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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

Ziptastic – simplify webforms people!!

I wholeheartedly support this effort. Ziptastic.

Ziptastic – simplify webforms people!!

I wholeheartedly support this effort. Ziptastic.

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.

Android 2.2 is 23.1% of all Android

As of today. I wonder if that % is rising or falling.

Android 2.2 is 23.1% of all Android

As of today. I wonder if that % is rising or falling.

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

As software eats the world, the engineering jobs eat the enterprise

Marc Andreessen, whose companies and writings I admire, had a great post in the WSJ a few months ago about software eating the world. The point being that software-based companies are replacing everything inevitably — from information and media to

As software eats the world, the engineering jobs eat the enterprise

Marc Andreessen, whose companies and writings I admire, had a great post in the WSJ a few months ago about software eating the world. The point being that software-based companies are replacing everything inevitably — from information and media to

The undergrad business degree

It is a completely useless and inane major. Any school that offers it should e ashamed. Made for people who are great at copying homework of studymates. Not for reading, writing, thinking, planning, analyzing, arguing, researching, or any other deep

The undergrad business degree

It is a completely useless and inane major. Any school that offers it should e ashamed. Made for people who are great at copying homework of studymates. Not for reading, writing, thinking, planning, analyzing, arguing, researching, or any other deep