February 2011
66 posts
The Next iPhone Test →
Industry Standard founder Battelle has a million... →
I stumbled across this while I was looking for my original post on starting FM nearly six years ago. This was 2002, nearly a decade ago, and Fost, a media industry reporter, sent me an email asking what was next after the crash of The Industry Standard. Money quote:
“Might he start something up again someday?
“God, how could I not?” he said. “It’s what I know how...
“For me Sonos, Spotify and my iPhone are the paraphernalia that hold my drugs of...”
– Snoozebutton – Your Discerning Guide to Modern Culture » Blog Archive » The Bestest 2010 – Tunage
Apple Shows Its Colors? →
Dow Industrials Top 12000 - WSJ.com →
Wall Street LOVES round numbers.
“VCs have actually become the largest single category of buyers on SecondMarket,...”
– What Does Redpoint VC Geoff Yang Want to Fund? | Liz Gannes | NetworkEffect | AllThingsD
Fascinating.
(via tedr)
Seems to indicate a desire at some genetic level to invest, even if they can’t get in the “normal” way! Or are they hedging their fund returns?
Tuesday Signal: Amazon’s Cloud Secret →
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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