About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
According to the Feedburner widget 53,657 people are subscribed to TechCrunch.com. 746 of those people are also sharing their opml. That’s 1.4% overlap. If you’re running a tech startup, thanks to Share Your OPML, you now know which 746 people to talk with first. Coincidently, I’ve talked to a bunch of ecommerce, direct-to-customer organizations over …
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I’ve been pondering a redesign of this website for a while now. As it should be, it’s way down the bottom of my Things To Do, but it’s there. I’m writing this in MarsEdit, I’ll read it in NetNewsWire. According to my server logs, some of you are reading this within your Google homepage, Newsgator …
I suspect anyone who spends more than 5 minutes with me could conclude that, including this neuropolitics.org survey. Here’s their entire first impression of me: “Your responses are consistent with the following attributes: You have a higher propensity for large-group social bonding. You have a probable elevation in your dopaminergic activation system. Your right prefrontal …
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“So what do you do when the deer have guns, You get into the ammunition business.” – Gordon Borrell “Attention tuning will reduce RSS overload but not noise to signal.” – Steve Gillmor “[Real Estate] Sellers and buyers can figure out pricing via Zillow; they can bid via Redfin; they can list via PropertyShark or …
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Just started this California trip and I’ve already learned 2 things I didn’t know before: The seat pocket in-front of you should not be used to store your laptop during flight. (For other useful flight tips listen to Ze Frank’s 2006 Pop!Tech presentation)
A conversation at last night’s PodcastMN meet-up got me thinking about the difference between audio and video. As I see it, the goal of writing is to use the fewest words possible to illustrate the most to the reader. Density. In fact, I’m pretty sure the job of an editor is just that. In the …
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So, Camp Snoopy is leaving Mall of America. I think the Mall has a huge opportunity to develop their own cheesy mascots – like the Olympics does. Problem is, they need a new name as well. Hmmmmm. Here’s an easy fix: Turn the ‘n’ into an ‘h’ and the second ‘o’ into a ‘p’.
“That’s not an idea that’ll make you a million dollars tomorrow, that’s an idea that’ll make you a billion dollars some day in the future” – Patrick Kuntz
Calling up your sister with DSL and asking her check something online for you.
Since finally listening to Dave Slusher’s the Human Touch presentation from the Podcast and Portable Media Expo, I’ve been thinking a lot about ‘equivalent power’. The notion that if you want to rebut anything I write on any of my blogs, you can do so on your own blog or podcast. This is different than …