December 2007
21 posts
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“Perhaps the single most robust fact about marriage across many surveys is that...”
– - Martin Seligman
Sounds like we’re in luck Regan
Will it fly? How to Evaluate a New Product Idea →
“When people ask me how do you make it in show business or whatever, what I...”
– Steve Martin on Charlie Rose
WatchIf you knew it was your last lecture, what would you say?
Why Crunch Mode Doesn't Work: 6 Lessons →
“There’s a bottom-line reason most industries gave up crunch mode over 75 years ago: It’s the single most expensive way there is to get the work done.”
Making money the old fashioned way
“Simple e-commerce sites in small niche markets that only have a market potential of a few million dollars is not the arena for the Dagny Taggarts of the world. Most big thinkers are sitting the whole day in coffee shops trying to napkin-scratch the next wave of social bookmarking or envisioning how blogs will work in Web 4.0 on the hopes that it gets bought up by Google even though it never...
Hear Voices? It May Be an Ad →
Call me old fashioned but this should be illegal. I should be reading about this in the onion, not advertising age.
“He revealed interesting facts about Facebook, for example, 89% of Facebook users...”
– - Trust and Reputation - Paolo blog
It’s clear that people don’t think about the potential consequences of the info they share online and that companies obscure the fact that they save everything.
Swarthmore replaces all student loans with...
“To: All Alumni From: Alfred H. Bloom, President Re: Board of Managers Decision I’m delighted to share the news that this past Saturday the Board of Managers made the decision to replace all loans with scholarships in student financial aid awards, effective the 2008-09 academic year, for both continuing and new students. For many students the new policy will mean being able to chose...
“The easier it is to find places with good information, the less time users will...”
– Information Foraging: Why Google Makes People Leave Your Site Faster -Jakob Nielsen
Google has made the battle for attention more competitive. If you want people to explore your site, you need to make the path to reaching their goal as clear as possible and consistently provide great experiences...
“Should I pay my investor’s legal fees?
“C’mon—you have $500M and I am...”
– Joe Greenstein, Founder of Flixster
