December 2008
CNN Pitches a Cheaper Wire Service to Newspapers -... →
Codes for Armageddon: A new president to hold... →
Never Satisfied
bijan:
I’ve been thinking about Dave Winer’s recent post - Tech developers and users.
One thing I’ve noticed is that many of the founders of our portfolio companies are extremely self critical themselves. They tend to be intellectually honest about the challenges, shortcomings and areas of their respective products that require attention.
Startups are hard. They are really hard. I think most...
“The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point...”
– What Is Web 2.0 | O’Reilly Media
Tim O’Reilly wrote this post in 2005. Worth reading again if you haven’t already.
(via bijan)
When to Make the First Offer in Negotiations - HBS... →
November 2008
“Black Friday saw $534 million in online spending, up 1 percent. For the...”
– Black Friday Sees $534 Million in E-Commerce Spending, Up 1 Percent Versus Year Ago (via fred-wilson)
“This week eMarketer, a market-research firm, predicted that online-advertising...”
– Not ye olde banners | The Economist (via fred-wilson)
“Steve Jobs’s famous maxim “artists ship” works both ways. Artists aren’t merely...”
– The Other Half of “Artists Ship” (via fred-wilson)
“But the best answer to the terrorists is to dream bigger, make even more money,...”
– Op-Ed Contributor - What They Hate About Mumbai - NYTimes.com (via fred-wilson)
Obama As The New Cicero →
unicornology:
srsly:
obamaccounting:
csmccann:
claytoncubitt:
“Here’s the thing: to understand the next four years of American politics, you are going to need to understand something of the politics of ancient Greece and Rome.”
“His best speeches are adroit literary creations, rich, like those doric columns, with allusion, his turn of phrase consciously evoking lines by Lincoln and King,...
Watching War Games
Matthew Broderick is so young.
Beware of dirty tricks →
Hilarious stuff. Watch out for the Democrats. They double bill.
Woodstock photos from LIFE magazine. →
(via dalasverdugo)
“I believe that one becomes stronger emotionally by taking life less personally....”
– Marilyn vos Savant (via onherway) (via becausewhy) (via unicornology)
“Nothing seemed to rattle Obama. He had a way of retreating into his own little...”
– It turns out there are a lot of hidden gems in the later parts of that Newsweek series. Also: I love this. (via barthel)
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Don't Skimp...
kortina:
Talk about a great headline—ha!
Excellent article, though. It lived up to the headline.
A McGraw-Hill Research study looking at 600 companies from 1980 to 1985 found that those businesses which chose to maintain or raise their level of advertising expenditures during the 1981 and 1982 recession had significantly higher sales after the economy recovered. Specifically, companies that...
Sophisticated Attacks, but Al Qaeda Link Disputed... →
“We have two companies in our portfolio that are setting record revenues every...”
– A Growth Story
Icahn Doubles Down: Buys Another 7 Million Shares... →
Icahn and I see eye to eye on YHOO. I’m keeping my ten shares right where they are. Carl, let’s get to $23 together!
“The police have requested that reporters and tweeters do not discuss their...”
– Mumbai Attacks: Day Two - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
This is how you know you’ve hit the mainstream. When the Mumbai police, in the middle of a massive counter-terror operation, ask people to refrain from using your service. It’s bittersweet, but congratulations, Ev.
“The biggest downside of my current job is that I have to wear a suit to work....”
– Ben Bernake, from the New Yorker article, which is pretty great so far. I have a whole bunch of new questions about the bailout that I’m hoping this will answer. (via barthel)
“In short, trying to navigate this thing isn’t just an exercise in frustration —...”
– State of the Art - No Keyboard? And You Call This a BlackBerry? - NYTimes.com
Workers riot at Chinese toy factory →
“Just last winter, gas at $4 a gallon was said to represent a super-ultra...”
– Gregg Easterbrook (via ayjay)
Can Obama's Economic Team Work Well Together? →
“The multiple attacks on Westerners in Bombay last night showed all the signs of...”
– Intelligence chiefs were expecting Al-Qaeda spectacular - Times Online
spytap:
zachrose:
You know when military guys are standing guard or whatever and they have to radio back to base every 15 minutes so their army knows they’re not dead?
What’s that called?
Checking in? Do they have a cooler name for it?
Hit me up if you know.
Judging from my memories of Goldeneye, MGS, and Splinter Cell, that’s alternately called either “Target Practice” or “a window of...
“An internal memo obtained by The Associated Press says the FBI received a...”
– AP: Feds: Terror threat could target LIRR, other commuter rails.
talk about blissful igorance. I would’ve been a basket case on the LIRR just now. and I’m wondering if these cells coordinate internationally. Jesus.
(via adamiss)
“But while Mr. Obama has moved quickly to assemble his White House staff and the...”
– For Biden, No Portfolio but the Role of a Counselor - NYTimes.com
I suspect that the Obama team has come to regard Biden as something of a joke, although this should have been evident before Obama picked him to be VP. So far, it seems like Obama is picking very smart and very serious people to...
“On average, viewers spend 17 sessions per month viewing video, spending roughly...”
– Nielsen: Mobile Video Use Rises
“According to data compiled by Nielsen for the third quarter of 2008, more than...”
– Nielsen: Mobile Video Use Rises
Apple Eases Up Unfriendly Anti-Piracy Feature On... →
“TiVo may have a valuable intellectual property portfolio, but its hardware...”
– TiVo Subscriber Numbers Keep Tanking « NewTeeVee
“I think entrepreneur Nova Spivack offered the most useful definition by simply...”
– What the Semantic Web — or Web 3.0 — Can Do for Marketers - Advertising Age - DigitalNext
“Apple Inc, facing a tight U.S. consumer spending environment, is gearing up for...”
– Apple gears up for Black Friday sale | Technology | Reuters
“Yahoo has proven year over year that it’s the next-generation digital...”
– It’s time to reframe the Yahoo debate - MarketWatch