November 2009
34 posts
when AAPL models how big to make harddrives, do they assume that a percent of incremental space will be filled with media bought from them?
Nov 29th
grand unified theory —> facebook relationship : covalent bond as twitter relationship : ionic bond
Nov 28th
URL shorteners, 'this link will self destruct... →
I just read the WSJ article (http://wless.in/shortener ) about the risks associated with bit.ly / tinyURL etc and maintaining link integrity. The ideas, as has been commonly addressed in the tech…
Nov 26th
has anyone ever written a heist movie where bandits are trying to steal trucks full of hard-drives moving between data centers?
Nov 25th
photo - I love new York, only city where the restaurants have bloomberg terminals: http://tinyurl.com/yaoonxa
Nov 24th
some quick thoughts re: the debates commonly discussed as ‘net neutrality’ - http://bit.ly/6q3jqN
Nov 23rd
some off hand thoughts on 'net neutrality' →
recently I had occasion to think about the ‘net neutrality’ issue a bit. below are some loose thoughts I got to — seems like the type of thing to throw on the blog the set of discussions that…
Nov 23rd
Photo: “how meta - hotpotato in hotpotato at startup weekend NYC” http://htp.to/7PN3Z3 #startupweekendnyc
Nov 22nd
Photo: “at the event and hotpotato is the stream of choice. watchout tho, one of the companies…” http://htp.to/8A5UIV #startupweekendnyc
Nov 22nd
I’m now following #storiesof254e2nd http://htp.to/5IdzY7
Nov 22nd
Living a scene out of the sims - http://tinyurl.com/yby5g28
Nov 21st
an iphone app (or just a web-page) by verizon... →
goal = strike a final blow to the iPhone/ATT experience by applying simple laws re: tragedy of the commons (since bandwidth is on all you can eat plans) - drive users to ‘droid’ approach =…
Nov 19th
wow - opencongress.org is actually really cool…. a bit confusing interface, but am blown away in general
Nov 19th
at a starbucks on the les @shafferj - http://tinyurl.com/yjj9bkt
Nov 19th
drag & drop.io = still awesome… after a hiatus been using it all day, it just works so well! - http://bit.ly/3eEkYN
Nov 18th
SocialGreat Remixed with Search →
jonsteinberg: We’re launching a new version of SocialGreat today that has a native search methodology that makes the site much more useful.  You can now determine which places are hot where and…
Nov 18th
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information's value, restated via restaurant... →
last weekend I spent a wonderful lunch with a good friend, Mollie Chen, who is an editor at conde nast traveler… as often happens, the conversation moved towards content, and the future (what an…
Nov 15th
back of the envelope: the iPhone costs the world... →
1.  Comparing my iPhone and my Blackberry, I would estimate that typing on/using my iPhone is about 20% slower 2.  I am on my devices about ~130 min a day (2.2 hours) —>  iPhone costs me ~27…
Nov 15th
thinking about iPhone push notifications - they are really interesting format because I can’t capture/reuse them - closed loop
Nov 15th
mom-email this email from my mother made my day “browser for the exeter andover game….: http://tinyurl.com/ykznbkf
Nov 14th
cool, @jvascellaro finally got a ‘topics’ page on the WSJ - for all things jessica http://bit.ly/427EVd
Nov 14th
communication margin →
for a while I was really into twitter, and it made sense for brands to embrase twitter - because there was margin in the medium.  The floor was open, but people hadn’t started speaking up…
Nov 13th
Why the 'iPhone' is yuppifying lower... →
Midtown is on a grid.Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn is not.This landscape difference matters, and technology is changing how. Years ago I remember discussing with my dad how the fact that…
Nov 11th
I broke down, I am now mac centric →
I have loved my IBM thinkpad for a really long time, but it was finally time to demote it from my primary computer to more of a stay at home casual function - I am not proud of it, but I went osx as…
Nov 10th
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facebook will take over ‘copyright’ registry function from govt. http://bit.ly/X7bGS
Nov 9th
anyone have stats on worldwide song playcounts - bet they are up 400X since 1980? want to prove point re: revenue/sec. of music consumption
Nov 9th
facebook will naturally take over the copyright... →
on various occasions I have found myself in very deep conversations about the nature of copyright with a set of people whom I very much respect…   It seems clear that copyright is a natural…
Nov 9th
DroidDrop – Remote Logging for Android http://tinyurl.com/yzgptha via drop.io
Nov 9th
did you know that spotify is a peered service? that is freaking brilliant — it is the perfect opportunity for that
Nov 9th
hilarious to watch @dropio team to opting into an office ‘punch clock’ system with @foursquare - when will schools take attendance that way?
Nov 5th
drop.io outlook plugin release http://tinyurl.com/ybpllfm via drop.io
Nov 5th
according to alexa, @dropio is the 90th largest web property in Rwanda: which is great, because when you play Risk… http://bit.ly/3edmqn
Nov 4th
rwanda | according to alexa, @dropio is the 90th largest web property in Rwanda: which is great, because when y…http://tinyurl.com/yze…
Nov 4th
Blast, @foursquare changed email formats and broke my filter, inbox flooding! | http://tinyurl.com/yfk9ka9
Nov 4th