February 2012
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“Several individuals questioned Mr. Jobs’ honesty stating that Mr. Jobs...”
– Steve Jobs’ FBI File Released
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“If Facebook is the social network for online identification and authentication,...”
– Tumbling on success: How Tumblr’s David Karp built a £500 million empire
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California Housing Market Braces for Facebook... →
When Ken DeLeon, a Silicon Valley real estate agent, recently sold an 8,000-square-foot house to a Facebook employee, he said, the movers showed up at the client’s old 1,000-square-foot home and asked, “Did you win the lottery?”
…Mr. DeLeon said he already had plans to market to Facebook employees. One strategy: he intends to buy ads on Facebook. “It’s amazing how you can target them,” he...
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“Pinterest already is driving buyers to some websites. In the last six months,...”
– How Pinterest Is Becoming the Next Big Thing in Social Media for Business — Entrepreneur.com
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In the New York Times, Sheryl Sandberg Is Lucky,... →
“Luck, after all, is what too many women chalk up their success to, Sandberg has argued. Their male peers, in contrast, believe themselves to be ‘awesome’ — fully deserving of their success.
The problem with the way the Times framed Sandberg’s success begins with the use of the word ‘but’: She’s smart, but she’s lucky, as though this somehow...
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“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads....”
– Jeff Hammerbacher | This Tech Bubble Is Different
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“There’s no denying that Pinterest is fun, looks great, and a lot of people love...”
– Pinterest is over-hyped — Forrester Blogs
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Pinterest: How does Pinterest generate revenue? -... →
Pinterest is already working with Skimlinks to convert all e-commerce outbound links to affiliate links.
So exactly what Polyvore et al have been doing for years. I’ve played around with Pinterest and find it useful visually for comparing new decor ideas and bookmarking cute outfits. But it’s a lot of work to find new content to add to the site, especially since browsing and searching...
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“There is less mobility in the work force because the computers are not simply...”
– The Bifurcated Society
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“Facebook and Google have become two of the biggest media companies in the world...”
– How Sharing Disrupts Media | Wired.com
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“When [Sheryl Sandberg] joined Facebook in 2008 it had 130 employees and no cash....”
– How Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Became one of the Most Powerful Women in the World
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“We don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better...”
– Mark Zuckerberg | Mark Zuckerberg Hacks S-1 Filing With Letter To Shareholders On Eve Of Facebook IPO
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“Facebook has been able to increase its world-wide advertising revenue from $738...”
– Facebook Readies IPO Filing - WSJ.com
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“Netflix’s streaming model — which Amazon, the rumor goes, might soon...”
– The Future of the Book Is the Stream - The Atlantic
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The Future of the Book Is the Stream - The... →
“What if you could re-define books’ value proposition? What if book-buying became less about one-off salesmanship, and more about ongoing membership? What if you didn’t buy books so much as join them?”
My hesitation with ebooks is the price. For what they cost, I want something physical in return. This subscription model would be an appealing compromise.
January 2012
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“Android owners are more likely than owners of other phones to use them on the...”
– The Rise of the Toilet Texter
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“If we don’t learn to program, we risk being programmed ourselves.”
– Douglass Rushkoff | On (Not) Learning to Code
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“At first glance, it would seem that the new generation of product-bookmarking...”
– Can Pinterest and Svpply Help You *Reduce* Your Consumption? - The Atlantic
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“Pick one thing and do that one thing — and only that one thing — better than...”
– Jason Goldberg, CEO, Fab.com | 15 things successful CEOs want you to know
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“Only reinvent the wheels you need to get rolling.”
– Matt Mullenweg, CEO, Automattic | 15 things successful CEOs want you to know
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“The result of this consolidation that gives me cause for concern is the...”
– Use Google? Time to Get Real About Protecting Your Digital Self - The Atlantic
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Twitter Announces Micro-Censorship Policy →
Via NYTimes.com: So much for the free-wheeling, libertarian reputation of Twitter. The company announced Thursday that it could start censoring certain content in certain countries, a sort of micro-censorship widget that would pop up up in a grey box on the Twitter feed.
“Tweet withheld,” it would read “This tweet from @username has been withheld in: Country.”
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“The top-level goal for most people is to convince others they are the...”
– Mark Hendrickson on social networks | The Uphill Battle Of Social Event Sharing: A Post-Mortem for Plancast
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“If Amazon is able to get studios and content producers on board with a...”
– Amazon contemplates competing with Netflix
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“I feel like there’s a red pill and a blue pill, and you can take the blue pill...”
– Tenured Professor Departs Stanford, Hoping to Teach 500,000 Students at Online Start-Up - The Chronicle of Higher Education (via davemorin)
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“The schism between content creators and platforms like Kickstarter, Tumblr and...”
– Yancey Strickler, a founder of Kickstarter | The Danger of an Attack on Piracy Online - NYTimes.com
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“An economy built to last is one where we encourage the talent and ingenuity of...”
– Obama calls for reforms to support the “next Steve Jobs”
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“We believe that the next step in copying will be made from digital form into...”
– The Pirate Bay now lets you download physical objects
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“The problem with Twitter in Germany is that just one word will eat up most of...”
– From the comments | DLD 2012 – @Jack Dorsey: “Twitter Has A Business Model That Works” | TechCrunch
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“Facebook’s Smart Lists and Google+ Circles have popularized the idea that...”
– Pinterest Works Better Than Google
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“The idea of challenging the status quo isn’t marketable enough, so we continue...”
– Start Educating Entrepreneurs, Not Employees
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“The shocking lack of interest in doing things that are truly innovative is a...”
– Start Educating Entrepreneurs, Not Employees