April 2008
9 posts
Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes... →
“I was having dinner with a group of friends about a month ago, and one of them was talking about sitting with his four-year-old daughter watching a DVD. And in the middle of the movie, apropos nothing, she jumps up off the couch and runs around behind the screen. That seems like a cute moment. Maybe she’s going back there to see if Dora is really back there or whatever. But that...
Inside Tanya Andersen's private war with the... →
It’s about time…
““Trying to recruit while you’re in “stealth mode” is like punching...”
– Great Quotes from Venture Hacks
“In most elevators, at least in any built or installed since the early nineties,...”
– The New Yorker: Up and Then Down: The lives of elevators (via gtmcknight) (via superamit) Bastards!
Be Good →
But the most important advantage of being good is that it acts as a compass. One of the hardest parts of doing a startup is that you have so many choices. There are just two or three of you, and a thousand things you could do. How do you decide? Here’s the answer: Do whatever’s best for your users. You can hold onto this like a rope in a hurricane, and it will save you if anything...
Your Glass House by Atmosphere From the awesome...
The Google economy →
“I think we’re seeing a new definition of “the economy.” The old definition meant and measured the performance of big companies and their impact on each other. This was especially the case in media and advertising, which served only companies of a certain size because only large companies could afford to advertise in large outlets. But Google’s marketplace for advertisers of all sizes...
New York, New York, It’s a Hell of a Beer Town →
Really makes me miss nyc.