Archive for August, 2007
Friday, August 31st, 2007
We've all seen little, itty-bitty startups with execs with title like EVP of this or SVP of that. Unfortunately they're silly and unnecessary. To a VC it screams this guy or gal doesn't get it - startups aren't about titles, startups are about producing a winning company. Excessive titles are ...
Posted in benchmark, bill gurley, hummer winblad, simplytv, startups, titles | 2 Comments »
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Tom from EchoDitto has built a tool that solves the problem of all those partial post RSS feeds that are bugging the heck out of me. Here's a link to his Full RSS Feed web service - http://labs.echoditto.com/fulltextrss. Highly recommended and works like a charm. Major props ...
Posted in rss | No Comments »
Monday, August 20th, 2007
The final straw to me was when freakonomics was bought recently by the nytimes and as part of the new regime their feed changed from complete posts to teaser posts. As someone who reads almost all his rss feeds on his blackberry curve to kill time during the day, it's ...
Posted in uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Thursday, August 16th, 2007
Yep another Facebook post (hopefully I won't turn into Dave McClure <jk>) but I think the reaction to Trip Advisor's purchase of the Where I've Been FB app for $1.30 per user or $3 million for 2.3 million users justifies some analysis. Not only is the word insane used ...
Posted in dave mcclure, david stern, facebook, lead gen, lookery, trip advisor, valuations, where i've been | 5 Comments »
Saturday, August 11th, 2007
Yesterday at Gnomedex - Jason Calacanis gave a presentation that ended up unfortunately being a commercial for Mahalo. Jason's cause behind Mahalo is just in his fight against search spam and if he had stuck to that mission, that mantra with just a slight mention of how he's ...
Posted in dave winer, gnomedex, jason calacanis | 1 Comment »
Friday, August 10th, 2007
I am attending gnomedex today and tomorrow grokking with an interesting slice of the tech blogosphere and startup-sphere. Some of the folks I have finally met face to face include Dave Winer, Robert Scoble, Beth Goza, Vanessa Fox, Shannon Clarke, Chris Pirillo, Dave Schappel, Jeff Bar and many others. Great ...
Posted in facebook, gnomedex, seattle, startups | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
Found via Digg - here's a no-holds barred q&a with the head of TSA on why the 3oz liquid rule is in effect. I share much of the same skepticism as the questioner but the direct answers at least show there's a debate. Good read for frequent travelers like myself.SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: ...
Posted in TSA, airport security | No Comments »
Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Dave McClure puts down the Facebook crackpipe to grok about Google Analytics and how it represents another layer of Google's online marketing dominance. And Dave's right - Dave and I talked extensively about this notion back at the Web Analytics Summit in SF back in May (just took Dave 2 ...
Posted in adwords, dave mcclure, dave winer, google, google analytics, lockin, metrics | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
Dave Winer has been bloggingabout feedburner in response to Google's acquisition of the company. Dave is concerned about how Google might co-opt feedburner to their benefit - ie. special tie-in's to google reader for instance that might put other readers at a disadvantage (hmmm sounds a lot like what Microsoft ...
Posted in dave winer, feedburner, fred wilson, google | 3 Comments »
