December 2011
JournoGeekery: Realignment. →
journo-geekery:
I’ve changed corporate parentage, in an interesting turn of events. Today was my last day at msnbc.com. I start at the New York Times by February, after taking a bit of time to see family and move cross-country. Expect pretty much the same here, though the reblogged parental content* may shift…
Congrats! Will we be seeing you in nyc more frequently as a result?
“Your customers have no idea what your development process looks like. They have...”
– Go Slow to Go Fast - Ontic Oren (via gsiener)
For our friends at Tumblr.
“Most commentary on social media ignores an obvious truth—that the value of...”
– Economist (via Matthew and wearethedigitalkids)
Wrong. This completely ignores network effects. Nobody cares about Facebook if no one else uses it. Being the only person with a telephone doesn’t do you much good. There is tremendous value in ubiquity. Big data creates new problems but also...
“Anomaly? No. The same can be said of almost the whole of major-label rock these...”
– Rock in 2011 - Hot Chelle Rae, Foster the People, Chevelle - NYTimes.com
At this point it hardly even seems worth criticizing the major labels’ output. They’re still chasing hits, and the most reliable way to get a hit is still to promote (a) artists that have already had hits, or (b) artists that...
The Fat Trap - NYTimes.com →
Most depressing article I’ve read in a long time.
Summary: it’s really, really hard for fat people to lose weight and keep it off. After you lose the weight, your body produces all kinds of hormones that not only make you feel starving all the time, it also reduces the amount of calories you burn during exercise compared to people who are naturally your weight. To make it worse, it...
“It lacks nutrients. How else to explain the critical consensus around a band...”
– Rock in 2011 - Hot Chelle Rae, Foster the People, Chevelle - NYTimes.com
“Anomaly? No. The same can be said of almost the whole of major-label rock these...”
– Rock in 2011 - Hot Chelle Rae, Foster the People, Chevelle - NYTimes.com
Cookies for breakfast!
Bwhahahaha I love being an adult.
For FY 2011, the Observer Media Group will post a... →
spiers:
Been dying to let that cat out of the bag for a while now.
Congrats! I may be in the minority, but I really like Betabeat.
“The 2000 purchase of KB Toys, then one of the country’s largest toy retailers,...”
– Buyout Profits Keep Flowing to Romney.
I know lots of interesting things go on in LBOs/private equity deals, but this seems to me to be the pinnacle of Bain playing “who’s the bigger idiot” with banks… and winning. (via iseffcom)
Agreed.
Seriously Bold Tech Startup Predictions for 2012
marksbirch:
About this time of year, folks put together lots of lists about the past year as well as the outlook on the future. While these are nice, thoughtful, and insightful posts, I think people are being way too timid. This is the time to aim high and hit it out of the ballpark.
So without further ado, here is what you can really expect to see in 2012 in technology, tech startups, and...
The Rundown:
section9:
The last week has been crazy. I worked 10 hours on Sunday, worked my ass off Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, then went straight from work to the airport.
Thursday, my flight was delayed because we didn’t have a pilot who was qualified to fly a 737-500 (click here to see why that’s important). So, I didn’t make it back to Atlanta until midnight. Waited 20 minutes for my bag,...
I completely forgot to mention:
section9:
My roommate was cruel kind enough to buy me Skyrim for Christmas.
It’s a damn good thing I don’t have a gf, because I’d be neglecting her for the next month or so.
Bwhahahahah
“These are full valuations in a historical context, but these are not crazy...”
– A VC: Some Thoughts On The IPO Market For Web Companies
Those are some HUGE if’s for companies like Groupon and Zynga. I think there should be significant discounts for the risk there - both businesses have business models that could easily go out of fashion. I will agree that Groupon has...
Public Markets Vs. Private Markets
marksbirch:
fred-wilson:
““I’m spending the rest of the day on our product. I believe that that’s what serves investors the best, and I believe that that’s the way it will be rewarded by the market in the long term the best.”
Mark Pincus
After Zynga IPO, Pincus Aims to Keep ‘Startup Feeling’ - Bloomberg
Sound like a convenient excuse for a failed IPO launch and a total misreading of what...
“If you want bookstores to stick around, you should root for them to improve the...”
– Independent bookstores are not doomed. Here’s how they can fight back against Amazon. - Slate Magazine (via infoneer-pulse)
Nice article but unfortunately highly unlikely. Small businesses are small for a reason.
“AOL owns popular websites such as Engadget and Moviefone, and added to its haul...”
– Activist Fund Slams AOL’s Strategy - WSJ.com
Shame on you, Google Music
Here’s an example of not starting with the customer and working backwards:
When you buy an mp3 album from Google Music, you are told you can download the songs to your computer (for transfer to your iPhone / iTunes / Kindle). What really happens is that, while you can download each individual song to your computer, you can’t download entire albums or even a selection of songs. You...
Startup or Pokemon? →
caro:
THIS IS REALLY HARD!!
Small plane crashes on N.J. interstate; 5 dead →
God that’s horrible. I will never fly in a small private plane. Those are the ones that always crash.
Will Carroll's Rndm Crap: Braun Possibility →
willcarroll:
One possibility I heard from a very credible source today was that there’s a new possibility for Ryan Braun. Forget all the talk about “false positives” and “medications”; I’ve gone over why those defenses probably aren’t winners before. This new possibility is focused on the second test….
“We knew [Zynga’s] late-stage deal investors included “Morgan Stanley.” What we...”
– WHOOPS: Morgan Stanley Blew Up Its Own Mutual Fund Investors In Zynga (via pegobry)
IPOs these days are nothing more than finding a bigger idiot.