitter is “underhyped.” He says the popular social networking service should worry tech titans like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Facebook. Scoble says he now understands “why Ev Williams didn’t take the Facebook deal of about a half billion dollars” last November. Never mind that the company has no real revenue...
“As for that interview, incidentally, it was one of the more aggravating...”
– Nate Silver, on his interview for Fox and Friends last week.
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: 50 Percent is Not a Magic Number
“Ted Kennedy must have known that even on the occasion of his death, vast armies...”
– Ted Kennedy’s Letter to Pope Benedict: Angling for an Amicus Brief to St. Peter — Politics Daily (via apsies)
Competition in a new market
msg:
thanks siminoff for sharing this:
Mark Suster, one of my new favorite bloggers had the below 8 points in his post Startups are all Naked in the Mirror. If you have time I suggest you read the whole article and if you are not already follow his blog, Both Sides of the Table, do that too.
1. Be careful about believe everybody else’s good press and drawing any judgment on your own internal...
How many active US Senators can you name?
Will and I were going over this yesterday. I think we got about 5, I’m embarrassed to say.
“The Piper Jaffray analyst is not alone in believing the iPhone could jump ship...”
– AppleInsider | Apple expected to offer iPhone on new U.S. carriers within a year
In 2007, AT&T spent $2.2 Billion on advertising. If I were AT&T, I’d take all that money and put it towards improving the network infrastructure. They’ve lost the public perception game - everyone...
“But health insurance is different from every other type of insurance. Health...”
– How American Health Care Killed My Father - The Atlantic (September 2009)
“That’s the premise behind today’s incremental approach to health-care reform....”
– How American Health Care Killed My Father - The Atlantic (September 2009)
“A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% would vote to...”
– 57% Of Voters Would REPLACE Entire CONGRESS [Digg] (via hilker) (via mikehudack)
In other news, what % of Americans don’t believe in evolution?
(via caterpillarcowboy)
What does one have to do with the other?
(via mikehudack)
Just saying, there are a lot of ill-informed people in the world.
“A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% would vote to...”
– 57% Of Voters Would REPLACE Entire CONGRESS [Digg] (via hilker) (via mikehudack)
In other news, what % of Americans don’t believe in evolution?
“In every aspect of your business (and personal life) try to allow others to...”
– New Rules for the New Economy (via heyitsnoah) (via jayparkinsonmd)
It should be obvious by now that I agree wholeheartedly.
(via taylordavidson)
This is what we call the Platform Play.
(via mikehudack)
One of the reasons Old Media will go away is precisely because they do NOT view working with...
193 Followers! How the heck did that happen?
You must be following the wrong caterpillar… :P
Thanks, everyone! I guess you like some combination of food, tech, and startups with a smattering of politics, design, and photography. And now that I’m back home from the summer and settled, I’m happy to say that the food photos are back and here to stay :)
Things I have made today
dosomethingprettywhileyoucan:
Poundcake Macerated strawberries with bitters A roasted chicken with potatoes and onions Squash A mess Four pints of okra pickles
Fresh basil, cherry tomato, and goat cheese frittata for breakfast. Bok choy, corn, peas, onion, and egg fried rice for dinner.
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Shit My Dad Says is on Tumblr! →
Instant follow.
“This application allows you to set up automated text messages or emails to be...”
– Girlfriend Keeper App
“The only thing that matters in terms of your equity when you join a startup is...”
– cdixon.org / The one number you should know about your equity grant
Clouded Email Deliverability: Startups Pay...
innonate:
continuations:
It has been great for startups to be able to fire up instances on Amazon EC2 or Slicehost for next to nothing, but one thing that has gone down the drain in doing so is email deliverability. I try out a lot of new services all the time and at this point I would say that well over half of those new services don’t get their email messages into my inbox. Instead they...
Hub and Spoke →
postling:
Steve Rubel has a good post about the Hub and Spoke model of lifestreaming (see link above). I replied in the comments and wanted to share it with you here.
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I like the Hub and Spoke model generally (Postling is this way), but I think there are some critical details.
1. Your participation in various communities must be authentic. Your community can quickly and easily tell you are...
How to fix healthcare #1 = Fix the process of...
jayparkinsonmd:
I look at almost everything in life as a process. For the most part, there are predictable steps that occur when doing something— going to the grocery store, checking your email, going out to dinner with friends, building cars, etc..
The opportunity lies in designing processes. When you design processes, you can analyze each step and ask yourself, “What could potentially go...
