January 2011
23 posts
Venture Cafe is getting retail space! →
The Streaming Video Myth, Part One →
“MARK SHIELDS: There was one observation that was made this week I just have to...”
– PBS Newshour
“Why can’t all “tech” journalism be like this? A single article on the topic,...”
– word
Why is Schmidt stepping down at Google?
(via fred-wilson)
“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
– ~ Picasso
“More than that, Twitter revolution narratives are popular because rather than...”
– http://www.rferl.org/content/tunisia_can_we_please_stop_talking_about_twitter_revolutions/2277052.html
“The grounds crew at the New York Jets’ practice facility did a bang-up job...”
– http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/columns/story?columnist=cimini_rich&id=6016664
The iPad switch is going to be orientation lock... →
I didn’t want a mute switch on my iPad. I want a orientation lock.
Using CDMA phones as a wifi hot spots
If you use a CDMA smartphone as a wifi hotspot no one can call you when you’re online. To get around this I use Google voice and a second phone. I carry my moto droid as my main phone/smartphone. If the droid is busy google voice rolls the call over to my cheap-o nokia phone.
It’s also nice to carry a 2nd phone whose battery lasts about a week.
bijan sabet: Some thoughts about failure →
bijan:
Many people suffer from a fear of failure.
I know people that use this fear as a way to avoid risks. They won’t take a job at an early stage startup. Or they will sell a company early because they are afraid of looking and feeling bad if it ultimately doesn’t turn out well.
There are countless…
The dog ate my homework
I cannot believe how horrible Palin’s people are at spin control. “Surveyor’s Marks”? Are you kidding me? That is on the par with the dog ate my homework as far as excuses are concerned. If she had talented people around her the response would be as follows; “Of course they’re targets. It’s a metaphor. The target metaphor has been used in American politics...
“There is a distinction between guilt and regret. Sarah Palin is not responsible...”
– http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/01/q.html
“A few times I had not so great investors who believed that a startup should...”
– http://steveblank.com/2011/01/10/the-cover-up-culture/
Sharron Angle’s call for “2nd...
Apple pulls vlc out of the app store. →
You may only watch the videos we permit you to watch
43% of Apple Sales are iPhone →
But what percentage of iPhone profits are subsidy payments from carriers? In the US, nearly 100% of iPhone profits come from the subsidy payment AT&T makes when you sign a contract. In the US the most important Apple customer is not the consumer who loves the product, it’s the cellular carrier.
Snapstick →
I do not get this one. Snapstick is basically Bump style link sharing with a connected TV box. It’s a feature and not an important game changing feature.
SEO is evil →
Search engine optimization is spam.
