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Freemium at The Strand
The Strand runs an amazing and cool business as the iconic “7 miles of books” used book shop in New York. It has all the charm of the Parisian bouqinistes and I think it must be a gas burner (fine
Freemium at The Strand
The Strand runs an amazing and cool business as the iconic “7 miles of books” used book shop in New York. It has all the charm of the Parisian bouqinistes and I think it must be a gas burner (fine
Never apply for things
Dear Y Combinator, we bet you we can solve a problem of yours in 72 hours. | Hacker News. The commenters had it right. > applications (in general) are a backup filtering mechanism for people who haven’t figured out a
Never apply for things
Dear Y Combinator, we bet you we can solve a problem of yours in 72 hours. | Hacker News. The commenters had it right. > applications (in general) are a backup filtering mechanism for people who haven’t figured out a
Increasing velocity is bad for incumbents
Chris Dixon rightly points out that lots of amazing phenomena have come up from nowhere, and are doing it faster — Instagram grew faster than Twitter and OMGPOP faster than Instagram etc. And yes it’s overlooked how bad it is
Increasing velocity is bad for incumbents
Chris Dixon rightly points out that lots of amazing phenomena have come up from nowhere, and are doing it faster — Instagram grew faster than Twitter and OMGPOP faster than Instagram etc. And yes it’s overlooked how bad it is
Some new hobbies I want to take up (and the Rushmore-ization of American culture)
Collegiate-style wrestling. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Alternative music. Marvel Comics. German-style board games. British sitcoms. Fluent in xxx (from a real profile) Questions and comments: – wrestling: why not go with greco-roman? – Jiu-jitsue: the only kind – Alternative?? As in 1990s
Some new hobbies I want to take up (and the Rushmore-ization of American culture)
Collegiate-style wrestling. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Alternative music. Marvel Comics. German-style board games. British sitcoms. Fluent in xxx (from a real profile) Questions and comments: – wrestling: why not go with greco-roman? – Jiu-jitsue: the only kind – Alternative?? As in 1990s
Twitter is gaining on Facebook
In the US, Facebook is only 1.5x Twitter in the US. Used to be a far bigger delta.
Twitter is gaining on Facebook
In the US, Facebook is only 1.5x Twitter in the US. Used to be a far bigger delta.
Mining your social stream
Already in use by a ‘free app’ on a phone or browser near you. Be afraid: As a quick background, Gigya’s Platform works by accessing your users’ social profile data, social graph data, and interest graph data, all via Social
Mining your social stream
Already in use by a ‘free app’ on a phone or browser near you. Be afraid: As a quick background, Gigya’s Platform works by accessing your users’ social profile data, social graph data, and interest graph data, all via Social
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