January 2011
41 posts
“Being interesting is one of the bigger feats one can achieve on the public...”
– Quora, creative generators and interestingness - ninakix’s posterous
Yes, Exactly.
“Anon Says:
It’s a known fact in the security industry that Chris is batshit...”
– Plentyoffish Hacked. « Plenty of fish blog
From a comment on POF getting hacked.
“Jacobs insisted that these casual exchanges were essential. She saw the city not...”
– A Physicist Solves the City
Wonderful.
Where does Amazon go.
I’ve been thinking about this chart a bit. It’s impressive.
So how does Amazon grow? The market has put pressure on them with a P/E of 69, well above other mature tech stocks. More users is of course a valid answer, but can they grow ARPU? They can buy their competition as they did with Zappos and Diapers.com. Is that sustainable and are people going to use Amazon more in the...
“But Mr. Stulman’s restaurants feel nothing like the forbidding cool of Waverly...”
– Up Close - The Restaurateur Gabriel Stulman and a Bit of Wisconsin - NYTimes.com
I’m really glad this dude is doing so well in the Village.
“What does Carr think of journalism’s last supposed golden age, in the 1960s?...”
– David Carr Is Journalism’s New Superhero in Page One Doc | Underwire | Wired.com
“It is official! Quiksilver and the ASP just announced that the event scheduled...”
– ASP Announces Quiksilver Pro in New York | SURFBANG
woah.
“Re: likes. Liking a post, unlike reblogging it, does not spread that post to...”
– Leon Crawl - I talked to David Karp and he said some things about Tumblr
Tumblr solved the difference between a social gesture to the content source and a broker of content to your network with how they distinguish between likes and re-blog.
With Twitter I still don’t think the Star is used...
“I’m a believer that profitability and sustainability are important. Esther...”
– Scott Heiferman looks back at Meetup’s bet-the-company moment - (37signals)
Fantastic.
Why UPS trucks never turn left - Video →
Why I will buy Demand Media stock.* (cont.) →
c-raig:
gross:
With that said, I also think Demand Media is one of the most interesting publishers on the web with a strong prospect for growth. This will offend many of my friends who are creators and lovers of “quality” content that believe Demand is their arch nemesis. I don’t agree and see plenty of room and value for this “quality” content to thrive as well. Every medium has their...
Information User: Long Form: Excerpts from... →
johns:
Reading Clay Shirky’s book, Cognitive Surplus. It’s an insightful read discussing some of the fundamental societal waves swelling now. As an exercise, I wanted to pull out some excerpts I enjoyed. It’s a quick combination of quotes and rephrasing.
Media production has had 15th century…
Really like how John broke down the book with his highlights and reference pages. This is...
Why I will buy Demand Media stock.*
Since reading the Wired article over two years ago, I’ve been very critical of Demand Media as it relates to the health of the Internet Economy. Even this post last month by Business Insider seems to show they are pushing the envelope for how they account for paying writers in a controversial way. The strangest is this comment Richard Rosenblatt made to Om Malik.
With that said, I also...
The Setup
viafrank:
A Soliloquy
A few weeks ago I mentioned on Twitter I’m using a top-of-the-line 13” MacBook Air as my primary machine. The 27” behemoth of an iMac is gone: I sold it to a kindly soul on Twitter, and watched him as he threw his weight to one side and awkwardly dragged the giant box out of my apartment. I offered to help, but he said he could handle it. Super nice guy.
For some reason,...
“I stand by my prediction that, by the end of 2015, Apple will not sell any...”
– — A prediction by Mark Pilgrim in this Reddit AMA thread.
(via thegongshow)
I believe this is the reason Avie left Apple.
Kindle Highlights
Didn’t realize you could look up your Kindle book highlights on the WWW.
wowoowow. kindle.amazon.com
Information and Us
From Kevin Kelly’s book. Really enjoyed this line:
“what differentiates us most as a spieces is how information flows through our system”
Mac App Store
Is wonderful.
No more CD, .dmg, drag, eject, & finder. Apple continues to surprise and delight.
Continuations: Google (or Microsoft) Should Pick... →
continuations:
After at first appearing to be shutting it down, Yahoo is now apparently selling delicious (or possibly giving it away). Google or Microsoft should be first in line to pick it up, but especially Google. Why? Because delicious would help immensely with battling spam and content farms,…
@Albert
Always liked concept of a bookmarking site as a discovery tool. Your idea of...
“One of her main research projects looked at the relationship between...”
– The secret of self-control : The New Yorker (via Instapaper)
“Kara: What’s the percentage of people who just read Twitter, and don’t tweet...”
– Interview With Twitter CEO Dick Costolo | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD
this is why twitter can be more successful than Facebook. The incentives for ongoing participation are more varied than Facebook. Makes Twitter about communication, not connection. Connection modes can change on a dime,...
“Always make your work be personal. And, you never have to lie.”
– Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration :: Articles :: The 99 Percent (via Instapaper)
“And even more fortunately, we get to see one of these soulful web communities in...”
– Heroes of the Web - Anil Dash
Go Andre!
(via Instapaper)
“Another interesting thing is that the connected TV allows the cable content...”
– Samsung to let its gadget users access Time Warner and Comcast programming | VentureBeat
Huh, does this start to solve the Tower of Babel Problem? We could have an Apple TV.
The Mind of an Independent: Shorting Google - Why... →
youmeandmyapi:
I’ve been reading with interest the various pieces detailing the breakdown in Google’s value across a growing number of search use cases. I understood the specific operational problems (Google v Content Farms, Google v SEO) and felt like there probably was a solution there. That Google could…
Whole post is great.
“Here’s a better analogy: “The 4-Hour Body” reads as if The New England Journal...”
– Timothy Ferriss - ‘The 4-Hour Body’ - Review - NYTimes.com
I’m almost done with this book.
“But that still leaves me conflicted about something like what Metafilter put...”
– On Infographics // NoahBrier.com
IDK but maybe….
Infographics tickle the Mind’s Eye. The Visual cortex, the part of the brain that we do things like dream from. The visual element helps us interpret what we want to see more than what it actually says.
