January 2011
41 posts
December 2010
40 posts
New Year's Resolutions
I used to think New Year’s resolutions were kinda bullshit.
That was before 2010.
New Year’s Day 2010, I decided to join Weight Watchers so I could go from 252 pounds to an actual healthy range, which for my height is somewhere between 190 and 210. I spent the first six months of the year diligently counting Points and ended up at 197 by the 4th of July; I’ve stayed within a...
“Someone once asked Napoleon how he decided where to assign soldiers. Napoleon’s...”
– Dumb and gets things done — The Endeavour (via socmoth)
470. Don't play the ace if you can win with the...
Marco.org: Chrome OS and IT platform longevity →
EVERY TIME I read Marco, he’s droppin’ knowledge.
marco:
Google’s targeting of Chrome OS is interesting. Rather than trying to attract consumers, who have demonstrated that they’re not interested in “Net PC”-like browser-only hardware, Google is positioning Chrome OS hardware as inexpensive, low-IT-overhead alternatives for businesses to deploy…
“Minority internet users are more than twice as likely to use Twitter as are...”
– 8% of online Americans use Twitter | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project (via fred-wilson)
How to Fold a Fitted Sheet →
kennykelloggfanclub:
via Kottke.org
You snicker, but I nearly made it through 34 years on this earth without knowing how to fold one of these.
The Most Damning Wikileaks Cable You'll Ever Read →
markcoatney:
My GOD. Assange, you’ve gone too far.
“The ugly adolescent stage is when you’ve built the product and are now building...”
– Fred Wilson posted Saturday on AVC.com
I am am going to have this quote framed and put it on the wall above my desk. This so greatly sums up how to make money as a entrepreneur, investor in companies, etc. It also sums up every single venture I have been involved in so far (except...
“If I had to summarize our learnings in three words: “simple trumps complete.”
– Response from NetFlix’s Chief Product Officer as to what they A/B test and what’ve they’ve learned.
UPDATE: I see that this is also posted on Daring Fireball and nearly identically. I swear I hadn’t seen it there first. It’d be lame to just pass along Gruber’s or Kottke’s stuff as my own.
(via...
“Netflix used an open-source network, the U.S. Postal Service, to launch an...”
– Kenny Kellogg: Netflix
Continuations: Google Buying Groupon is a Flawed... →
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!
continuations:
On one hand I can understand Google’s aggressive interest in Groupon. Groupon appears to be one of the few companies that has cracked the code on making money from local businesses. Groupon’s revenues are rumored to be around $50 million per month, which is impressive. But there are at least…