December 2010
There is No Angel Bubble. There are Many Angel... →
Naval is brilliant, and this is no exception. Read this if you want to understand what’s going on.
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
J is forcing me to watch, so she can quote me saying snarky things for the livetweeting she has to do for work.
Are you watching?
When is the internet going to invent something...
soupsoup:
anannas:
I hit “like” (or a heart, or a star, or a WHATEVER) on any item I run across on any site on the internet and it gets compiled into a wishlist registry somewhere in the magical world of servers and tubes.
Then somebody else (my mom, my bf, my 1st grade teacher, my WHATEVER) types in my name, the list magically appears and they see the millions of gift possibilities...
November 2010
Do you want holiday cards handwritten and...
Of course you do! All I need is your name and address, and you’ll get some holiday cheer in your mailbox :)
Email: david.lifson@gmail.com
What is the most important human decision ever... →
A treasure trove of fascinating anecdotes. Do yourself a favor and click through.
Do you want a holiday card from me?
If so, email me at david.lifson@gmail.com with your name & address. You’ll receive a handwritten personalized note from me on a one-of-a-kind card (I buy my cards handmade at craft shows, so everyone gets their own unique card).
I’ll post this a few times throughout the week to make sure I dont miss anyone.
I need a break.
On so many levels.
Thankful for the women in tech who make me...
Both people I know well and those I just met: Beth Ferreira, Alexis Lamster, Jen Rubio, Sarah Tavel, Kate Huyett, Christina Cacioppo, Ana Hevesi, Emily Hickey, Caroline McCarthy, Kelly Farrell, Maura McGovern, Tiff Fehr, Amanda Hesser, Danielle Morrill, and so many more.
(Sorry for the lack of links, on my iPhone)
Thankful for the complete strangers here on Tumblr...
fishy:
Same here.
Ditto. You know who you are.
“Foursquare is still in early development, but it currently depends on the system...”
– Digital Communities Can Learn From “Leading Clever People” (via iamdanw)
CBS pre-game story on Bengals WR Chris Henry & his... →
winstonwolfe:
If you don’t go through 2 tissues, minimum, you have no pulse.
(link should be updated soon)
I admit, I cried.
“China and Russia have decided to renounce the US dollar and resort to using...”
– China, Russia quit dollar The squeeze is on. (via jonathanmarcus)
“Tumblr currently has 47.8M uniques a month, according to Quantcast. For the...”
– Caterpillar Cowboy
Sawickipedia says: The idea of tumblr hijacking users links likely won’t work. Popular tumblogs will want the links for themselves so the minute tumblr hijacks the links - their top pubs leave. Honestly they need to launch in stream advertising ala twitter and even then that...
Tumblr as one giant human relevancy filter and how...
Back in 2008, David Karp and John Maloney visited me and my friend Bre Pettis at the Etsy offices to discuss an idea we had*. David shared with us this idea that Tumblr could be a new kind of search engine for the internet.. a search engine whose index only contained content a human had deemed valuable.
Anthony (soupsoup) has clearly understood that potential from the beginning, both in how...
datebynumbers:
section9:
I feel like this would seriously improve my desire to come into the office every morning.
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Office romances are not as prevalent as television led me to believe. I feel somewhat gypped. Also, did anyone know that’s how you spell gypped? I had no idea. Is that like the verb of gypsy?
THE MORE YOU KNOW.
Yes, it’s derived from gypsy, and it’s a...
The New Yorker: To-Do List: The Opt-Out Edition →
newyorker:
To know: The twenty-nine miners who were trapped underground in New Zealand have been declared dead. Negotiations over Derek Jeter’s contract with the Yankees have gotten snippy. And the already nightmarish experience of travelling the day before Thanksgiving is expected to be even worse…
Reblogging to say I enjoy the New Yorker’s tumblr. I wish they’d be a little...
“She paid $90,000 for the four-story row house, she said, and over the years...”
– Where Charlie Parker Once Stayed, Birds Find Refuge - NYTimes.com
$90k for a 4 story house that Charlie Parker lived and practiced in? Built in 1849? In the East Village? Man, I’m jealous.
“API First, Mobile Second, Web Third
The most important consumer of your product...”
– check out heykurt’s take at the bottom…Tumblr just became an educational experience for me.
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Scott Switzer in response to A VC: Mobile First Web Second (continued)
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Amen!
(via msg)
I predict whoever said this has never actually built a website from the ground up. Most websites don’t...
The Dangers of Not Raising Enough Cash
marksbirch:
Warning, if you do not raise enough cash now, your start-up may not see another Thanksgiving. Running out of funds because your idea was terrible and gained no traction is one thing, but to run out of funds while you are seeing real progress would be simply humiliating.
It is fashionable these days to raise less cash upfront. There are four main reasons for this:
Most tech...
Steep.it - the simplest internet tea timer EVER →
dosomethingprettywhileyoucan:
Yeah!
Wow, beautiful design and useful too!
Amazon, Sahara?
khuyi:
Just had coffee with @dlifson; we talked a little bit about Amazons potential strategy for its rumored investment in LivingSocial. He pointe out that Amazon hasn’t been integrating acquisitions so much as keeping them as standalone brands. I think this is probably a key sign of maturity: rather than using M&A to strengthen core brand they are building portfolio of brands - feels more...
Ugh. That wasn't fun.
“This much is clear: Google TV may be interesting to technophiles, but it’s not...”
– Google TV’s Chaotic Interface - David Pogue - NYTimes.com
Agreed.
(via evangotlib)
Google has never understood simple UX. It’s engineers building for engineers. Case in point: Google Wave.