February 2011
66 posts
Tumblr A Few Months In
I like Tumblr, and it’s replaced Twitpic for me as a place where my “moments” live, often and usually pictures of great rides in Marin.
But so far the service hasn’t taken off in a social sense - I’m not “in the flow” of Tumblr, and I measure that by one metric - do I find and follow folks on a regular basis?
The answer is no, though I’d like to....
January 2011
65 posts
Monday Signal: The Egypt Fax →
Carnivorous Plants Eat Poop From Tiny Bats | Wired... →
If I had only known that a publication I had a hand in starting would one day run this headline, why, it would have made the long hours so much easier.
Remember Googlezon? →
Weds Signal: will.i.am in.tel.igent →
“If anyone understands this, it’s Erin Alderette, the longtime mayor of the...”
– when i bumped her, she accused me (on twitter) of using my investor status to get the mayoralty. i told her that i had earned it fair and square and she needed to go to the gym more often. then i followed her on foursquare and twitter. a week later, she had it back and pulled away from there.
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Tuesday Signal: Set Your Phasers to Private! →
Friday Signal: A New Page at Google →
Me On Google Change →
Steve Jobs' medical leave: Apple's CEO will leave... →
I disagree. What’s left to do? Die. And none of us want to do that.
Memolane | Your time machine for the web →
Oh I very much like the idea behind this.
Phatic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
In linguistics, a phatic expression (pronounced /ˈfætɨk/) is one whose only function is to perform a social task, as opposed to conveying information.[1]The term was coined by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski in the early 1900s.
- You’re welcome.
Logic+Emotion: Seven Reasons Why Quora Will Be... →
“…we all got excited about the idea of checking in and earning badges, turns out that expertise and getting help could be more useful.”- I just joined Quora, but have not started using it…not sure how to…
Tuesday Signal: Murdoch and Jobs and Verizon, Oh... →
“Twitter introduced a new feature last month without telling anyone about it, and...”
– Twitter’s Response to WikiLeaks Subpoena Should Be the Industry Standard | Threat Level | Wired.com
Yahoo IPO vs. Facebook IPO →
“But the web is not just some kind of magic all-absorbing meta-medium. It’s...”
– The Web Is a Customer Service Medium (Ftrain.com)
Facebook hype will fade - CNN.com →
- Funny, not ten days into the new year in which I predicted the buzz would turn on Facebook:
If you were there for Compuserve, AOL, Tripod, Friendster, Orkut, MySpace or LinkedIn, you might have believed the same thing about any one of those social networks. Remember when those CD Roms from AOL came in the mail almost every day? The company was considered ubiquitous, invincible. Former AOL...
Anonymous asked: Why did you order that last platter?
IPO Readiness: How Facebook And LinkedIn Compare... →
Yahoo In 2006
Age: 1 year Annual sales: $1.3 million Net loss: $0.6 million Total raised in IPO: $33.8 million Market value at close: $848 million Employees: 49
Facebook In 2012
Age: 8 years Annual sales: $1.2 billion-plus Net income: $355 million-plus (2010 estimates) Last valuation: $50 billion Employees: 2,000-plus
Monday Signal: The CES-less Hangover →
Friday Signal: Too Much CES →
Thursday Signal: CES And Desist →
“Android isn’t an attempt to build the best mobile platform and sell it on its...”
– Android Isn’t About Building a Mobile Platform | TightWind
Weds. Signal: Will Apple and Google Make Up In... →
